Download or read book Land Office and Prerogative Court Records of Colonial Maryland written by Elisabeth Hartsook and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1996 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About two-thirds of this work is devoted to a history of the land administered by colonial Maryland, with a detailed inventory of Patents, Warrants, Proprietary Leases, Rent Rolls, Debt Books, etc. The remainder consists of a study of the colonial Prerogative Court, which had control over probate matters.