. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine. tations, Eiiiesand Orders as are already prescribed and Sett down by the Actsof Assembly of the said Colony, for obtaining and prosecutingAppeals and Writs of Supersedeas from the Judgment of theCounty Court to the General Court. Provided Always that noPerson hereafter elected Aldermen shall take upon him to act asa Justice of the Peace or sit as such in the Court of Hustings,unless he be a Justice named in some commission of the Peacewithin this Colony. And further We Will and by these presents,name, constitute and appoint Joseph Daven
. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine. tations, Eiiiesand Orders as are already prescribed and Sett down by the Actsof Assembly of the said Colony, for obtaining and prosecutingAppeals and Writs of Supersedeas from the Judgment of theCounty Court to the General Court. Provided Always that noPerson hereafter elected Aldermen shall take upon him to act asa Justice of the Peace or sit as such in the Court of Hustings,unless he be a Justice named in some commission of the Peacewithin this Colony. And further We Will and by these presents,name, constitute and appoint Joseph Davenport Gent: TownClerk of the said City to hold and enjoy the said office of TownClerk with all Toll claims and perquisites which shall be due orarising therefrom, for so long a time as the said Joseph Daven-port shall well behave himself in the said office. In Witnesswhereof we have caused these our Letters to be made our Trusty and well beloved Alexander Spots wood Lieutenant Governor of our said colony and Dominion of f.^fsl ^\. 1678. Shewing the land sold to Page :lard by Secretary [College Land. p. 91.] The Building of Willia^isbukg 91 Virginia the twenty eighth day July in the Eighth Year of ourKeign. Alexander Spotswood. Truly recorded and examined with the original by Joseph Da-venport Town CIA D 1723 The College Land. The College of William and Mary was originally built upon a tractof 330 acres, most of which has been sold off. Only about thirty acresremain. This tract was originally the property of Hon. Thomas Ludwell,Secretary of State from 16G0 to 1G78, who lived at Rich Neck, on thewest side of Archers Hope Creek. He sold the land in March, 1674-5, toHon. Thomas Ballard, of the Council, by the deed below, accompanying itwith a plat by Robert Beverley, surveyor-general, Middlesex. In 1G93,Ballard sold the same tract to the trustees of the college, and the deedevidencing the sale existed at tlie college until about ten years ago, when
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