Chancery Court Proceedings, 1671.   393





    this writt Wittnes our Selfe att our citty of Saint Maries the Liber P C
    Eleaventh Day of September in the 40th Yeare of our Dominion
    over our Said Province of Maryland Annoque Domini One Thousand
    Six hundred Seaventy One
                                   P:  Calvent Canc :r

    Caecilius Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Province of Mary- p. 16
    land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To the Mayor Re
    corder Aldermen and comon councill of the citty of Saint Maries
    Greeting whereas by the Advice and consent of our councill wee
    have determined to hold an Assembly of the ifreemen of our
    Province on the tenth day of Octot next Ensueing there to consider
    of certaine thinges concerning the State and Welifare of this our
    Province of Maryland wee comand you the Said Major Recorder
    Aldermen and comon councill. that makeing Proclamacon as soone
    as conveniently may bee after the receipt of this writt You cause to
    bee Elected Two Discreet cittizens to serve as delegates for the Said
    citty in the said Assembly there to Doe and consent to such things
    as by comon consent shall happen to bee Ordeined and Enacted
    in the businesses aforesd So that through want of Sufficient Power
    or Inconsiderate Elleccon of the aforesaid Delegaates the busi
    nesses aforesd may not Remaine undone or neglected and make your
    Returne of the Writt into the Secretaries Office by the Second day
    of Octob :r next Together wth the names of the Said cittizens Ellected
    to bee delegates for the Said citty as aforesd Given att our Said citty
    of Saint Maries under the Greate Seale of our Said Province of
    Maryland the 150 day of Septembr in the fortieth Yeare of our
    Dominion over our Said Province Annop Dom 1671

    October 2 :° 1671
    came Philip Calvert Esq Major of the citty of Saint Marie and made
    Retourne of the Writ as ifolloweth—on the backside thereof—
    By Vertue of the Writ of the Right Hono :b1 the Lord ProptY wthin
    written into his Secrctaric3 Office wee Doc certefic that on the 290
    day of Septembr after the Receipt of this Writ according to the
    iforme of this wthin written Writt Proclamacon being made att the
    Said citty in the prsence of the Major Recorder Aldermen and
    comon councill and the Rest of the ifree cittizens that then prsent
    were to bee Ellected wee have caused Two discreete cittizens To wit
    John Morecroft Recorder and Thomas Notley Alderman of the
    Said citty to Serve as delegates to the Said Assembly att the Day
    and Place in the wthin written Writt menconed there to Doe and
    consent to such things as by comon consent shall Happen to bee
    Ordeined and Enacted in the businesses in the Said writt wthin
    written menconed According to the iforme and Effect of the wthin
    written Writt               Philip Calvert Majo.r