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under the seal of tlie said province. He, the said Thomas Dongan, for the con^ideratioi* aforesaid^ and by virtue of the authority to him derived from liis then most sacred Majesty, and the power in him residing in and by the said third patent, bearing date tlie said two and twentyeth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and second year of his said Majesty's reign, did give, grant, ratify, release and confirm unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns, all that and tiiose tract and tracts, parcell and parcells of land lying and being situate within the limitts and bounds above recited, together with all the messuages, tenements, buildings, fences. Orchards, Gardens, pastures, meadows, marshes, woods, underwoods, trees, timber, quarrys; rivers, runs, rivolets, brooks, ponds, lakes, streams, creeks, harbours, heathes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowling, mines, minerals, silver and gold mines only excepted, and all the rights, members, libertys, priviledges, jurisdictions, royalties, hereditaments, profits, advantages, and appurtenances whatsoever, to the said tracts or parcells of land belonging or in any wise appertaining or accepted, reputed, taken, known or occupied as part, parcell or member thereof, together with fishing in Hudson's river so far as said land extends on the said river, and did erect, make and constitute tlie said tract and tracts of land, as in the limitts and bounds afore mentioned, together with all and every the above granted premises, with every of their appurtenances into one Lordship or Manor, to all intents and purposes, and that the same should be from thenceforth called the Lordship and Manor ot Livingston, and did also give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston, and to the heirs and assigns of the said Robert Livingston full power and authority at all times forever thereafter in the said Lordship or manor, one Court Leet and one Court Baron, to hold and keep at sucli time and times, and so often yearly as he or they sliould see meet, and all fines issues and amerciaments at the said CoiU't Leet and Court Baron, to beholden witliin the said Lordship and Manor, to be set, forfeited or imposed, and payable and happening at any time to be payable by any of the inliabitants of or witliin the said Lordship or Manor of Livingston, or the limitts or bounds thereof, and also all and every the powers and authoritys