A Description of the island of Jamaica with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related ... : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places : illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.
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A Description of the island of Jamaica with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related ... : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places : illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.
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London :: Printed by T. Milbourn, and sold by the book-sellers of London and Westminster,
1672.
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descriptionPage 164
Its division into Countyes.
This Province where it is peo∣pled
with English, is severed into
10 Counties; to wit, 5 Eastwards
of Chesopeak Bay,* 1.1 as Cecil, Dor∣chester,
Kent, Sommerset, and Tal∣bot;
and 5 westwards of the said
Bay, as Ann-Arundel, Baltemore,
Calvert, Charles and St. Maries.
And in every one of these Coun∣tyes,
there is held an inferiour
Court every two months for small
matters, from which there lyeth
Appeales to the Provincial Court,
held at St. Maryes. Here are like∣wise
certain Magistrates appoyn∣ted
by his Lordship in each Coun∣ty,
as Sheriffs, Justices of the
Peace, &c.