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A28398 The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America ... with new maps of every place : together with astronomical tables, which will serve as a constant diary or calendar, for the use of the English inhabitants in those islands, from the year 1686 to 1700 : also a table by which ... you may know what hour it is in any of those parts, and how to make sun-dials fitting for all those places. Blome, Richard, d. 1705. 1687 (1687) Wing B3215 166,818 327

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these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors do Grant and Confirm unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full and absolute Licence Power and Authority that they the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns from time to time hereafter for ever at his and their Will and Pleasure may Alien Grant Demise or Enfeoff the Premises or any part or parcel thereof to him or them that shall be willing to Purchase the same and to such Person or Persons as they shall think fit To have and to hold to them the said Person or Persons their Heirs of Assigns in the Fee-simple or Fee-tail or for term of Life or Lives or Years to be held of them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns and not immediately of Us Our Heirs and Successors And to the same Person or Persons and to all and every of them We do Give and Grant by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Licence and Authority and Power that such Person or Persons may have and take the Premises or any parcel thereof of the said Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns and the same to hold to themselves their Heirs or Assigns in what estate of Inheritance soever in Fee-simple or in Fee-tail or otherwise as to them and the said Earl of Clarendon their Heirs and Assigns shall seem expedient The Statute of the Parliament of Edward Son of King Henry heretofore King of England Our Predecessor commonly called the Statute of Quia Emptores Terrarum or any other Statutes Act Ordinance Use Law Customs or any other Matter Cause or Thing heretofore Published or Provided to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding and because many Persons born or Inhabiting in the said Province for their Deserts and Services may expect to be capable of marks of Honour and Favour which in respect of the great distance cannot be conferred by Us Our Will and Pleasure therefore is and We do by these Presents Give and Grant unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power and Authority to give and confer unto and upon such of the Inhabitants of the said Province or Territory as they shall think do or shall merit the same such Marks of Favour and Titles of Honour as they shall think fit so as those Titles of Honour be not the same as are enjoyed by and conferred upon any of the Subjects of this Our Kingdom of England And further also We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Give and Grant by these to them the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power Liberty and Licence to Erect Raise and Build within the said Province and Places aforesaid or any other part or parts thereof such and so many Forts Fortresses Castles Cities Boroughs Towns Villages and other Fortifications whatsoever and the same or any of them to fortifie and furnish with Ordnance Powder Shot and Arms and all other Weapons Ammunition and Habiliments of War offensive and defensive as shall be thought fit and convenient for the welfare and safety of the said Province or places of any parts thereof and the same or any of them from time to time as occasion shall require dismantle disfurnish demolish and put down and also to place constitute and appoint in or over all or any of the said Castles Forts Fortifications Cities Towns or Places aforesaid Governours Deputy-Governours Magistrates Sheriffs and other Officers Civil and Military as to them shall seem meet and to the said Cities Towns Boroughs Villages or any other place or places within the said Province or Territory to grant Letters or Charters of Incorporation with all Liberties Franchises and Priviledges requisite and usual or to be within any Corporation within this Our King of England granted or belonging And in the same Cities Boroughs Towns and other places to constitute erect and appoint such and so many Markets Marts and Fairs as shall in that behalf be thought fit and necessary And further also to make and erect in the Province or Territory aforesaid or any parts thereof so many Mannors with such Seignories as to them shall seem meet and convenient and every of the said Mannors to hold and to have a Court-Baron with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Baron doth belong and to have and to hold Views of Frank-pledge and Courts-Leet for the conservation of the peace and better government of those Parts with such Limits Jurisdictions Precincts as by the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c or their Heirs shall be appointed for that purpose with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Leet or a View of Frank-pledge belong the same Courts to be holden by Stewards to be deputed and authorized by the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. or their Heirs or by the Lords other Mannors and Leets for the time being when the same shall be erected and because that in so remote a Country and situate among so many Barbarous Nations the Invasion as well of Savages as other Enemies Pirates and Robbers may probably be seared Therefore we have as for Us our Heirs and Successours given power by these presents unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns by themselves or their Captains or other Officers to Levy Muster and Train all sorts of Men of what condition soever born whether in the said Province or elsewhere for the time being and to make War and to pursue the Enemies aforesaid as well by Sea as by Land yea even without the Limits of the said Province and by God's assistance to vanquish and take them and being taken to put them to death by the Laws of War and to save them at their pleasure and to do all and every thing which to the Charge and Office of a Captain-General of any Army belongs or hath accustomed to belong as fully and freely as any Captain-General of an Army hath ever had the same Also Our Will and Pleasure is and by this Our Charter We do give unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full Power and Authority in cause of Rebellion Tumults or Sedition if any should happen which God forbid either upon the Land within in the Province aforesaid or upon the main Sea in making a Voyage thither or returning from thence by him and themselves their Captains Deputies or Officers to be authorized under his or their Seals for that purpose to whom also for Us Our Heirs and Successours We do give and grant by these presents full power and authority to exercise Martial Laws against mutinous and seditious persons of these parts such as shall refuse to submit themselves to their Government or shall refuse to serve in the Wars or shall flie to the Enemy or shall forsake their Colours or Ensigns to be loyterers or straglers otherwise howsoever offending
against Law Custom or Discipline Military as freely and in as ample manner and form as any Captain-General of an Army by vertue of his Office might or hath accustomed to use the same And Our further pleasure is and by these presents for Us Our Heirs and Successours We do grant unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns and to the Tenents and Inhabitants of the said Province or Territory both present and to come and to every of them the said Province or Territory and the Tenents and Inhabitants thereof shall not from henceforth be held or reputed any member or part of any Colony whatsoever in America or elsewhere now transported or made or hereafter to be transported or made nor shall be depending on or subject to their Government but be absolutely divided and separated from the same And Our Pleasure is that they be separated and that they be subject immediately to our Crown of England as depending thereof for ever and that the Inhabitants of the said Province or Territory nor any of them shall hereafter be compelled or compellable or be any ways subject or liable to appear or answer to any Matter Suit Causes or Plaints whatsoever out of the Province or Territory aforesaid in any other of our Islands Colonies or Dominions in America or elsewhere other than in Our Realm of England or Dominion of Wales and because it may happen that some of the People and Inhabitants of the said Province cannot in their Private Opinions conform to the Publick Exercise of Religion according to the Liturgy Forms and Ceremonies of the Church of England or take or subscribe the Oaths and Articles made and established in that behalf And that the same by reason of the remote distance of those places will as we hope be no breach of the Unity and Uniformity established in this Nation Our Will and Pleasure therefore is and We do by these presents for Us Our Heirs and Successours give and grant unto the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns full and free License Liberty and Authority by such ways and means as they shall think fit to give and grant to such person or persons inhabiting and being within the said Province and Territory hereby or by the said recited Letters Patents mentioned to be granted as aforesaid or any part thereof such Indulgences and Dispensations in the behalf for and during such time and times and with such limitations and restrictions as the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs or Assigns shall in their direction think fit and reasonable And that no person or persons unto whom such liberty shall be given shall be any way molested punished disquieted or called in question for any difference in Opinion or practises in Matters of Religious Concernment who do not actually disturb the Civil Peace of the Province County or Colony that he or they shall make their abode in but all and every such person and persons may from time to time and at all times freely and quietly have and enjoy their Judgment and Consciences in Matters of Religion throughout the whole Province or Colony they behaving themselves peaceably and not using this Liberty to Licentiousness nor to the Civil Injury or outward disturbance of others any Laws Statutes or Clause contained or to be contained Usage or Custom of Our Realm of England to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding And in case it shall happen that any Doubts or Questions should arise concerning the true sence and understanding of any Word Clause or Sentence contained in this Our present Charter We Will Ordain and Command that at all times and in all things such Interpretations be made thereof and allowed in all and every of Our Courts whatsoever as lawfully maybe adjudged as most advantagious and favourable to the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. their Heirs and Assigns although express mention of the true yearly value or certainty of the Premises or of any of them or of any other Gifts or Grants by Us or by any of Our Progenitors or Predececessors heretofore made to the said Edward Earl of Clarendon c. in these presents is not made or any Statute Act Ordinance Provision Proclamation or Restriction heretofore had made enacted ordnined or provided or any other Matter Cause or Thing whatsoever to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding In witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patents Witness Ourself at Westminster the Thirtieth Day of June in the Seventeenth Year of Our Reign By the KING Copia Vera. VYNER A DESCRIPTION OF VIRGINIA THis Country of Virginia now so called hath for its Southern limits Carolina for its Eastern the Atlantick Ocean for its Northern It s Situation Mariland and for its Western that vast Tract of Land which runneth into the South-sea A New Map of VIRGINIA MARYLAND PENSILVANIA NEW YARSEY By Robt. Morden B. Baltimore C A Arundelton C Cal. Cal●erton C Ch. Charles C M Mary C Cae Caecil C F Talhot C D Doreli●ster C K Kent C We Westmorland No Northumberland La Lancaster Mi Middlesex Gl Glocester C Charles C Y York C W War●●ck E Elizabeth I. N Lower Norfolk Na Nantimond Co Corratuck N Northampton Ac Accom●●o Ar. ●r●idia This Country was first discovered in the Year 1497. Its Discovery by Sebastian Cabot a Portuguese but his Mariners were all English and therefore may justly be claimed by us But it was more fully discovered together with all that Tract of Sea-Coast by Sir Francis Drake and was called Virginia by Sir Walter Rawleigh who visited it soon after in honour of his Virgin Mistris Queen Elizabeth In the Year 1603. divers persons who obtained the Propriety of it from Sir Walter made a Voyage thither who discovered Whitson-Bay in forty one Degrees The People used Snake-skins of six Foot long for Girdles and were exceedingly ravished with the Musick of a Gittern a Boy dancing in a Ring about him they were more afraid of two English Mastives than of twenty Men. There being much time spent in the discovery of this Country and not without vale Expences in the setting forth of Ships and that not without the loss of several Mens lives before it could be brought to perfection but at length in the Year 1607. Sir John Popham and others settled a Plantation at the Mouth of the River Saghadoc but Captain James Davis having chosen a small place almost an Island to set down in where having heard a Sermon read their Patent and Laws and after he had built a Fort sailed further up the River and Country where finding an Island that had a great fall of Water and having haled their Boat over with a Rope they came to another fall which by reason of its being very shallow and swift proved unpassable the Head of the River lying in about forty five Degrees They ●all their Fort St. George