and plant in our said Province capable of our said last
Conditions of Plantation and do hereby give you power to grant
lands thereupon within our said Province unto them and
every of them accordingly, as well for and in respect of
themselves as for and in respect of any person or persons of
British or Irish discent or of any of the other discents aforesaid
which they or any of them and also which any other person
of British or Irish discent shall hereafter with our or you our
said Lieutenant's leave transport into the said province in
the same and in as ample manner and upon the same terms
and provisoes as you are hereby or by our Commission to
you for the government of the said Province authorised
to grant any lands to any adventuror or planter of British
or Irish discent within our said Province: Provided always
the demesnes of no Mannor within our said Province which
already is or hereafter shall be set out and appointed for our
own particular use nor any part of our Mannor of West
Saint Mary's lying upon or near Saint Georges River in our
said Province nor any other land within our said Province
which hath been or shall be granted to any other person or
persons from us and is or shall be confiscated or escheated
again to us or our heirs, shall be alienated or granted from
us or our heirs without further and special Warrant for the
same to be hereafter obtained under the hand and seal at
arms of us and our heirs any thing herein to the contrary in
any wise notwithstanding. Given at London under our hand
and greater seal at arms the second day of July in the year
of our Lord God 1649.
Council Proceedings—1st. BOOK, folio 220.
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Conditions propounded by the Right Honourable Cecilius Lord
Baron of Baltimore, Lord and Proprietary of the Province
of Maryland to such persons as shall go to plant in the
Province aforesaid, which Conditions are to continue in force till
other Conditions of Plantation for the said Province shall be
published under his Lordship's or his heirs hand and seal at
arms within the said province.
C.B.
Imprimis. What person soever being of British or Irish
discent (except hereafter excepted) shall at his own or friends
charges cause to be transported into the Province of
Maryland from any other place himself or his deputy with any
number of persons of the discent aforesaid and shall observe
the Conditions hereunder mentioned there shall be
granted to every such adventuror or planter for every thirty
persons of the discent aforesaid which he shall so in any one
year at his own or his friends charges cause to be transported
Source: John Kilty. Land Holder's Assistant and Land Office Guide. Baltimore: G. Dobbin & Murphy, 1808. MSA L 25529.
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