Provincial Court Proceedings, 1666.

       Liber FF Before John Ringgold had answered all the Interrogotorys The
              Court making inspeccon into the premisses which prou'd something
              difficult for the Court to understand the allegacons of either party,
              Whereuppon it was Ordered, That by the ueiw of a Jury of twelue
              men of the neighbourhood, and a surueyr they doe returne undr
              theire hands to the next Prouinall Court a suruey of Anto Purs and
        [p. 258]  James Ringgolds lands now in dispute according to the bounds of
              each pattent And allsoe a plott of each suruey, The said lands to be
              laid out by a Chaine


              To the honble Charles Caluert Gouernor & Leiutennt Generall of
              the Prouince of maryland and to the Rest of his Honble Councell
                The humble petn of Thomas Hinson most humbly sheweth
                That neer about 7 yeares last past yor petr did make an agreemt
                mr Tho: Ringgold that the said mr Ringgold should suruey
              6oo acres of land for yor petr and pattent it in his owne name, hee
              hauing 6oo more of his owne adjoyning unto it and afterwards
              to Assigne half e of the sd pattcnt unto yor petr hee paying the halfe
              of the Charge and returning the said mr Ringgold soe many rights
              againe, The which 6oo acres of yor petrs aforesaid was diuided and
              bounded by two markt trees, distinct from the said Mr Tho: Ring-
              golds and named by yor petr Huntingfeild, beginning att a small
              Creeke called Huntingfeild Creeke to this day, and is allsoe named in
              the Pattent But now soe it is, That the said Mr Ringgold doth refuse
              to make an Assignmt thereof Notwthstanding yor petr hath often
              demanded the same, and hath built & Cleer'd uppon the sd land
                The prmisses Considered yor petr humbly Craues That his witt-
              nesses may be sworne, who cann testifye the aforesaid Agreemt,
              and that he may haue prsent Order agst the said Mr Ringgold accord-
              ing to law and good Conscience Wth Cost of suite, And he shall
              pray &c

        [p. 259]  Thomas Hinson plaintiffe The Defendts answere (uizt) The De-
              Thomas Ringgold defendt fendt pleads that the plaintiffe Claimes
              Six hundred acres of land beginning att the mouth of Huntingfeild
              Creeke and saith in his Declaracon that the defendt hath built and
              Cleered the said land which thing is not true, therefore the defendt
              prayes that the writt may abate and that the plaint pay Cost & damage
              for such unjust molestacon


                Vide those Interrogotorys entred in fo: 255 should haue been
              brought in here they belonging to this sute
                after which being sworne unto by South and James Ringgold,
              John Ringgold not answering them all, but onely this he said that
              he heard his father say, That mr Hinson should haue his Choice of
              2600 acres