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Provincial Court Land Records, 1724-1731
Volume 697, Page 473   View pdf image
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(473) x.d Maryland fs.t Know all men by these Presents that
                Wee Mathew Tilghman Ward of Talbot County Gent and Rich.d
                Bennett and Richard Tilghman sen.r of Queen Anns County Gent are
                held and firmly bound unto the Right Honourable Charles
                Lord Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon
                Lord Baron of Baltemore in the full and just sume of Four
                Thousand pounds sterling Money of Great Brittain to be paid
                To his said Lordship his heirs and suscessors to the which
                payment well & truly to be made and done we do hereby
                Bind our selves and either of us by himselfe our and either
                of our heirs executors and administrators joyntly and severally
                in the whole and for the whole sum firmly by these Presents
                In Confirmation whereof we have hereunto sett our hands
                and seales this Twenty third day of Aprill Anno Dom One
                Thousand seven hundred and Twenty Nine

                      The Condition of this Obligation is such that whereas
                the above Named Charles Lord Proprietary of the provinces
                of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore by his Deed
                hath Constituted, Ordained, Authorized and Appointed the above
                Bounded Mathew Tilghman Ward to be his Chief Agent Escheator
                and receiver Generall of all his rents arrears of rents fines
                forfeitures Tobacco or Money for Land Warrants, of all
                ferrys Waifs strays and Deodands of all duties Ariseing from
                and Growing due upon Exportation of Tobacco or Tonnage of
                ships and all other money Tobacco's or other Effects in any
                manner or ways now due or hereafter to grow due whether
                by protested Bills of Exchange, or otherwise to him within
                the said Province of Maryland thereby granting to the
                said Mathew Tilghman Ward full power and authority to sell
                and Dispose of all Lands Tennements & Hereditaments to him the
                said Lord Proprietary now Escheated and forfeited or hereafter to
                ^be escheated or forfeited to^ such person or persons as should agree or pay for them at such
                reasonable Rates in Money as should be Agreed for, also to inspect
                into Order, Mannage and Account for all and Every other branch &
                Branches of his revenue within his said Province whether the
                same be or grow due by particular Contract Conditions of plantations
                Act or Acts of Assembly or by virtue of the said Lord Proprietary
                his Royalties Rights Privelidges and Prerogatives within the said
                Province, And for the better & more effectual execution of the said
                power & authoritys thereby Granted the said Lord proprietary did further
                authorize him the said Mathew Tilghman Ward to give such directions
                and Orders to the Navall Officers of the said province as the
                said Mathew Tilgman Ward should think fitt the said shipping
                Officers being required to obey him accordingly thereby requireing
                and Ordering him the said Mathew Tilghman Ward to Remitt
                to his said Lordship for his proper use by the first & Safest

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