Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694. 453

To the Kings most excellent Majestie
The humble Petition of Charles Lord Baltemore
Sheweth,
That by your Majesties letter of the I^st of Aprill 1689 and
by an Order of Her Majestie in Councill of the 26^th Feb^ry 1690.
and lastly by a second Royall letter of your Maj^s of 3^rd of Nov^r
1691. your Petitioner had leave for his Receivers to demand
the Port dutys or Anchorage Money which for many years has
been by Law vested in your Pet^rs Father and himselfe as by
the Law of Maryl^d has already appeared to the Right Hon^ble
the Lords of your Maj^s most honourable Privy Councill, yet
notwithstanding that Law and your Maj^s most gracious letters
and Orders thereupon Colonel Lyonel Copley your Maj^s Gov-
ernor there has forbid your Petitioner's Collector to receive
that part of your Petitioner's Revenue, upon pretence of an
Act of Assembly procured there by him, and lately transmitted
hither which your Pet^r has had leave to peruse.
Your Pet^r humbly hopeing your Majestie never
intended to take away any pgrt of his property and
Revenue settled by Law of that Province does there-
fore most humbly beseech y^r Maj^s positive Comands to

Col; Copley to suffer your Pet^rs Collectors to receive

that part of y^r Pet^rs Revenue according to y^r Maj^s
former letters & Orders thereupon & that y^r Maj: will
be graciously pleased y^r Pet^r may have your Royal
letter before the goeing away of this Fleete And y^r
Pet^r as in duty bound shall ever pray &c

(Endorsed)
9^th February 1692.
Referrence of the Lord Baltemore's
Petition for the 14^d p tun in Maryland
B.F.
p. 42.

P. R. O.

Maryland
B. I. Vol. 2,
B. F.
p. 42

At the Court at Whitehall
the 23^rd of February 1692.

Present
The Kings most Excellent Majesty
Lord Archbpp of Canterbury Earl of Warrington
Lord President Visc^t Newport
Lord Great Chamberlain Visc^t Falkland
Earl of Bedford Lord Bpp. of London
Earl of Bridgwater S^r Robert Howard
Earl of Maclesfield M^r Vice Chamberlain
Earl of Nottingham M^r Chan^celr of the Excheq^r
Earl of Rochester L^d Chief Justice Holt.
Earl of Monmouth S^r Edward Seymour
Earl of Montague S^r Henry Goodrick
Earl of Scarborough M^r Boscawen

B. I. Vol. 8,
p. 68