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10. ROBERT RIDGELY of St. Mary's City (Prot. ?), sworn 19
Jan. 1670/1, com. by Secretary Talbot, 5 June 1671 and again 2\
April 1673. He was in fact, but not in name, Deputy Secretary
and so Deputy Notary Public.

11. JOHN BLOMFIELD, sworn 23 March 1673/4 and recom. by
the Lieutenant General, 5 April 1676; was not Clerk of the
Prerogative Office.

12. NICHOLAS PAINTER of Anne Arundel County (—-),
sworn 12 Feb. 1677/8.

13. WILLIAM COCKS of St. Mary's County (Prot. ?), sworn 1
March 1681/2, succeeding Painter, and again 28 March 1683.

14. *THOMAS GRUNWIN of St. Mary's City (Cath. ?), sworn
18 March 1683/4. Resigned in 1686; died in Nov., 1713.

15. JAMES HEATH of Anne Arundel County (Cath. ), sworn
in April, 1686, resigned to be Clerk of the Council, Sept., 1686.

16. EDWARD BOOTHBY of Baltimore County (Prot. ), sworn 14
Sept. 1686.

17. RICHARD TULL of Somerset County (~——), succeeded
Boothby prior to 2 March 1687/8; forced out by the Protestant
Associators, 4 Sept. 1689.

18. WILLIAM TAYLARD of Annapolis (Prot. ), appointed by the
Convention, 4 Sept. 1689; sworn 30 Sept. 1692; confirmed in office
by Secretary Lawrence, 30 Nov. 1692.

19. HENRY WRIOTHESLY of Baltimore County (Prot. ), sworn
9 Nov. 1694; resigned to be Clerk of Baltimore County in
August, 1698.

20. CHRISTOPHER GREGORY of Annapolis (Prot. ), succeeded
Wriothesly about August, 1698; sworn 9 May 1699; died 18 Aug.
1699.

21. WILLIAM TAYLARD, com. 19 Aug. and sworn 3 Oct. 1699.
He married the widow of William Cocks above.

22. THOMAS BORDLEY of Annapolis (Prot. ), sworn 28 Sept.
1703.

23. JOHN BEALE of Annapolis (Prot. ), succeeded Bordley on
13 May 1707.

24. VACHEL DENTON of Annapolis (Prot. ), sworn 21 June
1718; dismissed 8 Aug. 1732.