Instruction of Youth; and one Corner of his Land having been deemed Convenient for Erecting the said house upon: He therefore out of Sentiments of Tenderness and Regard for the rising Generation, Hath, given granted aliened Infeoffed and confirmed and by these presents doth freely and clearly give grant alien Infeoff and confirm unto the said Mr Alexander Williamson and his Successors for the use of a Publick School for ever All that part of a Tract of Land being part of a Tract of Land called Clagetts purchase lying in the Parish and County aforesaid . . . . Signed Sealed and Delivered John Clagett. In the name of God Amen I Bevill Granville Rector of the parish of William & Mary in charles County in the province aforesaid do by these presents resign and give up to the Right Honorable the Lord Proprietary all my right title & interest in the said living of William & Mary in the County aforesaid & to all perquisites benefits & advantages thereto belonging. Witness my hand this 25 day of January 1732 Witness. Bevill Granville "Keep leets and law-days and in sessions sit."-Othello. "You would present her at the leet because she brought stone jugs and no sealed quarts."-Taming of the Shrew. "I know my remedy; I must go fetch the third borough" [Tithingman].-Taming of the Shrew. "A Tything-man in each Manor, a Constable in each Hundred."-Bacon, Laws of Maryland, 1638. "Proces in Court Baron est Summons, Attachement & Dishes, que est proces al commo Ley."-Le Court Leete et Court Baron, John Kitchin. London, 1623. "And By-laws for the common weale may be made in a Leet."—Antiquity, Authority, and Uses of Leets, Robert Powell. London, 1641. "We also, by these Presents do give and grant licence to the same Baron of Baltimore and to his heirs, to erect any parcels of land within the Province aforesaid into manors, and in every of those manors to have and hold a Court Baron .... and view of FrankPledge, for the conservation of the peace and better government of those parts."-Charter of Maryland, Art. 19. .... "And We do.... authorize you that every two thousand acres. ... so to be passed be erected and created into a mannor..... And we do hereby further authorize you that you cause to be granted unto every of the said Adventurers within every of their said manors respectively, ... .... a Court Barron and Court Leet, to be from time to time held. . . . ."-Instructions from Lord Baltimore to Governor Calvert, 1636. |