Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1696/7-98. 435

       Then produced and read a Letter from the honble Collo Lib. X.

     John Courts praying Excuse for not attending in Council P. 46

     being at present much indisposed Whereupon he is Excused.

       Appeared before this Board Captain Francis Harbin, Mr

     Gilbert Clark Thomas Dillion Edwd Fields John Shanks Mr

     Joshua Guibert Mr John Baptista Carbeny & Kenelm

     Cheseldyn Esqr & this Board understanding that the said

     Persons were knowing and had heard of several indirect &

     evil Actions practices & discourses used & done by Gerrard

     Slye John Cood Senr Robert Mason & Philip Clark of St

     Marys County Gent did Order the said Persons to write down

     their several Depositions wherein they were to set forth the

     Truth the whole truth & nothing but the Truth what they

     themselves knew or had heard Concerning the sd Mr Sly Mr

     Cood Mr Mason & Mr Clark in relation to this his Majestys

     Governtnent or his Excellency the Governor thereof

       And thereupon the said persons withdrew & their several

     Depositions being written they made Oath upon they holy

     Evangelists before Capt Richard Hill and Mr Thomas Tasker

     two of his Majestys Iustices of the Provincial Court And the

     said Depositions were delivered to his Majestys Lawyers

                    Iune the 30th 1698

       Council Sate Present as Yesterday

       Also were present Captain Richd Hill Thomas Tasker Esqr

     George Plater Esqr Mr Robt Gouldesborrough & Major

     William Dent

       Upon reading a Certain Paragraph in a Letter to his p. 47

     Excellency the Governor from the right Honble the Lords of

     the Council for trade and Foreign Plantations relating to the

     qur part of the Revenue of 12d p hhd due from his Excellency

     the late Governor Copleys Estate Whereupon the Several

     Papers relating thereto being produced were delivered to his

     Majestys Lawyers who are asked what is done therein &

     thereupon the said Gentlemen make Answer that Process is

     issued

       Geo Plater Esqr his Majestys Receiver of the District of

     Pattuxent is ordered to draw out of the Iournals of the

     Council in Assembly & the house of Delegates how the

     Country Arms &ca are Disposed of & the Reason thereof

       A Petition of Mr Thomas Grunwyn read wherein he prayed

     Satisfaction for his Labour and pains in Examining the

     Accots of the Order of his late Excellency Governor Copley

     in Order to discover what remained in his which might be

     applyed to make good the qr part of the 12d for Arms recd

     by the said Governor Copley the said Petition was referred