[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] " N Q^^ez, a youth 13 years old, " — Masacott, " "^ Koocparen, " ^ Jonyeo, " P Taparmuck. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of John Nanfan, A. Depeyster, James Graham, A. Livingston. "* The Hon. Stephanus Yan Cortlandt being now vested in the fee simple, the whole territory was by royal charter erected into the lordship and manor of Cortlandt, which, according to actual survey, contained eighty three thousand acres. It is said that the » Book of Indian Deeds, Alb. warrant for survey, Lib. i., 88. 46 HISTORY OF THE governor's fees on this occasion amounted to three hundred pieces of eight. Over the extensive forests of Cortlandt (celebrated for their fat venison,) the lord of the manor was constituted, '-the sole and only ranger, to have and enjoy all the benefits and perquisites, (fcc. that of right doth belong nnto a ranger according to the statutes and customs of the realm of England." The lords of Cortlandt also enjoyed the extraordinary privi-lege of sending a representative to the provincial assembly. The whole manor was held by the feudal tenure of paying therefor yearly to the Crown, upon the feast day of the Annun-ciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, the rent of forty shillings. THE ROYAL CHARTER. Gulielmus Tertius Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, France et Hiberniae, Rex, fidei defensor, &c. &c.