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242 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.
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Liber W. C.
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County Court who were prsent att the laying and assessing the
County Leavy aforesaid, Viz) Samuell Bourne, Roger Brooke,
Thomas Sterling & Robert Heigh, That they bee and appeare att the
next Provinciall Court to bee held att the Citty of St Maryes the
ffifth day of October next to Shew cause (if any they have) why they
should not Refund the aforesd Sume of Twenty Six thousand nine
hundred Sixty six pounds of Tobacco Soe unduely assessed and
Leavyed as aforesd & to Justifye (if they can) their accot of the
Leavy aforesaid Unto the Justices of this Court, And Itt is further
Ordered by this Court that the Comissioners of the County Court of
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p. 216
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Calvert County aforesaid Doe and are hereby ordered and Comanded
to Transmitt unto his Lordshipp and Councell Yearely and Every
Yeare for the future a faire and True Transcript of every Yeares
County Leavy To bee assessed Raised and Leavyed for the County
aforesaid
Philip Calvert: Signed p the Honoble the secrys ordr
Nic: Painter Cl
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Wm Sparkes
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Philip Lynes
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t Whereas heretofore to witt the ffourteenth day of
ffebruary last past Att a Provinciall Court then holden,
the plt by Robert Ridgely his Attorney obtained an
ordr of this Court Wc ffolloweth in these wordes
(Viz)
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That Whereas att the said fourteenth day of ffebruary Came
William Sparkes by Robert Ridgely his Attorney & Philip Lynes
by Christopher Rousby his Attorney, And this Cause Standing att
Issue ready for Tryall this prsent Court, but because itt appeareth
to the Court here that the same is an Action of Ejectmt, and that
itt is Comenced by the said William as Lessee to Henry Hardy agt
William Harbert Casual Ejector, and the said philip Lynes who
is the party Concerned haveing named himself deft instead of the
Casuall Ejector to Try the Title to One hundred & fifty Acres of
Land called Hardys purchase lyeing in Charles County, and lately
in the Tenure and occupacon of Thomas peircy decd, and being now
in Dispute betweene the said Henry Hardy and Philip Lynes, The
Court pceiveing the said one hundred and ffifty Acres of Land now
in Question is parcell of a Tract of Land formerly Surveyed for
ffrancis Posey and John Berlaines planters Containing ffoure hun-
dred and ffifty acres, & lately in the Tenure & occupacon of Richard
Watson deceased undr whome the pits Lessor Clameth, and for that
the deft Lynes Claymeth part of the said One hundred and ffifty
Acres as parcell of a parcell of Land formerly Surveyed for Thomas
Batchelor Containing ffoure hundred and ffifty Acres Called Stumpe
Dale, The Court doe finde it absolutely necessary that the said Two
Parcells of Land Called Watsons Land and Stump Dale bee Sur-
veyed and laid out by Some Skilful person according to the Orrigi-
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