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the reigne of King William the 3^d etc. Annoque Dni 1699 Came as well the
Attorney Generall for our Lord the [151] King as the Said Gabriel Parrott
and the Jurors af^d Impanelled as aforesaid being Called Likewise came who
being Elected tryed an Sworne to Speak the truth Concerning the premisses,
upon their Oaths do Say we of the Jury do find Gabriel Parrot guilty of the
Matter of fact whereupon it is Considered by the Court that the Said Gabriel
be fined to our Sovereigne Lord the King in the Summe of Twenty pounds
Sterl And also that the Said Gabriel Parrot be Comitted into the Custody
of the Sherr of Annarundell County there to remaine without Baile or
Mainprize for and During the Space of Six months according to the Tenor of
the Act of Assembly in Such Case made and Provided and the Said Gabriel
is thereupon Accordingly Committed.

True Copy per Chr: Gregory Clk

Parrott ag^t the King

And the Said Gabriel Parrott in his own Proper person Corns here be-
fore his Excy the Go^r

[156] 1 Att A Court held before his Excell^cy the Governour and her Majestys
Hono^ble Councill for hearing Appeals and Writts of Error etc. held at the
Port of Annapolis on the Sixteenth day of July Annoque Dni 1707.
His Excell^cy Jn^o Seymour Esqr Captⁿ Gen^ll and Govern^r; The Hono^we Thom^s
Tench Esqr; Jn^o Hamond Esqr; Kenelm Cheseldyn Esqr; Coll: Edw^d Lloyd;
Col Thom^s Ennalls; Col Wm Coursey and Col: Wm Holland.

Thomas Jones producing A Commission from his Excell^oy the Govern^r
for Clerk of the this Honoble Court being read is approved of And Orderd
the Hono: Thom^s Tench Esqr Adm^r to him the Severall Oaths Appointed
by Act of parliament etc. as also the Oath of Clerk to this Court which being
Accordingly done he subscribes the Oath of Abjuration and test and there-
upon takes place.

Anne by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland
Queen Defender of the faith etc. To all to whom these presents shall come
Greeting Know Yee that Among the pleas Recorded before our Justices of
our Provinciall Court of Maryland is containd as followeth

Att A Court of our Sovereigne Lord the King holden At Annapolis in
Ann Arundel County in the Province of Maryland the Seaventh day of
October in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of his said Majesty etc. Anno-
que Doni: One Thousand Seaven Hundred and one before his Maj^tys Jus-
tices thereunto Assigned and there continued untill the Eighteenth day of
the same Month on Which said Seaventh day of October
Were present: The Hono^Me Col^o John Thompson; M^r James Sanders; M^r
Phill: Hoskins; M^r James Keech, Esqrs

i There is a hiatus in the manuscript from 1699 to 1707. Pages 152 to 155 inclusive are
in the liber, numbered, but blank.