Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682. 225

      Dominion of the Right Honoble Charles Lord Baltemore &c Annoq          Liber W. C.
      Doni One thousand six hundred Eighty two: Att wch day came
      Aswell the said plt by Anthony Undrwood his Attorney as the said
      deft by Thomas Burford his Attorney, And the said plt by his said
      Attorney Sayth, That he by any thing before alleadged [Ought]
      not to be barred from haveing his accon aforesaid because he saith      p. 578
      that long before the same time of the Trespasse and Ejectment
      aforesaid done, and before the said James Peterkin or the Same
      John Rawlings under whome he Claymes had any thing in the
      same Two hundred Acres of land Called Plaine dealeing the same
      six hundred and fifty Acres of land called Alexanders place Men
      tioned in the Said Declaration was in the actuall posession & was
      the Proper land of the Said Henry Osbourne deceased under
      whome the said Anthony & Rebecca & Thomas and Sarah who
      demised the Same to the said plt Claymes, & were Seized thereof
      in their Demeasne as of ffee, and that the same two hundred
      Acres of land called plaine dealeing or the Major part thereof is
      within the antient bounds of the said Six hundred & fifty Acres of
      land Called Alexandrs place, And the markeing of Trees for sur
      veying the said Two hundred Acres of land Called Plaine dealeing
      and the Entring thereupon is the Trespasse and Ejectment whereof
      the Said Roger hath above Complained And this he prayeth may
      be Enquired of by the Country. And the said Deft likewise There
      fore Itt is Comanded the Sheriffe of St Maryes County that he
      Cause to come here Twelve &c. by whome &c. And who neither &c.
      To Recognize &c. because aswell &c.
       On wch said fourteenth day of October in the yeare aforesaid
      Came the Said Partyes by their Attorneys aforesaid, and the Jurors
      Impannelled being Called likewise came to witt Philip Lynes, Collen
      Mackensey, Andrew Wheatley Abraham Baker, Thomas Simpson.
      Thomas heath Richard Keene, Andrew Abington, Edmond Der
      mott, Arthur Wheatley Thomas Smithson & James Bigger Who
      being elected tryed and Sworne to Say the truth of the premisses
      upon their Oathes doe Say That the said James Peterkin is in noe
      wise guilty of the Trespasse and Ejectment above by the said
      Roger Eades Imposed upon him in such manner and forme as the
      said Roger hath Complained against him Therefore Itt is Con
      sidered by the Court here that the said Roger Eades take nothing
      by his writt aforesaid but for his false Clayme therein be mercy,
      and that the said James Peterkin goe thereof without Day And that
      the said James Peterkin Recover against the said Roger Eades the
      sume of             pounds of Tobacco for his Costs
      and Charges by him about his defence in this behalfe Layd out
      and expended. And the said James Peterkin may have thereof
      Execution