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 TO THE 
 
 king's Mofl: Excellent Majesty, 
 
 THE 
 
 MEMORIAL ofJoHN Earl of EgxMont, 
 
 
 Moji humbly Jljewethy 
 
 Til A T the faid Earl deftres from his Majedy a 
 Grant of the whole Iflund of Saint John's in the 
 Gulph of Sa'mt Laurence^ to hold the fame in 
 Fee of the Crown for ever, as one intire County (which 
 IHand io fuppofed and eftimatcd to contain Tivo Millions 
 of Acres of Land, be the fame more or leCs), with all 
 manner of Rights, Royalties, Privileges, Franchiies, aud 
 Appurtenances whatfocver, with all Civil and Criminal 
 Jurifdi6tio;-:, with all manner of Courts as in RngUrnd^ 
 and with i'ower to appoint or commiflion from time to 
 time all m.inner of Officers for the Extrcile of tlae faid 
 Jurifdi^'^lor , and for ordering the Government thereof *. 
 
 But under thefe exprcfs Refervations, to obviate all 
 poflible Abufe therein, viz. 
 
 B I. 
 
 * The Civil Jurif.iiifUon, feparated from the Military, and miivifto- 
 ri.iily vcfved in the Lord of the County. Eilcctu.illy coiiDoul.J and re- 
 ilrained by force of the fubfc<|uenC I'rovifoes. Conducted witli i^iiTinty, 
 JufHc, L(;nity, and Confulciice of tlio I'eople,— Dy Pfifons who wiiJ have 
 a pcjii.anciit .md common lotcr.d in tlie Proioerity of thcll: over whom 
 they are to prefide, and a fvi;at Stiike .tf hoir.e to [I'f lii;!; for chcir pood i'e- 
 {i iviiair jliro.id, eilhir to the i'l-ojlc oi" the t. row 11,-* Without tlit txpehce 
 ol One ShiiliniJ ic lliC I'ull.vl:. 
 
( ^ ) 
 
 r. That the Exercife of Jurifdidlon abovcmcntloned 
 Ihall, in no Cafe whatever, vary in any rcfpc<5l from the 
 known Rules q( the Common and Statute Law of Eng' 
 land ; which Common and Statute Law (hall obtahi and 
 be pcrfcdly and intirely purfued in all Modes of Judicial 
 Proceedings, and in all Criminal and Civil Caufes, with- 
 out Exception, ii\ like manner as in any County in Eng- 
 land — '^I'o the end that the King's Subjects on the faiJ 
 Jfland ftiail for ever be intitlcd to the Benefit of all the 
 Rights and Privileges of BritiJJ) Subje(3s, as fully, to all 
 Intents and Purpofes, as though the faid County of Sabit 
 jfshfi's was a Member of the Ifland of Great Britainy and 
 a Part and Parcel thereof. 
 
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 1. * That all the Statute Laws of England or Great Bri- 
 tain^ antecedent to the Day of paffing the faid Grant (ex- 
 cepting fuch as may clafh with the Tenure intended to be 
 cftablilhed in the faid County hereafter defcribed, except- 
 ing the Laws relating to the Game, and excepting Taxes, 
 (Se. impofed which might charge the Lands, the Produdt 
 or Property within the Land, and excepting fuch as are 
 not of the Nature of general and publick A6ts), fhall have 
 their full Force and Effe^i in the faid Ifland ; as likewife 
 all the future Statute Laws o( Great Britain (in which the 
 faid Lland and County fhall be exprefly named), with 
 the like Exceptions. 
 
 3. That in Criminal Cafes no capital Sentence (hall be 
 put in Execution without the AlFent of the King, or of 
 the King's Governor of Nova Scotia for the Time being, 
 except in the Cafe of Mutiny, when the Summons fliall 
 have been illued to appear in Arms by lawful Authority, 
 or when Arms have been' traitoroufly taken up without 
 Authoiiiy, or when emergent Neceflity of Publick Dan- 
 ger fliali require fpeedy Execution by the Martial Law.— 
 
 That 
 
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 * Oiiginal Conip.idt to acknowltd^-e the King, Lords, and Commons of 
 Cif i( iiiii.in as ihe L(gi(latur(? of the Ifl.uiJ ot Sulni jf^-lns. 
 
 Tlie .Siii ^l.•<'l^ of lliis lil.,nd, thcrefoir, to Iv coiifidcrcd and ti<'.itcd not 
 as rro'iiiti.:! or IXpe/idcnt, but ;is Ki,pl jhvien to nl] liitems ini I'uipoirci 
 f.hte.Tr, v.ilhcut any Jvuloufy or in,u MUi IXf inflion. 
 
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 That in all extra-judicial Proceedings and in all Caufes of 
 pnvute Property exceeding the Value of Five hundred 
 Pounds Sterling, Appeals (hall lie to the King in Council 
 in England. 
 
 4. That no Officer or Minifter, commiflloned or ap- 
 pointed as aforefaid by the Earl (excepting fuch as are 
 ufually appointed in Hundreds and Manors by the Com- 
 mon Law) (hall be capable of ading without the King's 
 Approbation, fignified under his Sign Manual upon the 
 Comnriiflion or Appointment of fuch Officer or Officers', 
 whofe Names (hall be firit inferted in fuch Appointment, 
 or Commiffiort j provided neverthelefs, that in the Cafe 
 of Vacancies by Death, or otherwife, in the faid Ifland, 
 and before fuch Vacancies can be known and fupplied 
 by the faid Earl, with the King's Approbation under 
 his faid Sign Manual, a temporary Appointment may 
 be made of fuch Officer or Officers hy the faid Earl, 
 his Sheriff, or his Deputy. Such temporary Appoint- 
 ment to remain in force no longer than until the faid 
 Vacancies may be regularly fupplied by a new Commif- 
 fion from tbe faid Earl, approved by the King's Sign 
 Ma/iual as aforefaid. — Provided always, that in cafe, by 
 any unforefeen Accident, Omiffion, or Negle6t, the faid 
 Officers, all or any of them, fhould chance hereafter not 
 to be appointed or cOmmiffioned in due Time or Times 
 by the faid Earl, or his Succelfors in the faid Counry, his 
 Majefty, his Heirs and Succefibrs, or his or their Gover- 
 nor of Nova Scotidy (hall or may, in a!l or every fuch Cafe, 
 temporarily appoint futh Officer or Officers refpedively ; 
 but to continue no longer than until the faid Ear], or his 
 Succeflbrs, Ihall proceed to appoint and commiffion fuch 
 Officer or Officers refpedively as aforefaid, which he and 
 they fliall retaui the Right to do for ever, and (o toties 
 quoth s as the Cafe may happen. 
 
 5. That every Officer or Minifter of the fiiid County 
 fhall be liable to be removed^ in cafe of Malverfatic/n 
 (upon jufl: Complaint made thereof to the King in Coun- 
 <ii) by the faid King in Council; and fo tot'iei quot'ia ?.s 
 the Cafe may happen. — And fuch Officer or Miniller (hall 
 
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( 4 ) 
 
 be liable to be further pumjhcd in the Court of the King'a 
 Bench, or in the High Court of Parliament in England^ 
 according to the Degree and Nature of the Oftence. 
 
 6. That with refped to the Power of Arms, it (hall 
 be regulated in the following Manner, in Conformity to 
 the Antient and Common Law in England^ and not other- 
 wife, viz» 
 
 1. In cafe of Tumults, Riots and Infurre^lions *, and 
 great Breaches of the Peace, all Inhabitants in the faid 
 Cjuntyftiall come forth under the Leading of the faid 
 Earl, or his Vifcount, or Sheriff, or of the Deputy of 
 the faid Sheriff, and be bound to aid and aflift him with 
 the beft of their Ability for refifting and fupprefling fuch 
 and the like Diforders. 
 
 2. In cafe of a6tual War, Rebellion or Invafion f, or 
 imminent Danger thereof fo declared by the King — fo 
 fignificd by Authority, and in Form by the King's Go- 
 vernor of l^Gva ^cQtia-^m notorioufly known in the faid 
 County — the King or the faid Governor jhciU give Sum- 
 mom to the faid Karl, his Sheriff, or his Deputy for the 
 Time being, who (hall be thereby impowered (or the 
 Earl himfelf, his Sheriff, or his Deputy, if the want of 
 Time and Exigency of the Cafe fhould fo require) to call 
 together the Number of Men which are to be furnlftied 
 for Defence of the faid Iflancl, by Tenure, as hereafter 
 mentioned. — Upon which Summons fo received by the 
 faid Earl from the King, the faid Earl may (with equal 
 Authority) illlie the like Summons to the Forty capital 
 Tenants hereafter mentioned to appear in Arms, and well 
 provided for War, at a certain Place of Rendezvous, and 
 on a certain Day, with the full Number of Men which, 
 by their refpc6tive Tenures under the faid Earl, they 
 fliall be bound to furnifli j — and upon fuf h Summons fo 
 
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 * The I'odcComitaUis, 5$ \n En^/.mJ. 
 
 •f- The whole Military I'ower, as well over tlic Militia as the Regiil 
 
 •f- The whole Military I'ower, as well over the Militia as the Regii 
 Troops (ll'parattd fioni the Civil}, coniiji.d to Jiui vclU'U in the Kiji.', 
 Iv s Governor of A'lvu Su'ia, 
 
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 or 
 
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 received ly the fuld Forty capital Tenants, they the faid 
 Forty capital Tenants fliall illuc the like Summons (with 
 equal Authority) to the Ten Lords of Manors holding 
 under each of them, as hereafter mentioned, to aLtend 
 them refpedlively, and to appear with uniform Arms of 
 Mufquet-bore. and well provided, at the fame Place of 
 Rendezvous, and on tlie fame certain Day ; — and upon 
 fuch Summons fo received from their refpedlive capital 
 Lord by each of the faid Lords of Manors^ — each of the 
 iaid Lords of Manors fliall ilfue the like Summons (with 
 equal Authority) to attend him, and to appear in Armsj 
 is'c. to the Two Freeholders holding by Tenure under 
 him, as hereafter mentioned, 
 
 ProvUcd always, that neither the Earl, the SheriiF, or 
 his Deputy, nor all or any of the faid Forty capital 
 •Tenants, nor all or any ol t'ne faid Lords of Manors, 
 fhall at any Time, or on any Occafion, or on any Pre- 
 tence whatfocver (except for the Purpofes of training 
 the Perfons holding by Tenure, which Ihall and may be 
 lawfully done four Times in every Year, within each 
 refpedlive Hundred), caufe to be allembled or drawn 
 together, by virtue of any Summons, or otherwife, for 
 the Purpofes of War as aforefaid, jointly or feverally, 
 any of the Perfons holdir.g of them refpcvStively, unlefs 
 in the Manner and under the Circumftances before pre- 
 fer! bed. 
 
 Provided alfo, that, in the Cafes of regular and lawful 
 Summons, none of the faid Perfons fo bound bv Tenure 
 ihaU attend their refpcLlive Lords, otherwife than as their 
 Conductors and Leaders to the general Rendezvous j 
 and that, then and there allembled, they Jhail be mar- 
 Jlmlkd and placed in juch Troops and Compa:/:£s, and 
 under fitch Leaders and Commanders only^ as foall he 
 appointed either hy eyprefs ComwJJfion from the King, 
 or by formed Order of the King's Governor in Ncn-a 
 Scotia, the ftngle Call excepted, where the fudden Dan- 
 ger and Exigency of ihe Cafe ihall render it impofiVole 
 to wait for fuch Appointment ; in which Cafe, and no 
 cthj; the Earl, his Vifcount, or his Sheriff, or his De- 
 
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( 6 ) 
 
 puty, with the Adv'ue of the faid Forty Tenants, or the 
 major Part of them then and there aflembled, nr»ay apr 
 point and authorize fuch Officer or Officers for the train- 
 ing, commanding, and leading the faid Perfons fo called 
 together by their Tenure, with full Power and Autho- 
 rity as though the faid Officer or Officers were appointed 
 and authorized for the fame Purpofe by the King 
 himfelf. 
 
 To which Force, fo provided by Tenure as aforcfaid, 
 all Inhabitants, from the Age of Sixteen to Sixty, {hall 
 be oliliged to join, being marfliallcd, officered, and trained 
 in dili'erent Troops or Companies, whenever the laid 
 Earl, his Sheriff, or his Deputy, fhall be authorized by 
 his Majefty's Governor of Nova Scctia^ or by notorious 
 and emergent Ncceifity (when Time cannot be allowed 
 for receiving fuch Authority), to ifl'ue a Proclamation for 
 a general Array, and a Commiffion for the general Exer- 
 (ciie of Martial Law. 
 
 * The faid Earl propofes to hold the faid County by 
 the Tenure of friding One iboiifc;nd Two hiindnd Alen for 
 the Defence of the faid County ; — which 'Fenure he in- 
 tends to accomplifli, and to aJfure the Service to the 
 Crown within Ten Years, to be computed from the 
 Day that he fhall receive the faid County, furveyed 
 and fet out by his Majefty's Surveyor, in the Divifions 
 hereafter mentioned, in the following Manner, vi-z. 
 
 The faid County (fuppofed as aforcfaid to contain Two 
 millions of Acres, be the fame more or lefs) {hall be 
 furveyed and divided into Fifty Parts, of equal Extent, 
 with the utmoft Juftice ; Regard being had to the moft 
 equal Diftribution of the good and bad Land, of the 
 Lands already cleared, and of the Benefit of the Coaft, 
 the Rivers, and the Harbours; which Divifions of the 
 
 faid 
 
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 * A Tenure (in Free and Common Socrage only) to enfure the effi?<f}uJ!l 
 Fft.:!lininKnt and proper Diiiribntion <if the Settieis — Hut diveilcd of all 
 the Incidents of Military Tenures, <^r Tennrtrs by Knights i;-.:rvicc', whLpii 
 v.nc tikcn nwny, \\'v\\ '.vciy obnoxicu' CircunillanvC of Tenures, by fhe 
 iMdiut'c of JZCur, 2, vjp. z^. 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 faid County /hall be for ever after caHed Hundreds, as in 
 England, (or Baronies, as in Ireland',) and (ball for ever 
 remain of the fame Form and Extent, with a general 
 Hundred Court, Court Leet, and Court Baron, and all 
 Franchifes and Jurifdidtion appurtenant or incidental 
 thereto refpedively, accQr4ing to the Common Law of 
 England, to be held for ever as Part and Parcel of the 
 laid Countv, and of the faid Earl as Lord Paramount, or 
 capital Lord of the Fee : — Forty of which Hundreds (hall 
 be granted out in Tenure by the faid Earl to Forty capi- 
 tal Perfons, {viz. one to each) who fhall hold the fame 
 in Fee as Lords of the faid Hundreds for ever, charged 
 refpe£tively with the Payment of Twenty Pounds Ster- 
 Ijjig per Annum (and no more) to the faid Earl, with Suit 
 to the Courts of the faid County, and the fumifhingTen 
 Men (Part of the Number of One thoufand Two hun- 
 dred allotted by Tenure) ; each of which Ten Men fball 
 be bound to furnifh alfo Two, for the Completion of the 
 fiiid whole Number, in the Manner hereafter exprefled. 
 — The remaining Ten Hundreds to be referved in the 
 faid Earl's Demefne ; of which Demefne Lands the faid 
 Earl ihall fet out, in the firft place, a Dittrid- of Fifteen 
 thoufand Two hundred Acres, in the moft convenient 
 Part, for the Capital Town and principal Place of Trade 
 in the faid County, in the following Manner, viz. 
 
 FirJ}, One Lot of Four hundred Acres to be infcpa- 
 rably armexed to the Perfon of the Lord of the laid 
 County for the Town-Refidence of the faid Earl, and 
 his Succrflbrs for ever. 
 
 Secondly, Fifty Lois of One hundred Acres each, one 
 of which Ihall be for ever infeparably annexed to one of 
 the before mentioned Forty Hundreds, or Baronies for 
 tiie Convenience of the firft Settlers, and for the Town 
 Refidence of the refpe6tive Owners of the faid Hundreds; 
 which faid Lots fhall pay each a Burgage Rent lor ever, 
 or yearly Fee Farm of Forty Shillings Sterling and no 
 more to the faid Earl, with Suit of Court to the General 
 Caurt of the County, to the Courts of the Lord of the 
 
 B 4 Hundred, 
 
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 Muiuticil, anil to ibc Courts of the faid Tovvn (making 
 in the whole ivy*? thot/Jund Acres), 
 
 TJ.Hrdl)\ The faid Earl fliall rurlhcr fct out in the f.iid 
 Didrict Fhc hundred Lots of Ten Joes emh^ one of 
 which /liall be in like manner infeparaljly ainiexcd for ever 
 to one ol the Ten AJanors by Tenure into which (as will 
 be hereafter mentioned) each of the laid refpedlive Forty 
 Hundreds or Baronies (hall be in part farther divided fur 
 the Convenience alfo of the firlt Settlers ar.d the Town- 
 Rcfidence of the faid refpcclive Lords of Manors. — Each 
 of which faid Lots fnall pay for ever a yearly Fee Farm or 
 Burgage Rent of Five Shillings Sterling and no more to 
 the laid ll^arl, v/ith Suit of Courts as before cxpreifed 
 (making alfo in the whole Five tbcufdNd Acvcs ) 
 
 Fourthly^ The faid Earl fliall further fet out, in the 
 fame Dill; ici, Que ihcufand fniallcr Lots of Four Aerei 
 cach^ one of which fliall be for ever inleparably annexed 
 to one of the Freeholds of each of the faid \'<t[\ Manors 
 (hrr-aftrr nu-ntioncd) for the like Convenience of the 
 fnlt SeLtlc:s, and for the Tovvn-Rcfidencc ct" the refpec- 
 tive Owncis of the faid Freehold:. rerpc61ivcly. — Each of 
 v.hlch f id Lots (hall pay foi ever yearly a Fee Farm 
 Fu:ra.:e Pa-nt of 'Fwo Shiilinr's StcrlinLi; and no more to 
 liic iaid Fail, with St/it (>f Coint to the Courts of the 
 C/oiuuy, of the HunJred, and of the Manor to which the 
 iaid Ficj-hoids fluill rcfpci'tively belong (making in the 
 wiiolc Fciir Thcujdrul Acres). 
 
 FIftl'Iy, The faid Fnrl fiKiH further fet out, in th.c fame 
 Dillric'l, '^I'lva hu;ulrrd Acres for il/arkct-p!accs^ Storc- 
 
 f?r-i/J}s, fub'ick Buildings, and other puhlid IJfes. 
 
 ] "or which the Mayor, Railiir, or Chief Magilrrate of 
 the faid Townfhip (lo be hereafter mentioned) fhall 
 anf.ver to tlie faid Fail a yearly Fee Farm Burgage Rent 
 of two ShilHngs Sterling and no more. 
 
 Sixthly^ The f 1 Earl fnall farther fct apart, in the 
 iaid Dillrie^, Six hundred Acres nrrc cs a Cofmnon, 
 Vilicic the Cattle of the New- comers may be graz.ed or 
 
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 roclilcrcd for a fhort Time rcfpedlvcly not rxcccdiug 
 three Months, at the Diicretlon of the Magiftracy oltho 
 laid Townfliip (to be hert .cc4 mentioned) 'till luch New- 
 comers ran be placed upon the Lands allotted to them 
 rcfpedivcly. 
 
 * For which Licence l^ '-'^•nmon as aforcfjiid — Every 
 Perlbn fo commoning fh.Jl pay One Penny ivtcrlino; /)<7' 
 Mead per Month for each large IJeaft, or One Penny 
 Sceiling per Month for Six Sheep or Hogs, as an Ac- 
 knowledgment to the fai i Earl ; all which iaid Fee Earni 
 Burgage Rents and Acknowledgments fhall be collected 
 and paid by the faid Chi ' Magiilratc of the faid Town- 
 fhip by half-yearly Pa^ .cnts in the Court of the faid 
 Borough into the Hands of the Earl, his Shcrift of the 
 faid County, or his Dept W for the Ufe of the faid Earl.— 
 Which {:iid Townfhip (cxclufive of the faid Four Hun- 
 dred Acres fet apart for u.e 'Fown-Refidence of the Earl 
 as aforedud) fo conta 'ng Fourteen thoufand Eight 
 Hundred Acres, and fo iaid out, fhall be ■.-Litlcd to a 
 Charter, with a Magifrracy for maintaining Regularity 
 and Order therein. — V\ .ch Fairs to be held four Times 
 in every Year, and Mai ' ets twice in every VVcck, with 
 all Things incidental by I'.ie Common Law thereto. 
 
 The Remainder of the faid Dcmefne Lands of the fliid 
 County after the Tenuve fo alfured by the Grant of the 
 faid Forty Hundreds (or 1,600,000 Acres) to the faid 
 Forty Lords thereof; an \ after the fetting apart the faid 
 15,200 Acres for the Capital Town of the faid County 
 as a fore faid, (hall be referved in Dcmefne to the faid 
 Earl for Eftablifhments intended by him to be made for 
 himfelf and his Nine Children, his Friends and Depen- 
 oants and others at the Plealuie of the faid Earl, and 
 iubjed to no other Burthen (except the building of a 
 and ftrong Block-houfe, or Houfc of Defence 
 
 mounted 
 
 ]. 
 
 ugc 
 
 * The Ufe of this Licence i"? to afford a Mean? for the better arcerti'n- 
 in^ the Qnality, Con lition, and Numbers of tiiofc who fliuU nicfcr.t thcm- 
 icivcB fiom-Time to Time to fettle in the Ifland, 
 
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 mounted with Ten Pieces of Cannon, carrying each 
 a Ball of four Pounds, and maintaining the fame for 
 ever, with a Circuit round the fame of three Miles 
 every Way from the faid Block-houfe, to be annexed 
 thereto for ever, and to be kept in hand or leafed on 
 fhort Terms only, not exceeding Twenty One Years, 
 for the greater Security of the fame j and for the better 
 Support and Suftentation of the Family and Houfehold of 
 tile Earl, as the capital Seat of the Lord of the faid County 
 for ever, and as a Place of general Retreat and Protec- 
 tion for all thofe who (hall hold by Tenure and other 
 Stttlers of the faid Ifland, upon any Alarm of fudden 
 Danger, and except the Quit-Rents and referved Rents 
 (as hereafter exprefled) without Limitation of Time, 
 Mode of Settlement, or other Reftraint whatfoevcr, the 
 fame being defigned as the Means for Encouragement^ 
 and as a Fund towards the full and compleat Population 
 in Procefs of Time of the faid Lands, and for the 
 Benefit of the faid Earl and his Family, and their Heirs 
 for ever. 
 
 * Provided always that whenever the faid Demefne Lands 
 either of the faid Earl, or of any of the Lords of Hun- 
 dreds, or Lords of Manors hereafter mentioned, fhall 
 be fu'ther granted out in the firft Inftance by them re- 
 fpedtively, one Shilling Sterling per Hundred Acres, and 
 ib in proportion fhall be charged thereon as a ^tit-Rent 
 to ih," Crown, and the like Sum of One Shilling Sterling 
 pr Hundred Acres as a ^uit-Rent to the refpeSlive Lordy 
 to be annexed to each refpedtive Tenure for ever (over 
 and above any other Payments or Fee Farm Rents by 
 iptcial Agreements that may be farther referved by the 
 
 faid 
 
 m 
 
 » I' 
 
 * NoQiiir-RTir paid for the Portion of Land, fpecially fet npart, to form 
 thf! Tenun;:> j but iif ariy hoiiRht otf by the cxpenfive Mode ol Sc'tlcmenr, 
 in tlie ftroHi; and ilefenfible Manner here prefer, bed. 
 
 '1 he inuai (^it-R.nt paid to the full tor all the reft, one /.aff wheveof 
 "nly ro tlic Cniwn {whicli neverthelefs will pn dace infinitely nioie, fiom 
 the far greater Fropoi tioii of good and bad Lands together, t|- muft nccef- 
 f jrily be fettled iinuer a State of fo much greater Security) — i lie ot/jir halj" 
 nnnexpd to the 'I'enures, wrbcut which they could not be crtiiUiIiii-'lj an4 
 petnurjtijtiy maifJtaincd, 
 
 ^ 
 
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 faid refpe£liv'c Lord). The faid Qiiit- Rents to commence 
 u\ like manner as aforefaid ten Years after the Date of 
 fuch Grant, or Grants refpedively. 
 
 The whole County being thus caft into the general 
 Form of Tenure and Dcmcjhe as aforefaid, a fimiJar Dif- 
 tribution fhall prevail throughout in the farther Sub- 
 divifions thereof as follows, v'it,. 
 
 * Each of the faid Fifty Hundreds or Baronies (hall be 
 further. divided into Twenty Manors of 2,000 Acres each, 
 which Manors fhall be intitled to a Court Baron accord- 
 ing to the Common Law of England. — Ten of which 
 fhall be granted by Tenure to Ten Lords of Manors, viz. 
 One to each, who fliall hold the faid Manors refpc6tively 
 of the faid Lords of the faid Hundreds for AflUrance of 
 the Service referved to the Crown, paying only Forty 
 Shillings Sterling per Jnnmn for ever to the Lord of the 
 faid rel'pedtive Hundred with Suit of Court to the Court of 
 the faid Lord of the faid Hundred and his Courts Leet as 
 his fuperior Lord, and Suit of Court to the Courts of 
 the Earl as Lord Paramount of the County. — And fur- 
 nifhing one Man by his Tenure (making altogether Four 
 Hundred) for t)efence of the faid County, upon the legal 
 and regular Summons received through the Channel of 
 their rcfpe^tive Lord of the Hundred as before defcribed. 
 — The other Ten M^jnors of each refpedivc Hundred 
 after the Tenure fo afTured fhall be referved in Demefne 
 to the f?id Lord of the Hundred. — Of which Demefne 
 Lands the Lord of each Hundred fhall (in like manner 
 as the Earl on his part as above mentioned with refpe£t to 
 his Demefne) fet out in the lirft Place Five Hundred 
 Acres for the Scite of a Town in his refpe^live Hundred or 
 Isarony. Which Town Ihall be divided into Jne Hun- 
 clrcd Lots of Five Acres each^ to which anv Perfon or 
 Perlons Ihall have Liberty to refort, and take up one of 
 
 the 
 
 of En^ljnd (except a fmall Portion in antientDi-nipfne, 
 now held immediately and nT-iiiately of the Crown, in 
 
 * /\ ! the Lands 
 
 ^fi.) are ;»(fluaily now ..^.« .„ j „...j .. , ... 
 
 ^'ic Form and Mode here fptcilicd, with llic fame Courts and JuiifJidicn 
 ufed and exercised therein. 
 
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 thefaidLot? (until the whole fhall be occupiea) and to 
 become intitkd to the fame for ever upon ere^lino; au 
 Habitation thereon, paying a yearly Fee Farm Ren^ of 
 Four Shillings Sterling per Annum and no more for the 
 faid Lot to ^he refpe^tive Lord of the faid Hundred or 
 Barony, to be for ever annexed to and infeparable from 
 the I*ord of the faid Hundred — * With Suit of Court 
 to the C-^urt of Hundred, and the Courts Leet and Courts 
 J3aron of the faid Lord, and to the Courts of the Earl, as 
 Lord Paramount of the faid County. Which faid Town, 
 or Towjifhip, Ihall be intitled to Fairs Four Times in 
 every Year, and to a Market twice in every Week, with 
 Courts, ^c. incidental by the Common Law thereto. — 
 The Remainder of the faid Demefne of each rcfpcdive 
 Hundred or Barony, aft(?r the Tenure fo afllncd by the 
 Grant of the faid Ten Manors to the (iii<l Ten Lords of 
 the faid Manors ; and after fcttinj^ ap:irt the (aid Five 
 Hundred Acres for the Market 'I own of the faid Hundred 
 in the manner aforelaid, fhali remain in Demefiie (being 
 computed at Nineteen "Jhoufand Five Hundred Acres) 
 free to be planted, eftabliihcd, and improved without 
 farther Burthen (except the building a Block-houfc or 
 ftrong Houfe of Defence, mounted with Fight Pieces 
 of Cannon, carrying each a Ball of four Pounds, with 
 a Circuit round the lame of one Mile every Way ironi 
 the faid Block-houfe, or Two Thoiriand Acres to ho 
 annexed thereto for ever, and to be kept in hand, or 
 leafed on fliort Terms only not exceeding Twenty One 
 Years for the {greater Security of the fame, and for the 
 Benefit and certain Support and Suftentation of the Fa- 
 mily and Houfhold of the faid refpeiSlive Lord of each 
 Hundred for ever, as the capital Seat of the I./ord of 
 
 the 
 
 
 
 * Thc!> C< urtr, (wifc-y eftablinied hy Alficd, and others <'f cur Saxon 
 Princes, tu maintain Order, and bring JuUite to every M^n'b Door) ure 
 obvii ully and capitally edcntial for a fmaii Ftiiplc, forfiiing or form-'d into 
 a ft:,-.a:-..:t ami ron-.otc Soc'Cty, in the v.ifl-, impervious, and da-i^eions Fore(!s 
 ■orz/wf./w.'.— .Intcn' <;ri!;'d v,-,tii Seas, Ba\s, Lakes., Rivers, M.trdics, and 
 Moui.ta;ns; without Roacip, >vuhout Inns or Accomnudation j locked up 
 .^«r h.;lt thi- Vear by Sncw and intenfe FroH— and where the Sfttler can 
 .Vcirce I'.iar-' ic. troni hi' Habit;, ticn Five hundred Yir<^.:: (even in 'I'unes of 
 I't,\tu) u.wiou; RiftjU'.' of Leingiiuerceptcd, fcali'cd und murdeied, 
 
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 the Hundred, and as a Place of Retreat and Protec- 
 tion for the Settlers of the faid Hundred upon any Aiarai. 
 of fuddcn Danger J and except the Quit-Rents as before 
 mentioned,) without Limitation of lime, or Relhainc 
 whatfoever, as to the Mode of Settlement Co left for 
 Encouragement, and as a Fund tov/ards the full and 
 compleat Population of the faid Hundred, and for the. 
 Benefit and Advantage of the Lord of the faid Hundred, 
 his Family, and their Heirs for ever. 
 
 That in like manner each of the fuid Ten Lords of 
 Manors, holding refpe6lively Two Thoufand Acres of 
 each Lord of the faid Forty Hundreds in manner afore- 
 faid, fhall be bound to eftablifh by Tenure Tzv3 Free-, 
 holders in each of the faid Manors, (himfclf not in- 
 cluded) and ihall for that Purpofe fet out two Portions, 
 or Freeholds, of Two Hundred Acrcs^ one for each of 
 the faid Freeholders, to be held of the faid rcfpedtive 
 Lord of the faid Manor by the Tenure of finding eacl^i 
 one Man, (making in all Eight Hundred) to appear upon: 
 lawful Summons as atbrefaid, and to attend the faid Lord 
 of the refpedive Manor for the Defence of the faid 
 County, upon the legal and regular Summons before 
 defcribed, paying Four Shillings Sterling per Annum^ 
 and no more tor ever, to the Lcjid of the laid Manor, tt> 
 which the fame fliall be annexed for ever with huit of 
 Court to the Court Baron of the faid Lcird, and l^ the 
 Courts of the Hundred and Courts Leet of the Lord of. 
 the faid Hundred, and to the Courts of the Karl as Lord 
 J\tramount of the fliid Countv. 'I'he R-'n^ainder of the 
 laid Two Thouiand Acres, or Manor, after the Tenure 
 of the faid two Freeholders {o afllired, fliali be rcfjrved 
 in Demefne to the Lord of the laid Manor. Of vviiich 
 Demefne One Hundred Aercs ihall be fet apart for a 
 Village in the faid Manor in Tiventy Lois of Five /Lres- 
 f.acb ; to which, as before exprelVed, with lelpcot to tlie 
 IMarkct Towns of the Hundreds, any Perfon or Per(on3 
 /liail have Liberty to refoit, and to claim and pofll'fs one 
 of the faid Lots, uptm coiifeniing to the like Conditions, 
 like Suit of Courts, o t. and paying yearly Two hhiilinjrs 
 and Sixpence Sfxilintg and no ujorc for ever to tlic Lord 
 S of 
 
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 of thfe fald Manor. — The Remainder of the faid Demeftid 
 of fuch Manor, after the Tenure fo affured by the Grant 
 of the faid Four Hundred Acres to the faid two Free- 
 holders ; and after fetting apart the faid One Hundred 
 Acres for the faid Village, as aforefaid, fhall remain in 
 Deriitifne (being computed at Fifteen Hundred Acres) 
 in like manner free to be planted, ^i:. ^c. i^c. (except 
 the building a ftrong Houfe, and maintaining the fame 
 for ever, with a Circuit of Four Hundred Acres round the 
 fame, to be annexed thereto for ever, and to be kept i . 
 hand, or leafed on ftiort Terms not exceeding Twenty 
 One Years, for the greater Security of the feme, and 
 for the better and certain Support, and Suftentation of 
 the Family, and Houfehold of the faid refpeflive Lord 
 of the faid Manor for ever, as the capital Seat oi the 
 Lord of the Manor, and except the Quit-Rent as before 
 mentioned) for the Benefit and Advantage of the faid 
 Lord of the Manor, his Family, and his Heirs for ever. 
 
 In order to fecure the Crown of England^ in the 
 full Benefit intended by the faid Propofat — It fhall and 
 rnay be lawful at any Time, or Times hereafter, (after 
 the Expiration of the faid firft ten Years) in the cafe of 
 any Failure, or Omiflion, in anfwering the Service inci- 
 dental to the refpeftive Tenures inftituted in purfuance of 
 the Plan above mentioned, for the faid Earl, his Heirs, 
 or Succellors, after Py'ccrpt from the King in Council 
 received by him for that Purpofc, to enter upon any of 
 the faid Hundreds, Manors or Freehold Tenures therein 
 where fuch Failure or Omiflion fhall have happened 
 refpediveiy ; and to take the fame into his Hands till 
 full Satisfadion fhall have been made for fuch Offence. 
 —And in the cafe where (after the Expiration of the 
 faid fiift ten Years as aforefaid) the faid 7'enure fhall 
 not have been cftabliihcd according to the full Extent 
 and iMeaning of the faid Grant. — * It fhall and may be 
 
 lawful* 
 
 * No Forfeiture can ever accrue to the Benefit of the Lord of the' 
 County. 
 
 Nor to t!iK Crown, fo as to alter the Conftitution or Eftftblifliment of 
 
 the County, 
 
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 lawful for His Majcifty, hy Preempt as aforefaid to the faid 
 Earl, then to feize and confifcate, and to diiect the iaii 
 Earl to regrant fuch Hundred, Manor, or Tenure therein 
 refpe^lively, within Six Months to fonie other Pcrlbn, 
 who (hall thenceforward hold the fame Hundred, Manor, 
 or Tenure, of the iaid Earl of the faid County to all 
 Intents and Purpofes, and under the like Conditions 
 and Refervations ( but not otherwife ) as the fame was 
 before held by the firft original Grantee thereof. 
 
 And as it is not only neceflary thus to fecure th« 
 certain Eftabiiihment of the faid County upon the 
 Tenure abovementioned, but of equal Importance that 
 it fliould be ever after maintained without Variation of 
 
 that Tenure from which the Security ^ the Ordtr, the 
 
 Subordination, the Dependence upon the Crown, and 
 other Benefits to Great Britain, will be moft eflentlally 
 derived — And whereas the Remedy provided for this 
 Puipofe by the antient Tenures, confiited (with many 
 other Abufes grafted thereon) in a Comlition of Perpe- 
 tuity, and Non-Jlienation to the Grantee ; which is re- 
 pugnant to the Principles of the Law of England at 
 this Day, and inconfiltent with Liberty and Com- 
 merce : 
 
 Li order to obviate the Inconveniencies on one hand, 
 and on the other, the faid Earl further defires, 
 
 1. That the fame Divifions, and Conditions of the 
 Tenures eltabliflied in this County, purfuant to this 
 P) u., ■ Ihall be for ever attentively and inviolably ob- 
 ferved. 
 
 2. Yet that no one farther Circumftance, incidental 
 to the antient Tenures, may be ever fuper-added 
 thereto *. 
 
 3- 
 
 * An exprefs Exclufion of the Incidents of Military renurp, or Tenure 
 liy Knights Service, viiitviriy but inipro[-erly CJUed by the Name ot the 
 fadal Tchur-, which (di veiled only ot thole Incidents) remains tlieBaiisuf 
 llic Eu^Hm tonliitutioa at tiii* \)uy. 
 
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 3. And that ever';) Tenure JJ)all be fuhjcSt to Aliena" 
 i'lon, - ■ 
 
 4. Yet with this Circumflance, that the Alienation 
 ftiall be in Grofs of each refpedive Tenure.— That is 
 to lay, 
 
 1. The Earl may fell his County^ with the Tenure, 
 Block- houfe. Block -houfe Lands, Quit-Rents, Referved 
 Rents, and Town Burgage annexed, in the Whole, or in 
 Grofs ; and that the Perfon who {hall buy the County 
 fhall ftand in all rcfpeds poflllVed thereof as the Earl, 
 or the orie;inal Grantee *. 
 
 2. The Lord of each Hundred may Jell his Hun- 
 dred^ or Barony, with the Tenure, Block-houfe, Block- 
 houfe Lands, Qiiit-Rents, Referved Rents, and Tov/m 
 Burgage annexed, in the Whole, or in Grofs ; and the 
 Perfon who ftiall buy fuch Hundred fhall ftand in all 
 refpedts poffelled thereof, as the original Lord or 
 Grantee. 
 
 3. The Lord of each Manor ^ in each refpedive Hun- 
 dred, 7nny jell his Manor^ with the Tenure, Capital 
 Houfe, Houfe-Lands, Q^iit- Rents, Referved Rents, and 
 'I'own Burgage annexed, in the Whole, or in Grofs ; 
 and the Perfon who fhall buy fuch Manor fhall Hand in 
 all refpects poiTclled alfo thereof, as the original Lord or 
 Grantee. 
 
 4. The two Freehold Tenants of Two Hundred Acres 
 each, in clicIi Manor, may Jell his refpe^ive Freehold 
 Tenement, with the I'cnuie, and Town Burgage an- 
 nexed ; 
 
 * A finali I'oition only i.f ivi/ry (j.-jii^ to be ar.ncxcd to, and alicnatcil 
 wub ilie Ti.n.ue, tliat. tke'lVuuix- iimy bi; uiainUiini;.;— — Ui'' reft alienable 
 with'ju' that or any oilier Kt(hit''li(-.n. 
 
 The Aiith".iiry .'1 lid Power beiiif thus tcirhoriul, and not hereditary a 'ul 
 perfonal, Ly this Plan; but l'uhji-i"l to omplcte Alienation. The Ccntli;j 
 tioni both tiic Piintipk;; of Arilicivra'V nnd l^ciriocracy, conjoined, arc pii'- 
 frrv<;d and riicoiieiled— the relirjdiive Evil'' of but!) avoided, and the real 
 S'jurce cfConteiUion between ihwlc two (Ji'^m extiniiuidied. 
 
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 ihexed ; and the Perfon who (hall buy the fame (hall like- 
 wife fland poITeiTed in like manner. 
 
 5. And for a further Security, that the faid Tenures 
 may be rendered as far as poflible, permanent, and pro- 
 dudive always of the fame Temper in the People, and 
 of a conftant Adherence to the fame Principles upon 
 which the faid Eilabliihment is defigned to be founded ; 
 and whereas the Force and EfFedl of that Order, which 
 is intended therefrom, might not only be diJJ'olved and 
 dejiroyed by the fub -dividing the faid individual Tenures 
 refpedtively, from the Alienation of the fame in Parts 
 and Parcels, and not in Grofs (the Remedy whereof is 
 already above provided) ; but the fame may be equally 
 peruerted<i and in the End overthrown^ by engrojfmg the 
 faid Forty capital Tenures, and other Tenures, into one, 
 or into few Hands, which might otherwife happen in a 
 little Courfe of Time ; it is farther propofed,, and defired, 
 that none of the faid * Party capital Tenants fhall be per- 
 mitted to attain, hold, or enjoy, dire6^1y or indire<StIy, 
 more than one of the faid Forty Hundreds (fo held by 
 Tenure of the faid Earl as aforefaid), with other the like 
 Tenures of Manors, and Freeholds depending refpeiStively 
 on the faid Hundreds, except as in the Manner hereafter 
 exprejjed\ that is to fay, that in the Cafe when by Gift, 
 Devife, Purchafe, or otherwife, any fuch Lord of fuch 
 Hundred fhall acquire or become feizeJ, to his own 
 Ufe or Benefit, of one, two, three or more of fuch of the 
 faid Hundreds, or other Tenures, as here defcribed, in 
 Jddition to the like Hundred by him pojfcjfed before 
 upon the fame Tenure^ he may poll'efs and enjoy the 
 fame conjointly during his own Life ; and if he fhould 
 die, leaving only one Child, that Child may likewifo 
 poflefs and enjoy the fame during his Life ; and in like 
 manner an only Child of that Child ; and fo on for ever, 
 if the like Contingency fliouKI fucceinvcly happen.— —But 
 
 C fo 
 
 • Frovifo, with refpcfl to the Forty capital Tenancies, that they niiMili 
 not fall into a tew Hands, or be too much enlarged. 
 Lorji et M-nors (not enjoying IlunJrtuf} are not led rained thereb, . 
 
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 fo foon as any Poffellbr of the faid conjoined Hundreds and 
 Tenures aforefaid, as here defcribed, Ihall die, leaving 
 more than one Child, or leaving no Child, all the faid 
 Hundreds, fo before conjoined, fliall be thenceforvvards 
 feparatcd in fuch manner, that no more than one of the 
 faid Hundreds, and other Tenures "^refaid, as here de- 
 fcribed, fhall continue to be policifed conjointly any 
 longer (unlefs the like Contingency (hould arife again) 
 by any one of the faid Children, or by any Heir or Suc- 
 ceflbr thereto ; and all and every the remaining Hundred, 
 or Hundreds, and other additional Tenures as aforefaid, 
 as here defcribed (exceeding the Number of one of the 
 faid Hundreds, which may be lawfully difpofed of, or 
 bequeathed by Will rcfpc(5lively, to each of the faid Chil- 
 dren, and one to the Widow of the faid former Pof- 
 feflbr) (hall be publickly and bona fide fold to the bed 
 Bidder, wilhin two Years after the Deceafe of fuch 
 former Poflellbr, and the Money arifing from the Sale 
 thereof ihall be applied, as perfonal Eftate, according to 
 his or her 1 aft Will and Teftament ; or in cafe he op 
 Ihe fliall make no Will, fuch Sum or Sums of Money 
 (hall go to fuch Perfon or Perfons as, by the Rules of 
 the Common and Statute Law of England, fliall be 
 found intitlcd to the fame. — And any Attempt, directly 
 or indire6ily, to defeat the Force and Eft'e£t of this 
 Provifion fliall be void, and puniflied as a Fraud j and 
 upon Proof thereof, the faid capital Tenures (exceed- 
 ing one refpe6livcly, as aforefaid) fhall immediately 
 pafs in Fee to the Perfon or Perfons next of kin to the 
 laft Pofle^or, not already polTefll'd of one of the faid 
 Fort" ^apital Tenures and Hundreds : But in cafe of no 
 fucK .elation or Relations to be found, then the fame 
 fhall go to the Earl, his Heirs, and Succeflbrs, as a 
 Forfeiture, to be by him rcgranted to fome other Perfon, 
 upon the fame Tenure, Terms, and Conditions (and 
 Jiot otherwife) as to the original Grantee. 
 
 6. But the Tenures being thus fufficiently main- 
 tained upon the primitive Principles, and therefore af- 
 fecting conft intly the fame Operation, though changing 
 never fo oft.a into different Hands — all the Demefne 
 
 Lands 
 
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 Lands of the County referved to the Earl, all the 
 Demefne Lands referved to the Lords of the refpedive 
 Hundreds, all the Demefne Lands of the Lords of the 
 refpe<3:ive Manors in thofe Hundreds held only at large in 
 common Soccage, may be fubjedt to Alienation under 
 the Quit-Rents, anil other Rents referved in any Parts 
 or Parcels, without any Reftriction v^'hatfoever, only 
 that they fhall remain as all Lands in England, at the 
 Compion Law, ilill holding ( however fepui^^ted, or 
 transferred, into more or fewer Hands) as Part and 
 Parcel of the faid County, and v^ithin the Precincts 
 or Marors of the Lords of the Hundreds, and Lords 
 of the Manors refpedtively, whure they originally 
 lay. 
 
 * The faid Earl hath already engaged a fufficicnt 
 Number of Sea-0ffice7's of the mofi cUjiingiiijhed Ranks 
 ond Service, and others of his Friends, who are will- 
 ing and able, in Co-operation with him, and without 
 any farther Concurrence, to accomplilh the Settlement 
 of the faid Ifland of Saint "Johns, according to the Plan 
 propofed, v/hich has been communicated and fully ex- 
 plained to them. 
 
 t Yet, in order to prevent the Difappointrnent o{ fuch 
 PerfonSy Merchants, Officers of the yirmj, or others^ 
 who are faid to have defired Grants in this Ifland, 
 the faid Earl will confe. t to admit any or all of the 
 
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 * The Names of thefe were (pec'ificd in a Schedule to the Second and 
 Third Memorial delivered to his Majeity hereafter annexed— many cf 
 whom, being the principal Officers wlio cffctled the Coiu^uelts in Amirica^ 
 were intitlcd to Lands there, by his Miijcily's Orders in Council and Fio- 
 clamation.— — V/Iiich Claim tiiey pr.i}ed (in a Joint Letter to the Boaid 
 of Trade) might be fatisfied, by PcrmiHicn to hold their Lands upon this 
 Plar under the Earl, and in '■(/ uibcr !'>:'atu:cr. 
 
 •f All thefe were admitted by the Earl accordingly. Their Names are 
 dlfliiigu'tjhed alfo in the Schedules to the Second and Tliird Memorials afore- 
 laid. Thcle Gentlemen having received Encouragement irom tlie Beard 
 of Trade toexpeil from them //'..■ j'.une i^iafitiy or Land in the bell Spots 
 of the Ifland, to bt cbop.n ivbere thy thought ft, were fent to talk with ths 
 Eaj-l J and having confideied this i'lan, /fw/^j.ri their Pretenfions unanii 
 moully, and wrote to that Board fignifying the fame, and defiring to hoU 
 an equal Quantity of Land (j'uth ii^y as might fall :o tbem by Lot) uj.der 
 the Earl. 
 
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 faid Propofcfs to partake of the Benefit of this Plan )-— 
 and to grant to them rcfpcdtively cither Hundreds^ 
 Alanors^ or Freeholds^ according to their Abilities ant! 
 inclinations, upon the Tenures and Conditions herein 
 before ut large expreiTed. 
 
 The Power of making Bye-Laws for Regulathm 
 within the [aid County^ and the Fijhery and Trade 
 thereof, for Treaties with the Indians, and for afjeffmg 
 and levying fuch Sum or Sums of Money for the pub* 
 lick Occafions of the faid IJIand, as their future Condi- 
 tion and their common Benefit may hereafter demand j 
 and where the faid Powers fhall be lodged, and under 
 ■what Reftri6lions exercifed, is not confidercd here.— — 
 The faid Earl only humbly obfcrves thereon, that fever 
 Occafions will call for the Exercrfe of thefe Powers, 
 and the Cafes mutt be the lefs important, becaufe the 
 Statute as well as Common Law of England is pro- 
 pofed to have Force therein, which is widely different 
 from any Conftitution hitherto founded in America.^—' 
 But this may be a future Objedl, and will be eafily 
 fixed, (liould this Propofal be accepted: — Nor is any 
 Provifion made for any Chunh-E^abli/hment'—— This 
 Omiffion may be fupplied alfo, in any Mode which may 
 be found convenient. 
 
 Neither is any Thing here fpecified in regard to fuch 
 publick Fortifications as his Majejly Jhall think fit 
 hereafter to ereSi in the faid Ifiand, becaufe this cannot 
 be well done 'till his Majelty's Engineers (hall have 
 marked out and fuyveyed fuch Place or Places as may 
 be found mod proper to be referved to the Crown for 
 that Purpofe, any Thing herein contained notwith- 
 ^landing. 
 
 All which Powers and farther Procifions {^o far as 
 they may be found requifite), the faid Earl humbly 
 hopes may be fupplied hereafter by the Grant of a '^ 
 diftinil and fubfequent Charter of Liberties, after ma- 
 ture Deliberation had thereon : — Which Charter may 
 4 the 
 
 
C 21 ) 
 
 the better admit of fome Delay*, as the Powers and 
 Jurifdidlion of the Earl's Courts of the County, and 
 the Courts Leet of the Hundreds, extended to the Cog- 
 nizance of Caufes not exceeding the Value of Tin 
 Pounds (initead of Forty Shillings) ; and the Courts 
 Baron of the faid Hundreds and Manors refpedively, 
 exerted in their full Vigour, according to the Common 
 and Statute Law, with proper Officers appointed inci- 
 dental thereto, and others, purfuant to this Propofal, 
 will in great meafure anfwer all Occafions of Admi- 
 niftration and Government for a confiderable Time at'tcr 
 the tirft Settlement of the faid County. 
 
 i A Summary of the TPIjole. 
 
 r I Earl of the whole County. 
 40 Capital Lords of Forty Hun- 
 Tenure for the dreiii',. 
 
 400 Lords of Manors. 
 
 Service (but in 
 
 Common 
 cage) 
 
 Soc-\ 800 Freeholders. 
 
 For Aflurance of the 
 faid Tenures 
 
 ^3 
 
 of the 1 
 
 Acres, 
 800,000 
 For 
 
 w 
 
 * N. B. The Powers of dividing, fubdividing, anJ erefting not only 
 Manors and Kundreds, Ivit even Counties, were not on\y pafi'J, but id- 
 'vjj'cd to be inserted in Grants tVom the Crown, to the SuhjeiJ, in the 
 Reign of Ceo'-ge the Firft, and in tne hite Reiiin oiGcorii^e the 'Iccond, by 
 the Lord Chancellor Talbot ^ and the late Lord Chancellor Ilaid-zi'uL. 
 
 f This Propofal is but Part of a general Plan for the Scttlempnt of all 
 the conquered Countries of ^ttttridi, Inggellcd foon after the Conciufitn of 
 the late I'eace— to the following EflVdl, i'/«. 
 
 1. Let the Conquered Countries be call into Provinces (nearly of the 
 She of Jre/aifd) of Eighteen n;i lion of Acres each. 
 
 2. Let wiv6 Province be aflually furveyid at the Crown ^xpence, be- 
 ginning bv '■" or Three upon the Southern and Northern Frontiers 
 {i«hich might be done in One Year), proceeding afterwards gradually in- 
 Vards with the reft. 
 
 3. Let a DiftridV he firft fct out in each Prwince cf Twenty thnuftml 
 Acres, for the Capital of ilic Province — the piincipal Fortrefs — he Seat 
 cf a nnilitary Governor, with a comjKtent Body of rep.u'ar Troops ——» 
 T^e (jovii^'ment to be ni'd'.t.tiy, ly C'wfiJJi'/n ami Jn/'rutirin, ivitl.uii 
 the J'lid Difiiil of 7'w:nty tk.uj'jud A.iei j but nvh ly co'fiiMl thi::i^ 
 
,0 
 
 m 
 
 Tenure of Eur- 
 
 ( 22 ) 
 
 'ForEftablifhmentsfor 
 Trade and Com- 
 merce in the molt 
 proper Parts of tlie 
 Ifland, 
 
 1 County- •> 
 J own . . r -' 
 
 40 Market- / „ 
 r^^ >■ 20 
 
 1 owns . 5 
 
 L4C0 Villages 4^ 
 
 jnCninmonboc- 
 
 Left (at large) in Com- . 
 mon Socc:'.!;c, as a 
 Fund to enable the 
 Undertakers, and for 
 their Encouragement, 
 to compleut this Plan 
 
 Jcres, 
 
 75»20O 
 
 1,124,800 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 
 In order to give the better Idea of the publick Uti- 
 Jity of this Propofal, the laid Earl humbly begs Leave 
 farther to fubmit, that if the Territory acquired in 
 ISlorth America by the late Peace amounts (as it is com- 
 puted by jome) to One thoufand Two hundred and Forty 
 miiions of Statute Acres — it would afford Sixty-two Pro- 
 
 vinces 
 
 unltis in Time of War, Ri.bellion or Invafion, of imminent Danger 
 thcieiif, {^ar.d exicpt tii Icutcjlre cxfe^tid in this Memorial.) 
 
 4. Let Uic Rtmamdcr or i-ach I'lovincc be alio furvcyed, divided into 
 hi:>:e Counties o\ 'I'vuj millions of Acres tat-fi, and fubdividcd into Hun- 
 ci,i OS, M'inois, and r'rccholds.— — To be granted out to the Peers, great 
 CcninKncs, tiiiiiicnt Merchants, and cil?er Gentlemen of Diflindlion, 
 in the Manner here deicribod. — 'Hxr CiijU C'ovcniiHiiit to be ivkolly tairitd 
 in iy i/:em liilkin thoje C'.untics, acccrding to this Phi:. 
 
 i,. Let the a(fluai Suivey of each I'rcvince (thus divided and fubdivided, 
 and runieiicajly noted) be lodged ot Record in the Board of" Trade, Ad- 
 rnjialty, and '1 realury, to be infpeftcd j and the Lands to be taken up 
 vithoiit Impediment or Delay, at pleafure, by any proper Subjeft. 
 
 6. Let the Lordihips of the Counties and Hundreds be granted only to 
 %hcm:tural horn iiuljfEh of Great £rit«':n '^ but the Manors, Freeholds, and 
 Cthej L-inds to the t'enple of ory Nation. 
 
 7, i-et no Grant be, lor tne future, made in fuch Province by any 
 Ctovt-rnor, Council, Afiembly, Surveyo', ^'c. abroad or at home, by any 
 Office, except according to this adlual iurvey, and to the Divifioni an4 
 i'ljin htre hvA di,>wn. 
 
^ 
 
 *w 
 
 t I 
 
 i^M 
 
 C 23 ) 
 
 ^//;r^i ( larger than Paifylvania ) of Twenty millions 
 each ; or Hcventy-threc Provhicei as hir^i- as the King- 
 dom of Ireland i or Six hinulnd and 7'ivrnty Countiei 
 of the Size here defcrlbed — which, as faft as ihey coultl 
 be icttlcd, would be certainly (ecurcd ;—— and a few 
 Counties only eftablifhed in proper Parts, upon a like 
 Plan, would contribute greatly to the Strength and 
 Safety of his Majeily's Empire there i the Proportion 
 whereof may iippcar from hence, that if all fo fettled 
 (not including the reft of the People at large, who 
 might in Time be drawn from all Parts of the World, 
 and multiply under that Protc£tion), fuch a Tenure 
 alone would furnifh a Force of Seven hundyed and Furty^ 
 four thoufand Men *. 
 
 A Portion of Ground Eight Miles fqtiarc^ contains 
 Sixty- four fquare Miles; and a fquare Mile contains 
 Six hundred and Forty Acres ; therefore a Portion of 
 Eight A4iles fquare contains Forty thoufand Nine hun- 
 Ared and Sixty Acres, and confequently each of the 
 iaid Hundreds is a Portion of Land lefs than Eight MUcs 
 Jquare. 
 
 If then each Lord of each Hundred is bound to cre<3: 
 and maintain for ever a Block-houfe, or Houfe of 
 Strength, as the capital Seat of his Hundrtd or Barony, 
 for a Place of Retreat and Rendezvous for the Settlers 
 in his Hundred, on any Alarm of fudden Dangi-r, as 
 
 C4 
 
 bcfo 
 
 iC 
 
 * A^ B, A Province of Nine fuch Counties (containing a Million of 
 Acres more than Inland ) .wouiil be fettled in in is co)i:^l,ie and tmvcr-^ 
 ////Manner by fo fmall a Number as Ten thouHind Eight hundred 
 Men. 
 
 And iL'itkout the Expence of One Siilling to the Piibl'ick. 
 
 Whereas upon the late Conditions, flijiulating Or.e P.rfon to le ft-H.'rJ in 
 proportiui to Or.c bur.died y?c;v.'»— One hundred and Eighty thoufand Souis 
 aie required. 
 
 From whence it is evident— Firft, xh^ifucbGr.irti (if of any confi- 
 <1n able Extent) muft become ///;//o;j, cannot be fulfilled, :md the National 
 
 Views will be confequently diiappointed thereby. Secondly, that Ten 
 
 Provinces iuc:ild he as tffetiualiy ejlahl.jhcd and fee u red tvlih the fume A'unt- 
 btr of Piople, atd in the fame Space ufTime, up^n this P/(i>i, as one could 
 hi planted upon the other and yet the latter not capable of oeing de- 
 fended or governed but by a g^Wt and conlbnt national Expeacs. 
 
1 1':. 
 
 ( »4 ) 
 
 before mentioned — every Inhabitant in the faid FTtin- 
 dred, and throughout the laid County, may have re- 
 courfe to a Place of Security within Four MiUs diftanco 
 of his Habitation. 
 
 * And thus the whole People refiding within the 
 hearing of a Cannon fired at the Block-houfe of their 
 refpedtive HnnJrei''', and each Block-houfe likewife 
 being thus erected but Eight Miles afander, within 
 diftancp to hear fuch Cannon refpedlively from the 
 Block houfes of its adjoining Hundreds — one Cannon 
 fired at the Block-houic of any one Hundred, and the 
 Signal repeated from the next, and fo on from the one 
 to the other, will be fufHci?nt to give the general 
 Alarm, and to put every Iniiabitant of tiu^ whole Coun- 
 ty, in eve»y Part thereof, from one End of the Ifland 
 to the other, under Arms, and in Motion, in the Space 
 of oncQi_!arter of an Hour. 
 
 .H % 
 
 m 
 
 llil'lh 
 
 ii I 
 
 
 ! I 
 
 The faid Earl heretofore propofed to fettle a County 
 pon a fmall Scale of Five Th:.iifand Cnrres or about 
 ^iftccn 17)ouf(Vid Evglijh Joes in the Kiand of Do?m- 
 Ique upon a jhn'tlar Plan^ and had Ex peti^a lions from 
 K late Earl of Egranout that he fhould obtain a Grant 
 
 for- 
 
 * Thus it appears equal)- detrimental and pievcntive of the Settlement 
 rf ^'/mr/u;, to iiifift u;;on 'Itrnis of Pc/i:'ati:n with the Gr;^utee beyond 
 (vhat are truly nectOary, as to inlill upo.'i too few or none at all. And to 
 ,cft fo as to fjcurc firmly lor the f.rej'cnt, is the only efl';;ctual Method ta 
 Lufure full Settlement in \.hQ future. 
 
 ItisWifdom thrrcforc to call the Powers of P/c2«, D:Jlilbu!'iin, and Or» 
 dfr to the Aid of Number s. 
 
 Without this (if cur Conquffts arc to be fettled at all), 
 
 1. The Number of CivU CJf.-rrr. to be appointed, purfuatit *t the 
 pyrjat^'uic of Gc'^erv.wer.::. fy Cit'-.nrjf.m H'lJ hjhiu-im, only, will, in 
 Frocefs of Time, become irnTi:di(,ic ; and {however mean and ncafy, an.^ 
 contiiquently -xpofcd tn C ynqiion, as they th.'n muft be) hardly to be 
 jiur.i, and not polubly to be >Kuintai>ied at tlie Pubiick Expaue. 
 
 s. The Miliary Fcrce tf refuiar U'rcopt for fuch n Country flittle lefs 
 fhan all f:/rc/.<) muft be ritl.cr n.fufpacr.t, vr fnormous btnond the Reve- 
 nues both of Br'ttJtri and tl.f. C<l!onlc^ to luppori— or the Means of Britain 
 W Talj'<,re,rui: or rWiiTv^ cj;htr ini'irff* or//ur. 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 •i^'h 
 
< f h 
 
 ( '5 ) 
 
 for thatPurpofe. — In confequence of which he took 
 fome Steps preparatory to the Execution of that Defign. 
 —Bui the Sail' of thefe Lands being fince refolved, any 
 Undertaking of that Sort was totally prevented thereby. 
 
 However, if the Refolutions taken with regard to 
 Dc?nlmque fliould be changed — The faid Earl is ready 
 to undertake either the Execution of a fmaller Plan at 
 Dominique, or the larger above laid down for the Ifland 
 of Saint John's^ or a Plan compounded of both, as will 
 be iiereatter mentioned, in cafe the faid Ifland of Saint 
 John's Jhould fall fo much Jhort of the Extent of Two 
 Millions of Acresy as it has lately ken fuggefled by fotne 
 to do. 
 
 The faid Earl farther ]^ro^ok^ an equal Drawing of 
 Lots for the Hundreds above Tfientioned, in order to ob- 
 viate all Jcaloufy of their being partially conferred by 
 the faid Early and "humbly fuggefts the following Man- 
 ner for Prevention thereof, viz. 
 
 That the Survey and Map of the faid Ifland or 
 County being made, and divided into the faid Fifty 
 equal Portions or Hundreds as above mentioned, with 
 the Plan for the capital Town and Fortifications by 
 the King's Surveyor (attended by a Perfon appointed 
 by the faid Earl)-— Thsee Originals of fuch Survey and 
 Map ftiall be returned by him, each Hundred or equal 
 Portion numerically noted thereon. One, I'wo. Three, 
 Four, ^c, to the Number of Fifty as aforefaid, viz. 
 One of the faid Surveys and Maps to be annexed to 
 the original Grant of the faid Earl — A Second to be 
 kept in the County Court of the faid Ifland — A Third to 
 be depofited as a publick Record with the Board of 
 T/r.-ie in Great Britain, 
 
 And a Box (of the Nature of a balloting Box) (hall 
 be provided by and lodged at the faid Board, into 
 which fhall be put in the Beginning (and not added 
 to till the End) Fifty Tablets fimilar in all Refpedts, 
 
 upon 
 
m 
 
 mi 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 M' 
 
 ( 26 ) 
 
 Upon wliicl the like Numbers One, Two, Three, 
 Four, iffc. to the Number of Fifty inclufive fliall be 
 marked. 
 
 Out of this Box every Perfon who (hall under- 
 take for one of the laid Hundreds (hall in his own 
 ParfoUy or by fome Perfon by him appointed under 
 his Hand and Seal (the faid Earl himfelf doing in 
 like manner with the reft) draw out one of the faid 
 Tablets, which Tablet or Tablets fo drawn fnall in- 
 title the Perfon drawing the fame to that Hundred, the 
 Number whereof upon the faid Survey {hall correfpond 
 with the Number of the faid Tablet — Which faid 
 Box, after every Drawing of Tablets as aforefaid, Ihall 
 (with the remaining undrawn Tablets inclofed) be 
 carerully fecured and fealed with the Seals of the 
 Secretary of the Board of Trade and of the faid Earl. — 
 And fo with the like Precautions Time after Time as 
 any drawing of Tablets fliall be required, until the 
 laft of the laid Tablets fliall be drawn out, to the 
 end that all rmd every Perfon (however diftant in 
 Place or Time of drawing, and without any Delay in 
 proceeding to the Settlement of the Hundreds firft 
 drawn) may be certain of enjoying an equal Chance 
 for attaininj: the moil: advantaficous Lot. 
 
 '^'But whereas it has been lately fuggeRcd that the faid 
 Ifland of Saint Johns (hitherto eltimated at Two Mil- 
 lions of Acres) doth not in Fa6t contain more than 
 Fivf Hundred Thoi/fand, which is Icfs by Three fourths 
 than the Quantity hitherto fuppofed: And whereas in 
 fuch Cafe, or in the Cafe that the faid Ifland fliould 
 be found to contain any ()^iantity confiderably lefs than 
 two Millions of Acres of Land as aforefaid, the faid 
 County, Hundicus, Alanors, Freeholds, Town Bur- 
 gages 
 
 * All tint foU'vv:. in regard to Doivir::j:ic, had its Rile from the cr.h 
 Oh]eFti'jn vnidc atf'fixo tin:; I'lan, -jix. 'I'hat tl;c IllanJ of iiatit Jo/.n't 
 v\js tf,o Itinll to HlT'M'd fiitficiei-!t Inciucerrcrt to the Adventurers. — For 
 v\ lilch R(...:i.n t!i'' r.irl was dtTii-'' to vvitl-dnw his Arplicafnn tor the 
 V^i oi tiujit j'ij,:'A, and rctomau ndtd to aHt for t;;;at ot' C.'j.c BntC:. 
 
 W.^ 
 
 -m 
 
 
 
 
 %f! 
 
 1. 
 
 ■i-3. 
 
 ^k 
 
be 
 
 ler» 
 
 ( 27 ) 
 
 gages and Demefne Lands, muft be all proportionably 
 reduced in Extent and Value, and muft nevertheleli be 
 ftill fubje6t to the fame Charges and Expence in the 
 Settlement thereof, and therefore not an equal Objedl 
 of Advantage to the Adventurers thereon ; and whereas 
 the Means to fupply fuch Charges and Expence, and 
 to accomplifh fuch Advantage, muft diminifh in pro- 
 portion as the Qi^iantity of Land for each Undertaker 
 inay be decreafed : 
 
 It is therefore farther propofcd, that in either of the 
 Cafes above mentioned, and that the faid Ifland fhoulJ 
 not amount to the faid Extent of Two Millions of 
 Acres of Land as aforciaid, fuch Deficiency may be 
 'virtually fuppHed by a concurrent Grant ; to fuch 
 Amount as may be thought convenient) of a Dijirii^ 
 of Land in the Ijland ^Dominique, to be held jointlv 
 with the fame County and upon the fame Tenure 
 proportionally divided between the faid Earl of the 
 faid County and the faid Forty Capital Tenants in 
 correfpondent Lots, one on which to be infeparably 
 annexed by Tenure to each of the faid Hundreds of 
 the Ifland of Saint John's refpcdlivcly for ever, on 
 condition of eftablifliing farther a Number of White 
 inhabitants at the Rate of One to every Hundred Acres, 
 to be granted in the faid Ifland of Dominique, 
 
 And it is humbly hoped that this additional Demand 
 may fuggeft not only the Means to infure the Settle- 
 ment both of North- America and the Sugar Iflands at 
 one and the fame Time in the moft expeditious Man- 
 ner, but likcwife a certain and effcdtual Method to 
 prevent all clandcftine Trade to the French Coloi^iies 
 (pradtifed new as fmich by our own Sugar Planters*, 
 and hereafter likely to be praiiifed more and ivith much 
 greater Facility by them than by the North- J?ner leans 
 thctnfclvos) without Violence, Complaint, or Expence 
 to the Government of Great Britain. — Becaufe froni 
 the Moment that^fuch a Plan Ihould be adopted (To 
 
 tar 
 
 * Or Men h.mts in 'licfe Parts. 
 
. 
 
 ( 28 
 
 far as it wentj it would become the mofl important 
 Objedt and undoubted Intereft both of the Northern 
 and Southern Plantations to co-operate in one com- 
 mon View of excluding the French^ and confining the 
 Commerce of both North and South reciprocally to 
 themfelves ; and though not poflible (perhaps) to take 
 place with refpedt to thofe Parts of North- America 
 already fettled, would (if eJiabliJ1)ed only in a few new 
 Counties Juch as this before defcribcd) create a powerful 
 Intereft in that Part of the World, to detedl, impede, 
 
 and combat the clandciline Pradices of the rell Nor 
 
 will the Principle of felling the Lands in the Sugar 
 Jflands (as faid to be intended) clafli with tl^is Pro- 
 pofal, but may be eafdy accommodated to this Plan, 
 and that Meafure in fomc Degree afiiited and accele- 
 rateri thereby. — For which Intent, firft (without wailing 
 tdl Commiffioners may be fent, till the Bargains may 
 be made, till the Reports may be compleated, till thofc 
 Reports may be returned, till the fame Reports may be 
 confirmed at Home, till the confequential Grants may 
 pafs, till Preparations may be made afterwards by the 
 Perfons whofe Terms (hall be accepted, and till the 
 People to be placed upon the Lands can be fent over) 
 it is humbly defired that fuch Portion of Land as aforc- 
 faid in Dominique^ fo propofed to be annexed to the 
 Tenures in the faid Ifland of Saint Johis^ may be 
 granted immediately in the fame Patent, with Condition 
 that the faid Lands (hall be refpedlively fubjc£l to the 
 Payment of any Sum or Sums which may become 
 chargeable upon them proportionally according to the 
 true Price which fiiall be hereafter found to have been 
 given upon Sale o!" Lands of the like Value and Quality 
 contiguous thereto, as the fame may appear to be by 
 the Report of the Commiffioners appointed for the Sale 
 of the Lands of the faid Ifland, and their Declaration 
 of fuch proportional Price tranfmitted upon Oath.— 
 And fecondly, as nothing can more obvioufly retard the 
 Cultivation of thofe Lands (which require immediate 
 Setclemcnt) than a large and fuddcn Diminution of the 
 Capital by means whereof fuch ScttlcmiMU mull be 
 madci cfpccially in Undertakings of the moil hazardous, 
 
 cxpci;- 
 
( 49 ) 
 
 expenfive and precarious Nature, where many unfore- 
 feen Difficulties, Difappointments and Delays muft ne- 
 ceflarily arife ; and farther as any given Sum (fuppofe 
 One Hundred Thoufand Pounds) received at once for 
 the Purchafe of the faid Iflands, cannot be eflimated at 
 more than Four Thoufand Pounds per Annum to the 
 Piiblick (at Four per Cent, for ever). And whereas the 
 Expenditure of the like Sum, if left in the Hands of the 
 faid Adventurers, to be employed in Addition to their 
 remaining Capital (how great foever it may be) might 
 purchafe Three Thoufand Negroes clear, and plant at 
 leaft Ten Thoufand Acres with Sugar, Indigo, Coffee, 
 
 is'c. in Seven Years Which Ten Thoufand Acres 
 
 would ever after add a Produce to the Trade of England 
 of at leaft Two Hundred Thoufand Pounds per Annum^ 
 upon which Produce a Duty of Four and a half per 
 Cent, as at Barhadoes^ would raife {for the KingU Civil 
 L'l/i alone) a yearly Sum double to the Intercft of the 
 laid Hundred Thoufand Pounds, beftdes a far greater 
 yearly Revenue to the Puhlick. — It is farther propofed, 
 that the Value of the Purchafe of the faid Lands in Do- 
 ininiqus (fo to be charged proportionally as aforefaid) 
 may be alTefTed as a ^it-Rent upon the faid Lands 
 refpeSfively to be converted into Jmiiiities to a propor- 
 tional J?nount, to be fold as Government Annuities at 
 Market ; the Swn arifing by fuch Sale thereof to be paid 
 into the Exchequer, redeemable by the Proprietors of 
 the fame ■ at Par, upon Six Mo7iths Notice given in the 
 Gazette, at the Injlauce of the faid Proprietors — Which 
 Mode of raifing the faid Purchafe Money will be to ail 
 Intents and Purpofes of the fame immediate Advantage 
 to the Publick Revenue, but of far lefs Inconvenience 
 in general to the Purchafers of fhe faid Lands, extend 
 the Undertakings, facilitate the Employment of fmall 
 Capitals (othcrv.'ife in great meafure excluded) prevent 
 an outrageous Monopoly by the IVeJi-India Planters, 
 or Great Merchants, and by increafing the Number of 
 Buyers, greatly enhance the Price. 
 
 Which is ncvcrthehfs jnoji hianbly fubmited^ 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 E G M O N T, 
 
Sea-Of- 
 
 licers 
 
 * 
 * 
 *. 
 
 ( 30 ) 
 
 LIST of bis Majejlfs Land and Sea Officers^ 
 Merchants^ and others^ defirous of partaking of 
 the Grant of the IJland of Saint John'j, purfuant 
 to the Propofal of the Earl of Egmonr, and en- 
 gaged to affifi bis Lordfhip in fettling tbatJfland, 
 
 The Earl of Egmont and his 9 Children * 
 * f Admiral Knowles 
 
 Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Member of 
 Parliament 
 
 Admiral Townfliend 
 
 Adm. Sir Geo. Rodney, Memb, ^f ParL 
 
 Commodore Spry 
 
 Captain Gambier 
 
 Captain Cofby 
 '{ Captain Pallifer 
 
 Captain Campbell 
 
 Captain Derby 
 
 Captain Shouldham 
 
 Captain Bentinck, Member of Parliament 
 
 Captain Byron 
 
 Lieut. Dugdale 
 
 Lieut. Allen 
 
 .Lieut. Candler 
 
 General Townfhend, Metnbcr of Parlia- 
 ment, now Lord Vifcoitnt Towiijhcnd 
 p General Monckton 
 
 Colonel Carlton 
 
 Captain Holland 
 
 Captain Douglas 
 
 Captain Jeremy Jones 
 
 Lieutenant- Colonel Douglas 
 •<( Captain W. Douglas 
 
 Captain Stair Douglas 
 
 Captain George Maxwell 
 
 Major Gorani 
 
 Major Skene 
 
 Captain Ruffe! 
 
 General Oglethorpe 
 
 SirGf-o. Colcbrook, Mefnb. of Parliament 
 
 Mr. Stuart 
 s Mr. Drummond 
 / Mr. Cathcart 
 (.Mr. Richards of America 
 
 Mer- 
 
 Applied 
 
 lince 
 
 Memorial 
 
 Merchants 
 
 
 y 
 
 * TiiL- tlirec eldcn Sons of tiu- Earl fcivcil in the late War in Germany, 
 at theConq.itils oJ'567/t'///i.', ^^bu, Mjitimque, ih<i Jiavanmb, &c. &t. 
 
( 3' ) 
 
 Merchants fent by the Board of Trade to Lord Egmonf 
 (as having applied prior to his Lordfhip} and who 
 dcjired to withdraw their Application by Letter to that 
 Boards dated 8th of Jan. 1764. and to be joined with 
 the Earl. 
 
 * r Hutchefon ] 
 
 T\/r i,t, * J John Mill, 
 Merch'». *^j^„h„CatlK 
 
 * t George Spc 
 
 Hutchefon Mure, Efq: 
 ^ • Mill, Efq; 
 
 Cathcart, Efq; 
 " )enfe, Efq; 
 
 Twenty-one reduced Officers fent in like manner by 
 the Board of Trade, and wlio requefted his Lordfhip 
 to be admitted in his Plan, and fignified the fame li 
 Letter to that Boards dated i8th of Jan, 1764. 
 
 * f Colonel Charles Lee 
 Major Allan Maclean 
 Francis Maclean, Efq; 
 Lieut. Lauchlin Mailean 
 Lieut. Henry Maclean 
 Captain Walter Paterfon 
 Captain John Gordon 
 Captain Peter Gordon 
 Mr. Robert Stuart 
 
 from the *) Lieut. John Stewart 
 r>_ ...J .r * Lieut. William Ridge 
 
 Captain Thomas B;i^lett 
 
 Lieut. Theodore Holtaine 
 
 Lieut. William Allanby 
 
 Lieut. Benjamin Dodd 
 
 * Lieut. Alexander Kennedy 
 
 * Lieut. Archibald Kennedy 
 Captain Lauchlin Maclean 
 Lieut. Robert Armftrong 
 Lieut. James Campbell 
 
 Officers 
 
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 *• f Henry Wauchopc, Efq; M>mi. of Pari. 
 ' Mr. Drummond, Mt?n. of Parliament 
 JamesFortrey, Efq; Byal Fen, Cambridge 
 Hugh Fmlay, Efq; Poitmafter at Qyebcc 
 Rev. Mr. Perceval, of Burton 
 \ Rev. Mr. Kene Perceval 
 
 Will. Perceval, Efq; Counfel at Law 
 Jrhn Perceval, Efq; Lieut, of Marines 
 Richard Purcell, Efq; of Kanturk 
 lames Purcell, Efq; of Ditto 
 iPhiJjp.Perceval, Liq; Tcmplc-Houfe 
 
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 A V J I Philip Stephens, Efq; Member of Pari. 
 i??;!f J Geo7 Marih, Efq; Com. of Vidt. Office 
 James Biddlecombe, Efq; Com. SomerC 
 Edm. Mafon, Efq; Commif. of Navy 
 
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 Befidcs feveral other Gentlemen which cannot be con- 
 tained in this Lift for want of Room. 
 
 N. B. Thofc m rked thus ( * ) are the Fortv propofed 
 by his LordJ})ip to be admitted to Forty Hundredsy and the 
 reji he has promifed to comprehend in the Grant » 
 
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 ^c Memorial prefenied in December 1763. 
 
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