330 Assembly Proceedings, 1651.

Liber M C

about eight or ten thousand Acres which we Conceive may be
a means not only to bring them to Civility but also to Chris-
tianity and may Consequently be as well an Addition of Com-
fort and Strength to the English Inhabitants as a safety and
protection to those Indians who having been Natives and
former Inhabitants of that Part of Our said Province where
the English now Inhabit and not only always well affected unto
them but also willing to Submit themselves to our Government
we Esteem our Selves bound in Honour and Conscience to
allow them according to their desire some place of Habitation
there by a Title derived from us and have therefore thought
fit for that Purpose and do Accordingly hereby authorise and
require you Our said Lieu^t to Cause by a declaration and
Command in Our Name under the Great Seal of our said
Province as the said Indians above mentioned shall (with the
Approbation of You and Our Surveyor General there) make
Choice of to be Erected into a Mannor for the use of us and
of our heirs for ever with Court Baron and Court Leet as
Occasion shall require in & for the Mannor and to be Called
by the Name of Colverton Mannor of which Mannor our
Pleasure is that a thousand Acres in the first Place be made
Choice of by our Surveyor General there in the best and most
Convenient place of the said manner and set apart as the

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demesnes thereof to be reserved for the only use of us and of
our heirs and we do hereby Authorise and appoint our Sur-
veyor Gen^l Rob^t Clarke Gent to be our Steward of the said
Mannor and in Our name to keep Court Baron and Court leet
as Occasion shall Require in and for the said Mannor and on
our Behalf Grant by Copy or Copies of Court Roll Copy hold
Estates for one two or three Lives of any Part of the said
Mannor except the Demesnes thereof to any Indian or Indians
that shall desire the same and as he our said Steward with the
Approbation of our said Lieutenant shall think fit to be held to
be held of the said Mannor upon such services to be done to
us and our heirs by such Copyhold for the same as Our said
Steward with the Approbation of Our said Lieu^t Shall Also
think fit Provided that no one Copyhold Exceed Above fifty
Acres unless it be to the Werrowance or chief head of every
of the said Six Nations above mentioned Respectively And not
to any of them above two hundred Acres a piece And that
upon every Copy so to be Granted there be Reserv'd a Rent
of One shilling sterling or the Value thereof to be paid yearly
to us and Our heirs for every fifty Acres of Land Respectively
to be Granted as aforesaid and so proportionably for a lesser
or a Greater Quantity of Land which Copy hold Estates so to
be Granted by the said Robert Clark Steward of the said
Mannor upon such terms and Conditions & not otherwise as