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of and for the Entring and recording of all Grants by us or
our heires to be made of any lands or offices within our said
Province of Maryland And for the probates Entring and
Recording of wills and Inventorys and granting of letters of
Administracon And for the Entring and Recording of all other
matters Acts and things which by any Instruccons Lawes or
Ordinances made or given or to be made or giuen for or con-
cerning our said Province of Maryland shall or ought by the
appoyntment of us or our heires or by the appoyntment of our
Leiuetenn^t or other cheife Gouernor there for the tyme being
or otherwise to be entred and recorded To haue and to hould
execute and Enjoye the said office and offices together with the
priuiledges and benefitts aforesaid vnto the said Henry Sewall
vntill wee or our heires shall signifye our or their pleasure to
the Contrary and noe longer.
Prouided alwayes that he take in open Co^rt in our said Pro-
vince the oathe of our Secretary there before he sitt or Acte as
Secretary in our said Province to be likewise administred vnto
him by our said Leiuetenn^t or any two of our Councell there
whoe are hereby respectiuely impowred and required to ad-
minister the same to him accordingly Giuen under our hand
and Greater Seale at Armes this twentyth day of August in
the thirtyth yeare of our dominion over Maryland and in the
yeare of our lord 1661

Liber H.H.

At a Councell held at S^t Marys 28^th of November 1661

Present Charles Calvert Esq^r Gouernor Philip Calvert
Esq^r Deputy Leiuetenn^t and Chancellor Henry Sewall
Esq^r Secretary Henry Coursey Robert Clarke Baker
Brooke and John Bateman Esq^rs Cotmcellors.

Then was called for Capt^t John Odber to giue an Accompt
in wryting according to the order of the last Co^rt of his pro-
ceedings with the Sasquesahannoughs : But appeared not,
Then was Called John Everett to answere his Contempt in
running from his Collors when prest to goe to the Sasquehan-
nough Forte, pleades that he cannot beare Armes for Con-
science sake.
Ordered that the said Euerett be tryed at the next Provinciall
Co^rt and in the interim be Comitted into the Sherriffs hands
and that the Sherriffe impannell a Jury against that tyme and
in the meane tyme the said Euerett to be kept in Chaynes and
beate his owne Bread:

Ordered that Richard Wells and George Vtye be brought
by the Sherriffe to the next Provinciall Co^rt to answere in not

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