A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I
and quiett seazeing and posession of all and singular the preniises, and hath nr.ade his humble request to mee,the said Thomas Dongan, that I would, in the behalte of his sacred Majesty, his heirs and suckcessors, give and grant unto him, the said John Pell, a more full and firme grant and confirmation of the above lands and premises, with the appurtenances, under the seale of this his Majestie's province : Now Know Yee, that I, the said Thomas Dongan, by virtue of the commission and authority unto me given by his said Majesty, and power in me being and residing, in consideration of the quitt rent hereinafter reserved, and for divers other good and lawfull considerations me thereunto mouving, I have given, rattefied and confirmed, and by these presents doe hereby give, grant, rattefie and confirme unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns for ever, all the before mentioned and rented lands, islands and premises, with the heridatements and appurtenances, priveledges, imuneties, ffranchises and advantages to the same belonging and appertaining, or in the said before mentioned deede in writing expresst, implyed or intended to be given and granted, and every part and parcell thereof, together with all that singular messuages, tenements, barnes, stables, orchards, gardens, lands, islands, meadows, inclosures, arable lands, pastures, feedeings, commons, woods, underwoods, soyles, quarreys, mines, minnerally, (royall mines only excepted,) waters, rivers, ponds, lakes, hunteing, haucking, fiishing, ffowleing, as alsoe all rents, services, wasts, strayes, royaltyes, liberties, priviledges, jurisdictions, rights, members and appurtenances, and all other imunityes, royaltyes, power of franchises, profitts, commodeties and heredatements whatsoever to the premises, or any part or parcell thereof belonging or appertaining : and further, by verlue of the power and authority in mee being and residing,! doe hereby grant, rattefie and confirme, and the tract of land, island and premises aforesaid are, by these presents, erected and constituted to be one lordship and manner -- and the same shall from henceforth be called the lordshipp and manner of Pelham ; and I doe hereby give and grant unto the said John Pell, his heirs and assigns, ff"ull power and authority at all times hereafter, in the said lordshipp and manner of Pelham aforesaid, one court leete and one court barren, to hold and keepe at such times and so often yearly as he and they shall see meete, and all sines, issues and amerciaments at the said court leete and court barren, to be holden and kept in the manner and lordship aforesaid, that are payable from time to time, shall happen to be due and payable by and from any the inhabitants of or within the said lordshipp and manner of Pelham abovesaid ; and also all and every the powers and authorities herein before mentioned, for the holding and keepeing of the said court leete and court barren, ffrom time to time, and to award and issue forth the costomary vi'ritts to be issued and awarded out of the said court leete and court barren, and the same to beare test and to be issued out in the name of the said John Pell, his heirs and assigties, and the same court leete and court barren to be kept by the said John Pell, his heirs and assignes, or his or their steward, deputed or appoynted : and I doe further hereby give and grant unto the said John Pell,