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

Liber P. R.

tended, & take out grants of the same, vpon paine of being
refused grants after the said time. And hereof I require all
persons whom it shall concerne, to take notice of it at their
perill.

p. 91

Whereas by a Proclamation bearing date at S^t Maries the
23. January last vpon certaine hopes then presumed vpon of
meanes to gee a march vpon the Sesquihanowes I did declare
to the colony that there should be an expedition sett forth at
his Lo^ps charge, with other things therein conteined; w^ch meanes
being not yet found answerable to my hopes, I doe think fitt
to advise further of the intended expedition; & therefore doe
hereby anull & revoke the said pclamation, & the obligations
therin vndertaken on his Lo^ps behalfe; & all powers & Com-
missions therin given touching or concerning the said expedition
vntill I have further considered therevpon Given this 8. Aprill

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By the Leiuten^t Grall.

Whereas I am determined to goe for England, I doe hereby
publish & declare to all inhabitants of this Province, that I have
noiaed appointed & elected m^r Giles Brent Esq to be Leiuten'
Grall Chancell^r Admirall cheife Captaine Magistrate & Com-
mander aswell by sea as by land, of this Province of maryland,
& of the Hands to the same belonging, in as large & ample
manner as his Lo^p by his Commission vnder the great Seale
bearing date at S^t maries the 4^th day of September 1642. hath
authorised me for the pnt, during my intended absence, vntill
further order from his Lo^p therin. Given at S^t maries this 11^th
Aprill 1643.

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Cecilius by o^r Soveraigne Lo: K. Charles, Lord Proprietary
&c To all psons to whom these pnts shall come, greeting.
Know ye that we for divers good causes vs therevnto specially
moving, have exempted, & by these pnts doe exempt the psons
of Nathaniel Pope and his meniall servants, being nine in
number, from all watches & wardings, & from all attendance
at musters & trainings, & from being called or commanded out
of or from his house to or vpon any leavie march or partie
without or ags^t his will or consent. And we doe hereby will
& require all o^r Captaines Comanders & officers whatsoever,
not to infringe or violate any the exemptions aforesaid at their
perill. Given at S^t Maries this 11: Aprill 1643. Witnesse o^r
deare brother &c.