370   Chancery Court Proceedings, 1671.





        Liber CD   mean assignm.t aforemenconed the profits of the Said Land we
               humbly conceive by them in their life times were fully Enjoyed and
               Received We the Said Juro.rs find the Said Two thousand acres of
               Land is now in the possession of m.rs Ann ffowke, Edmund Lindsey
               mr Benjamin Rozer m.rs Elizabeth Johnson and Phillip Brown (to
               Say) one thousand acres now in the possession of m.rs Ann ffowke
               the Relict of m.r Job Chandler Esq by vritue of the afores.d assignm.t
               from the aforesaid W.m Lewis to Chandler and Oversee as aforesaid
               the other one thousand acres we find in the possession of Edmund
               Lindsey by virtue of a Lease from m.rs Elizabeth Oversee the Relict
               of m.r Symon Oversee afores.d Granted to him the S.d Lindsey for
               Twenty one years of w.Ch time there is Seven years or thereabouts
               Expired out of w.ch Said one thousand acres there is Two hundred
               acres or thereabouts now in the possession of m.rs Ann ffowke By
               virtue of a Lease Granted by the Said Edmund Lindsey unto George
               English late of this County in whose possession it was three years
               or thereabouts & then Sold by him unto Coll.° Gerrard ffowke late hus
               band to the Said m.rs Ann ffowke in whose possession it hath been
               three years or thereabouts & also four hundred acres or thereabouts
           p.436 now in the possession of Elizabeth Johnson the Relict of Dan.ll
         (fol. 564) Johnson of the County of Charles County deceased by virtue of a
               Lease Granted by the Said Edmund Lindsey unto William Paca late
               of the Said County deceased in whose possession it was one year or
               thereabouts and then purchased by Daniell Johnson in whose posses
               sion it hath been this four years or thereabouts and also one hundred
               and fifty acres or thereab.ts now in the possession of mt Benjamin
               Rozer by virtue of a Lease Granted from the Said Edmund Lindsey in
               whose possession it hath been this two years or thereabouts and also
               one hundred acres of Land more or thereabouts now in the Possession
               of Phillip Brown by virtue of a Lease Granted by the Said Edmund
               Lindsey in whose possion it hath been this three years or thereabouts
               the profits and benefits thereof having been Enjoyed and Reced as we
               Humbly conceive by the parties aforemenconed and the value of the
               s.d Two thousand acres of Land may be worth Eight hundred pounds
               of Tobacco as we humbly Conceive p Annum, And the Juro.rs further
               Say that Such meane assigm.ts as it before Expressed was formrly
        (fol. 565) accustomary in this Province and in these days most or all of the
               Lands then Sold did pass between man & man barely upon Such
               meane assignments
                                 Tho:  Lomax foreman Henry Adams
                                  of the Jury        Tho: mathews

                And further the Juro.T5 aforesaid Say upon their Oaths that
               whether the Lands and Tenem.ts aboves.d in the Patent afore
               recited & by the assignm.t of the s.d L.t W.m Lewis to the Job