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John Sawen for not giuing in of a cowe is left tow the towne At apublike Towne metinge the 10 of the 10 month 1655
Chofen tow order the towne affares Captin Mafon Sargent Wincoll Leften Beres Thomas Vnderwood Deken Stone Deken Child Samell Thacher
voted by the towne that the paftors rate fhould be pd as the prifes of Corne is rated for the Country rate the former order repealed
voted by the towne that mr norcroffe fhall contineu schoole mafter for this yeare & to haue thirty pounds for the yeare
voted yt the debts of the laft 7 men are alowed off
voted yt the 7 men fhall rate by rules in lawe & acording to theer Difcretion
[56] Credits giuen the laft yeare
£
5
d
In pri : Edward Garfeild -
I
John Wincoll
-
I
7
widow mixter -
I
0-0
mr whittney -
I
3
Nath Treadaway
S
3-0
Thomas Vnderwood
I 12 - 8
mr Norcroffe -
10 - 9 -3
winter
O - - I2
Edmond Bloyfe
2 - 10-0
Charles Chadwick -
I
5
8-0
Parks 2 foxes
0
2 - 0
Bufh I foxe -
0 - I - 0
Fleg I foxe -
O
I
O - 2 -0
Bright to widow Brabrooke
O
3-0
Thacher for m' Feake
4 . - 10-0
for phillpott
3
- 0-0
For Beech
5
- 0-0
Chriftopher Grant -
0-12-6
48- 8-8
Debts owing to the towne [57]
S
John Traine is to pay
0-4- 0
Samuell Thacher
0-7-10
John liuermore Jofeph Tainter conftables I-2-II
2
mr Browne for beeing Deputie To John Winckoll
3
O -0
Sttratton I Day worke -
0 - 2 -0
To John Randoll for foxes
7 - - 6 - 6
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The rate made for the meeting howfe the 26th of Dece : 1655 was Deliuered to the Conftables & the fum was 1526 - 165 12 Att a meeting of the feauen men at Capt Mafons apon the 14th of January 1655
It is ordered that the order abought hogs that was made the laft yeare fhall ftand in force for this yeare
John Edie, & Nathan : Treadaway, weare nominated to looke to the orders of hogs & Fences.
Att a meeting of the feauen men at John winckolls the 21th of January 1655
It was voted that Solomon Johnfon is debtor to the towne. apon the default of breach of a towne order, for not yoaking & ringing his hogs, the number of his hogs weare twenty fix for wch acord- ing to order he is debtor 16-6-0 4$
Ephraim Child debtor for irregular hogs
m' Norcroffe gaue in his acompts & of his 30€ he hath recd
-
IIf 105 - 9ª
remaynes 18-9-3
the towne is debtor to ould winter for the widow Brabrock & her child
0-125 -O
Larance for I hog diforderly
O
- -
I - O
Crifpe for I hog
Garrett Church for 2 hogs
- 2 O
John Liuermore 2 hogs diforderly
0 -
2 - O
Jofep Bemis I hog diforderly
0 -
I
Robt harington 4 hogs o -
4 - 0
Sam : Thacher
3 - 0
[58] Robt Harington being conuicted at a meeting of the feauen men, of much mifcariage, was by them vnanimoufly cen- fured in a fine of ten fhillings
Att a publike towne meeting the 23th January 1655
Voated John winckoll fhall be pd for his charg layd out for widow Brabrooke,
Voated that there fhall be fifty pounds allowed for a towne rate for this pfent
voated yt the pfent feauen men hath power to fett a W apon fuch trees as ftand convenient in high wayes or comon ground if any pfon fhall fell fuch trees ye fhall pay to the towne nine- teene fhillings
Att a meeting of the feauen men at Samuell Thachers his howfe apon the 12th of February 1655
Georg Parkhuft being warned to the 7 mens meeting & hau- ing confeft the felling of fower trees ye are to be in full of his allowance for his Sharre
Samuell Garfeild, being conuented before the 7 men & confeffes himfelfe to haue fallen eight trees wch acording to the order yt is broken he is debtor to the towne fowerty fhillings
Swine. In referrence to the order abought Swine
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Itt is Further ordered that apon euery information to the offender, of his not yoaking or ringing, if the pty offending fhall not wthin two dayes, yoake & ring his fwine according to Order, euery fuch offence, fhall be acompted as foe many breaches of order being fufficiently proued, & acordingly to be pceeded wth
Samuell Thacher hauing feld a tree apon the Comon is foe far fatiffied as one tree of thofe yt is Dew to him
Will Page was condemnd in the cafe of not attending a meet- ing of the comoners of pond field acording to an Order made in the yeare 1653
[59] John Liuermore not apearing before the feauen men apon warrant is fined fiue fhillings
The fome of the Country Rate The fome of the Towne Rate - 51 -11-1I
£ 71 - 9-4 S
Ordered yt Thomas vnderwood & Ephraim Child are in the townes behalfe to feace apon all the wood & timber yt is ireglarly feld apon high wayes or Comons
Att a meeting at Bro. Stones Febru : the 26th
Chriftoper Grant for felling of a tree was fined. 55.
Mr Samuell Salltinfon hath by felling of a tree recd I tree of his proportion of trees.
Feb 26th 1655 by the confent Select men John Coller hath hired the howfe & land wth 2 Cowes of the widow brabrook, & is to pay for the fame the fome of feauen pounds & in pt of payment to lett her haue for twenty weekes, a pound of butter p weeke & in pt of her pay he is to giuę her a fatt hog at the latter pt of the yeare, & what fencing or repayre to the howfe is neceffary he is to doe it, & to fett off in his rent, allfo fhe is to haue her howferoome, & fiering, wth the grinding of her corne, the cariage of the fd corne he is to be allowed for, the other pt of the pay to be of all fuch graine as grow apon the ground, prportionall
the mark of John x Coller
In anfwer to Thomas Arnoll it is agred to in quire concerning the land in diffarence wth mrs philips.
William Baffum is Chofen Clark of the markett to Seale weightes & meafares.
It is ordered, apon the complaynt of the maior pt of the feild now called, Jacobs Feild, that Samuell Daniell wth the reft of the owners of the fd Feild, fhall beare an equall pportion of fence acording to the quantity or number of ackres yt doe pperly belong vnto the fd feild
[60] March the firft 1655 Abraham Williams, for himfelfe, his mother & Brother & Brothers wife, are to pay to Captaine Mafon for the vfe of the Towne the fome of thirteene Shillings in marchantable Corne or fhewes, wch is for theire not regulating theire hogs, and not appearing acording to Sumons, & for the abufing of or Townes Officer, who was to fee vnto the order of the Towne concerning Swine
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March the 24th 1655 Att the meeting howfe apon a Trayning day the feauen men agreed yt Simont Stone & Samuell Thacher fhould ouer looke the worke & acompt of James Cuttler concern- ing the widow Braybrooke, & to make a full end of thofe pticu- lars in queftion
June the 7th 1656 The agreement made wth Willi Page con- cerning Mary Dauife her Child.
It is agreed yt he fhall haue 204, to be pd twenty fhillings at pfent in wheate, & nine pounds in Englifh graine at Court price pd at his howfe the firft weeke in decem: next, the other ten pounds to be pd that time come twelfe month in the fame kind, it is all fo agreed yt if the wife of the fd willi dye, he may choofe either to keep or not to keepe the child, if he turne away the Child, he is to allow fuch a pt of the twenty pounds as may be thought meete
Willam page
in the behalfe of the towne Ephraim Child
Att a meeting of the feauen men at Ephraim Childs apon the fecond of Septe : 1656
Delivered to John Studly, in goods apon aprifall wch goods weare a pt of mary Dauifes in fome fower pounds, & is in full for time paft, for the keeping of the child, & there is out of the fame fome 18s allowed for the cloathing of the child, ye are allfo ingaged to keepe the child, for 5$ the weeke, vntill the time the woman fhall haue a young one of her owne, & what fhall be dew them, when the child goes From them, the towne doth promife to make them payment in wheate or peafe or mault
[61] Noue : 3 (56) Att a publike Towne meeting it was ordered & voted yt Paftor Shearman fhould haue allowed for this yeare paft at midfumer the fome of one hundred & twenty pounds & to be pd as the country rate in fpecies & price 1205 -00 -00
It was voated by the towne, & agreed vnto by Enfigne Shear- man that the fd Enfigne fhall Rec of the towne, one hundred & fifty pounds, by rate this yeare, acording to the quallity of his former payments, the wch fome is in confideration of the new meeting howfe wth all the Charges yt fro firft to laft doth arife apo the fame. as the raifing & the charges thereof & to the compleat- ing of the fame both wthin & wthout, & for a further demonftra- tion of there louing agreement the fd Towne haue giuen vnto the fd Enfigne the ould meeting howfe puided it be remoued off the Ground, & the fd Enfigne hath layd downe all demands, for any neglect, on the townf pt & damages yt might arife apon the fame, & doth acquitt & lay downe, all challinges, as allfo the fd Enfigne doth ingage wth all fpeed to fitt vp the new meeting howfe for the vfe of the fd towne
Noue : the 11th 1656 Att a meeting of the Select men at Left : Beeres
It was Ordered yt a towne meeting of the Inhabitants fhould be apoynted the next fecond day enfewing notice to be giuen
1
1656 Iso agoramont made no? with AJago tonromainy mary vanifa com ogill
It is agreat of so Talk game 20, isierung at po/ out in to goale, a mud roundy me rigtigt grand at Douch poring x at git Sow/2 the first v core in situ. nopt, volgen ten pound to Be to teat final. roms twoefe month in top we find. it is al fo agworld
to bago or not to Pode sergied, if you find away you Heilt, so it to allow fur lung a lot of may to vgguts motta
we byobog alfor of yo towne
Att a moshing of to front of -: 1656.
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apon the morrow being lecture day & the 12th of this pfent month.
It is Ordered yt the Conftables fhould be warned to the next towne meeting wch is apon the next third day, wch is at Thomas Vnderwoods howfe, & there to giue acompt of fuch rates ye had in charg to gather the day being then the 18th of this month
Att a publike towne meeting apo the 17th of Nouem : 1656
It was agreed yt a new Invoyce of the Townes eftate fhould be taken by Chares Chadwick, & all kind of Creatures aboue a yeare ould fhould be rated wth all fpeed
It was agreed yt Capt Mafon Lefft Beeres Enfigne Shearman Michaell Bearfto, wth the three deacons. fhould haue the order- ing of the fitting of pfons in the meeting howfe, Ould Goodman Hamond & Goodman Stratton are Joyned to the fame bufines & the rules are I. office. 2. age. 3. ftate. 4. gifts.
A rate for Billrica brig, & marie Dauife & the howfe of cor- ection, comitted in to the hands of Sam. hofier & John Brifko in the yeare (56) in fome 394 - 135 - 4d
[62] Att a meeting of the 7 men noue : 19. (56)
Thefe are to Shew, that Elizabeth Braibrok widow of Water- towne in the County of Middlefex, hath putt her daughter (wth the approbation of the felect men,) into the hands of Simont Tomfon & his wife of Ipfwich in the Ct of Effex rope maker to be as an apprentice, vntill the come to the age of eighteene yeares, in wch time the fd Sarah is to ferue them in all lawfull comands, & the fd Simont is to teach her to reade the Englifh Tongue, & to inftruct her in the knowleg of god & his wayes, & to puide for the fd Sarah, holefome meate & drink, wth conuenient cloathing as the feafons doe require & he the fd Simont doth ingage himfelfe & wife, to giue the fd Sarah at the end of her tearme, a good cow, & an ewe fheep wth conuenient Cloathing, & if the fd Sarah dye wthin one yeare before her age pfixed, yt then the fd cow & fheep, fhall goe to fome of the children of the fd Elizabeth Bra- brok.
This agreement was figned & confirmed by there markes of each ptie & wittneffed as appeares in two feuerall wrightings by Jofhua Edmonds
& in pfence of the feauen men
or the greateft pt of them.
Ephraim Child in the behalfe of the reft
Att a meeting of the felect men att Thomas vnderwoods the 27th 9th
Agreed wth John Coller for the yeare enfewing yt the fame condicions wch the laft yeare was vndertaken by the fd John to the releefe of the widow Brabrock fhall in all pticulars ftand in force, onely he is to be abated 40s in his fome of 7f & the widow is to haue halfe the fruitt in the orchard
dece : the 2 (56) Att a meeting of the feauen men att the howfe of Left Beeres
Ordered yt war- ant be giuen
The debts & fines arifing apo the feuerall fomes & comitted into the hands of the Confta-
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bles to be gathered & returned into the hands of the 46-175 - 9₫
townf Clarke, is fiue pounds feauen fhillings nine pence. to deduct by miftake ten fhillings
Dec : 2 (56) The Conftables for the yeare (55) gaue in theare acompt of the Country Rate, & brought a difcharg from the Treafurer & there 696 - 145 - 8d remaines in there hands of the rate comitted to II - O them from the towne twelfe fhillings
2ly ye giue acompt of the meeting howfe rate wch is as it was giuen into there hands, one hun- dred & fifty two pounds fixteene fhillings & three 152 - 16 - 1 3 halfpence & foe difcompted wth Enfigne Shear- man
Owing to m' Browne for the defect of fome yt was apoynted to pay him who being gon the fome of
[63] Further the fd Conftables haue giuen there acompt of the towne rate & ye haue in there hands three pounds yt was for thomas phillpott & one pound nineteene & eleauen pence
0 -- 45 - 0
4 -- 19-1I
out of wch fome acording to order ye are to be alowed the fome of
26- 0- 0 Att a publike towne meeting apo the Sth of Dece : 1656 John Witherall creditor for 8 foxes 0-8$ -0
It was ordered that Left Beeres & Sam : Thacher weare Chofen, to Treate wth Studly abought the Child of mary dauife, & make returne of there demands to the towne
It was voted by the towne yt the felect men fhould make fome order to the pferuation of the glaffe windows
Chofen this 8th of Decem : to order the towne affaires Capt Mafon : Ephraim Child. Enfigne Shearman Left Beeres. Bro Bearfto, will. Bond. Jofeph Tainter.
Granted to John Bifko, John Ginery, Sam Stratton Thomas Smith : Will Bond, henry Bright a pcell of Land containing more or leffe ten ackres, for the vfe & conueniency of fencing, puided, the propriety of the fd Land be cleared to the owners.
Ordered yt warning be giuen to Sam : Beniamin to make his apearance before the feauen men at the howfe of Left' Beeres apon the 5 day of this weeke I Ith of this month dece : & there to giue acompt of the fpending of his time, Fro the time of mihiltide to this day.
Ordered yt Goodman Taynter doe warne Jonathan phillips, if he fee caufe, to come before the 7 men apon the 5th day of this weeke, being the 11th day of this pfent month, and there to giue acompt of the fpending of his time
Ordered yt Jofeph Tainter doe warne Rich. Beech to the next meeting of the 7 men, & there to giue acompt of the improue- ment of the time of his felfe & family
Ordered yt John Baall be warned to the next towne meeting to make knowne his condicion.
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[64] Dece : the 9th 1656. Reced From the Country Treafurer warrant for a rate of fifty fiue pounds, thirteene Shillings three pence halfe peny
556-135- 3d-2
Delivered at the fame time, into the hands of Mr Whittney Conftable a rate figned vnder the hands of the townes clarke fomed vp & amounteth to fifty feauen pounds
1576
Dece : the 11th meeting of the 7 men.
Ordered yt Ephraim Child & Willi Bond fhould make the meeting howfe rate
Samuell Beniamin apearing before the 7 men acording to there apoyntment he hath giuen foe good acompt of the fpending of his time, as yt the feauen men are well fatiffied theare wth.
Jonothan Phillips appearing by the apoyntment of the feauen to giue anfwere of his looffe liuing, it was Ordered yt fome way fhould be thought off to acquaint Mrs phillips yt except fhe vnder- take for her fon as to haue him vnder gouerment, or otherwife to defpofe of him to fome fuch place or way, yt may in able the towne to giue anfwere to the law, when it fhall be called for Brother Bearfto & Bro. Child, are apoynted to fpeake wth Mrs phillips, as allfo to fee & to enquire into the eftate of Sifter Baall.
Rich Beech apearing acording to order : It is further Ordered yt there fhall be an acompt taken by Jofeph Tainter euery weeke of the improuing of the time of the family of the fd Beech, & yt for the tearme of 3 months & to make a returne thereof to the towne.
John Baall apearing, it is ordered yt Capt Mafan is to Joyne wth Brother Baall in putting forth two of his children to Brother Pearce, as allfo one other child to fuch as may be thought fitt to take the fame.
Ould knap being in want & complayning to the Select men they made this propofition, yt if his children will take his eftate into theire hands, & puide fuch neceffaries for theire father & mother as is conuenient, ye fhall haue the fd eftate for the pformance thereof when theire father & mother ceafe to be, but if the fd children refufe thus to doe, then the towne will vndertake the fame, apon fuch tearmes as the children fhould, & this to be fully concluded apon the next fecond day being the 15th of decem : (56)
[65] dece : the 9th (56)
Rec. of Robt Harington 2 fhoates, by the hands
of the Conftable, as ye wear prifed fowerteen 00 - 145 - 00 fhillings
Thefe wittnes yt Richard Gale, haue couenanted to take, the daughter of John Baall, Saraih Baall abought the age of 2 yeares, in confideration thearof, the fd Gale is to haue the child for fower yeares, & the fd Ball is to find the fd Sarah neceffary cloathing for 3 yeares of the fd 4, as allfo to pay the fd Gale fix pounds at pfent of Currant pay acording to country pay, and at 2 yeares end the fd Baall is to giue the fd Gale, fix pounds more & the laft yeare of the fower the fd Gale, is to provide for the fd Child, conuenient cloathing, It is allfo agreed by theire mutuall
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confent for fecurity of the other fix pounds, the fd Baall doth ingage his home lott, for the payment thearof, & at the time when it fhould be pd, for defect thearof, the fd land fhall be fould & the fix pounds to be pd out of the fame, & the remainder returne to the fd John Baall the true meaning is, yt foe much of the land apon a dew aprifall fhall be fould as fhall pay the fix pounds.
dated this 3d of January (56)
Thefe are to teftifye, yt John Baall wth the content of the felect men, hath putt two of his children as apprentices vnto John pearce Senior vntill ye come to the age as the law puides, yt is to fay, John the fon of John Baall, vntill he come, to the age of 21 yeares, in wch time the fd John pearce, is to find him fufficiency of meate drinke & cloathes, & the aboue named John Baall is to obey all thofe lawfull comands giuen by the fd John pearce & his wife, at the end of his tearme, John pearce is to giue John Baall, a Loome fitted to fall to worke, and double apparrell, wth the trade of weauing, he is all to inftruct him, & to learne him to read the Englifh tongue, & to teach him & inftruct him in the knowlege of God, & concerning the other child wch is a maide child of the age of 5 yeares, fhe is to be as an apprentice, vntill the come to the age of eighteene yeares, except the fd John pearce & his wife dept this world before the time pfixed, that then the fd Marie fhall be free, but if they all liue then the fd Marie is to rece of the fd John pearce her granfather or grandmother, a bible & double apparrell, & in the time of her aprentifhipe fhe is to be brought vp to reade the englifh tongue, & inftructed in the knowleg of God, in wittnes whereof ye haue fett to there hands.
dated the 3d of January (56)
January the 23th (56) apublique meeting.
Widow Mixtar hauing acknowleged to have taken fiue trees from off the land in name of townfhip land fuppofed to be Mr Dumers land. Voated yt John Winter is iuged fineable for the felling of I tree
Voated yt daniell warrin is fineable for I tree
Voated yt Robt Harrigton is fineable for 3 trees.
[66] Att a meeting of the Select men apon the third of Febr : 1656 It is ordered yt Capt. Mafan wth or Brother Bearfto doe goe to Sifter Baall, and there to acquaint her yt it is the mind of the Select men, yt the fett her felfe to the Carding of two Skaines of Cotton or fheeps wooll & her daughter to fpin it, wth other Bufi- nefs of the family & this to be her daily tafke, the wch if the refufe, the muft exfpect, to be fent to the howfe of corection.
Creditor to the tow
€
S
d
Cha : Chadwick
I - 10 - -
0
Will page
5 - -
2
Mr whittney for taking the townfe invoyce
IO -
for 3 foxes
-
3
-
John Stone I foxe
I
Thomas Fleg one foxe
I -
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Rich. Child 3 foxes
-
3
& I fox more
& I -
Jofhua Baffum I foxe
-
I
John withera vnder the hands of John hamond Conftable for 8 foxes
- 8 -
more John witherall 8 foxes
8
John Bifko Conftable brings in Thomas Smith for 6 foxes
6 -
Rich : Sawtell 2 foxes
-
2 -
John Winter 2 foxes
2 -
Chri : Grant I foxe
I
more for the cariag of things concerning Mary Dauife her child to Garett Church - 3 - 8
for the widow brabroke to Bro. bearfto
IO - - 6
more for widow brabroke to him
I 8 0
Seargt Bloyfe for the pound 5-0-0
MI Norcroffe creditor to the 13th of Jan :
13 - 02 - 0
Left Beeres in Sundry pticulars wth the tranfportation of the corne to Left beeres
8 3- 6-
Goodman Bloyfe
2-10 - 0
Brother Thacher
0-5-10
more to Brother Thaceher
7-16- 0
For 52 weekes at 3s the weeke
& for the loffe he ptends will be in the taking of this fome
Mr Samuell a fox
0- 1-0
0 -
4- 0
[93] Ordered yt Ephraim Child is allowed by the Select- men to make couenant betwixt widow mixtar and the child of widow Brabrock.
agreed that the Capt & Ephraim Child fhould veiw the number of trees feld apon yt trackt of Land called the land in Lew of townfhip, and mr dumers fupofed Land
Att a meeting of the Select men apon the 20th of February (56) Giuen in by Samuell Thacher in acompt of 2 rates wch was the rates of Chriftopher Grant, of wch he hath rece more then was his dew. the one rate was the meeting howfe rate, 16 - 145 - 7d, the other was the towne rate, IIS - 6d, the wch fomes doe ouer pay the faeyd Chriftopher Grant of a debt dew fro the towne & the fd Chriftopher is debtor to the towne - 4$ - II
Ephraim Child for m' Jackfon fiue pounds 5- 0-0
m' Whittney in a note of debts 4-17 - 9
In the hands of the Conftables Sam : Hofier Jo Byfko
2-19-II
at a publike meeting Feb : 23, (56)
It was voted by the towne yt there fhall be a towne rate of 42%, & for the brig 224, the rate giuen 726 -13 -0
It was voated by the towne yt the payment of the rate for the meeting howfe fhall be pd by one 3d in wheate at 4s. - 6d, and one 3ª In Indian at court price, the other 3d in rye & peafe in
0-17-4
owing mr Browne
3- 2- 8
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equall portions at court price, or otherwife to make there agree- ments wth Enfigne Shearman.
It was voated in reference to the order of Swine yt it is lawefull for any inhabitents to complaine agt any fwine yt are not regular & to haue fuch a pt of the fine yt the towne hath fett. for thofe yt . are apoynted as officers for yt execution, the wch fine is 6ª a defect yt is : 6d for want of ringing, & 6d for want of yoaking & this to be of force being legally proued
It was voated yt John Coolig Senior & John
man may Liuermore was chofen to looke to the order of
Any pfecut this order of swine hogs, yt ye be both yoaked & rung, the fwine, for this yeare
[94] Att a meeting of the 7 men, 11th march, (56)
It is Ordered yt Jonathan Phillips, Jofhua Barfum Sam : Ben- iamin John Knop, haue liberty to prouide themfelves to Couenant wth fome honeft maifters for a yeare, betweene this & Cambrig Court, & in the meane time, to giue a weekly acompt in wright- ing, of euery dayes worke into the hands of the felect men or Ep. Child or otherwife to giue there anfwere to the Court.
Ordered yt Segt Blofe Sagt Bright & will Bond are to goe apo Preambelation acording to court order
Att a meeting of the 7 men at Left Beeres : 5 May. 1657
Ordered yt all theepe fhall goe vnder the hands of a fufficient keeper that fhall keepe fheep apon como & high way, apon pen- alty of one peny for euery time apon the head, & yt all rams be taken from the flock by the firft of July. & to be kept from the flock vntill the 25th of octo : and who euer fhall neglect this order fhall pay for there rams breaking out 5d both wch fines fhall be pd to the townes Clarke.
The towne is debtor to Sargt Bright, Sargt Bloyfe & willi Bond for runing the bounds of the towne twenty fhillings a man in all three pounds- 35-0-0
Att a meeting of the 7 men Sept : the firft (57)
It is Ordered yt fome of the feauen men fhall gaine Tho : Orton to looke apo the platt forme of the meeting howfe, & to fee wt is to be don for the making of it thite, & Eph. Child to agree wth him for the effecting the fame, & to make him pay of wt in hand : if enough
Att a publique meeting Octo : the 26 (57)
Ordered yt Mr Shearman fhould be allowed for this yeare
1206 - 00
Further Ordered fhould haue 6of to pay his 060 - 00
debt, in all
Att a publique meeting Noue the 4th (57)
Chofen by the inhabitants for Conftables Georg woodward & Ellias Baron Senior
delivered to Georg woodward apon the 6th of Nouemb : the Country Rate in fome fixty pounds ten fhillings 9d } [95] at a meeting of the felect men apon the 8th of dece : (57)
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