530 APPENDIX. — NOTE E. 



NOTE E.— Puge 205. 



William Penn, True & Absolute Prop"" & Govern'' in Chiefe of the Province of 

 Pensilvania & Terri'es thereunto belonging: 



To all to whom these p'sents shall come, Sendeth Greeting : 



Whereas, the fiFreeholders & Inhabitants of the lower parts of the county of 

 Chester, on the river Delaware in the s'^ Province, through a laudable desire <fe 

 inclination of improving the s"* parts, by setling more close together, & enlarge- 

 ing of commerce, have humbly besought mee that I would erect into a market 

 town a certain comodious place, well situated for that purpose, aforetime 

 comonly called Markus Hook, with the privilidges of a Fair & Weekly Market 

 to be held therein : 



Know Ye, therefore, That I, favoring the just & reasonable request of the s"* 

 ffreeholders & inhabitants, by virtue of the powers by the King's Letters Patent, 

 to me & my heirs given & granted, have erected, & do, for me, my heirs & suc- 

 cessors, by the tenour of these p'sents, erect into a Market Town the s*! place, 

 aforetime called Marcus Rook, or such part thereof as is hereinafter described, 

 under the bounds & limits hereinafter menton'd. That is to say, all that tract or 

 space of ground lying & being situate on the river Delaware ; Beginning at the 

 upper point of the land of Jonas Sandilands upon the river & extending along 

 the s'l river to the lower point of the land of Nathaniel Lamplugh, about two 

 hundred & fifty perches, be it more or less : and from the river Dellaware extend- 

 ing backwards about one thousand feet, by lines at right angles with the river, 

 from the s'* two points to the sixt}- foot road leading to Chester ; which town, as 

 above bounded, I will shall be called Chichester, as of late it hath vsually been 

 called, and I doe hereby grant unto the inhabitants of the s'' town free ingress 

 and egress, by land & by water, to & from the s'* town, through all parts of this 

 Province & Terr'ies: As also, to lay out all such streets, highwaj-s, lanes, alleys 

 & passages in the s'' town, as to them shall seem meet & convenient to lay out 

 for the accomodation thereof; & more esj)ecially, that there shall be one street 

 called ffront street, leading from the upper to the lower part of the s<^ town : The 

 whole length of the s'^ town ; bounded to the north north-west, with a line 

 paralell to the river, at the distance therefrom that W™ Clayton's dwelling house 

 now stands, & in breadth fifty foot ; Also, one other street called Broad street, 

 beginning at the s'' ffront street, on the east north-east side of the s'^ House of 

 W"* Clayton, running in a direct line north north-west, one thousand fleet, or 

 thereabouts, to the s'^ sixty foot road leading to Chester, & in breadth the same 

 distance that now is between the s* W"' Clayton's House, & the house now of 

 Roger Jackson, for the length of two hundred and fourteen feet ; & at the extent 

 of the s'' two hundred and fourteen feet there shall be a Publick Market Place, 

 in breadth one hundred and forty feet, & in length along the Broad street two 

 hundred and thirty feet; & from the s'' Market place to the sixty foot road 

 afores<*, the s"* Broad street shall be in breadth one hundred feet: Also, one other 

 street called New street, in breadth twenty-five foot, beginning at the s<> fl!"ront 

 street, at the distance of flour hundred & twenty foot to the east north-east of 

 Broad street & running in a direct line north north-west, to the 3*^ sixty foot 

 road : Also one lane, called Market Lane, in breadth thirty' foot, beginning at 

 the s*" New street, ffour hundred & fourteen feet from the flront street & running 

 parralell to the s"* front street, three hundred eighty-three feet into the Market 

 Place : Also, one other lane, called Discord Lane, in breadth thirty foot, begin- 

 ning at the south corner of the Market Place, & runiug west south-west, paralell 

 to the s'' Front street, to the outhermost bounds of the town ; which s'^ streets, 

 Market Place, & lanes, I do hereby grant & confirm for the s"* publick vses for- 

 ever, together with all other such streets, squares, alleys or passages as now are 

 or hereafter shall be laid out as afores'', reserving always to all persons whatso- 

 ever all the right & inheritance which they now have or hereafter may have or 

 lawfully claim in or to any lands or lotts within the bounds or limits afores"*, the 

 publick streets, ways, lanes, alleys k Market Place only excepted. And I doe 

 furtlier, for me, my heirs & successors, grant to the s'' inhabitants and ffree- 

 holders, to have, hold & keep a free market in the s^ Market Place, on the sixth 



