thousand acres of land lying nearest together about Kent Fort and one thousand acres more where he shall desire it and to certifie Mr. Secretary what you doe therein.     To Robert Clarke Deputy Surveyor.     The preceding extracts are taken generally from Liber No. 1, of the Land Office records.¾It is thought needless to point out the particular pages.     Memorandum. That I have assigned seven hundred and fiftie acres of land to Mr. Britton in a neck upon the main to the northward of Heron Island and to the eastward of St. Clements Manor, Provided, that he enter his names for which the said land is due in the Surveyor's book, and procure the same to be surveyed within a twelve month from the date hereof and take a grant of it under the great seal.                                 Signed, LEONARD CALVERT.     28th October, 1639.¾William Britton Gent. demandeth five hundred and fiftie acres of land in freehold due by Conditions of Plantation for transporting himself and wife and one child and three able men servants, and two hundred acres more due by Conditions of Plantation to Thomas Nabbs for transporting himself and his wife whose assigne the said William Britton is by intermarriage with Mary daughter and heir of the said Thomas, the said persons transported into the Province of Maryland in the year 1637 to plant and inhabit there, and was allowed. Names of the three servants, John M, Richard H, James J.     June 29th, 1640.¾Laid out for William Britton Gent. one neck of land lyeing in Potomack river, near over against Heron Island, and bounding on the south with the said Potomack river on the west with St. Clements Bay on the east with a great bay called Brittaine Bay, and on the north with a line drawn across the woods from St. Clements Bay unto the head of a little creek in Brittain Bay called St. Nicholas Creek, where now goeth the hedge of the said William Britton, the said neck containing in the whole seven hundred and fifty acres or thereabouts.                                         JOHN LEWGER. Patent.     Cecicilius &c. Know ye that We for and in consideracon that William Britton, Gent. hath transported himself in person, his wife, one child, and three able men servants into our said province of Maryland in the year 1637, and that the said William Brittton is the lawfull heir of Thomas Nabbs who transported himselfe and his wife into our said Province in the year aforesaid to plant and inhabit there, and to the end the said William Britton and his heirs may be enabled &c. Source: John Kilty. Land Holder's Assistant and Land Office Guide. Baltimore: G. Dobbin & Murphy, 1808. MSA L 25529.