Potomac landings . iction, this judicial system flickered feebly andgave way at an early date to the elective system ofjudges of county courts. The Proprietorship, however,was not terminated until 169L A minimum of 1,000 acres was required as the basisof a manorial right. St. Richards, St. Josephs, andWestbury manors in St. Marys County, and CoolSpring and Parrotts manors in Prince Georges Countyeach contained 1,000 acres. Basford Manor on ChapticoBay held 1,500 acres. Woolselly Manor held 1,900acres. Snow Hill Manor near St. Marys City held6,000 acres. Captain Harry Fleet, who directed Cal-ve
Potomac landings . iction, this judicial system flickered feebly andgave way at an early date to the elective system ofjudges of county courts. The Proprietorship, however,was not terminated until 169L A minimum of 1,000 acres was required as the basisof a manorial right. St. Richards, St. Josephs, andWestbury manors in St. Marys County, and CoolSpring and Parrotts manors in Prince Georges Countyeach contained 1,000 acres. Basford Manor on ChapticoBay held 1,500 acres. Woolselly Manor held 1,900acres. Snow Hill Manor near St. Marys City held6,000 acres. Captain Harry Fleet, who directed Cal-vert to the site of his capital, received a grant of 4,000acres, at least a part of which was erected into theManor of West St. Marys. It later became a part ofthe grant to Thomas Cornwallis, and Fleet crossedthe Potomac to reside on the south shore of the North-ern Neck. The minimum of one thousand acres for a manorwas early increased to two thousand acres with therequirement that each manor lye all together in some.
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