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[No]vembr Court 1716 63 Territories thereunto belongin[g t]his 21.st day of Septembr. in the first year of our Dominion &ca. Anno Do[m 1]716 Jo Hart~ On the back of the [pro]ceeding Commission was endorsed as folls vizt. Maryland Ss Ch[ar]les Absolute Lord and Proprietarie of ye Province of Maryland [and] Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore &ca. To Edward Scott William [Com]egys Michael Miller Lambert Wilmer and Henry Lowe Junior [of] Kent County Gentln greeting wee do hereby Authorize and Empower y[ou o]r any of you to Administer the Oaths ap. :pointed by Act of Parliam[ent] to be taken Instead of the Oaths of allegi: :ance and Supremacy the [Oath] of Abjuration and the Oath of Justice to Nathaniel Hyson Joh[n M]arch Samuel Wickes, and Marmaduke Tilden or any of them and you th[e S]aid Nathaniel Hynson John March Samuel Wickes and Marmaduke [Til]den or any of you having taken the Said Oaths are Empowered [to A]dminister the Same unto the Justices & Commissioners Respective[ly as] they are nominated in the within Commi: :tion and wee will that [you] and every of you having taken the Said. Oaths do Severally Sub[scrib]e the test and the afd Oath of abjuration and for so doing this S[hall] be your Suff.t~ warrant and authority hereof faile not and wh[en y]ou have the Same so done you are to Certi: :fie the Same under You[r h]ands and Seales unto us in our high Court of Chancery with all Con[ve]nient Speed witness our trusty and well beloved John Hart Coll Edward Scott being the first in the Dedimus mention[ed] Swears Mr. John March the Same Swears the afd Coll Edward [Sco]tt Mr. William Comegys & Mr. Michael Miller the Said Mr. M[ich]l Miller Swears Mr. Lambert Wilmer Mr. Samuel Wickes an[d M]r. Marmaduke Tilden The afd Justices and Commissioners Seve[ral]ly took the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy the Oath o[f A]bjuration and the Accustomed Oath of~ and the Oath of Abjuration Justice and at the [Sam]e time Severally Subscribed the Test~^ Col,sl Nathaniel Hynson [an]d Mr. Henry Lowe Junr. not being at this Court are not as yet S[wor]n the afd Commissions that are Sworn Sitts as they [are] nominated in the afd Commission
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