154 HIS LORDSHIP'S PATRONAGE

i. Clerk of Dorchester County, 1668.

1. EDWARD SAVAGE ( —— ), com. 6 May 1669; died in Marth,
1677/8.

2. * WILLIAM SMITHSON (Cath.), succeeded on death of
Savage; resigned in 1681; made Sheriff next year.

3. THOMAS SMITHSON ( —— }, entered office prior to 3 Aug.

4. SAMUEL SMITH, succeeded Smithson prior to 8 Sept. 1687.

5. THOMAS PATTISON, SR., succeeded Smith prior to 20 Aug.
1688; continued by act of the Convention, 4 Sept. 1689.

6. HUGH ECCLESTON, appointed 3 Nov. 1691; died in 1710/
11; married an Ennalls.

7. COVERT LOOCKERMAN, succeeded Eccleston; died in or
shortly before May, 1728.

8. CHARLES GOLDSBOROUGH, succeeded Lockerman prior to
22 May 1728; resigned in favor of his brother in Nov., 1738; he
also married an Ennalls.

9. HOWES GOLDSBOROUGH, gave bond in Nov., 1738; died
30 March 1746.

10. JOHN CAILE II, succeeded Goldsborough in April, 1746;
died 26 April 1767; married an Ennalls, related to Mrs. Eccleston
and Mrs. Charles Goldsborough.

11. RICHARD SPRIGG (son-in-law of Caile), com. 9 May 1767;
succeeded by Nicholas Hammond in 1777. Sprigg, who was sworn
state Chancellor, 21 April 1777, died 24 Nov. 1798.

j. Clerk of Cecil County, 1674.

1. EDWARD WILLIAMS ( —— ), com. 18 July 1674 and again
10 July 1675.

2. SWITHIN WELLS, succeeded Williams shortly before 19
Dec. 1676; dismissed 8 Oct. 1681.

3. Col. JOHN THOMPSON, SR., com. 8 Oct. 1681.

4 GEORGE OLDFIELD, appointed prior to 11 July 1686.

5. PHILEMON MORREY, served May 'Court only, 1687.

6. DANIEL PEARCE, appointed in June, 1687; turned out by the
Protestant Associators, 4 Sept. 1689.