24   Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1698.

             Lib. X.   month intending to take to wife Elianor Hawkins he came to

                  the Reverend Mr Peregrine Cony who was then the only

                  person that Granted Licenses under his Excellency & desired

                  a Blank Licence of him who being willing so to do begun &

                  wrote his name Peregrinus Cony & Ordered him Mr George

                  Tubman by the copy to write the rest which he did leaving

                  Room for the name to be filled up afterwards and says that

                  Mr Cony Subscribed his name to it but did not set his Seal

                  the which Setting the Seal Mr Tubman did with the filling up

                  the day of the date of the License

                   Concerning our opinion we humbly offer

                   That as to the License Mr Tubman acted in quality of

                  Surrogate

                   That the Offences Mr Tubman stands charged with deserved

                  to be punished with Suspëncon áb Officio & Beneficio

                       Witness our hands

                          Ben Nobbs

                          Hugh lones

                   Mr Tubman called in the foregoing Report is read unto him

                  & he is asked if he has any thing to say for himself why he

                  should not be Suspended accordingly & he not making any

                  answer is ordered to withdraw

              p.  181 Agreed that as to Mr Tubmans marriage it be left to the

                  Decision of the civil & common Law

                   Advised & Ordered that whereas Mr Geo Tubman was ap

                  pointed to Officiate as Minister of the parishes of William &

                  Mary & Port Tobo in Charles County & also did Officiate in

                  Piscattoway Parish in Prince Georges County having lately

                  misbehaved himself to the Scandal of his Function & the holy

                  Religion he professes as appears by his own confession that

                  he be Suspended as well from his Office as Benefice in the

                  said Parishes & be not hereafter Suffered to execute his

                  Ministerial function or any part thereof within this his Maj-

                  estys Province neither that he be Admitted to receive any part

                  of 40 l Tobacco p Poll arising with the aforesaid parishes from

                  the third of October instant which is the day his pretended

                  License bears date

                   Time given Mr Tubman to make his defence why this Order

                  of Suspension should not be Served upon him till munday

                  morning

                   Mr Tubman returns by Collo Addison that he has no

                  Answer to make

                   Wherefore Ordered that Copy of the Order of Supencon be

                  Served upon him which was by the Clerk of this Board ac

                  cordingly Served upon him