3. Thomas Vaughan, entered office 17 Nov. 1663.

4. Capt. William Housley (Cath.), com. 29 May 1668 and again 18 April

5. Thomas Vaughan, com. 30 June 1674; resigned to be Sheriff in 1679.

6. Thomas Impey (----), succeeded Vaughan, ---- 1679; died 9 Oct. 1686.

7. *Col. Nicholas Lowe, Sr., entered office 18 Jan. 1686/7; continued
by act of the Convention., 4 Sept. 1689; but soon resigned.

8. John Llewellin of St. Mary's City,, succeeded Lowe in November, 1689;
displaced by Secretary Lawrence prior to 15 Oct. 1692.

9. Thomas Gladman, appointed (by Lawrence prior to 15 Oct. 1692; the
County Court refused to accept him.

10. John Valliant, illegally appointed by the County Court at the same
time; obliged to give up his place in 1695/6.

11. Thomas Lawrence, Jr. (son of Secretary Lawrence), com. by his father
in or before October, 1694; admitted by the Court in 1695/6. On 18 March
1698/9 he became Principal Secretary and appointed Finley to this place.

12. Col. Robert Finley, appointed by Sec. Lawrence shortly after 18
March 1698/9. Gov. Blakiston, with whom Finley had just arrived in Maryland,
obtained on 21 July 1699 the Assembly's consent to his holding office in
spite of a law requiring three years prior residence; Finley died about June,
1714.

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