ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - DEEDS - William OLDIS & wife Jane
                                   to William BLITH Jr.
                                   10 Apr 1665
                                   Assignment of Patent
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[p.] 43 [...] 

To all to whome these p'sents shall come I Francis MORRISON Esquire Gov.r & 
Cap.t Gen'all of Virginia send greeting in o.r Lord God everlasting, 
whereas by Instrucçons from the Kings most Excell.t Ma.tie directed to me & 
the Councill of State, his Ma.tie was gratiously pleased to Authorize me the 
said Govern.r & Councill to grant pattents, and to Assigne such proporçons of 
Land to all Adventurers, & Planters as have been usuall heretofore, in the 
like Cases either for Adventurers of money or transportaçon of People to this 
Collony, Accordeing to A Charter of Orders from y.e late Treasurer & Comp.a 
And that y.e same proporçon of Fifty Acres of Land granted & Assigned for 
every P/son transported hither since Midsumer 1625 And that y.e same Course be 
continued to all persons Adventurers & Planters untill it shall be otherwise 
determined by his Ma.tie 
Now know yee that I y.e said Francis MORRISON Esq.r Gov.r doe w,th y.e consent 
of y.e Councill of State, accordingly give & grant unto William OLDIS 
Three hundred & Tenne Acres of Land scituate lyeing & being in the Isle of 
Wight County on y.e West side of the Ciprus [Cypress Swamp] 
begining att A m'ked Redd Oak att y.e head of a hundred acres of Land of y.e 
said OLDIS 
from thence North by West four hundred & forty Pole to a m'ked White Oake 
between a Cart path & a small Pocoson, 
from thence South West by West 130 Poles to a marked Redd Oake 
from thence South by East 20 Poles to a m'ked Pine 
from thence West by South to a m'ked White OAke forty Six pole upon BODDY 
from thence South Westerly 140 Poles, along BODDY's Lyne, 
from thence East by North 72 Poles to a marked Pine 
from thence South by East 280 Poles to a m'ked great Pine by a Cart Path 
from thence North East by East 130 Poles, to y.e first station or marked Red 
Oak 
the said Land being due to him y.e said W.m OLDIS by & for y.e transportaçon 
of Seaven Persons into this Collony whose names are all in y.e Records 
mençoned in this Pattent, 
To have & to hould y.e sd Land w.th his due shares of all Mines & Mineralls 
w.th all Woods Waters & Rivers w.th all proffitts Comodities & Hereditam.ts 
whatsoever belonging to y.e said 
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Land to him the said William OLDIS his Heires and Assignes for ever, In as 
large & ample manner to all intents & purposes as is expressed in A Charter of 
Orders from y.e late Treasurer & Comp.a dated y.e 18.th of Nov.r 1618 Or by 
consequence may be Justly Collected out of y.e same or out of y.e Letters 
Pattents whereon they are grounded 
To be held of o.r Sovereigne L.d y.e King his Heires & Successo.rs for ever, 
as of his Mann.r of East=Greenwich in full [sic; 'free' is typical usage] & 
Comon Soccage and [redundant "full & Comon" struck through] & not in Capite or 
by Knights service 
Yeilding and payeing to o.r Sov'eigne Lord y.e King his Heires & Successo.rs 
for every Fifty Acres of Land hereby granted Yearly att y.e Feast of S.t 
Michaell y.e Archangell the Fee rent of One shilling, w.ch paym.t is to be 
made Seaven Yeares after y.e first Entry of the Survey, & rights in y.e  
Office being the 20.th of June now last past, & not before accordeing to y.e 
s'd Charter of Orders, and since confirmed by his Ma.ties Instrucçons, as 
alsoe by Act of of [sic] Assembly y.e 2.d of March 1642 [1642/3] 
Provided that if y.e said W.m OLDIS his Heires or Assignes doe not seat or 
Plant or cause to be Planted or seated upon y.e s'd Land w.th in three yeares 
next Ensueing, that then it shall be lawfull for any Adventurer or Planter, to 
make choice or seat thereupon 
Given att James Citty under my hand & y.e Seal of y.e Collony 
y.e 30.th of Octob.r 1662 and in y.e 14.th year of y.e Reigne of Sovereigne 
Lord King Charles y.e 2.d &c 
                                                  Francis MORRISON 
On y.e back of y.e Pattent Assigned thus 
                                                   Tho: LUDWELL  Sec.rÿ 

I W.m OLDIS Assigne all my right & interest of this Patt.t, & also in y.e 
behalfe of my Wife Jane OLDIS, unto W.m BLITH his Heires & Assignes, 
as witness o.r hands y.e 1.st of May 1665         W.m OLDIS 
                                                  Jane OLDIS 

This Patt.t & assignem.t was Acknowledged & deliv'ed by M.r W.m OLDIS & Jane 
his Wife unto M.r Richard SHARPE for y.e use of W.m BLYTH's ["Blyths"] Heires 
in Open Co.rt May y.e 1.st 1665 held for y.e Isle of Wight County in these 
words, wee deliver and acknowledge this o.r Assignem.t to be o.r reall Act & 
Deed 
                                           Teste  Jn.o JENINGS Cler Cur 
     Record 1° May 1665 

[The patent above was not found in the Virginia Land Office Patent Books.] 

Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Deeds, Wills, Etc., Vol. 1 (1662-1715), 
pp. 43-44 
The Library of Virginia, Isle of Wight Co. Microfilm Reel 22 
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [surname capitalization, line breaks & brackets mine]

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