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necessary according to the Law & Custome of this Province
for or concerning all actions civill & Criminall within the s^d
Iland of Kent. And I doe authorise the Said Cap^t Rob^t Vau-
ghan, W^m Coxe Thomas Bradnoxe, Edward Comins, Phillip
Conner & ffrancis Brookes Gentlemen or the major part of them
whereof the s^d Rob^t Vaughan to be always one to hear try &
Iudge according to the Lawes of Province all actions & Causes
Civill w^ch shall happen between party & party within the said
& to award Exequution upon the same Excepting when
the ffreehold of any one Sh come in question.
Provided th^t it shall be Lawfull for any one, at any time be-
fore Exequution Served to appeale from the Iudgm^t unto the
Provinciall Court of this Province. The Appellant first putting
in Sufficient Security to the Court from whence the Appeale

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is made, for treble damages to be Satisfied to the adverse party
in the Cause; in case he be cast in the Provinciall Court in the
S^d Cause. And I doe authorise the said Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan,
& his assistants before Mentioned or the Major part of them
whereof the said Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan to be alwaies one to hear
& ludge according to the Lawes of this Province all Crimes &
offences Committed within the S^d Island & to Cause Such
Sentence, as shall be given by them therein to be Exequuted
Excepting where the life or Member of any person shall come
in question. And I doe hereby require all the Inhabitants of
the said Island of Kent to acknowledge & obey the S^d Cap^t
Rob^t Vaughan, Will^m Coxe, Thomas Bradnox, Edward Comins,
Phillip Conner & ffrancis Brooks Gentⁿ in the Severall Com-
mands & authoritys, hereby Committed to them, as they will
answer the contrary at their perills. Given at the Isle of Kent
this 1 8^th of Aprill Ano 1647
Leonard Calvert

By the Governo^r &c: —

These are to require you so soon as you may to Cause all
such lands, Goods, & Chattells, as are belonging unto any of
the late Rebells on the Iland of Kent, & fled from thence, or
th^t is yet remaining in the S^d Iland, & hath refused to take the
oath of ffealty to his Ldp to be attached & kept in safe Cus-
tody by Some officer to be appointed by you, untill Every of
the S^d psons respectively shall appeare before me & the Coun-
cell of this province att S^t Maries to answer their Severall
Crimes of Rebellion, & refusall of the S^d Oath. And abide
Iudgment of Court therein. Given at the Ile of Kent Aprill
20^th An^o 1 647
Leonard Calvert
To Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan & the rest
of the Commission^rs of the Ile of Kent.

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