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283
DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS.
towne uote directs in pag : 247 : recorded, and the termes agreed upon : this 14th : 9 : 1687 ; by us the select men -
WILLIAM SUMNER
RICHARD HALL JOHN BRECK
SAMUEL CLAP
JOHN WITHINGTON
[386.] Debitor : Willia Blake Constable was apoynted to Receiue 86 - 10 for the purchase for M' Burre butt could Receiue only · £73 - 1-
more to Receive p' a Country Rate £93 - 13 - 7
166 -14-7
19 March 168%
the select men met in order to settle the highways in parelel lines where need requiars : and where no need is to haue them layd open there where no need is of hauing them open, to alow them to pro- prietors for the liake ualue, or quantity of land ; where it is nes- sesary to haue highways for the use of the towne & 1st we began at the parelell line betwene Ebinezer withingtons pasture, and James Robinsons ; and there we found the lande betwene them to amount to the same quantity of the highway layd out throw James Robin- sons land and that we alow him for that way, it being 2 rod wide and. 38. and. 2. quarters long : next we mesureed oner m" stoughtons : and we found his land at the parelel line to be 44 : rod and 2 quarter 2 rod wid
the next samuel Jones hase fenst in 21rod and halfe 2 rods wide : next william Riall fenst in of coman land. 7 rod. 2 rod wid : then we mesured Joshuas henshas land that the highway taks towards Samuel somners and we find it to be : 24 rods and the highway at his hows .28. rods both 52 rods and the land that he is to haue at the parelel line betwene Mr glouer and his land being one rod wide extending from the highway by his hows to twenti acor lots only John Capins exsepted, which is one rod wide and 13 and the third pt of a rod long, the whole of Josheues on both sids of both ways is in lenth . 137. when the highways both alowed for there rest due to the towne .85. rods for which he tenders land next samuel sum- ners : Mr glouers land from the highway to Joshuas land. 6 rods 2 quarters long. one wide. and at the este end of 20 acre lots and of obadiah hawses in pt and Mr glouer is to haue one rod wide sixty 5 rods in lenth and in the swamp he is to haue two rod wide 20 rod long in full of the highway layd throw his land their being 80 rods long 2 rods wide : obadiah haws land at 20 acor lots hase 23 rods taken out for a highway.
Mª Bates is Debitor For so much gathered on a Rate for mend- ing the way to the necke £19 - 16 - 4
Samuel and barnerd capin is to haue the land at the parellell line, betweene the .1. and .2. deuision from a great swamp to good- man sumners medoe 2 rods wide and 44 in lenth, they lowing so much land m° conueniant for a highway or alowing the ualue of the land
284
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 9.
to som other person for land all redy taken up for the use of the towne for a highway
Richerd bakers land layd out for a highway next James robin- sons fence is 42 long and 2 wide. this we designe to pay by ex- change with m' stoughton for land next his if m" stoughton please ; the higway cuts samuel maxfeels in lenth 20 rods. two wide.
the boue sayd lines may as we conceue, be shut up without reall- pregidese to any person : and with aduantage to many in regard of there fencing : and to the whole towne, in there answering for lands taken up for the use of the towne in places more conuenient and absolutly nessasary
recorded, and compared, with the origenall which is on fille
by Samuel Clap recorder
the origenall was publickly read at a towne meeting and no ob- iection made against it
[38%.] Willia Blake is Creditor For so much payd m™ minot p' order . ·
£72 - -
more he payd to the treasurer 93 - 7- 9 ·
more for so much he Could not
Receive fro Wm Barber, Jo : Betson, and Ralfe Cornish
- 12 - -
Remayning yet p' m'. Blake to ballance the accº £ - - 14 - 10
165 - 19 - 9
Att a meeting of the proprietors of purgetory swamp : 15th feb"y : 8% m" stoughton, Requested, that the proprietors would grant that his forty acors might ly next his medow, this was put to the uote Whether or no it be your minds, that mr stoughton haue his 40 acors in a square, next to his owne medow, reserfing a high way throw sayd 40 acors ; this was uoted on the affermitiuc.
2ª. is it your minds, to begin at dedham line, to lay out purgetary, and so leaue it to the descretion of the suruayer, and Commity ; this was uoted in the afermitiue.
John Withington, Samuel Robinson and John Minot are Continued a Comity to agree with the seruayer and to perfitt the work, of lay- ing out the same
we whos nams are under written, haue this : 22: 1: 1686: been at work as folows : and acording to warant : we began at nathan- iell wiats his feild and layd out a way too rod wid in mrs fosters lane next his fence and so right along, betwen goodman bakor, his lot, and the next lott, on the north side. a rod on the one lot, and one rod on the other lot : 20 rod along then we went acrose, 3 lots southward, in the best place we could : then we went betwen goodman trott sen and lift" hall there lotts, a rod of each lot, to the end of there land, then throught goodman henshaws land, seuen or eiglit rod, where the twenty acor lots begin :
JOHN WITHINGTON. OBADIAH HIAWES. JOHN TOLMAN
a true copy of the returne on file
Mr. Bates is Credit For moneys payd out about
mending the way to the neck
£17 - 17 - 11
285
DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS.
the : 13 : 2 : 1687 : it was agreed upon betwen the selectt men and samuel Capin and barnerd capin : that sª capins should haue the two rods by the paralell line betwene the . 1 and 2 deuision from the corner of there land next richerd backers lot unto goodman sum- mers medow they paying to samuel maxfeeld : 11- 10$ (which the towne was to pay to said maxfeeld for land taken from him for a highway) and also sª capins to giue liberty to increse sumner to pase ouer there land, to his medow to fech offe his haye, he pasing ouer wheire he may do them least dammag, and he shuting up the fence after him for there security, and sd capins bringing a resaight from sd maxfeeld, should be their discharge : which sd capins haue done this : 15 : 2 : 87 : under samuel maxfeelds hand : which resaitt is on fille.
The : 13th : febre : 1690 there was delivered to sargnt Samuel Topliff, the weights and mesurs, that weir the towns standerds, to trye weights and mesurs by
of waights of bell fashon
of flatt, bras waits
of mesurs
one : - 56 pound
one pound
one halfe bushell
one - 28 pº
one halfe pound
one peck one ell
one -14 pº
one quarter
one - - 7 pº
one halfe quarter
one yearden
one 4
one ounce
one eale quart
one -2 pounds
one half ounce
one wine pint
one quarter of ounce
two sealling eiorns
one 8th part of ounce
[388.] William Blake and Nicholas Clap Constables owe for a towne Rate p' them Collected £40- 9- li 8 d
The Rate for the Castle dated 30th : 5th 1646 is 30 - 8 - 11 li Is wherof Bro. Humphries pt is 13 - 8 - 2 d
Bro : kibbeys pt is 15- 0- 9
[389.] William Blake and Nicholas Clap Constables are to haue for moneys p' them disbursed as foll : Ip's payd to M' Meinot £6-4_4 . .
For surveying lands and Carying the Compº ou the . Ferry - 9 - 6
more payd m" Holman for making pt of the high way aboue the mill .
1 - 18 -
more payd Jo : Phillipes for his help in measur- ing land . -
- 12 -
more payd Christou Gibson for the same - 17 -
To Nathaniel Wales
. - 10 - - 19 - more for worke there .
1 - 4-
more for Corne for Goo : Webb which the treas- urer should pay to the County .
1 - 5-
more pª for a Rugg for Steeven more payd MT Stowghtons bill
more payd MT Oliuer .
- 6 - 3 - 14 - 6 3- -
For work at Muddie Riu
286
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 9.
more payd Roger Clap for a lock and setting vp Rayles at the neck . - 8 -
more payd Jo : Smith for worke at the bridge 1 - 3-
more payd him for a gate to the mill - 5-
To Alexander Miller and Peeter Aspinall for ? worke at the Bridge .
- 5- 620 -
pd M' Atherton at seuall tymes .4 - 3
- pd Goo : Grinway for Steeven .1 - 01
more payd M' Glou" bill .4 - 8 - - - mord pª Ed : Breck for mending the high way more payd the Deacons for charges about the bell . more pª Jo : Smith for worke at the bridge .
- 12 - 98 2- 10 - - 4 -4
To Natha : Duncan for his Rate .
-11 - «
To Nicholas Vpshall 16 - ‹‹
To Richard Collicot
1- " _"
To Robert Deeble
1- 4 _
To Nicho : Clap for his teeme 2 dayes and other - worke for a man - 15 -
To John Smith for a towne fence .
-6 - 8 - 3 - 6
To allow for nonpayment of wm Reed and Thom : Starr .
Rests p' Willia Blake and Nicho : Clap to ball. this acco
3 - 4
[390.] 1641. Nathaniel Duncan treasurer for the towne oweth for mº Red fro Mr. Bates For so much allowed p' Wm Blake and Nicholas Clap on there acco for a Rate 11 -
. 3 - - -
For Beaver Red fro deacon Clap 11 -
1 - 1 - 8,2
In his hands in lead Red fro Christoue Gibson For so much owing on a Rate - 8 For a noate of the Rest of a Rate fro Joseph 1
Watesworth and Natha. Wales which I will giue acco of when Red I Red in wheate and 1
8 8 Indein 3 8 the wheate att 6 the § the Indean according when I Red the Corne that was but 8 4 the bushell so there was } pte losse. Rest I owe
9
2 - 11 - 4
1641. Sargent Atherton treasurer for the towne - oweth for money Red for the towne . For mº Red Willia Blake, and Nich : Clap For mº Red fro M' Bates
£7-16- 2
£12 - 16 - 4 - 3 - - 7-
£17- 6-
1 04 1 6
5-04 | 02 0 00'00
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DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS.
[391.] Nathaniel Duncan treasurer for the towne is to haue for my being at the Castle and for 10 dayes at Court
For mº payd M' Oliuer for measuring .
£2 ... 7-6 00 1 - 5- 1
C
16- 1
For powder spent p' souldiers at Mr Stoughtons going to the Pequoit warres
1- 4-
li For 15g of powder to try the gunnes . 1-11 -
For so much pd for a drummer 1 day
1 - 6 10 11-2
7-5-0
£7-16-2
Sargeant Atherton treasurer for the towne is to haue for beeing at Castle and Generall Court and fetching a bull for M' Stoughtons farme more pd m" Withington for mending the meeting howse
For a bridge in the way to the mill
2- 1 - 4 - 5 -
15-7-2
For mending the way p' Richard Hawes
For mº pd m" Joanes his beeing at Caste and Court
more pd the gunner of the Castle
For a holbert
"_ 11 _ "
pª Bartholemew
For a post to the pound
For loss on Wampampeg .
66 2 -
to John Blake for sawing planks
. 66 -
6
To Bro : Farna for making the Cariedg
- 3 - 8
To Tho : Wiswell for fetching m" Bishops
- 11 -
For mending the pound .
- 6 - 6
For Court busnesse about the meddow
-
3
Rests p' Sariaant Atherton to ball. this acco
.
- 18 10
£16- 7- 2
[392.] Nathaniel Duncan oweth For Rest of the accoumpt p' the other side . £ -11 -
more for the powder spent p' the souldiers since allowed to the Country . . 1 - 4-
19 : March 168%
The Selectmen met, in order to settle the highways in parclel lines where need requires and where no need is to haue them layd open there where no need is of hauing them open to alow them to proprietors for the like ualue or quantity of land : where it is nessa- sary to haue high ways for the use of the towne : and 1st we began at the parelell line, betwene Ebinezer withingtons pasture and James Robinsons ; and there we found the land betwen them to amount to the same quantity of the highway layd out through James Robinsons land : and that we alow him for that way, it
-214-17-,, 1-10
p'te of the lead vnsould
Rest of this acco is ·
£2- 1 - 6
8- 8- 2
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 9.
being 2 rods wide : and 38 and 2 quarters longe : next we mesured ouer M' Stoughtons and we found his land at the paralel line, to be 44rod and 2 quarter, 2 rods wide : the next Samuel Jones, hase fenst in 21rod and halfe 2 rods wide: next William Riall fenst in of coman land 7rod 2 rods wide : then we mesured Joshua henshas land, that the highway taks towards Samuel Sumners and we find it to be .24. rods and the highway at his hows. 28 rods : both 52 rods : and the land that he is to haue at the parelel line betwene Mr glouer and his land, being one rode wide, extending from the highway, by his hows, to twenti acor lots only John capins ex- septed, which is one rod wide and 13 and the third pte of a rod long, the whole of Joshuaes, on both sids, of both ways is in lenth 137 when the highways both alowed for, there rest due to the towne 85 rods, for which he tenders land next Samuel Sumners : Mr glou- ers land from the highway, to Joshuas land 60 rods, 2 quarters long, one wide and at the este end of 20 acre lots and of Obadiah hawses in pt. Mr glouer is to haue one rod wide sixty 5 rods in lenth, and in the swamp he is to haue two rods wide 20 rod long in full of the highway layd throw his land there being 80 rods long 2 rods wide : obadiah haws land at 20 acre lots hase 23 rods taken out for a highway : Samuel and barnerd capin is to haue the land at the parellell line betweene the 1 and 2: deuision from a great swamp to gooman sumners medoe 2 rods wide and 44 in lenth they lowing so much land, mor conuenient for a highway or alow- ing the ualue of the land, to sume other person for land all redy taken up for the use of the towne for a highway.
Richerd Bakers land layd out for a highway next James Robbin- sons fence is 42 rods, and 2 wide, this we designe to pay by ex- chang with M' stoughton for land next his if m" Stoughton please : the highway cuts samuel maxfeels, in lenth, 20 rods. two rods wide.
the boue sayd lines may as we conceiue be shut up with without reall pregidess to any person, and with aduantage to many in re- gard of there fencing and to the whole towne, in the answaring for lands taken up for the use of the towne, in places more conuen- ient ; and absolutli nessasary.
At a genarall towne meetting : 2 : 10 : 89 : it was uotted that the selecttmen should haue powr to dispose of lands in the highways by the parelell lines, for to sattisfy for land taken out of mens lots for high ways.
a true record. of what is on file, recorded and compared by Samuel Clap
record".
[393.] Nathaniel Duncan is to haue p' so much spent, and layed out in goeing to Castle . £-16-12 For so much pª James Bourne . 1-11 - .
For 7h of powder taken for the Townes vse - 14 -
For so much pd James p' my howse in p'te of his labour at the Castle . 10-10 -
For a load of wood for the watchmen - 3 -
For so much payd the gunner of the Castle .
2- 4
289
DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS.
Dorchester acounts for the yere 1649 how there Rattes ware disbursed :
for the Cuntery Rate thet was payed by the Trasurers order for the Rate for our elders that is payed to them.
[394.] 10 (7) 49
agreed to bye bro Clerke case with trot as towne Case
[395.] 24 10 mo 1645
Wee the present inhabitants of Dorchester being p'voked and ex- cited herevnto by the godly and Religious Request of some amonge vs that haue laid to hart the disorders that too often Fall out amonge vs and not the Least nor seldomest in o' Towne meet- inges and the sleightinge of the orders for the orderly Carringe on of our prudentiall Bussines and affaires in the Towne of Dor affore- said as also being hartily sorry For and ashaimed of the p"misses and desireinge to manefest the same for the tyme to come and also accordinge to the Chardge that lyes vpo vs in many Respects to p'uide for peace and the Floreshinge in or owne tymes and in or childrens, have thought good vpon mature and deliberate consider- atio to compose theise Few lines Followinge as a platforme or an abridgit of such orders which by the blessinge of god both we and o' Select men from yeare to yeare will Endeavor to walke in to the houno" of god and Jesus christ whose name we p'ffese (Amen)
First of all we doe bind our selues that vpon the 1 second daye of the 10 mo. yearely about 9 or 10 of the clock we will come together warninge beinge giuen vpo some lecture daye (or other meetinge before) which shall be the chardge of the Select men for the tyme being to see it done, for these vses Following. viz, to Elect 7 or so many of or most graue moderate and prudent bretheren as shall then be thought meet for the managinge of the prudentiall af- faires of the Towne for that yeare 2 and also all other officers as maie be vseffull for the Carringe on of the Towne affaires viz Ba- liffe sup'visors Raters &c : and that all our elections be by papers and not p'pounded by their p'dicessors : 3 that daye to be a daye of liberty for orderly agitatio for the Redressinge of any greauance that maie be discouerd 4 or for the addinge or detractinge to or From these Rules or any thinge concerninge the whole Towne Liberty and Power.
Secondly we doe giue vpo Confidence of their carefful and pru- dentiall imp'uemt Full power and liberty of orderinge all our pru- dentiall affaires withn the Towne of Dor. with theise limitations and Cautions : First that they shall not meddle with the giueinge or dis- posinge of any of the Towne land wthout the consent and good will of the Towne First obtained :
2 neither shall they take vpon them to alter any p'cell of land from the prsent improuemt wthout the consent of p'prietors (or the p'prietors shall doe it themselues by the maior vote beinge fairely p'ceeded in, in 2 or 3 peaceable agitations before the 7 men.
Neuertheles : we doe gine them all accustomed liberty concerninge comon Landes in Fence also our towne lotts that they shall haue power to iniovne the seuerall p'prietors to make and Repaire such
290
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 9.
Fence as is due vnto them by p'portio and vpo default therein to chardge such penalty vpo them as they see meet. Item that they order the Ringeinge and youkeinge of Hogges ; the keepeinge of our Cowes in the pen stintinge the Cow walke baringe the woods in season and that they carefully p'uide for the saffty of our Com- ons : in the wood and Timber
Thirdly wee doe Require that the 7 men shall Faithfully and prudently ouersee all the bussines of the Towne or betweene p'ty and p'ty that are comitted to them and carefully and peaceably issue them seasonably as also that they shall take care of all inferio officers that they dischardge there places Faithffully and take ac- compt From them and therof to make Faithffull and punctuall Record in ther Towne booke that soe satisfaction maie be giuen in any Doubt vpon Demand as also that all Delinquences and mistakes in Rates taxed upon the Tow : by the generall cort or other wise maie be Discouerd and Condignely dealt withall as also that the 7 men for the tyme beinge doe tenderly and prudently p'uide that all abases hitherto have beene greevious and iustly offencine unto many [396.] in the disorderly Jarringe of our meetinges and the intemperate Clashinges and hasty indigested and Rash votes maie be p'uented (viz) that votes of any concernment be First drawne vp in writinge and then deliberately published 2 or 3 tymes and Liberty ginen for any to Speake his mind moderately and meekly and then the signe to be Required, and thinges more orderly car- ried and dispatchd and also that care be Taken that such Remainders of Rates as are vnpaid and expose the Towne to blame or any ingaged for the towne For non payment be accordinge to their best Light they can get be acquired after and Reformed and we do giue them Full Liberty and power to impose vpo the offendors in this case or the Like such penallty as they Find cause p'uided they Exceed not 5$ for the First offence to be Leuid p' distresse and Furthermore we doe by theise p'sents declare our intent to be that the 7 men From tyme to tyme shall haue power to Releine any p'so or p'sons that the Towne Doth Require to Transact any busi- nes For or any waye to become ingaged For them and afterwards Failes them to their damage and discredit (p'uided they doe their vtmost to Find out the delinquents that the inocent suffer not :
Fourthly we require that our 7 men shalbe careffull to meet 8 tymes in the yeare viz the 2 mondaye of every month in the yeare except the 2: 5 : 6 : 8 at some place which shal be Certainely Knowne vuto all the Tow and there to be Resident from 9 aclocke in the affore noone vnto 3 aclocke in the afternoone : that so all such as hane any complaints or Requests to make or any informa- tions to giue or anything what soeuer to doe with them maie Certainely Find all or 5 of them at the Least vp5 paine 5" for the first deffault and also that displaceanse if good accompt be not Renderd vp5 demand and Further that they Readily receaue all complaints Requests informations as shalbe and speedily and seasonably
291
DORCHESTER TOWN RECORDS.
apply themselues to their best prudence and abillity to issue all such bussines in a faire peaceable and quiet maner and thereof to make a Faire and plaine Record in the Tow booke that in case any p'ue Contentious and will not be satisfied there maie be a Testimony For the wronged p'ty and we alow them 12d. a peece for their dinners at the ordinarie or elswhere vpo the Towne chardge : also we doe giue them power to chardge the Towne with such summe or summes of mony From tyme to tyme as they shall haue need of for the prudent and orderly managinge of such thinges as Fall out in their tymes p'uided that one Rate be not aboue 201 and that they make Faithffull colectio and also disbursement thereof to be Recorded before another Rate be made and we require that all their orders about Towne bussines be seasonably drawne vp in writinge and published vpo some meetinge and also fixed vpo some obseruable place that soe the offendors maie haue no exscuse or p'tence.
Fifthly For asmuch as hitherto it hath beene vpo sad ex- perience seene that what soeuer good orders haue beene made haue come to no thinge be Reason of want of executio : we the Freemen of Dorchester desireinge the Reformatio thereof for the tyme to come haue ordered as Followeth viz that vpo the daye of Electio accordinge to the p'misses we submit ourselues vnto the Electio by papers of the maior p't to be at the 7 mens : appointment in the point of executio of all their orders and takinge Distrenes by com- issio from them For one yeare and Further we order that such a one so chosen shall not be blamed by any for [39"? . ] his Faithffull executio but for his incorugement shall haue all Due Respect and Freedome From all other Towne offices that yeare and also such Recompence as the 7 men shall iudge meet out of the distreynes or otherwise and euery one Refuseinge shall Forfeit for the First offence 138 4ª to be Leuied by distresse
Sixtly for our 7 mens incorrugemt with the Freemen of Dor- chester do agree that it shall not be Lawfull for any of Dorches- ter whosoeuer to sleight either the p'sons or orders of the 7 men For the tyme beinge but that all their orders for prudentiall order shall stand Ratified from the Liberty affore giuen and whosoeuer shall offend in the p'misses we will Require it of him as sume be- side such Penalty as his offence shall deserue
Seauenthly we the Freemen of Dorchester doe vnto the p'misses assent and agree and hartily and Truely by the helpe of god will Endeavour the inviolable observatio of the same and for the confirmatio of the p'misses accordinge to our vsuall maner we haue solemnly giuen our vote and also chosen andintreated our bro John Wiswall this 24 of the 10 mo. 1645 to Record the same to be a Rule for our selues and successors except god shall put into our or their harts some more p'fitable and prudent waye and we doe Further p'ffese that we intend no neglect or contempt of the general Corte or the wholsome Lawes from thence Estableshd
292
CITY DOCUMENT No. 9.
The 7 men chosen this 24 10 mo. 45
were Humhprey Atherton Rodger Clap John Wiswall Tho Joanes Hopestill Foster George Weekes William Blake
Baliffe Sergeant Sumner
At a Ginerall meeting the 1 of the 10 Mº it is Voated that vpon Consideration of a Court order which requireth the voate for the Election of Maiesterats it shall be made in the 9th Mº it is therfore ordered that the day of or yearly meeting for the choys of towne officers which formerly was to be on the first 2ª day of the 10th Mº it shalbe changed from hencforth vnto the last 2ª day of the 9th Mº
[The above paragraph seems to be crossed out in the origi- nall] --
The Court order for Election of Maiest [rates] being alterid the day for choscing towne officers is to be on the first 2ª day of the 10 month as in the directory.
The 12th of the 11th moneth 1645
It is ordered that whosoeuer are damaged by others makinge of wayes ouer there meadowes or any that doe want wayes Vnto there meadowes should repayre vnto M' Atherton wthin fifteene dayes who is appoynted by the seaven men to receive there demaunds.
Uppon the informacon of Mr. Howard that some goe ouer his meadow there is a way allowed them that goe that way of two rod broad fiftie rod longe fro the first entring into his marsh, staked out along by Ather .
. ditch and allowance giuen him for it:
Alsoe George weckes informinge that a way is made ou his meadow he is consented to haue allowance for it the way is 1 rod and quarter broad and 36 rod longe
[398.] The 27 of the 11 mon : 1645.
An order for the orderinge of or Towne Meettinges.
Forasmuch as the intemperate Clashings in our Towne meett- inges as also the vnorderlie dep'tings of sundry before other bretheren and Neyghbours, and the indigested and imp'tynent motyues by divers devulged haue bine not only greeveous but Justlie offensive vnto Divers as also great occation of mispence of preious tyme and an hindrance that good orders and other bussines haue not soe succeeded as otherwise p'bably they myght haue done the p'mises beinge taken into Consideration it hath pleased the freemen and bretheren of Dorchester to commend the Care of the Redresse vnto the seaven men for the tyme beinge. These are therfore to declare vnto all our lovinge Bretheren and Neygh- boures of Dorchester that accordinge to the care Commended vnto vs and by the authority conferred one vs. It is Ordered first that Whensoeuer the seaven men shall haue occacon of the assemblinge
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