A. D. 1729. Anno fecundo Georcii II. C. 34. 709
Ides, Iflets and Limits aforefaid, fhould happen then after to he e reeled, tOg( ther with Licctifc and Power to build and found Churches, Chapels and Oratories in convenient and li: II c< ■ within the faid nd Limits, and to caufe them to he dedicated and i onfecrated according to the ! ! i< al Lawi of the K : ng- dom of England, together with all and lingular the like and as ample Rights, Jurifdii tions, Privileges, i J i c- rogatives, Royalties, Liberties, Immunities and Franchifes of what Kind focver within the Country, Iflcs, Iflets and Limits aforefaid, to have, ufe, excrcife and enjoy, and in as ample Manner as any I! (1 ham in the Kingdom of England ever thentofore had, held, ufed 01 enjoyed, or of Right ought or could have, ufe or enjoy; and his (aid late Majefty did thereby for himfi If, his Heirs and Succeflbrs make, < and conftitutc the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albermarle, William Lord Crc Lord Berkley, Anthony Lord AJhley, Sir George Carteret, air William Berk fobni iri and Afligns, the true and abfolute Lords and Proprietors of tlie Country aforefaid, and of all 01 her the Pre- mifles (Caving as therein is mentioned) to have, hold, poflefs and enjoy the faid Country, lfl< , Iflets and all and lingular other the Premifles, to them the laid Edward Ear] ot Clarendon, George Dul /,-, William Lord Craven, John Lord Berkley, Anthony. Lord AJhley, Sir George Carteret^ Sir // i fry, and Sir 'John Colleton, their Heir:; and Afligns for ever, to be holdcn of his faid late Majefty, his Heirs ami Suc- ceflors, as of his Manor of Eaji Greenwich in the County of Kent, in free and common Socage, and not in Cc.p'iie, or by Knights Service : And whereas his faid late Maiefty King CHARLES the Second, by other Second P Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England, bearing Date the thirtieth Day of m in h nth Year of his Reign, reciting the Letters Patent herein firft recited, did grant unto the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albermarle, William Lord Craven, then Kail of Craven, JohnTuOrA Berkley, An- thonyhord Ajltley, Sir George Carteret, Sir "John Colleton, and Sir William Berkley, their Heirs and Afligns, all that Province, Territory or Trade of Ground fituate, lying and being wirhin his faid late Majefty's Domi- nions of America, extending North and Eaftward as far as the North End of Carahtuke River or Gullet, upon a ftraight Wefterly Line to Wyonake Creek, which lies within or about the Degrees of thirty-fix and thirty Minutes Northern Latitude, and fo Weft in a direct Line as far as the South Seas, and South and Weftward as far as the Degrees of twenty-nine inclufive, Northern Latitude, and fo Well in a direct Line as far as the South-Seas, together with all and fingular Ports, Harbours, Bays, Rivers and Iflets belonging unto the Province or Territory aforefaid; and alfo all the Soil, Lands, Fields, Woods, Ferms, Lakes, Ri- vers, Bays and Iflets fituate or being within the Bounds or Limits laft before-mentioned, with the fifhing of all Sorts of Fifh, Whales, Sturgeons and all other Royal Fifties in the Sea, Bays, Iflets and Rivers within the Premifles, and the Fifh therein taken, together with the Royalty of the Sea upon the Coafts within the Limits aforefaid, and all Veins, Mines and Quarries, as well discovered as not discovered, of Gold, Silver, Gems and precious Stones, and all other whatfoever, be it of Stones, Metals or any other Things found or to be found within the Province, Territory, Iflets and Limits aforefaid; and furthermore the Patronages and Advowfons of all Churches and Chapels, which, as Chriftian Religion fhould increafe within the Pro- vince, Territory, Iflcs and Limits aforefaid, fhould happen then after to be erected, together with Licence and Power to build and found Churches, Chapels and Oratories in convenient and fit Places within the faid Bounds and Limits, and to caufe them to be dedicated and confecrated according to the Ecclefiaftical Laws of the Kingdom of England, together with all and fingular the like and as ample Rights, Jurifdictions, Pri- vileges, Prerogatives, Royalties, Liberties, Immunities and Franchifes of what Kind foever within the Terri- tories, Ifles, Iflets and Limits aforefaid, to have, hold, ufe, exercife and enjoy the fame as amply and fuljy and in as ample Manner as any Bifhop of Durham in the Kingdom of England thentofore had, held, ufed or enjoyed, or of Right ought or could have, ufe or enjoy ; and his faid late Majefty did thereby for himfdf, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, make, create, conflitute and appoint them, the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albermarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkley, Anthony Lord AJhley, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Colleton, and Sir William Berkley, their Heirs and Afligns, the true and abfolute Lords and Proprietors of the faid Province or Territory, and of all other the Premifles (faving as therein is mentioned) to have, hold, poflefs and enjoy the faid Province, Territory, Iflets and all and fingular other the Premifles, to them the faid il^?«7."^Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albermarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkley, Anthony Lord Afl)ley, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Colleton, and Sir William Berkley, their Heirs and Afligns for ever, to be holden of his faid Majefty, his Heirs and Succeflbrs, as of his Manor of Eaji Greenwich aforefaid, in free and common Socage, and not in Capite, or by Knights Service, as in and by the faid fe- veral recited Letters Patents, Relation being thereunto had, may appear : And whereas the Part, Share, In- tereft and Eftate of the faid Edward late Earl of Clarendon, of and in the Provinces, Territories, Iflets, He- reditaments and Premifles in and by the faid feveral recited Letters Patents granted and comprifed, is now T , , come unto and vefted in the Honourable James Bertie, of the Parifti of Saint John the Evangelijl in the Li- prfetors. berty of ' Wejlminfter in the County of Middle/ex, Efquire, in his own Right; and the Part, Share, Intereft and Eftate of the faid George late Duke of Albermarle, of and in the fame Premifles, is come unto and veft- ed in the moid Noble Henry now Duke of Beaufort, and in the faid Jama Bertie, and the Honourable Do- dington Greville of Bulford in the County of Wilts, Efquire, the two furviving Devifees named in the Will of the moft Noble Henry late Duke of Beaufort deceafed, in Truft for the prefent Duke of Beaufort, and for the Right Honourable Charles Noel! Somerfet, his Brother, an Infant ; and the Part, Share, Intereft and Eftate of the faid William late Earl of Craven, of and in the fame Premifles, is come unto and vefted in the Right Honourable William now Lord Craven ; and the Part, Share, Intereft and Eftate of the faid John late Lord Berkley, of and in the fame Premifles, is now come unto and vefted in Jofeph Blake of the Province of South Carolina in America, Efquire ; and the Part, Share, Intereft and Eftate of the faid Anthony late Lord AJhley, of and in the fame Premifles, is now come unto and vefted in Archibald Hutchefon of the Middle Temple, London, Efquire (in Truft for John Cotton of the Middle Temple, London, Efquire) and the Part, Share, Intereft and Eftate of the faid late Slrjohn Colleton, of and in the faid Pre- mifles, is now come unto and vefted in Sir John Colleton of Exmouth in the County of Devon, Baronet ; 3 ' and
