Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.     247

     force & Armes a Certaine Tract of Land iyeing in st Maryes County      Liber W. C.
     called Nethurbury Containing Two hundred Acres more or lesse
     together also wth one messuage & Dwelling house wth other out
     houses & one Orchard and other appurtenances to the sd tract of
     Land belonging wth Andrew Abington of the County aforesaid
     gentt to him the said Abraham Recd for a terme of yeares yett to
     come and unexpired had Demised he Entred, and him the said
     Abraham Reid from his farme aforesaid he did Eject and other            p. 596
     harmes to him did To the great damage of him the said Abraham
     & against the Peace &ca
       And whereupon the said Abraham Reid by Kenelm Cheseldyn
     his Attorney Sayth that Whereas the said Andrew Abington upon
     the thirtyeth day of March in the sixth yeare of the Dominion of
     the Right honoble Charles Lord Baltemore &c. Annoq Döni 1681
     in the County aforesaid did demise to the same Abraham Reid
     a Certaine Tract of Land Lyeing in St Maryes County Called
     Netherbury Begining att a marked Pokiccory standing upon a Small
     Ridge neare to a Swampe called Island Swampe Runing thence
     East to the bay of Chesepeake one hundred perches, And from the
     End of the said East line North and by west upp the said bay One
     hundred and fourteene perches, And from the End of the North
     and by west Line west three hundred and thirty five perches, and
     from the End of the said west Line South Eighty two perches and
     from the End of the South line to the first marked tree Containing
     two hundred Acres more or Lesse, with a messuage or dwelling
     house wth other Out houses & one Orchard and other appurtenances
     to the said tract of land belonging To hold the said messuage or
     Dwelling house to him the Said Abraham Reid and his Assignes
     from the said thirtyeth day of March aforesaid for and dureing &
     untill the full end and terme of three yeares from thence next
     Ensueing and fully to be Compleate and Ended, By vertue of wch
     Demise the said Abraham Reid unto the said Messuage dwelling
     house land and premisses their appurtenances entered and was
     thereof posessed & soe being thereof posessed the said George
     Thompson Afterwards to wit the Tenth day of Aprill in the afore
     said yeare into the messuage dwelling house Land and prmisses
     aforesaid with their appurtenances wth the said Andrew Abington
     to him the said Abraham Reid in forme aforesaid had Demised
     for a terme wch is not yett past entered, & him the said Abraham
     Reid from his farme aforesaid Did Eject & other harmes to him
     did to the great Damage of him the said Abraham Reid and against
     the peace &c. Whereupon hee sayth he is Damnifyed & hath Losse
     to the vallue of ffifty thousand pounds of tobacco And thereupon he
     brings his suite
       Uniesse the Tennant in Posession or they undr whome he claymes
     doe at the next Provinciall Court and by himself or his Attorney