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204 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682. Liber W. C. Land And in wch surplusage (then unknowne to ye said Gooderick) or Lands they had Cleared &c and made a Plantacon & Lynes since had obtained his Lopps Speciall warrt of resurvey to take up the said Surplusage, but the said Originall bound trees being fallen the said Michael Ashford would Notwithstanding beginn the bounds of his land at the End of the number of perches mentioned in the Pattent of the said Gooderick & by that meanes would take in all the said surplusage & soe Consequently the said Lynes Plantation soe that to finde out the said Antient bounds of the said Goodericks land was ye Dispute in Question And the Court then finding it necessary that the said six hundred Acres of Goodericks should be Layd out according to the Knowne antient bounds thereof by some skilfull person according to the Direction of a Jury of the neigh bourhood & according to the Testimony of the witnesses that are best Knowing thereof The Court did then ordr that Rando Brandt gentt. Deputy surveyor of Charles County should be and was thereby especially appointed Impowered and comanded to Lay out and Re- survey the aforesaid parcell of Land of the aforesaid George Good- crick Containing six hundred Acres more or Lesse part whereof was sold to ye said Philip Lynes, In the presence of the sheriffe of the said County, wch said sheriffe was thereby impowered and comanded to sumon and Impannell a Jury of Twelve good and Law- p. 559 full men of the Neighbourhood to the said Land, Not being of Affinity or consanguinity to any of the said partyes or any way con cerned about the Tithe to the said Lands or any part thereof, to goe upon the said lands, and to sumon and Examine witnesses upon oath that the true antient bounds of the said George Goodericks land might the better be found out and Discovered According as they were first marked surveyed and layd out for the said George Gooderick by the said Robert Clarke, and to see where the Line of the said Michael Ashford Did or doth beginn And the said Rando Brandt was thereby ordered to runn the lines according to the lines and Courses of the Pattent, and also according to ye Imagi nary Lines And according to the Directions of the Jury aforesaid and the oathes of the Evidences Soc as the truth of the matter touch ing the sd Originall bounds of the said Goodericks land might the better be found out & discovered And to returne a Certificate of his proceedings therein and a faire plott of the Land in Question aswell touching the said Land according to the Lines of the Pattent as of the Survey taken by the Directions of the Jury & witnesses as afore said in Case they happen to differ, to the then next Provinciall Court to be held at the Citty of st Maryes the Eight and Twentyeth day of ffebruary then next, On wch said Eight and twentyeth Day of ffebruary aforesaid Came the said partyes by their Attorneys & the said Rando Brandt came also and certifyed to the said court that in Obedience thereunto he the said Rando Brandt in the presence of |
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