Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80. 283

poplar for the breadth of one hundred & fifty perches to a marked
Pokiccory tree. On the South by a line drawne east from the said
Pokiccory for the Length of three hundred & twenty perches to a
marked oake on the West side of a Creek Called Gotts Creeke, on
the east by a line drawne north Up the Said Creeke for the breadth
of one hundred and fifty pches to a marked White oake in a Swampe,
On the North by a line drawne West from the said oake for the
length of three hundred and Twenty pches unto the first marked
Poplar Containing Three hundred Acres more or lesse Together
w^& one Tenement or dwelling house & other out houses edifices &
buildings Yards Gardens Orchards & other appurtenances to the said
Land belonging. To have & to hold the said Tenement or dwelling
house Land and p^rmisses to him the said ffrancis Billingsley and
his assignes from the s^d ffoure and Twentyeth day of June afore-
said for and dureing and untill the full End and terme of three
yeares from thence next Ensueing and fully to bee Compleate and
ended, By vertue of w^ch said Demise the said ffrancis Billingsley
unto the said Tenem^t or dwelling house Land & p^rmisses w^th the
appurtenances Entred. & was thereof posessed, & being soe thereof
posessed the said Walter Carr afterwards that is to Say Upon the
Tenth day of July in the year e of our Lord God 1680 unto the said
Tenem^t or dwelling house Lands & p^rmisses aforesaid w^a their
Appurtenances w^ch the s^d James Pascall to him the said ffrancis
Billingsley in forme aforesaid had demised for a Terme w^ch is not
yet past, Entred, & him the said ffrancis Billingsley from his ffarme
aforesaid did Eject & other harmes to him did to the great damage
of him the said ffrancis Billingsley and against the peace &c^a Where-
upon hee sayth hee is damnifyed and hath Lossess to the Vallue of
forty thousand pounds of Tobacco, & thereupon hee brings his suite
Unlesse the Tennant in posession or they und^r whome hee Claim-
eth doe the next Provinciall Court appeare to this Declaracon, &
make him & themselves defts thereunto, & by Rule of Court
Confesse the afores^d Entry & Ejectm^t & insist onely Upon the Title,
the deft in this Declaracon will confes Judgm^t. & posession will bee
delivered accordingly to the plt

Liber W. C.

To Edmond Cotton Tennant of the p^rmisses Above Menconed Rob-
ert ffrancklin gentf high sheriffe of Ann Arrundell County maketh
oath before mee Thomas Taylor Esq^r one of his Lops Councell that
hee served a Declaracon of Ejectm^t Upon Edmond Cotton Upon y^e
one & Twentyeth day of Septemb^r 1680, Hee being then Tennant in
posession to a parcell of Land Containing three hundred Acres Lye-
ing in Ann Arrundell County aforesaid ffrancis Billingsley Lessee
Walter Carr Casuall Ejecto^r In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
Subscribed my Name this Eighth day of Novemb^r Annoq Dominj
1680
Jur Coram me Tho Tailler Rob^t Francklin sher.

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