190    Chancery Court Proceedings, I




       Liber C D  Sealy of the Same John Clarke of the Same & William Mackdowell
              of the Same the Jury who upon their Oaths as followeth viz.t that
              the Said Joseph Horsley was at the time of his Death Seized in
              Actualh possession of tract of Land Containing nine hundred acres
              more or Less being part of a Tract of Land Containing one thou
              sand acres more or Less Grant to one Richd Preston by one patent
              under the Great Seal of the Sd province bearing date at S.t marys
              the 26.th day of Aprill in the 26th year of the Dominion of the
          R.t Hon.ble Cecilius &c of most noble memory in y.e year of our
          Lord God 1658 & assigned & Set over unto the S.d Joseph Horsley
          by the Said Richard Preston by one assignm.t on the Backside of the
          Sd Recited patent bearing date y.e first day of the Seventh month
          Called Sept.r in the year of our Lord God 1663 To have & to hold
          the Sd Tract of Land to the Said Joseph Horsley his heirs & assigns
          for Ever And yt the sd Joseph Horsley was at the time of his Death
          Seized in Actuall possession of a Tract of Land one other part of the
          S.d Thousand acres of Land Containing one hundred acres of Land
          more or Less Granted Bargained and Sold unto him the Said Joseph
          Horsley his heirs & assigns for Ever by one John Taylor & Alice his
          wife as by their Deed of Bargain & Sale bearing date the Seventh day
          of Jan.rY 1664 relation being thereunto had it doth & may more at
          Large appear So that the Said Joseph Horshey was actually possessed
          at the time of his Death of one Thousand acres of Land more or
          Less Scituate Lying & being in Calvert Co.tY by the meets & bounds
          thereof menconed in ye Sd Recited patent more at Large appear &
          Called or known by the name of Preston Clifts To be holden of his
          Ldp and his heirs as of his Ldpps mannor of S.t marys in free &
          Common Soccage by ffealty only for all Services under the yearly
          Rent of Twenty Shillings Sterl in Silver or Gold or the Value
          thereof in Such Commodities as his Lttp or his heirs or Such offic.r or
          offic.rs appointed by his S.d Ldp or his heirs from time to time
          to Collect and Receive the Same Shall accept in discharge thereof
          at the Choice of his Lpp & his heirs or Such officer or officers as
          afores.d The Sd Jurors further Say that the Sd Joseph Horsley dyed
         p. 157   the five and Twentieth day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord
        (lot. 190)     God 1670 And one Richard Ladd & Rosamond his now wife the
          Relict of the Said Joseph Horsley Since the Death of the Said
        (lot.Joseph have Received the issues and profits thereof the Jurors
          further Say that the Said Land and premisses are now in the possön
          of the Said Richard Ladd & Rosamond his wife & that ye Same
          Lands & prmisses as the Same now are Improved are worth Eight
          hundred pounds of Tob.° p Annum over & above the Rent above
          Reserved to his Lopp And that the Said Richard Ladd hath paid the
          yearly Rent due to his LN5 for the Said Land & prmisses unto one
          Christopher Rousby or his Order late high Sheriff of the Said
          County of Calvert then Receiver for his Lpp untill ye Sixth day of