326 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1657-1660.

Liber H. H.

To M^r George Thomson one thousand Acres.
To M^r John Langford fifteene hundred Acres
To M^r Henry Coursey one thousand Acres.
Provided that none of the lands aboue mentioned be assigned
in any place formerly disposed of by his Lo^p or his Authority
to any other person nor sett out nor reserved for his Lordships
Owne Vse. And Provided that in the said assignements the
vsuall respective yearely rent of two shillings sterling for euery
hundred acres of all the said lands to be payed to his Lordship
& his heires for the same be reserved & payed respectively or
the valewe thereof in such Comoditys as his Lo^p or his Heires
or his or theyr officer or officers appointed from time to time
to collect & receaue the same shall accept in discharge thereof
for all w^ch this shall be y^r Warrant.
4 That they doe take speciall care of those Widdowes who
haue lost theyr husbands in & by occasion of the late troubles
there vizt M^rs Hatton M^rs Lewis & M^rs Eltonhead whom his
Lo^p would haue his said Lieutennant to cause to be supplyed
out of such rents & other Proffitt as are due to his Lordship &
can be gott for theyr present releife and subsistence in a decent

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manner in case they stand in need thereof & that they lett his
Lordship Knowe wherein he can doe them any good there in
recompence of theyr sufferings of w^ch his Lo^p is very sencible
& that they assure diem on his Lo^ps behalfe that he will continue
his vtmost endeauors (by solliciteing his Highnesse & Councell
for the procureing of Justice to be don them for the lives of
theyr husbands & satisfaction for theyr losses from those who
haue don them so greate Jniuries w^ch he doubts not but will
be at last obtained.
5. That they cherish & comfort in what they can all such
persons as haue approved themselues faithfull to his Lo^p and
don good service in the late troubles there: that his Lo^ps said
Lieu^t preferre those persons before any others to such places
& imployments of trust & profitt as they may be respectively
capeable of & in particular M^r Thomas Truman M^r George
Thomson Lieu^t Thomas Tunnell & M^r Barton & that his said
Lieu^t & Counsell lett his lo^p vnderstand from time to time
wherein he can vpon any occasion requite them & others who
haue bin faithfull to his Lo^p as aforesaid with any thing there
for theyr advantage according to theyr respectiue meritts
assureing them that his Lo^p will be very ready & willing to
gratify them in any thing that shall be reasonably desired of
him & in his power to doe.
6. That whereas a Windmill att S^t Marys w^ch was formerly
belonging to Maior Genr^ll Edward Gibbons late deceased was
assigned by the said Gibbons his Widdowe to his Lo^p in satis-
faction of a debt of one hundred pounds Ster^l due to his Lo^p