The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
houses, bamc, barracks, staples, mills, mill dams, mill howlfis, orchards, gardens, fences, pastures, fields, feedings, -woofls, underwoods, trees, timber, meadow-;, (ficsh and salt,) marshes, swamps and pools, ponds, waters, water cours<-;<, broolis, rivulets, baths, inlets, outlets, islands, necks of land and meadow, peninsulas of laud and meadow, feiTies, passages, fishing, fowling, hunting, aud hawking, quarries, mines, minerals, (silver and gold mines excepted,) and all tinrignts, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions, royalties, hereditaments, benefits, profits, advantages and appurieuanccs whiitsoever to the afore-recited tracts, parcelsand necks of land, aud mill, within the limits and bounds aforesaid belonging, adjoining, or in any way appertaining, or accepted, reputed, taken, known or occupied, Tis part, parcel or member thereof, to have or to hold all the aforesaid recited tracts and parcels of land within the limits and bounds aforesaid, containing the quantity of one thousand ninehmidred and twenty acres of laud, moro or less, together with all and every the messuages, tenements, buildings, liouses, out-houses, barns, barracks, stables, mills, mill dan)s, mill houses, orchards, gardens, fences, piistures, fields, feedings, woods, underwoods, trees, timber, meadows, fresh and salt, marshes, swamps, pools, ponds, waters, water courses, brooks, rivers, rivulets, streams, creeks, coves, harbors, bridges, baths, strands, inlets, outlets, islands, necks of land and meadow, peninsulas, land and meadow, ferries, passages, fisliing, fowling, hunting and hawking, quarries, mines and minerals, (silver and gold mines excepted,) and all the rights, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions, royalties, hereditaments, tolls, and benefits, profits, advantages, and appurtenances v.-hatsoever, to the afore-recited tracts, parcels and necks of land and mill within the limits and bounds aforesaid, belonging, adjoining, or in any appertaining or accepted, reputed, taken, known unto him, the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assi-^nces, to the sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of him the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assignees forever, and moreover; that if our further special grace, certain knowledge, and mear motion, we have brought it according to the reasonable request of our said loving subject to erect all the aforc-recited tracts and parcels of land and premises within the limits and bounds aforesaid into a lordship and manor; and therefore, by these presents, we do, for us, our heirs and successors, erect, make and constitute all the afore-recited tracts and parcels of land within the limits and bounds afore-mentioned, together with all and every the above granted premises, with all and every their apinirtfcuances, unto one lordship or manor, to all intents and purposes, and 'tis our royal v.ill aud pleasure, that the said lordship and manor shaU from henceforth be called the lordship or manor of T-Iorrisania ; and know yee, that we reposing especial trust and confidence in the loyalty, wisdom, justice, prudence, arid circums;)ection of our said loving subjects, do, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the said Lewis Morris, and to the heirs and assinees of him the said Lewis Morris, full power and authority at all times forever hereafter, in the said lordship or manor, one court-lect, and one court-barrou, to hold and keep at such time and times, and so often yearly as he or they shall see meet, and all fines, issues and amerciaments, at the said court- Icet and court-barron, to Iw holdcn within the said lordship or manor, to be set, forfeited or employed, or p.iyable, or happening at any time to be payable by any of the inhabitants of or in the said lordship or manor of MorrisaOia, or the limits and bounds whereof, and also all and every of the power and authority therein-before mentioned, for the