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Baltimore's son and heir), the Lieutenant General; acted in the
interval between Sewall's death and the swearing in of Boughton
a year later.

8. RICHARD BOUGHTON of Charles County (Prot.), com. Secre-
tary by His Lordship, 16 Feb. 1665/6 and sworn 17 May 1666; was
probably also Judge of Probate; resigned to be Clerk of Charles
County, 23 Dec. 1667.

9. *Hon. CHARLES CALVERT, the Lieutenant General; took to
himself, on Boughton's resignation, the offices of Secretary and
Judge of Probate.

10. *Col. WILLIAM CALVERT of St. Mary's City (Cath., son of
former Lt. Gen. Leonard Calvert), appointed Secretary and Judge
of Probate, 27 May 1669; last appears on 6 Sept. 1670.

11. *WILLIAM TALBOT of St. Mary's City and of Cartown,
County Kildare (Cath., His Lordship's nephew), com. by Pro-
prietary, 7 Aug. 1670, as Secretary, Public Notary, and Judge of
Probate. Soon after 5 June 1671, having succeeded, on his father's
death, to the title of baronet, he returned to his estates in Ireland
leaving Robert Ridgely his deputy. By commission of 20 Nov.
1672 Lord Baltimore separated the office of Judge of Probate
from that of Secretary and united it with that of Chancellor.
Shorly before 25 April 1673 he revoked Talbot's commission as
Secretary.

12. *Hon CHARLES CALVERT, the Lieutenant General; acted
in the interval between Talbot's departure and the swearing in of
Col. William Calvert.

13. *Col. WILLIAM CALVERT, com. 10 Dec. 1673 and sworn 16
March 1673/4; recom. by Charles, the new Lord Proprietary, 5
April 1676; drowned about 26 May 1682. Under the latter com-
mission he ceased to be Naval Officer; and on 10 June 1676 he
was given instead the ordinary license fines and a saddle on
attorneys in the Provincial Court.

14. *Maj. NICHOLAS SEWALL of St. Mary's County (Cath.,
son of Col. Henry Sewall above) and *JOHN DARNALL of Anne
Arundel County (Cath.), com. and sworn Joint Secretaries, 5
Feb. 1682/3; Darnall died 14 Dec. 1684.

15. *Maj. NICHOLAS SEWALL remained sole Secretary on
Darnall's death.