And further of our Especial grace Certain Knowledge and Mere Motion we do by these presents for us our heirs and Successors give and Grant unto our Said Loving Subject Stephanus van Cortlandt and to his heirs and assinys forever that he the said Stephanus van Cortlandt his heirs and assinys Shall and May From time to time and after the Expiration of twenty Years Next Ensueing the Date of these presents Return and send a Discreet Inhabitant in and of the said mannour to be a Representitive of the said Mannour in

every Assembly after the Expiration of the said twenty Years to be summoned and holden within this our j said province which Representative so Returned and Sent Shall be Received into the house of Representatives of Assembly as a Member of the said house to have and Enjoy such priviledge a.s the other Representatives Returned and Sent from any other County and Mannours of this our said province have had and Enjoyed in any former Assembly holden within this our said province;

To have and to hold possess and Enjoy all and Singular the said Lord.ship and Mannour of Cortlandt and premisses with all their and every of their Royalty sand appurtunancys unto the said Stephanus van Cortlandt his heirs and assignes to the Sole and only projjcr use Benefitt :md Behoof of him thesaid Stephanus van Cortlandt his heirs and Assignee forever To Be holden of us our heirs and Successors in free and Common Soccage as of ou rMannour of East Greenwich in our County of Kent within our Realm of England, Yielding Rendering and paying therefore yearly and Every year for Ever unto us our heirs and Successors at our City of New York on the feast Day of Annunciation of our Blessed Virgin Mary the yearly Rent of forty Shillings Current money of our said province in Lieu and Stead of all other Rents Services Dues Dutys and Demands whatsoever for the Afore Recited Tract and Parcell of Land and Meadow Lordship and Mannour of Cortlandt and premisses.