78 Assembly Proceedings, October—November 1678.

Liber W. H.
& L.

To the Right Hon^ble the Lord Proprietary of Maryland
and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c.

The humble Peticon of Joshua Guibert
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner Joshua Guibert borne in the Citty of
Rheimes in high Brittany in the Kingdom of France and
being now Removed into this Province and haveing for divers
yeares therein Inhabitted being invited to Come & dwell
within this Province by and vppon Confidence of your Lord-
ships fathers Declaracon of the second of July one thousand six
hundred forty Nyne whereby your Lordships said father did
Impower his Gouernour from time to time to grant lands to
any persons of french Dutch Spanish or any other forreigne
decent in the Same in as ample manner and vpon the same
tearmes and Provisoes as he was thereby Impowered to grant
Land to any person or persons of Brittish or Irish descent

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And dureing his said Abode he hath been allwayes faithfull
and obedient to your Lordshipps Lawes Yett for that your
Petitioner is not of Brittish or Irish descent hee Cannot take
the benefitt of the Customes and Lawes of this Province as
other the people of this Province of Brittish or Irish descent
may to his great losse prejudice and hinderance as alsoe to
the Deterring of divers others of the same forreigne Nations
aforesaid from Comeing into this Province And by Conse-
quence foreslowing the peopling this Province with vsefull
Handicrafts men & artificers—
May it therefore please your Lordship of your abundant
Goodness and wonted Care of and over this Province that
itt may be Enacted and ordeyned by your Lordship And
be itt Enacted & ordeyned by the Lord Proprietary by and
with the advice and Consent of the upper and lower house of
this present Generall Assembly That your Lordships humble
peticoner Joshua Guibert be and shall from henceforth be
Adjudged reputed and taken as one of the Natureall borne
people of this Province of Maryland and that he the said
Joshua Guibert shall from henceforth by the same Authority
be Enabled and adjudged to all intents and purposes able to
demand Challenge haue hold and Enjoy any Lands Tenements
rents or Hereditaments within this Province as heir or heires
of any of their Ancestors by reason of any decent fee Simple
fee Tayle Generall or Speciall Remainder of fee Tavle Gen-
erall or Speciall or Remainder vpon any Estate Taile as afore-
said or by any other Lawfull Conveyance or Conveyances or
meanes whatsoever as if hee had been borne within this Prov-
ince or were of Brittish or Irish descent as aforesaid And
alsoe that hee the said Joshua Guibert from henceforth may and
shall be Enabled to prosecute maintaine and Avow Justify and