Given to the Governor or Secretary or takeing the oath of
fidelity contrary to the tenor of a Proclamacon beareing date
13^th of Aprill last, & vpon further consideracon of a presump-
tuous letter written by the Said Thurston to the Governor &
Assembly diswadeing him & them from imposeing the engage-
ment, by the articles of 24^th of March last agreed vpon to be
taken for the establishment of Peace & vnity amongst the
inhabitants of this Province, & likewise that all those who pre-
tended to be of theyr church or Judgement did refuse to
subscribe the said engagement notwithstanding the late Act of
Assembly provided in that case, and also that diverse who
before had subscribed the engagement nowe vpon theyr
Joyneing them selues to the said Thurston & Cole did renounce
& disowne the said engagement and all benefitt that by theyr
subscriptions did acrewe to them

Present only The Governor and Secretary

The Councell considering that these contempts of Acts of
Assembly, breach of Articles, & disobedience to Proclamacons
could not but tend to the embroileing of this Province in further
troubles Ordered That a warrant should Jssue for the appre-
hending the said Thurston and Cole to answer theyr misde-
meanours.

Warrant to the Sherriffes to bring Thurston & Cole before
the Councell

Informacon agt Tho: Thurston & Iosias Cole & order

Vpon Informacon made that Thomas Thurs- ton and losias Cole had remained within this Province aboue one month without notice

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At a Councell held at Annarundell the 12th Julij

The Governor Present The Secretary MrNathaniell Vtie

The Councell toke into debate the settlement of the Court
for the County of Ann arundell & the defects in the former
Commission. And Ordered That William Burges Thomas

Order Commissioners for Annarundell County.

Meares Robert Burle Thomas Todde Roger Grosse Thomas Howell Richard Wells, Richard Ewen John Brewer Anthony Salway & Richard

Woolman Gent should be Com^rs for the said County & that
they should by the Sherriffe be summoned to appeare on 22^th
Instant at the house of M^r Edward LLoyd to take the oath
of Commissioners & Justices of the Peace; and that the 23^th
Jnstant should be the first court day.

Warrant issued vpon this Order to John Norwood Sherriffe
to summon the said Persons & give notice of the Court.