Provincial Court Proceedings, 1682.     205

    William Chandler Sheriffe of Charles County aforesaid And a Jury     Liber W. C.
    of twelve good and Lawfull men of the Neighbourhood by him the
    said sheriffe thereunto Sumoned Impannelled and sworne Hath re
    surveyed a Certaine Tract of Land formerly laid out for George
    Gooderick by Robert Clarke gentt. Begining att a bounded white
    oake by a Runn in the North west branch of Zachiah Swampe and
    proved by the oath of Robert Gooderick who was at the first Sur
    vey, Runing thence north and by west Three hundred perches to a
    bounded Oake standing in the said branch, Runing thence west &
    by north Three hundred and Twenty perches to a bounded oake,
    Thence south and by east Three hundred perches to a Locust post
    standing in the Cleare ground of the Plantacon of Philip Lynes
    being part of the said George Goodericks Land Thence Runing
    East and by south to the first bound tree Containing and Layd out
    for six hundred Acres according to the Tenor of his Lopps Grant
    And also in Obedience to the said Order of Court he hath resur
    veyed from the first bounded tree Runing thence north and by west
    Three hundred perches to the Second bound tree of the said Pattent,
    Thence north north west thirty one perches to a bounded Oake
    standing by the side of a Hill neare the Plantacon of John Aiwoods
    and Proved by the oath of the said Robert to be the second bounds
    of George Goodericks Land Runing thence west and by north Three
    hundred and Twenty perches Thence South and by east three hun
    dred thirty one perches to a Locust stake standing by a branch in
    the Cleare ground of the said Philip Lynes Runing thence East and
    by south to the first bounded tree Containing and resurveyd for
    six hundred Sixty and two Acres being all the lines and bounds
    that Can be Discovered by the Jury aforesaid Relateing to the said
    George Goodericks Land And also by the Orders and Directions
    of the Jury he hath runn part of the south by east Line of Michael
    Ashfords Land containing One hundred & Tenn perches wch hath
    its Dependence on the south and by east Line of the said Goodericks
    Land part thereof now in the Posession of the said Lynes and from
    thence continues its Course Two hundred and tenn perches accord
    ing to the Tenor of his Grant by meanes they finde most of             p. 560
    the said Lynes Plantation Fenceing and Tobacco houses to be in
    the Land of the said Ashford, And the said Cause was Continued
    untill this present day to wit the sixth Day of May aforesaid, On
    wch day it was alleadged to the Court by the said Defts Attorney
    that the said Survey of the Lands aforementioned was noe true
    Survey for that in the plotts of the said Goodericks Land drawne
    by the said surveyor and Returned to the Court doth not appeare to
    be the Quantity of acres mentioned in the Certificate aforesaid, And
    that the Defts witnesses that Could have proved the true antient
    bound trees and the Line trees from One bound tree to another
    were not permitted to be throughly examined Nor was there any