The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-03-15
GARRETT COUNTY.
An Interesting Review of Its History
and Resources.


* * And in the Public
Record Office of England, Chancery
Patent Roll 81 Car. II dated May
3rd, 1867, came the patent or grant
from Charles II confirming letters
patent under the great seal of Eng.
land, bearing date at St. Cermines
the 18th day of September in the
first year of our reign under Ralph
Lord Hopton, Henry, Earl of St.
Adams, etc, etc, their heirs and
assigns for ever, all that entire
tract territory or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in America,
and bounded by and within the
heads of the rivers Tappahannock
alias Rappahannock and QuIriough
or Pattowmack river. The course
Of the said rivers, as they are com
monty called and known by the in
habltants and description of those
parts and Chesapeake bay, together
with the rivers themselves. and all
the islands within the banks of
those rivers, and all woods, etc.
This patent recites the terms of
the grant to Lord Hopton made in
the first year of the reign Of Charles
II, which WAS 1861, and then
recites that" whereas the sad Ralph,
Lord Hopton, Ohm, Lord Culpepper,
Sir Dudley Wyatt, and Thomas
Culpepper being all since dead, and
the said Ralph, Lord Hopton hav-
ing in his life time, by good and
sufficient conveyance and assurance
in law, conveyed and assured all his
estate and interest in said premises
unto John Trethney, Esq, and his
heirs all the said premises, tract,
territory, and portion Of land, etc.
and whereas the said Henry, Earl
of st. Adams. etc, by their deeds,
etc, bearing date the ninth and
twentieth day of June now last
past, ETC., have granted and sur
rendered to us the said tract, etc.
with the aforesaid letters patent to
be cancelled, to the intent that we
would be graciously pleased to
grant them new letters patent there
of, etc.
Now know We, that we for etc,
have granted and confirmed, etc.
unto the said Earl Of St. Adams,
John Lord Berkeley, Sir William
Morton, John Trethery, their heirs,
ETC., all that certain tract, territory
or parcel Of land situate, lying and
being in America and bounded by
and with she heads of the river
Tappahannock, alias Rappahan-
mock, QuirIough, alias Potowmack,
river, courses of said river together
tn all the rivers themselves, and
all the islands within the banks of
those rivers. etc. And after full
and complete proprietary rights and
powers are granted, aud a covenant
to supply all further defects it pro-
ceeds Provided always, that these
presents or anything therein shall
not extend or be construed to eX-
tend to infringing, made void or
otherwise prejudice any contract or
grant, etc, whatever heretofore
made or granted by the Governor
or Council OF Virginia, of the prem
ises. etc, made before the goth day
of September in the 18th year of
our reign. And these grantees
were prohibited from acting or
intermeddllng in the military affairs
or forces in the territory or with the
government or command Of any of
the castles, forts, ETC., thereof.
without the order, authority and
command Of the Governor, and
Council Of Virginia, for the time
being, bu5 The same shall remain,
continue and be in the Governor
and Council Of Virginia, etc. And
the Governor and Council and
Assembly of Virginia for the time
being, shall have full power and
authority to lay any taxes and I'M
positions IN and upon the SAID
territory hereby granted. And
these grantees and the inhabitants
in the territory were SIN al things
made subject and obedient to such
laws and constitutions as are or
shall be made by the said Governor,
Council and Assembly for or con-
cerning the said Colony OF the Gov
ernor thereof. ;"
This confrmatory grant was
dated May s, in the twenty-first
year of the reign of Charles IL. He
never counted the years Of the com
monwealth or of Cromwell. Charles
| was executed in 1919, and was
succeeded according to the claims
of the royal family, by Charles II,
in the same year, and it was in that
year, while he was in exile, that
Charles II made the first grant
above named to the Earl o. st
AlbaLs, Lord Hopton and others.
And according to the same count
this confrmatory grant was in
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