Somerset County Court Proceedings, 1665 1668.     639





  & tennemts wthin yor Juridiccon wch they haue claimed & were sett Liber B No.
  forth unto them by virtue of the sd Condicon of plantacon & yett
  haue not hitherto past anie grants of the same from us as is aboue
  required In default whereof they haue lost their right to the said
  lands for wch wee might Legally enter into the same & take the bene
  fitt of the forfeiture to Or selues (if wee would take the advantage
  wch the Lawe woulld giue us in this Case) Notwithstanding wee
  Considering the disorders & unquietnes of late times in or said prov
  ince & being desirous to settle the Minds & estates of those Who liue
  peaceable undr or Governmt & yeild obedience to the same are willing
  for the time past to passe by those advantages wch wee might Justly
  claime as due unto us; Provided tht for the future all persons con
  cerned as aforesd doe obserue & conforme themselues to or said Con
  dicons of plantacon; And therefore wee doe hereby will & require
  you That att the Next Court to be holden within yor sd Juridiccon &
  att other times & places Convenient when & where itt may most
  publikely be taken notice hereof by all persons within yor Juridiccon
  you make proclamation hereof And tht or will & pleasure is that all
  persons who are possessed or haue taken up any lands by virtue of
  any of or Condicons of Plantacon & haue not hitherto past a graunt
  of the same from us that they or their heires or assignes or the
  Guardians of such heires as are undr age doe repaire to or secretaries
  office & .take graunt from us undr or greate seale within six months
  next after & imediately followeing to be accounted from the date of
  these prsents; And in neglect or default thereof wee shall seize the
  Lands & tenemts of such persons makeing default herein into or owne
  hands to be otherwise disposed of as in or discretion wee shall thinke
  fitt; And of the due publication hereof you maye not fayle as you
  will answe the Contrary & giue an accompt thereof to or Justices att [P. 31]
  or next provinciall Courte to be holden att St Maryes the 16th day of
  october next ensueing Wittnes or deare sonne Charles Calvert Esqr
  Leiut: Generall cheife Governor & cheife Justice of or said province
  att st Maryes the 19th day of July in the 35 yeare of or Dominion over
  the said province Anno D° 1666
  To his Lordps Comrs for the eastearne shore
    next adioyning to Virginia These
                     hast post hast for the publique service
                                Richd Boughton secr:
  proclaimed the 4th September 1666 in Court

    By the Lieutent Generall and Chiefe Governor of the Province of
  Maryland
    To the Commissioners of the easterne shore
    These are to will & require you that att such times & places when
  & where itt may be most conveniently taken notice of by all persons
  within yoT Juridiccon you cause itt to be published That I am au