i86  Ch ancery Court Proceedings, 1676.





       Liber C D  Command you that you Cause Twelve Good & Lawfull men of your
              Bailywick to be and appear before us at the house of Henry Hardy
              on Thursday next being the 11.th day Instant may about nine of the
              Clocke before noon then & there to Enquire into what Lands Thomas
              Peircy late of Charles Co.tY decd dyed Seized of at the time of his
              Death as of ffee in the Said County & of what manno.r & under
              what Rents & Services & how those Lands & Tenem.ts are of value
              by the year in all issues & att what time the Said Thomas Peircy
              dyed, & who is his next heir & what age the heir is & who those
              Lands & Tenem.ts from the time of the Death of the Said Thomas
              Peircy hath & doth Occupy & the issues & pfits & doth Receive
              & by what Title & how & in what mannor & who hath paid the
              Rent for the Same, & to whom & for yo.r So doing this Shall be
              yo.r warr.t Given under our hands & Seals the fifth day of may in
              ye first year of the Dominion of Charles &c Annocp Dom 1676
              To Benj.a Rozer Sheriff      John Douglass sealed
                 of Charles County        Robert Henly sealed

                An Inquisition Indented taken at Batchelo.r Creek in Charles Coty
              this 11.th of may in the first year of Charles &c before Jn.° Douglas
              Gent & Robt Henly Gent by virtue of a Commiss.n in the nature of a
              writt of mandamus to them directed & to this Inquisition annexed to
              Enquire after y.e Death of Tho.8 Peircy late of Charles Co.tY decd
              by the Oaths of Randolph Brandt Ja.s Tier, Sam.ll Clarke, Tho:
              Gibson Tho: Harris, Joseph Bullett, Rich.d Ambrose, Robert Woorall
              Jn° Harvy Rob.t Inglesby, Walter Davies W.m Hinsey w.ch Juro.ts
              upon their oaths Say that the S.d Thomas Peircy was Seized in his
              Demeasne as of ffee upon the day of w.ch. he dyed to witt the fifth
              day of Nov.r 1666 of one hundred & fifty acres of Land Lying
              Scituate & being in y.e County of Charles Co.tY Commonly known &
              Called by the name of But of what mann.r & by what Services its
              holden y.e Juro.'8 are altogether Ignorant, And We the af.d Jurors
              find the annuall Rent thereof to be one Bushell & a half of Indian
              Corn & we value it in all issues p Annum to be worth Two hundred
              p.ds of Tob° w.ch S.d Rent we find to have been p.d by Jeremiah
              Long & Henry Hardy Since y.e decease of the s.' Jeremiah Long
              always to Rich.d Watson & his heirs. And we the Juro.rs af.' having
              a Copy of the Sd Tho: Peircy his Will brought before us find
              thereby Jeremiah Long whole & Sole heir & Ex.r of the S.d Tho:
              Peircy But no mencon made of Land Given to the S.d Jeremiah
              Long nor her heirs neither do we find any heir apparent & Since ye
              Death of the sd Tho Peircy we find that the Land hath been Occu
              pyed by Jeremiah Long ab.t the Space of three years from w.ch
              time we find Henry Hardy hath & doth Occupy the Same & the
              issues & profits thereof hath & doth Receive In Testimony whereof