fiscated, in 1781. He then retired from the bar and took up his residence in
Baltimore Town where he died, 17 March 1797.

3. Commissary General or Judge of Probate.

On 24 April 1673 this office was taken from the Principal Secretary and
united with the Chancellorship whence it was separated in October, 1693. The
Commissaryship General was omitted from the Constitution of 1776. An act of
20 April 1777 abolished it and assigned custody of the records of the Preroga-
tive Office to the Register of Wills of Prince George's County.

1. Kenelm Cheseldyne of St. Mary's City (Prot.,) was com. by acting Gov.
Andros, 3 Oct. and sworn 4 Oct. 1693; recom. by Gov. Blakiston, 18 Oct. 1694
(AM, XX, 5, 30, 162). On 5 Aug. 1697 he was dismissed for drunkenness and
negligence, and one Robert Smith of Talbot County was appointed in his place;
but as Smith never took office, Cheseldyne served on till Aug. 1699 (AM, XXIII,
197-98). He died in Dec. 1708.

2. Col. John Addison of Charles County (Prot.), Col. John Courts of the
same (Prot.); and Addison's son-in-law, Col. Thomas Brooke II of Prince
Georges County (Prot. convert, 3 of his brothers Jesuits), com. jointly and
sworn 12 Aug. 1699 (Test. Proc., 1, 18a, f. 1).

3. Col. Thomas Brooke II, com. sole Commissary General, 1 June 1700 (Ibid.,
1. 18b, f, 1).

4. Col. Thomas Brooke II and his brother-in-law, Maj. William Dent of
Charles County (Prot., Addison's stepson), com. jointly, 23 May 1704 (Ibid.,
1, 20, f. 32). Dent died in Nov. 1704.

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