Individual Details
William Medley
(1651 - Bef 1 May 1695)
Notes:
Archives of Maryland; Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679 Page 270;
An Inquisition Indented taken upon the tenth day of Aprill in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679...that William Medley Son of the Said John Medley is Right heir of the mill Land ..that the heir is Twenty Six years of age and upwards,
William Medley 13A.319 I SM £41.2.-- May 1 1695
Appraisers: William Husband, William Sheirliffe.
William Medley 13B.107 A Jun 7 1696
Payments to: Caleb Osbon, Elisabeth Gardener, Elisabeth Scott, Henry Spinke.
Administratrix: Ann Daft, wife of Charles Daft.
William Medley 14.8 A SM £41.2.8 (1696)
Payments to: Mr, Robert Mason, Robert Arbuckle, Jeremiah Spur, Thomas Turner.
Administrator: Charles Daft.
William Medly 16.197 I SM £28.18.0 Mar 17 1697/98
Appraisers: Stephen Gough, John Tant.
William Medley 32C.93 A SM £15.9.3 Aug 1 1711
Payments to: Henry Spink, Mr. Kenelm Chiseldyne.
Administrator: Charles Daft.
Archives of Maryland; Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679 Page 270;
Maryland ss Inquisition The Mill Land
An Inquisition Indented taken upon the tenth day of Aprill in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679 at the house of mr Stephen Murty Scituate & being on the Mill Land at the head of Brittons Bay in the County of St Maries in the Province of Maryland By virtue of a Commission in the nature of a mandamus issued out of his Lordship's high Court of Chancery to us Richard Lloyd and Clement Hill Gent directed by the Oaths of twelve Good and Lawfull men of the Same County of St Maries by whom the truth of the matter may the better be known and Enquired of who is the Right p Owner of an heir to a tract of Land Called the Mill Land Lying at the head of Britton's Bay in the Said County of St Maries and what age the heir is and of what mannor and under what Rents & Services and how much those Lands and Tenemts are of value by the year in all issues and who those Lands and Tenemts hath or doth Occupy and the issues and profits hath or doth receive and by what title and how & in what manner and who hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom, We do by the Oaths of mr John Warren James Pattison, Thomas Kirkely Peter Mills Wm Cole Thomas Bassett Robert Beard, Henry Spinke Peter Pake Robert Thomas, Robert fford and Capt John Cambell who being all ready Sworn Say as followeth
The heir is and of what mannor and under what Rents & Services and how much those Lands and Tenemts are of value by the year in all issues and who those Lands and Tenemts hath or doth Occupy and the issues and profits hath or doth receive and by what title and how & in what manner and who hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom, We do by the Oaths of mr John Warren James Pattison, Thomas Kirkely Peter Mills Wm Cole Thomas Bassett Robert Beard, Henry Spinke Peter Pake Robert Thomas, Robert iford and Capt John Cambell who being all ready Sworn Say as followeth
That the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary of the Sd Province and by his Patent under the Great Seale of the Said Province bearing date the Sixth day of may Annoq Domini 1651 Give Grant and Enfeoffe unto Walter Pake of the County & Province afd his heirs & assigns for Ever all that parcell of Land or Tract of Land Lying on the East Side of Brittons bay near the head thereof Containing and Laid out for Eleven hundred acres more or Less To be holden of the mannor of West St Maries Yeilding and Paying therefore yearly unto his Said Lordship his heirs and Successors one pound two Shillings Sterling or Eleven Bushells of Good Corn at the feast of the Nativity of our Lord To be holden in free and Common Soccage by ifealty onely for all Services as Relation being had to the patent may more at Large appear By virtue of wch Grant or Patent the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths Say That the said Walter Pake became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said Walter Pake did by writeing under his hand bearing date the tenth day of ffebruary Anno 1652 being menconed and Endorsed on the Back Side of the Patent aforesaid assign all his Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses to Paul Sympson his heirs and assigns for Ever And the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths farther Say That the Sd Paul Sympson became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said Paul Simpson did by writeing under his hand the date not known but Some part thereof to be Seen Endorsed on the back Side of the sd Patent assign all his Right Title and Interest of in and to the Same premisses unto Nicholas, John and Peter Mills as by the Testimony of the Said Peter Mills one of the Jurors doth appear By virtue of which assignmt they became Seized of the Same and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Sd Nicholas John & Peter Mills did by writeing under their hands bearing date the Twelfth day of December Anno 1653 being menconed and Endorsed on the back Side of the Said Patent assign all their Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses to John Medley his heirs and assigns for Ever By Virtue of wch assignmt the Said John Medley became Seized and possessed of ye prmisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said John Medley did by writeing under his hand bearing date the nineteenth day of July Anno 1656 being menconed and Endorsed on the back Side of the Said Patent assign all his Right and Title of the Said Patent unto John Mills and Peter Mills By virtue of wch they became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said John and Peter Mills did by writeing under their hands bearing date the fourth day of August Anno 1656 being menconed and Endorsed on the Backside of the Said Patent assign all their Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses unto the Said John Medley his heirs and assigns And the Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that to the best of their Judgmts haveing perused what writeings and Evidences Came before them that William Medley Son of the Said John Medley is Right heir of the mill Land aforemencioned And the Jurors do further Say that the heir is Twenty Six years of age and upwards, And the Jurors do further Say that as far forth as they can find his Lordship by his Receivers appointed to Collect the Same hath yearly Received his Rents of the premisses of the Severall persons in whose possession the premisses have been And the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that the Land and Tenements on the Land afore said are of value by the year in all issues the Sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco And the Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that mr Stephen Murty doth Occupy the Lands and tenements aforesd and the issues and profits thereof doth receive By virtue of a Bargain and Sale Indented in writeing under the hand and Seale of the aforesaid William Medley unto the Said Stephen Murty bearing date the Twenty first day of ffebruary Anno Domini 1676 in ffee Simple to him the Sd Stephen Murty and his heirs for Ever And the Jurors do further upon their Oaths Say that the Said John Medley and his heirs hath paid his Lordship's Rent for the Said Mill Land about Twenty two years, In Testimony whereof as well the Commissionrs as Jurors afd have hereunto Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written Richard Lloyd sealed Commissionrs Clement Hill sealed mr John Warren sealed Robt Beard sealed James Pattison sealed Henry Spink sealed Thomas Kirkley sealed Peter Pake sealed Peter Mills sealed Robt Thomas sealed Wm Cole sealed Robt iford sealed Tho: Bassett sealed John Cambell sealed
Which being Read and heard It is the Judgmt of the Court here this day to witt the fourth day of June in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679 that William Medley Son of the Sd John Medley deced is heir to the Lands in the aforegoing Inquisition menconed Nic: Painter Cl Cur Provalis
Archives of Maryland; Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679 Page 270;
An Inquisition Indented taken upon the tenth day of Aprill in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679...that William Medley Son of the Said John Medley is Right heir of the mill Land ..that the heir is Twenty Six years of age and upwards,
William Medley 13A.319 I SM £41.2.-- May 1 1695
Appraisers: William Husband, William Sheirliffe.
William Medley 13B.107 A Jun 7 1696
Payments to: Caleb Osbon, Elisabeth Gardener, Elisabeth Scott, Henry Spinke.
Administratrix: Ann Daft, wife of Charles Daft.
William Medley 14.8 A SM £41.2.8 (1696)
Payments to: Mr, Robert Mason, Robert Arbuckle, Jeremiah Spur, Thomas Turner.
Administrator: Charles Daft.
William Medly 16.197 I SM £28.18.0 Mar 17 1697/98
Appraisers: Stephen Gough, John Tant.
William Medley 32C.93 A SM £15.9.3 Aug 1 1711
Payments to: Henry Spink, Mr. Kenelm Chiseldyne.
Administrator: Charles Daft.
Archives of Maryland; Volume 51, Chancery Court Proceedings, 1679 Page 270;
Maryland ss Inquisition The Mill Land
An Inquisition Indented taken upon the tenth day of Aprill in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679 at the house of mr Stephen Murty Scituate & being on the Mill Land at the head of Brittons Bay in the County of St Maries in the Province of Maryland By virtue of a Commission in the nature of a mandamus issued out of his Lordship's high Court of Chancery to us Richard Lloyd and Clement Hill Gent directed by the Oaths of twelve Good and Lawfull men of the Same County of St Maries by whom the truth of the matter may the better be known and Enquired of who is the Right p Owner of an heir to a tract of Land Called the Mill Land Lying at the head of Britton's Bay in the Said County of St Maries and what age the heir is and of what mannor and under what Rents & Services and how much those Lands and Tenemts are of value by the year in all issues and who those Lands and Tenemts hath or doth Occupy and the issues and profits hath or doth receive and by what title and how & in what manner and who hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom, We do by the Oaths of mr John Warren James Pattison, Thomas Kirkely Peter Mills Wm Cole Thomas Bassett Robert Beard, Henry Spinke Peter Pake Robert Thomas, Robert fford and Capt John Cambell who being all ready Sworn Say as followeth
The heir is and of what mannor and under what Rents & Services and how much those Lands and Tenemts are of value by the year in all issues and who those Lands and Tenemts hath or doth Occupy and the issues and profits hath or doth receive and by what title and how & in what manner and who hath paid the Rent for the Same & to whom, We do by the Oaths of mr John Warren James Pattison, Thomas Kirkely Peter Mills Wm Cole Thomas Bassett Robert Beard, Henry Spinke Peter Pake Robert Thomas, Robert iford and Capt John Cambell who being all ready Sworn Say as followeth
That the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary of the Sd Province and by his Patent under the Great Seale of the Said Province bearing date the Sixth day of may Annoq Domini 1651 Give Grant and Enfeoffe unto Walter Pake of the County & Province afd his heirs & assigns for Ever all that parcell of Land or Tract of Land Lying on the East Side of Brittons bay near the head thereof Containing and Laid out for Eleven hundred acres more or Less To be holden of the mannor of West St Maries Yeilding and Paying therefore yearly unto his Said Lordship his heirs and Successors one pound two Shillings Sterling or Eleven Bushells of Good Corn at the feast of the Nativity of our Lord To be holden in free and Common Soccage by ifealty onely for all Services as Relation being had to the patent may more at Large appear By virtue of wch Grant or Patent the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths Say That the said Walter Pake became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said Walter Pake did by writeing under his hand bearing date the tenth day of ffebruary Anno 1652 being menconed and Endorsed on the Back Side of the Patent aforesaid assign all his Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses to Paul Sympson his heirs and assigns for Ever And the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths farther Say That the Sd Paul Sympson became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said Paul Simpson did by writeing under his hand the date not known but Some part thereof to be Seen Endorsed on the back Side of the sd Patent assign all his Right Title and Interest of in and to the Same premisses unto Nicholas, John and Peter Mills as by the Testimony of the Said Peter Mills one of the Jurors doth appear By virtue of which assignmt they became Seized of the Same and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Sd Nicholas John & Peter Mills did by writeing under their hands bearing date the Twelfth day of December Anno 1653 being menconed and Endorsed on the back Side of the Said Patent assign all their Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses to John Medley his heirs and assigns for Ever By Virtue of wch assignmt the Said John Medley became Seized and possessed of ye prmisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said John Medley did by writeing under his hand bearing date the nineteenth day of July Anno 1656 being menconed and Endorsed on the back Side of the Said Patent assign all his Right and Title of the Said Patent unto John Mills and Peter Mills By virtue of wch they became Seized and possessed of the premisses and being So Seized and possessed thereof the Said John and Peter Mills did by writeing under their hands bearing date the fourth day of August Anno 1656 being menconed and Endorsed on the Backside of the Said Patent assign all their Right Title and Interest of in and to the premisses unto the Said John Medley his heirs and assigns And the Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that to the best of their Judgmts haveing perused what writeings and Evidences Came before them that William Medley Son of the Said John Medley is Right heir of the mill Land aforemencioned And the Jurors do further Say that the heir is Twenty Six years of age and upwards, And the Jurors do further Say that as far forth as they can find his Lordship by his Receivers appointed to Collect the Same hath yearly Received his Rents of the premisses of the Severall persons in whose possession the premisses have been And the Said Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that the Land and Tenements on the Land afore said are of value by the year in all issues the Sume of five hundred pounds of Tobacco And the Jurors do upon their Oaths further Say that mr Stephen Murty doth Occupy the Lands and tenements aforesd and the issues and profits thereof doth receive By virtue of a Bargain and Sale Indented in writeing under the hand and Seale of the aforesaid William Medley unto the Said Stephen Murty bearing date the Twenty first day of ffebruary Anno Domini 1676 in ffee Simple to him the Sd Stephen Murty and his heirs for Ever And the Jurors do further upon their Oaths Say that the Said John Medley and his heirs hath paid his Lordship's Rent for the Said Mill Land about Twenty two years, In Testimony whereof as well the Commissionrs as Jurors afd have hereunto Set their hands and Seals the day and year first above written Richard Lloyd sealed Commissionrs Clement Hill sealed mr John Warren sealed Robt Beard sealed James Pattison sealed Henry Spink sealed Thomas Kirkley sealed Peter Pake sealed Peter Mills sealed Robt Thomas sealed Wm Cole sealed Robt iford sealed Tho: Bassett sealed John Cambell sealed
Which being Read and heard It is the Judgmt of the Court here this day to witt the fourth day of June in the fourth year of the Dominion of Charles Lord Baltemore &ca Annoq Domini 1679 that William Medley Son of the Sd John Medley deced is heir to the Lands in the aforegoing Inquisition menconed Nic: Painter Cl Cur Provalis
Events
| Birth | 1651 | St Mary's County, Md | |||
| Property | Abt 1665 | 550 A of Bretton's Way and mill at Hd of Brittain's Bay | |||
| Marriage | 1674 | St. Mary's Co., Maryland - Anne Reynolds | |||
| Death | Bef 1 May 1695 | St Mary's County, Md |
Families
| Spouse | Anne Reynolds (1655 - 1701) |
| Child | John Medley , Sr. (1676 - 1748) |
| Child | William Medley (1678 - 1725) |
| Child | Barbara Medley (1680 - ) |
| Child | Rebecca Medley (1682 - 1743) |
| Father | John Medley (1615 - 1663) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Thompson (1621 - 1676) |
| Sibling | John Medley (1647 - 1676) |
| Sibling | George Medley (1649 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Thomas Medley (1653 - 1683) |
| Sibling | Anne Medley (1655 - 1696) |