76 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 168 1-85 /6.

Liber R.

also to Coll W^mBurges. ff^t in Anne Arrundell
Coll Philemon Lloyd, horse in Talbott, Kent & Caecill
Coll W^m Colebourne. ff^t in Som^rsett & Dor. County
Coll George Wells, ffoote in Balt
Coll Henry Jowles ffoote in Calv:
Coll W^m Chandler ffoote in Charles Co:

A Letter from Coll Coursey then read as foll viz.

R^t Hon^ble
Your Hono^rs noble favour to me I reed: by Cap^t Strong for
w^ch I humbly thanke you according to your Directions I
apply'd myself to M^r Inglish who I found clearely uncapable
to give an Acco^t of what Rents were due in Caecill County
in respect he had noe Rent Roll, neither (as he told me)
would Cap^ta Sibrey deliver him that which he had, not-
withstanding he charged a note upon Michael Miller to pay
me Seaven Thousand pounds of Tobacco, provided if them
Rents w^ch came to his hands did not amount to soe much I
should repay him, insoemuch requiteall of your L^dsps favour to
me I putt him in a way to make a perfect Rent Roll himself viz :
to make a booke of Lands for every hundred, (necessity com-
pelling him to goe to every house) and soe to take an Acco^t
from every Individuall Inhabitant what Lands he holds, and
under what Condicons of Plantation and this my Lord I think
will be the readyest way to find out a true Rent Roll; and
will shew if any fraud hath been used heretofore. I since
reed: another I suppose by M^r Gulick which came to me by
Capt. Strong in w^ch was a Comon &c^a touching the Northern
Indians which I shall as carefully looke after as possibly I
cann: The next day after it came I went to Kent where was

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a Court, and there I caused the Comission to be read to lett
the people know what your L^dsps Comands were; and who
their Enemys were, and this my Lord I judged meete in
respect of their backwardness in comeing to traineing. In
the next place if it please your L^dsp I must putt you in mind that
I spoke to your hono^r that since Cap^t Wild left the head of the
Bay I am wholly destitute of a Cap^t there as also a Lieveten-
ant and Ensigne, I mentioned Henry Ward or William
Peerce, and Edward Swettnam Lief I cannot tell who to
name for Ensigne. I Doe not my Lord name these any
otherwise but as the most fitt men I know there, but if yo^r
L^dsp pleases to appoint any others it well contents me: like-
wise Cap^t March of the Island of Kent is dead, and there is
noe Capt^a neither doe I know any in that place (except W^m
Lawrence he was Marsh's Lief) that is fitt for that place, and
how fitt he is your L^dsp knowes as well as I, who to nominate