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.

In Testimony whereof we have Caused the Great Seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed Witness our Said trusty and well beloved Coll. Benjamin Fletcher our said Cap : Generall and Governor in Chief or our Province of New York and the Territorys Depending thereon in America and Vice Admiral of the same, our Lieu' and Commander in Chief of the Militia and of all the forses by Sea and by Land within ourCollony of Connecticut and of all the Forts and places of strength within the same, in Council at our fort in New York the Seventeenth day of June in the Ninth Year of our Reign Anno Domini 1()97.