Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1692-1694. 509

Whereupon as well for the reasons aforesaid & for that the
said Carrol hath already made a Breach of some Bonds by
him passed for the good Behaviour &c^a saying he valued not
Bonds for that for a small matter he could procure a Noli
prosequi out of England & that for a pottle of Cyder or some
such inconsiderable value he would clear M^r Batson his fellow
Bondsman for a person accused for a most notorious Felon it
seem^g also to the Board at this time that through the instiga-
tion of the said Carroll & such like Persons as himself a
Generall defection througout the Province is threatned and
likely to grow if not timely prevented to a greater heighth It
is advised resolved & Ordered that the said Carroll be closely
Confined till further order from this Board
Was then produced & ordered to be read to the Board a
Copy of a Letter from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Lord
Nottingham as follows (viz^t)

March 20^th Mund: 92
My Lord
If in liew of transmitting to your Lordship Acts of Govern-
ment here & publick orders pursuant to my Instructions over-
ruled all by his Excellency in Councill Oct^r last the 14^th I am
forced only to send my humble Complaints, if instead of
Copys of the Iournals of the Councill which always here were
in the Secrys custody at least at his command I only have in
answer to offer to your Lordship this Letter from the Clerk of

Liber K.

the Councill I hope it will in great Part be my Excuse if not
my Iustification your Lordship will see by it in what Capacity
I have been ever since I came hither either of Performing his
Majestys Commands or even of making my defence in what I
may be accused of the Clerk hath Constantly denied me the
Peruseall of those Books whereby I am utterly debarred of
looking into the nature of my Office from records & presi-
dents or of knowing how any order is worded which relates
to any Complaint made against me a thing never denyed to
any in Common right & Iustice on Thursday March 9^th M^r
Denton who of Clerk of the Assembly I had made Clerk of
S^t Marys County was in Councill accused to me by the Gov^r
for expostulating with Coll Blakiston Collector of Potomock
too freely about this City Priviledges, & for not suffering his
Deputy Clerk just then going with him to keep the County
Court to obey the said Coll^s pretended warrant never shewn
tho demanded for which also he had by his Excellency been
before bound over in 200 £ to his good Behaviour, & to
answer at the next Provincial Court yet in the Interim was I
demanded without hearing the man to turn him out of his
employm^t this because I excused my self from doing till the

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