Perquimans County, NC - Court Records

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John Earle of Bath Palatine and the rest of the true and absolute Lord
Proprietors of all Carolina, Greeting:  To our trusty and well beloved
Captain Ralph Fletcher, and John Barrow, Francis Foster, Captain James Cole,
Captain John Stepney, and William Bartlett gent. being well assured of your
Loyalty, prudence & integrity do hereby assigne and appoint you Justices of
the Peace for the p'cinct of Perquimans in the County of Albemarle Joyntly
and Severally to keep and cause to be kept her Majesties peace within the
said Precinct an also to keepe or cause to be kept all lawful statutes made
for the good government of this County and you or any three of you whereof
one Ralph Fletcher, John Barrow, Francis Foster shall be one shall hold and
keepe a Court for your said Precinct seven times every yeare viz the Tuesday
in the months of October, November, December, January, February, March and
August there to try by a Jury of twelve true & lawfull men all Petty
larcenies, all unlawfull riotts, and routes that shall be committed within
your precinct, and Judgement there on to give such paines and Penalties as
by law actions, not exceeding the Summ of fifty pounds that shall bye lawful
process be brought before you and also once a year viz the 2d Tuesday in the
month of August you shall hold a Court for the tryall of all Causes
pertaining to Orphans and their estates with full power to award, process,
hear and determine all and every matter, cause, and things for the disposal
& reliefof orphans and Securing their estate within your precinct that shall
be by information, plaint or any other ways or meanes be brought before you
and a record thereof you shall cause to be kept of all ye orphans in your
precinct, their guardians, the value of their estate, and what security is
given for the same which you shall cause to be altered & renewed as often as
you shall find necessary.

This commission to continue during our pleasure. Given under our hands and
Seals of our Colony the 30th day of July 1702 in the first yeare of her
Majesties reign.

Witness our trusty and well beloved Henderson Walker Esquire, President of
our Council & Commander in Chief of our said Province and ye rest of our
trusty and well beloved Councellors of State who have hereunto Sett their
hands.

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