294        Provincial Court Proceedings, 1683.

 Liber W. C.     tion that all persons concerned may keep their day on the said seaven
                 and twentyeth day of March next at the houre aforesaid at St Maries
                 aforesaid Witness Our Self at Our Citty of st Maryes the three &
                 twentyeth Day of January in the Eighth yeare of Our Dominion
                 Over our said Provinces &ca Annoq Doni. One Thousand six hun
                 dred Eighty two
          p. 635 Which said Provinciall Court wch on the said Seaven and twenty
                 eth day of March was to be held as aforesaid was on the said
                 seaven and twentyeth day of March by his said Lopps other writts
                 of Adjournment Adjourned in manner aforesaid untill the Eight
                 and Twentyeth day of the same March:

                 Att a Provinciall Court Held att The Citty of St Maryes the
                Eight and twentyeth Day of March in the Eighth yeare of the
                Dominion of the Right Honoble Charles Lord Baltemore &ca
                Anno Doni 1683 And there Continued untill the third day of March
                then next following On wch said Third day of March were prsent
                           The Right Honoble The Lord Propry
                           Vincent Lowe Esqr Surveyor: Generall
                           Henry Darnall Esqr
                 The Honoble
                           William Digges Esqr
                           William Burges Esqr
                                                 Wm Cocks Clke
                   Then his Lopp the Lord Propry delivered into Court the Comis
                 sion for the Cheife Justice, and Justices of the Same Court and
                 comanded the same to be Read & it was read and is as followeth Viz
                         C: Baltemore (signed)
                   Charles Absolute Lord and Propry of the Provinces of Mary
                 land and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &c To all and singular
                 our sheriffes & Cheife Officers & all Others of our Province of
                 Maryland aforesaid Greeting Whereas aswell for our Owne Con
                 servation as for the Conservation of the peace and Tranquillity of
                 Our said Province, and to the end that Justice and equity may be
                 duely and Impartially Administred to all and every person and per
                 sons bodyes politick and corporate of and within our Province of
                 Maryland aforesaid Wee have Constituted Assigned and appointed
                 and Doe hereby constitute Assigne and appoint Our trusty & we!-
                 beloved Councellor Henry Coursey Esqr to be Our Cheife Justice
                 of our Provinciall Court of our said Province of Maryland dureing
                 our pleasure Aswell for the holding of all pleas touching and relate
                 ing unto the Conservacon of us and the Conservacon of the peace
                 of Our said Province as for the holding of pleas touching our
             p. 636 [Rights] and Revenues and for comon Pleas and likewise for the
                 Determineing of all matters of Equity for which any releife is
                 shall or may be Justly or reasonably desired in Our said Court,
                 And Whereas wee have Likewise Constituted Assigned and ap