198 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1647-1648.

Liber A.
p. 223

By the Gou^r & Grall of Mary-Land.
Locus + Sigilli Whereas a Proclamaon was sent up to the

Inhab^ts of the Ile of Kent (bearing date att S^t msries ii^th
Nouemb^r) to suspend & reuoake all power & authority of
Command uppon the s^d Ile of Kent from Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan
Comder of the s^d ILand. Wherein allso the Inhab^ts uppon the
s^d Ile were acquitted & discharged from their Obedience dew
unto him, by uertue of his Command, untill they should bee
thereunto againe requyred by speciall Commis^rs from the Gou^r
of this prouince for the time being. W^ch s^d Proclamaon as I am
gyuen to understand hath beene published according to my
order vppon the s^d Iland. And now since finding it needfull
& conuenient to continue the s^d suspension no longer uppon
the s^d Iland. I doe hereby giue notice to all p^rsons whom it
may concerne, That I doe againe nominate & appoynt him the
s^d Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan to bee cheife Cap^t & Comder of the s^d
He of Kent, under mee his L^ps Gou^r And to exercise all
power & authority uppon the s^d Iland according to his former
Commisⁿ graunted unto him from Leonard Caluert Esq^r late
Gou^r bearing date att Kent 18^th Aprill 1647^o And doe againe
hereby requyre the Obedience of all poeple, uppon the s^d Iland
to the Command of him the s^d Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan, as fully &
absolutely, as if noe such reuocaon or suspension had bene
made of his Command as afore. And further, for speciall
reasons me thereunto mouing, I doe hereby suspend all power
& authority from all the Assistants or Commis^rs ioyned w^th the
s^d Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan in the fores^d Commisⁿ (M^r Phillip Con-
ner only excepted) & in their roomes doe constitute & ap-
poynt, M^r Nicolas Browne to bee Assistant or Commis^r
Authorizing them the s^d Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan, M^r Phillip Con-
ner, & M^r Nicolas Browne to heare & determine all Causes
uppon the s^d Iland according to the Commisⁿ afore mentioned.
Requyring all the Inhab^ts afores^d to acknowledge & obey the
s^d Cap^t Rob^t Vaughan, M^r Phillip Conner, & M^r Nicolas
Browne in the seuerall commands & authorities thereby com-
mitted to them, as they will answere the contrary att their
perills. Gyuen att S^t maries this ii^th Decemb^r 1648.
Thomas Greene