V. L. (Vernon Lee) Skinner

"The probate court of Maryland for the greater part of the colonial period was call [sic] the Prerogative Court ... "Proprietary records is an artificial title which is ordinarily used to identify the earliest records of the colony. They are general record books covering all sorts of proceedings of the provincial government, especially records of the Provincial Court. These are the only source now existing of probate material for the period 1643-1657--"Pref.,...