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       Mr Joseph Harrisson entereth the birth of his Sone Richard that     Liber A
     was borne October the 13th Ao 1659          518
       Mr Joseph Harrisson entereth the birth of his daughter Mary who     519
     was borne december the 21th Ao 1661
       Mr Joseph Harrisson entereth the death of John Williams who    520
     died in february in the year of owr Lord 1661

      Mr Francis Batcheler entereth his marke of hogs and Cattell videli- 521
     cet underkeeled & ouer keeled and a slite in the Right Eare and the
     left Eare Cropt and Slite

      A Court held in Charleses Countie July 8 Ao 1662
                         Presentes
                  James Neale Councellor
       Mr Henry Addames            Mr Thomas Baker
       Mr Walter Beane            Commissioners   Mr William Marshall
       Mr Joseph Harrisson         Mr Francis Pope

      Caecilius Absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouince of Mari-
     land & Aualon Lord baron of Baltemore &c to all persons to whome
     thees presants shall Come greeting in owr Lord God Euerlasting
     know yee that wee reposing speciall Confidence and trust in you
     James Lynsey and for that the Countie Court of Charleses Countie
     haue presented you amongst three to sarue as sheriff for the sayd
     Countie for this ensuing yeare haue Constituted ordayned and ap
     poynted you sheriffe of the sayd Countie and doe by presants Con
     stitute ordaine and appoynt you sheriffe of the sayd Countie and to
     haue and to hold such priuiledges and benefits as any other sheriff
     within this owr sayd Prouince of Mariland now hath or any other
     sheriff of your sayd Countie euer haue held or enjoyed or of Right
     ought to haue had held or enioyed to haue and to hold the sayd office
     and imployment for one whole yeare to bee Computed from the first
     day of Aprill last past and after till an other sheriffe by your sayd
     County to bee presented shall bee lawfully by pattent Constituted
     Prouided that the sayd James Lendsey doe in open Court in his sayd
     Counti take the Oath of Sheriffe hear unto Anexed and giue Se
     curitie for the well discharging of his sayd office and trust accord
     ing to the Act of Assembly in that Case prouided giuen at St Maries
     under owr lesser seale of owr sayd Prouince of Mariland the 23 day
     of Aprill in the thirtith year of owr dominion ouer owr sayd Prou
     ince of Mariland Aoq Domini 1662 witnes owr dear sone and heir
     Charles Caluert Esq owr Liuetennant Generall of owr sayd Prouince
     of Mariland                     Charles Caluert
          The Oath of A Sheriffe                 [p. 218]
      You shall well and truly sarue the Lord Proprietarie in the office
     of a sherife of Charleses Countie and doe his Lordshipe profit in