The said persons first taking the Oath of fidelity to the Rig^t
Hon^ble Caecilius Lord Proprietary of this prouince and the Oath
of a Justice of the peace, Which Oaths I doe apoint the said
w^m Bretton to Administer to the said Robert Slye John Lawson
Thomas Dent & william Boreman and after they haue taken
the said Oaths then they or either of them to Administer the
like Oaths to the said w^m Bretton for which this Shall be a
Sufficient Warrant to them and euery of them, Giuen und^r my
hand and Seale the day and yeare first aboue written

The Oath of a Justice of peace

I doe sweare that I will well and truly execute the Office of
a Justice of the peace w^thin the County of S^e Marys according
to my best skill and knowledge so help me God

August the 22^th 1666 and in the
35^th yeare of his lordps Dominion

Commission then issued and Granted to Cap^t Will^m Thorne
to be Cap^t (under Charles Caluert Esq^r Cap^t Generall) of all
the forces: on the Easterne Shore of this prouince from Wicco-
comoco that Joynes uppon Mannij to the north point of Poca-
moke on the said Easterne Shore

Mutatis mutandis ut est in fo: 23
To Cap^t william Euans

[Erection of Somerset County.]

Caecilius Absolute lord & Prop^ry of the pvinces of Maryland p. 268
& Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To Stephen Horsey,
W^m Stevens, W^m Thorne, James Jones John Winder Henry
Boston George Johnson & John White gent. Greet^g know ye
that wee for the ease & benifitt of the people of this o^r pvince
& for the Speedy & more exact Adm^ncon of Justice have erected
& doe by theis pnts erect all th^t Tract of land w^thin this our
province of Maryland bounded on the South with a line drawne