Acts. 27

[A Supplicatory Act to their Sacred Majesties for erecting of
free Schools]

To their most Sacred Ma^tys the King and Queen
Dread Soveraignes
From the Sincerity of our humble and Loyall hearts We offer to
your sacred persons our most dutifull & sincere thanks for your
Royall Care and Proteccon to us, for your Ma^tys Princely Zeale and
pious care of our Mother the Church of England and Extending your
Royall Benediccon to our Neighbouring Collony your Ma^tys Sub-
jects and Territory of Virginia in your Gratious Grant and Charter
for the propagation of the Colledge or place of Universall Study in
that your Ma^tys said Collony: In humble contemplation whereof and
being excited by his present Excellency Francis Nicholson Esq^r your
Ma^tys Govern^r of this ynnr Province his Zeale for your Ma^tys service
pious Endeavors and generous offers for the propagating of Chris-
tianity and good Learning herein are become humble Suitors to your
most sacred Ma^tys to extend your Royall Grace and favour to us
your Ma^tys Subjects of this Province Represented in this your Ma^tys
Gen^rall Assembly thereof That it may be Enacted And may it be
Enacted by your sacred Ma^tys by and with the advice Prayer and
Consent of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the
same That for the propagation of the Gospell and the Education of
the youth of this Province in good Letters and Manners that a cer-
taine place or places for a Free Schoole or Schoole or place of study
of Lattin Greek writeing and the like consisting of one Master one
Usher and one writing master or Scribe to a Schoole and one hun-
dred Schollers more or less according to the abillity of the said Free
schoole may be made Erected founded propagated and Established
by and under the Patronage of the Right Reverend Father in God
[blank] and managed
by certaine Trustees nominated and Elected by this present Generall
Assembly That is to say by your Ma^tys said Governor Francis
Nicholson Esq^r the Hon^ble S^r Thomas Lawrence Barr^t Colonell
George Robotham, Colonell Charles Hutchins, Colonell John Addi-
son, of your Ma^tys Hono^ble Councill of this Province The Reverend
Divines M^r Peregrine Coney M^r John Hewett togeather with Robert
Smyth Kenelme Cheseldine Henry Coursey Edward Dorcy Thomas
Enalls Thomas Taskar Francis Jenkins William Dent Thomas
Smith Edward Boothby John Thompson and John Bigger gentlemen
or the major parte or Survivors of them upon and in a certaine place
of this Province called Anne Arrundell Towne upon Seaverne River
or att such other place and places as by the Gen^rall Assembly of this
Province shall be thought convenient and fitting to be supported &
mainteyned in all tyme coming, and that your Ma^tys will for your
Heires and Success^rs graunt and give Leave to the said Francis
Nicholson Esq^r and the other Trustees abovesaid or the major part or

Public
Record
Office,
London.
C O. 5,
Vol. 731,
Maryland.
From
1694-1702.
Acts
Acts of 1694,
ch. 31
(Repealed
by 1697,
ch. 17)