The John Watts de Peyster Publication Fund Series, Volume 451913 |
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Page 3 - Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King defender of the faith, &c.
Page 8 - Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the yeare of our Lord 1680. PRESENT The Right Honoble Sr Edmund Andros, Knt. Cover" Capt Mathias Nicolls Capt William Dyre Mr Fred.
Page 86 - Costs. Robt Lurting, foreman Curia avisare vult. William Huddleston took the oaths appointed by Act of Parliament instead of the oaths of allegiance & supremacy & the oath of an Attorney at Law & did subscribe the test. MarshallWelch vs Wessells Jury called, 5 wanting.
Page 129 - ... under the great seal of England which was had And the Court having duly considered that part thereof which restrains all offences committed or done on the seas or in the Creeks, havens, coves, rivers or harbours within this Province by any person or persons acting in his Maties service on board his Ships of warr to be adjudged and tryed in such a manner as in the sd Letters Patents is sett forth & expressed. The bench having duly weighed & considered the same are of opinion that the sd indictmt...
Page 24 - After being thus qualified by the vote of the Court, and by taking the above oath, the freeman was allowed to vote in the elections in the following manner and under the following penalty: "It is ordered by this Court, and by the authority thereof, that for the yearly choosing of assistants, the freemen shall use Indian corn and beans — the Indian corn to manifest election, the beans the contrary; and if any freeman shall put in more than one Indian corn or bean, for the choice or refusal of any...
Page 38 - Assizes holden in the Citty of New Yorke the 4th, 5th & 6th Dayes of October in the thirty Fourth yeare of the Reigne of our Soverigne Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland, France and Ireland. King Defender of the Faith &c Anno Domini 1682. WHEREAS many Greate Evills and Inconvenincys have been Represented to this Court to be Occassioned Committed and Done by Negroes and Indian Slaves their Frequent Meetings and Gathering themselves together in Greate Numbers on the Lords...