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    six hundred sixty & three give and bequeath certeyne lands amongst Liber FF
    other things to the said Mary in satisfaccon of the Condicon of the
    said bond which is not of the vallue nor neere the vallue of the said
    one thousand pounds menconed in the said Condicon of the said
    Obligacon And the said Mary requesting us the Appaysors of the
    Estate of the said John Bateman by the Court appoynted to appraise
    and sett downe the true valuacon of the said land Att the request of
    the said Mary wee have Considered of the vallue of the said lands and
    doe accordingly vallue the same as followeth vizt
                                     lb tobacco
    Thorpes Free hold being 400 acres     04000
    The Residue of the Resurreccon Mannor that was)
                                     65000
      not Aliened by the said John Bateman before
      his Death
    In Testimony whereof wee haue Subscribed our names the second [p. 271]
    day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand six hun
    dred Sixty and six         Tho: Truman
                                     Ri: Smith
                                     Will Groome
    Scene and Examined by us the fifth of Aprill One thousand six
    hundred Sixty and Six     Thom: Truman
                             John Morecroft
                              Tho: Mannyng
      Ordered (according to the prayt of the Peticon of Mary Bateman
    in folio two hundred and twenty) That the foregoeing Inventory
    be put on the File in the Secretary's office, and that the former
    Inventory delivered in be taken of and this to Remayne for good

    To   the Honble the Governor and Councell of the Province of Maryland
      The humble peticon of Mary Bateman Relict of John Bateman
    Decd Sheweth
      That upon the Agreement of the Marriage betweene the said
    Mary and John Bateman and your Peticoner Itt was agreed betweene [p. 2721
    Margarett Perry of London Widdow and your Petiëoners Mother
    and the said mr Bateman that the said Mr Bateman should give
        bonnd of two thousand pounds sterling to the said Margarett to
        leave att his death an Estate of one thousand pounds sterling as a
        provision of Mayntenance in case shee should overlive the said John
        Bateman her husband wch the said Mary did And the said John
        Bateman did by his last will & testament bequeath to your peticoner
        certeyne lands servants Negrooes and goods for and in lew thereof
        but your peticoner finding her said husbands Estate much intangled
        and ingaged in Debts did not Conceive itt safe to accept the same in
        satisfaccon thereof, but upon her Administring as Administratrix
        the said Margarett Perry sued the sayd bond and had Judgment
        thereupon agt the Estate of the sayd John Bateman and your Peti-
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