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land_n	aforesaid_a	hold_v	manor_n	1,351	5	9.9418	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54106	A brief account of the province of Pennsilvania lately granted by the King, under the great seal of England, to William Penn, and his heirs and assigns.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II). Proclamations. 1681-04-02.	1682 (1682)	Wing P1256A; ESTC R220390	7,626	16

Successours and that the said persons may take the premisses or any parcel thereof of the said William Penn c. and the same hold to themselves their Heirs and Assigns the Statute Quia emptores Terrarum in any wise notwithstanding XVI We give and grant License to any of those persons to whom the said William Penn c. has granted any Estate of Inheritance as aforesaid with the consent of the said William Penn to Erect any parcel of Lands within the said Province into Mannors to hold Courts Baron and view of Franck-pledge c. by Themselves or Stewards XVII Power to those persons to Grant others the same Tenures in Fee Simple or otherwise to be held of the said Mannors respectively and upon all further Alienations the Land to be held of the Mannor that it held of before the Alienation XVIII We do Covenant and Grant to and with the said William Penn his Heirs and Assigns that we will not set or make any Custon or other Taxation upon the Inhabitants of the said Province upon Lands Houses Goods Chattels or Merchandizes except with the consent of the Inhabitants and Governour XIX Power to the Bishop of London to send over a Minister if desired by any Twenty Persons Inhabiting in that Province XX. A charge that no Officers nor Ministers of us our Heirs and Successors do presume at any time to attempt any thing to the contrary of the premises or in any sort withstand the same but that they be at all times aiding to the said William Penn and his Heirs and to the Inhabitants and Merchants their Factors and Assigns in the full use and benefit of this our Charter XXI And if any doubts or questions shall hereafter arise about the true sense or meaning of any Word Clause or Sentence contained in this our Charter We will Ordain and Command that at all times and in all things such Interpretation be made thereof and allowed in any of our Courts whatsoever as shall be adjudged most advantageous and favourable unto the said William Penn his Heirs and Assigns so as it be not against the Faith and Allegiance due to Vs our Heirs and Successors In Witness whereof we have caused our Letters to be made Patents Witness our self at Westminister c. The KING'S Declaration to the Inhabitants and Planters of the Province of PENNSILVANIA CHAREES R. VVHereas His Majesty in consideration of the great merit and faithful services of Sir William Penn deceased and for divers other good Causes Him thereunto moving hath been graciously pleased by Letters Patents bearing Date the Fourth day of March last past to Give and Grant unto William Penn Esquire Son and Heir of the said Sir William Penn all that Tract of Land in America called by the Name of Pennsilvania as the same is Bounded on the East by Delaware River from Twelve miles distance Northwards of New-Castle Town unto the three and fortieth Degree of Northern Latitude if the said River doth extend so far Northwards and if the said River shall not extend so far Northward then by the said River so far as it doth extend And from the Head of the said River the Eastern Bounds to be determined by a Meridian Line to be drawn from the Head of the said River unto the said Three and fortieth Degree the said Province to extend Westward Five Degrees in Longitude to be Computed from the said Eastern Bounds and to be bounded on the North by the Beginning of the Three and fortieth Degree of Northern Latitude and on the South by a Circle drawn at Twelve Miles distance from New-Castle Northwards and Westwards unto the beginning of the fortieth Degree of Northern Latitude and then by a straight Line Westwards to the limit of Longitude above mentioned together with all powers Preheminences and Iurisdictions necessary for the Government of the said Province as by the said Letters Parents Reference being thereunto had doth more at large appear His Maiesty doth therefore hereby publish and Declare his Royal Will and Pleasure That all persons Setled or Inhabiting within the Limits of the said Province do yield all Due Obedience to the said William Penn His Heirs and Assigns as absolute Proprietaries and Governours thereof as also to the Deputy or Deputies Agents or Lieutenants Lawfully Commissionated by him or them according to the Powers and Authorities Granted by the said Letters Patents Wherewith his Majesty Expects and Requites a ready Complyance from all persons whom it may concern as they tender his Majesties Displeasure Given at the Court at White-Hall the Second day of April 1681. In the Three and thirrieth year of Our Reign By His Majesties Command Conway III. The Reason of the Grant The reason and ground of this Grant from the King to Him and his Heirs c. Was his Petition to the King in which he set forth His Fathers Services his own Sufferings and Losses in relation to his Fathers Estate And lastly His long and costly Attendance without success In right and consideration of which the King was graciously pleased to make the aforesaid Grant to which Title the said William Penn adds that of the Natives by purchase from them IV. Of the Country and its Produce It lies 600. Miles South of the Latitude of England and as it is of the same side of the Line so it is about the same degree with Mompellier in France or Naples in Italy The Air is generally clear and sweet the Summer is longer and Hotter and Winter shorter and sometimes Colder than in England The Soil is said to be as good as any in those parts It commonly produceth Oak Cedar Mulbery Chesnut Walnut Firr Cyprus Ash Beech Popaler Saxafras Medaler Plumbs Grapes Peaches Strawberries Huckleberries Cranberries Hopps c. English Fruit takes kindly and produceth suddainly and plentifully The Woods are furnished with Store of Wild Fowl as Turkeys Pheasants Heath Cocks Patridges Pidgeons c. The Earth well Watered with Springs and Rivers and the Rivers stored with Fish as Sturgions Sheepsheads Drums Cat-fish Eeles and abundance more With Fowl as Swans Gray and White Geese Duck Mallard c. The Corn of the Country used by the Indians produceth four hundred fold is Good and Hearty both in Milk and made into Bread the price two Shillings six pence the Bushel There is also good English Corn as Wheat Barly Rye and Oates Wheat under four Shillings the Bushel Barly and Rye under three Shillings the Bushel Oates about two Shillings the Bushel There are also very good Pease and Beans of several sorts The Beef is good but Pork is very Sweet The Beef at three pence the Pork at two pence half-penny the pound Butter at six pence a pound Peaches to Eat or make Drink of at eight pence the Bushel a Cow and Calf about the Spring of the Year at five pounds a pair of Oxen at ten pounds a good Breeding Sow at thirty Shillings a Young good Breeding Mare at eight pounds But it is