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746 May be Known And wee doe by these presents Authorize and Empower you to Collate any pson or psons to my Churches Chappells or other Ecclesiastical benefices within our province and Territorys afores.d as often as any of them shall happen to be void And Wee do hereby give and Grant unto you the said John Seymour by your Self and by your Captaines and Comanders by you to be authorized full power and authority to Levy arms Master Command and Employ all psons whatsoever within our said province and Territory residing under Your Government And as occasion shall serve them to transferr from one place to another for the resisting and withstanding of all Enemies Pyrates & Rebells both at Sea and Land and to transport such forces to any of our plantations in america if necessity shall require for the Defence of the same against the invasions or attempts of any of the same our Enemies and such Enemies Pyrates and Rebells if there shall be occasion to pursue and prosecute in or out of the limitts of our said Province and Plantations or any of them And if it shall so please God then to Vanquish apprehend and take & being taken either according to Law to put to death or to keep and preserve value at your discretion and to Execute Martiall Law in time of Invasion Insurrection or Warr and to do and Execute all and Every other thing and things which to our Captaine Generall and Governour in Chief doth or ought of right to belong And Wee do hereby give and Grant unto you full power and authority by and with the Advice and Consent of our Councill of Maryland to Erect raise and build in our Said Province and Territory Such and So many Forts Platteforms Castles Cities Burroughs Towns and fortifications as by the Advice afd you shall Judge Necessary and the same or any of them to fortify and furnish with ordinance and Amunition and all sorts of Arms fitt and necessary for the Security and Defence of our said Province and by the Advice afd the same againe or any of them to demolish or dismantle as may be most Convenient And for as much as divers mutinies and discords may happen by psons shipped and Employed at Sea during y.e time of Warr and to the End y.t Such as shall be shipped and Employed at sea during the time of Warr may be the better governed and ordered we do hereby give and Grant unto you the Said John Seymour all Power and Authority to Constitute and Appoint Captaines Lieutenants Masters of Ships and other Commanders and officers and to grant to Such Captaines Lieuten.ts Masters of Shipps and other Commanders and officers Comissions to Execute the Law Martial during the time of Warr and to use such proceedings authorities (punishm.ts |
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Provincial Court Land Records, 1699-1707
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