Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.     303

     east Seaventy five perches to a marked Red oake standing on a banke     Liber W. C.
     by the River being the first bounded tree of the former Survey, And
     from the said Red oake bounded with the River & the maine branch
     of the River by a Lyne drawne East southerly ffoure hundred
     seaventy five perches to a marked red Oake Standing by the side of
     the branch respecting the forke of the branch on the opposite side,
     and runing from the said red oake by a line Drawne Northeast ffive
     hundred thirty five perches, and from the end of the northeast line
     by a Lyne drawne west north west foure hundred thirty five perches,
     And from the end of the west north west line with a straight Line
     seaven hundred and thirty perches to the first bounded Chesnutt
     Containeing by Estimation Sixteene hundred and thirty Acres or
     thereabouts, To have and to hold unto the said Anthony and his
     Assignes from the feast of st Michael the Arch Angell wch was in
     the yeare of our Lord 1682 aforesaid to the end and terme of two
     yeares thence next Ensueing fully to be Compleate and ended.
     By vertue of wch Demise the said Anthony into the Tenements
     aforesaid the appurtenances Entered and was thereof posessed,
     and soe thereof being posessed the said William Afterwards (to wit)
     the first day of January then next following into the tenements afore
     said with the appurtenances wch the said Nicholas Painter to the
     said Anthony in forme aforesaid did demise for the terme aforesaid
     wch is not yet past did Enter & him from his ffarme aforesaid did
     Eject and other Enormityes to him did doe to the greate Damage
     of him the said Anthony and against the peace &c. Whereupon he
     sayth he is the worse and hath damage to the Vallue of Tenn thou
     sand pounds of tobacco and thereupon he bringeth his suite
       Unless the Tennant in Posession or they under whome he C!aymes
     Doe the next Provinciall Court appeare to this Declaracon & make
     him or themselves Defts thereunto & by rule of Court Confess the
     Lease entry and Ejectment & insist onely upon the title the Deft in
     this Declaration will confess Judgmt & posession will be delivered
     accordingly to the Plantiffe
     To Edward Husbands Chirurgion Tennant in posession of the
                         premisses.
       Now here at this day (to wit) the thirtieth day of March in the
     Eighth yeare of the Dominion of the Right honoble Charles Lord
     Baltemore &ca Annoq Doni 1683: Came the sd Anthony Underwood
     by Robert Carvile his Attorney and Offerred himself against the said
     Wm Taylor in the plea aforesaid, and Edward Inglish gentl sheriffe
     of Cecill County aforesaid Came also and made Oath that in the
     moneth of ffebruary Anno Doni 1682 he went on the aforemen
     tioned parcell of Land, and noe person being in possession thereof he
     did then and there Read on the said Land a Coppy of the Declaracon
     aforementioned attested by the Clerk of this Court in the presence
     of Nathanael Garratt and Nicholas Dorrell But the said William