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To all people unto whom this present writing shall come, Robert, Earl of Warwick, sendeth Greeting in our Lord God everlasting— Know yee, that the said Robert, Earl of Warwick, for divers good causes and considerations, him thereunto moving, hath given, granted, bargained, sold, Enfeoffed, aliened and confirmed, and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell, Enfeoff, alien and confirm unto the Right Honourable Robert Lord Brooke, the Right Honourable Lord Rich, and the Honourable Charles Fines Esqr., Sir Nathaniel Rich Knight, Sir Richard Salstonstall Knight, Richard Knightly Esqr., John Pym Esqr., John Hamden Esqr., John Humphry Esqr., and Herbert Pellam Esqr., their Heirs and assignes and their associates forever: all that part of New England in America, which lyes and extends itself, from a River there called Narragansett River, the space of Forty Leagues upon a streight line, near the sea shore, towards the southwest, west and by south, or west, as the coast lyeth towards Virginia, accounting three English miles to the League, and also all and singular the lands, hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the lands aforesaid, north and south in Lattitude and breadth, and in length and Longitude of, and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands there, from the western oacean to the south sea, and all lands and grounds, place and places, soyle, wood and woods, grounds, havens, ports, creeks, and rivers, waters, fishings and hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the said space, and every part and parcell thereof, and also all islands lying in America aforesaid, in the said seas or either of them, on the western or eastern coasts or parts of the said tracts of land by these presents mentioned, to be given, granted, bargained, sold, Enfeoffed, aliened and confirmed, and also all mines, mineralls, as well royall mines of gold and silver, as other mines and mineralls whatsoever, in the said lands and premises, or any part thereof; and also the severall rivers within the said limits, by what name or names soever called or known, and all jurisdictions rights and royalties, liberties, freedoms, immunities, powers, privileges, franchises, preheminences, and comodoties whatsoever, which the said Robert, Earle of Warwick now hath or had, or might use, exercise or enjoy in, or within any part or parcell thereof, excepting and reserving to his Majestie, his heirs and successors the fift part of all gold and silver oare, that shall be found within the said premises, or any part or parcell thereof, to have and to hold, the said part of New England in America, which lyes and extends and is abutted as aforesaid; and the said severall rivers and every part and parcell thereof, and all the said islands, rivers, ports, havens, waters, fishings, mines, mineralls, jurisdictions, powers, franchises, royalties, liberties, privileges, comodities, hereditaments and promises whatsoever, with the appurtenances, unto the said William Viscount Say and Seal, Robert Lord Brooke, Robert Lord Rich, Charles Fines, Sir Nathaniel Rich, Sir Richard Salstonstall, Richard Knightly, John Pym, John Hamden, John Humphry and Herbert Pellam, their heirs and assigns, and their associates forevermore, In witness whereof the said Robert, Earle of Warwick, hath hereunto sett his hand and seal, the nineteenth day of March, in the seventh year of the Reigne of our Sovreigne Lord, Charles by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. Anno. Dom. 1631. |
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ROBERT WARWICK,Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of WALTER WILLIAMS, |
Note.—President Clap describes the extent of the tract conveyed by the above Patent, in the words following: All that part of New England which lies west of Narragansett River, one hundred and twenty miles on the sea coast; and from thence, in the Latitude and breadth aforesaid to the south sea. This grant extends from Point Judith to New York; and from thence in a west line to the south sea: and if we include Narragansett River in its whole length, this tract will extend as far north as Worcester, in Massachusetts.