THE TOWN OF WEST FARMS." 507

cordi"? to the dirrction of tlie kw, althougli their said farms and hahitations be i;,it i;;(;hidfd withiu this patent, to have and to hold yc said parcel and tracts of bad, with all and singular the appurtenances and premi.ses, together with the privih ges, immunities, franchises and advantages herein given and granted unto the paid John Archer, his heirs and assignees, unto the proper use and behoof of him, the said John Archer, and his heii'S and assignees forever, fidly, truly and ci'.-arly, in as large and ample manner, and from and -with such full and alisolute immunities and privileges as is before expressed, as if he held the same immedilitt'ly from his majesty, the King of England, and liis successors, as of the ilanor of East Greenwich, in tlie county of Kent, in free and common soccage, and by fealty, only yielding, rendering and paying yearly and every year unto his royal higlmess, the Duke of York and liis successors, or to such governor and goverors as from time to time shall by liim be constituted and appointed, as all acknowledgement and quit-rent, twenty bushels of good peas, upon the first day of JMiirch, when it shall be demanded. Given under lay hand, and sealed with the seal of the province of Fort James, in New York, on the island of 3Ianhattan, this thirteenth day of November, in the twenty-third year of the reign of our sovereign loi-d, Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, and Anno Domini, 1G71.