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Jenifer, Daniel. Clerk of Secretary's
Office, 117.
Jones, Evan, Clerk and Register of Pre-
rogative Court, 118.
Judge for probate of wills. See Commis-
sary General.
Judge of Land Office, powers and duties,
19-20; prepares annual list of patents, 37.
See also Register of Land Office.
Kent, Isle of, Rent Rolls, 60.
Kent County, Rent Rolls, 61, 64, 66; Debt
Books, 71-72, 75.
Kilty. William, analysis of rent-roll and
debt-book recording, 37-38.
Land, source of wealth for Proprietor, 13.
Land administration, history of, 15-20;
comparison of Eastern and Western
Shore methods, 41.
Land Council, created, 18; weakened, 19;
proceedings of. 57.
Land Office, established, 18; private
versus public nature, 19; additional rec-
ords found elsewhere, 21 f. 22; develop-
ment of record series, 29-30; custody of
original papers of Prerogative Court,
113; indexing of Prerogative Court
records, 114;
Commissioner of: custodian of Pre-
rogative Court records, 91; orders re-
cording of will of Charles, Lord Balti-
more, 102;
records: custody of, 42; list prepared
(1680), 77.
League, John B., indexing of Testament-
ary Proceedings, 114.
Leaseholders, status of, 15.
JLee, Philip, Commissary General, 117.
Lewger, John, Sr., entered colony (1637),
23; Secretary, 16, 83, 116; Surveyor, 25.
Lewger, John, Jr., entered colony (1637),
23.
Lewis, William, certificate of survey, 25.
Lindsey, James, special warrant, 24.
Linnis, Phillip, entered colony (1637), 23.
Llewellin, John, Register of Land Office,
18, 77; Clerk and Register of Preroga-
tive Court, 118.
Lloyd, Philemon, first Judge or Register of
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Land Office after proprietary restora-
tion, 19.
Lord Baltimore. See Calvert.
Lord Proprietor. See Proprietor.
Lowe, Nicholas, Proprietor's land agent,
36.
McCauley, Gideon, Clerk and Register of
Prerogative Court, 118.
Macnemara, Michael, Deputy Commissary
for Anne Arundel County, 89 f. 30;
Clerk and Register of Prerogative Court,
118.
Manors, defined, 14; how recorded, 17;
plats of Proprietor's, 33.
Manor leases, explained, 28-29.
Manor rents, defined, 13-14; annual yield,
14.
Orchard, Nathaniel, demand of land, 24.
Original Papers of Prerogative Court,
custody of after Revolution, 90.
Original Papers, Prerogative Court, list
and analysis of, 113.
Original Wills, described, 113; Index to,
115.
Orphans' estates, jurisdiction of county
courts, 87.
Overseers, status of, 15.
Patents, earliest evidence of, 15; record-
ing of, 16; how obtained, 17; nature of,
23-26.
Patents, contents of, 21; description of,
30; custody of, 42; list and analysis of,
44-56; Index to, 76 and f. 88.
Peake, George, patent, 25.
Peale, Saint George, Register of Land
Office, 56.
Pike, Ann, entered colony (1637), 23.
Plater, George, Clerk and Register of Pre-
rogative Court, 118.
Plats of Proprietor's Manors, 33.
Pope, Nathan, appraiser, 88.
Prerogative Court, development of, 82;
first use of title, 84-85; legal back-
ground, 87.
Prerogative Court records, indexes to,
114-115.
Preston, Richard, Secretary, 116.
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