224 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1648-1655.

Liber C. B.

most usual feasts of the Year (viz^t the Annunciation of the
blessed Virgin Mary and S^t Michael the Arch Angell by even
and caquall Portions of the Rent of Forty Shillings Ster^l in
Silver or Gold or the Value thereof in such Commodities as
his said Lordship and his heirs or his or their Officer or Offi-
cers appointed by him or them from time to time to Collect
and Receive the same shall accept in discharge thereof and for
the next fourteen years in lieu thereof forty Bushell of Wheat
yearly as is now usually Growing and used in England and

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according to English measure or six pounds ster^l in silver or
Gold at the Choice of his Lordship and his heirs and after the
said fourteen Years in lieu thereof the twentieth part Yearly
of the Annual yield and profitts of every such Manner or in
lieu thereof ten pounds Sterling in silver or Gold at the Choice
as aforesaid to his said Lordship and his heirs forever
2 The sixth part of the Land of every mannor which shall
be Granted by Virtue of the said Conditions shall be for ever
after Accompted and known for the demesnes of Every of the
said Manners respectively which demesnes shall be set forth
in some one Convenient place altogether within every such
mannor by distinct meetes and Bounds for that Purpose and
shall never be Alienated separated or leased from the Royal-
ties and Lord or Lords of the said Respective Manners from
time to time for the time being for any number of years or other
term exceeding seven years and the respective Lords of every
such mannor and their heirs shall have Power from time to
time and at all times hereafter to Grant or Convey any other
Part of the said mannor respectively (except the Demesne
Land of the same unto any other person or persons of British
or Irish discent either in fee Simple or fee tayle for life lives or
years to be held of him or them as of his or there said mannor
respectively by and under such Rents and Services as he and
they shall think fit not prejudicial to his Lordships Royal Juris-
diction there and so as all and every part of the said Lands so
to be Granted or Conveyed as aforesaid remain still Notwith-
standing still subject and Liable to the Payment of such Rents
dues and Services of every such mannor as are or shall be
from time to time reserved upon the Originall Grant thereof
from his said Lordship and payable to his said Lordship and
his heirs forever

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3 What Person soever of the Discent aforesaid (except here-
after excepted shall at his or his friends Charges cause to be
transported any less or Greater number of persons then twenty
of the discent aforesaid into the said Province from any other
place and shall also observe the Conditions hereunder mentioned
he shall have Granted unto him his heirs and Assigns respec-
tively under the Great Seal of the said Province for and in