138 HIS LORDSHIP'S PATRONAGE

8. ROBERT RIDGELY of St. Mary's City (Prot. ?), 10 Oct 1671
to 12 Nov. 1681; died soon thereafter. Was also for a time
Deputy Secretary and Clerk of the Council.

9. *THOMAS GRUNWIN of St. Mary's City (Cath. ?), 26 April
to 17 Nov. 1682. Resigned to be Clerk of the Council.

10. Maj. CHARLES BOTELER of Calvert County (Prot. ?), 3
Oct. 1683 to 26 April 1684; died in Sept., 1686.

11. Maj. WILLIAM DENT of Charles County (Prot. ), 26 Oct.
1686 to 8 Dec. 1688.

12. JOHN LLEWELLIN of St. Mary's City (Prot. ), Clerk of the
Associators* Convention, Aug. and Sept., 1689. Became Clerk of
the Council in 1690.

13. HENRY DENTON of Annapolis (Prot. ), 10 May 1692 to
26 Sept. 1693. Resigned to be Clerk of the Council.

14. CLEBORNE LOMAX of Charles County (Prot. ), 21 Sept.
1694 to 1 March 1694/5.

15. Col. WILLIAM BLADEN of Annapolis (Prot, wife Cath. ),
9 May 1695 to 4 April 1698. Removed to be Clerk of the Council.

16. CHRISTOPHER GREGORY of Annapolis (Prot. ), 22 Oct.
1698 to 22 July 1699; died 18 Aug. 1699.

17. WILLIAM TAYLARD of Annapolis (Prot), 26 April 1700
to 15 April 1707; died in Jan., 1711/12. He had married the
widow of John Llewellin.

18. RICHARD DALLAM of Calvert County (Prot. ), 28 Sept.
1708 to 14 Nov. 1713; died soon thereafter (Taylard served in his
place, 26 October to 10 Nov. 1709).

19. THOMAS MACNEMARA of Annapolis (Prot. convert; wife
Cath. ), 22 June 1714 to 10 Aug. 1716. Appointed Naval Officer
of Patuxent in 1717.

20. MICHAEL JENIFER of Charles County (Prot. ), 29 May
1717 to 30 Oct. 1727; died about August, 1728.

21. MICHAEL MACNEMARA of Annapolis, son of Thomas
(Prot, mother Cath. ), 4 Oct. 1728 to 4 June 1744 (William
dimming served for him, 13 July to 29 July 1731).

22. WILLIAM TILGHMAN of Talbot County (Prot. ), 5 Aug.
1745 to 8 July 1746.