374 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1679/80.

Liber W. C.

him the said John Loftis the said parcell of Land called Whittles
Rest Containing by Estimacon Two hundred and fifty acres w^th the
appurtenances scituate on the Clifts near e the head of Parkers
Creeke in Calvert County aforesaid To have and occupy to him the
said John Loftis and his assignes from the said Tenth day of
November in the yeare aforesaid to the end and Terme of one yeare
then next following, Nor was hee the said John Loftis. to Render
therefore to him the said William Parker or his assignes the Sume
of ffive hundred pounds of Tobacco on the Tenth day of November
1679, Nor did hee the said John Loftis by vertue of any such Demise
Enter into the said Two hundred and ffifty acres of Land with the
appurtenances, Nor was hee the said John Loftis att anytime po-
sessed of the said parcell of Land Called Whittles Rest Containing
Two hundred and ffifty acres of Land in such manner and forme as
the said Nicholas Painter and Judeth his wife above against him
have Declared, and of this hee puts himself upon the Country And
the plantiffe likewise, Itt is therefore Comanded the Sheriffe of
S^t Maryes County that hee Cause to come here Twelve &c by whome
&c. and who neither &c To Recognize &c because aswell &c :
On w^ch said Nineteenth day of ffebruary in the yeare aforesaid
came the said partyes by their Attorneys, aforesaid, And the Juro^rs
impannelled being called Likewise Came (to witt, Richard Loyd.
Michael Ashford William Wells. John Gray. Edward Abbott, Eman-
uel Ratliffe. John Evans. John Wynne Edward Morgan, John
Martindale, Jn^o Browne & Henry Morgan Who being elected tryed
and sworne to say the truth in the premises Upon their Oathes doe
say That the said William Parker did on the Tenth day of Novem-
ber in the yeare of o^r Lord god 1678 Demise to him the said John
Loftis the said parcell of Land called Whittles Rest Containing Two
hundred and ffifty acres, in such manner and forme as the said
Nicholas Painter and Judeth his wife above against him have De-

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clared, and that the said John Loftis was to render Rend^r therefore
to him the said William Parker or his Assignes the sume of ffive
hundred pounds of Tobacco on the Tenth day of November 1679,
and that the said John Loftis by vertue of the said Demise did Enter
into the said Two hundred and ffifty Acres of Land with the appur-
tenances and was thereof posessed for and dureing the space of one
whole yeare, That is so say from the said Tenth day of Novemb^r in
the yeare of our Lord 1678 afores^d untill the Tenth day of Novemb^r
in the yeare of our Lord 1679, And that the said Sume of ffive
hundred pounds of Tobacco the yeares rent aforesaid Yet Remaines
unpaid Therefore Itt is Considered by the Court here that the Said
Nicholas Painter and Judeth his wife Administratrix as aforesaid
Doe Recover against the said John Loftis aswell the aforesaid sume
of ffive hundred pounds of Tobacco the debt aforesaid, as also the
sume of One Thousand three hundred forty Eight pounds of To-
bacco Costs of Suite. And. the Deft in mercy &c.