100 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.

Liber P. K.

twenty persons he shall so transport thether in one yeare, a
proportion of good land within the said Province conteyning
in quantity two thousand acres of English measure; w^ch said
lands shalbe erected into a Manner, and be conveyed by grant
vnder the Seale of the said Province to him or her and his or
her heires forever in socage tenure, with all such royalties &
priviledges as are vsually belonging to Manners in England.
Rendring & paying yearly vnto his Lo^pp and his heires for
every such Mannor a quitt Rent of fforty shillings sterling p
annu to be paid in the commodities of the country, and such
other services as shalbe generally agreed for publique vses and
the common good.
Item what person soever of the discent aforesaid shall at his
or her owne charge transport him or her selfe and any lesse
number of persons men or women then twenty of the discent
aforesaid and aged & provided as abovesaid, he or she shall
have assigned to him or her and his or her heires and assignes
for ever for & in respect of him or herselfe and every such
person as aforesaid, fifty acres of land within the said Province
to be holden of some Mannor of his Lo^pps within the said Pro-
vince in free socage paying therefore yearly a quitt Rent of
twelve pence sterling p annu to his Lo^p and his heires for
every fifty acres in the commodities of the country as afore-
said.
Item any person of the discent aforesaid that shall at his or
her owne charge transport thether any children of the discent
aforesaid, that is to say, boyes vnder the age of sixteene yeares
and girles vnder the age of fourteene yeares, shall have
granted to them and their heires for & in respect of every
such child so to be transported as aforesaid twenty five acres
of land within the said Province to be holden of some Mannor
of his Lo^pps within the said Province as aforesaid vnder the
yearly rent of six pence sterling for every twenty five acres to
be paid as aforesaid.
Item every person whatsoever that shall clayme any propor-
tion of land in the said Province of Maryland by vertue of the
conditions aforesaid shall passe a grant of the said lands so
due to him her or them as aforesaid vnder the Seale of the
Province aforesaid within one yeare next after the said lands
shalbe due vnto them and assigned and sett forth in some part
of the said Province by his Lo^ps Lieuten^t grall there, or in default
thereof they shall by vertue of these conditions loose their
right vnto the said lands for ever