Chancery Court Proceedings, 1674. 129

      Through the Earnest Intercession of the Said persons the Gov- Liber C D
    erno.r hath Given and Granted the Said Pope Alvey Respite of
    Execution and Liberty to depart to his own house
      Yet Nevertheless the Judgem.t & Sentence past against him to
    Remain in full force & Effect on the Records dureing the pleasure of
    the Governour & according as the Said Alvey Shall hence forward
    behave himself in his Remaining Course of Life
                              Charles Calvert (sealed)
      Caecilius &a To all our Judges Justices and other officers and
    ministers within our Said province of maryland & all other psons
    to whom these presents Shall Come Greeting in our Lord God
    Everlasting Know ye that Whereas at a provinciall Court held at
    S.t maries y.e fifth day of July in the three & thirtieth year of our
    Dominion over our Said province Annocp Domini 1664 Pope Alvey
    late of S.t maries Co.ty Cooper was Indicted arraigned & Convicted. (fol. 137)
    for the feloneously killing of Alice Sandford his Servant & there-
    upon prayed the benefit of his Clergy w.th was by the Justices of our
    Said Court Granted unto him and the Said Pope as a Clerk did
    Read & was thereupon burned in the hand according to the form of
    the Statute in that Case provided & afterwards to wit at a pro-
    vinciall Court held at S.t maries the third day of Jan.ry in y.e four
    & thirtieth year of our Dominion over our Said province Annocp
    Domini 1665 the Same Pope Alvey by the name of Pope Alvey of
    S.t maries County Cooper was Indicted arraigned and Convicted
    for the Stealing of a Cow of the Goods & Chattells of Coll.° William
    Evans & thereupon in like manner prayed the benefit of his Clergy
        was denyed unto him by our Said Justices according to the
    Law in that Case provided, he haveing once had the benefit thereof
    as appeared upon Record & thereupon the s.d Pope being demanded
    by our Said Justices what he had to Say for himself why Judgm.t
    of Death Should not be Given against him, Said nothing in barr
    thereof, whereupon Judgm.t of Death against the Said Pope Alvey
    for the felony aforesaid by our Said Justices at the prov).ll Court
    afd was awarded & we having hitherto Suspended the Execution of
    the Said Judgm.t against the Said Pope. And the Dep.tys & Delegates
    of the freemen of our Said province in our Lower house of Assembly
    at a Generall Assembly begun & held at our City of S.t marieses on
    Tuesday the nineteenth day of may in the 42.th year of our Dominion p.
    over our Said province Annop Dñi 1674 and there Continued untill (fol. 137)
    the Sixth day of June following haveing of us humbly Requested
    our free & Generall pardon to be Granted unto him the Said pope
    and being Willing as much as in us Lyeth to Grant the reasonable
    Request of our Said Lower house of Assembly have Pardoned
    Remitted, Released acquitted Indemnified and discharged And by
    these presents for us our heirs & Successors do pardon Remitt
    Release acquitt Indemnifie & discharge the S.d Pope Alvey of the
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