Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, vols. 2-3

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Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, vols. 2-3
type
court
date
printed 1928
url
https://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof03mass
reference
vol. 2 pp. 56-57, 118; vol. 3 pp. 151-152
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transcript
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Printed transcript of the court's records, read in the archive.org full text. The trial of John Godfrey of Andover, 6 March 1665/6:

  • "John Godfrey being bound ouer to this Court ... on the Complaint & accusation of Job Tyler & John Rimington on suspition of witchcraft".
  • The verdict: "wee finde him not to haue the feare of God in his heart ... being suspitiously Guilty of witchcraft, but not legally guilty".
  • The costs: "the two prosecutors Job Tyler & Jn° Rimington shall be allowed for eleuen dayes a peece two shillings per each day a peece & that the said John Godfrey discharge the Costs of the trjall".

Vol. 2 (https://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof02massuoft) is used for James Hawkins, bricklayer, of Boston: at the court of 4 Aug 1635 "Mr. Hutchingson witnessed vpon oath" that "James Hawkens" took "2s 6d a day" of him for 36 days, above the legal wage, and the court ordered his forfeits levied, "& in case hee hath noe goods, his body shalbe taken & imprisoned till it be payde" (2:56-57); and on 1 Mar 1641/2 "James Hawkins for prophaining the Sabbath hee was censured to bee whipt, & bound with his Brother Thomas Hawkins in 40l, to appeare at the Generall Co'rt, & answer for venting his corrupt Opinions" (2:118).

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  2. title: "Records of the Court of Assistants of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 1630-1692, vols. 2-3"
  3. type: court
  4. date: printed 1928
  5. url: "https://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof03mass"
  6. reference: vol. 2 pp. 56-57, 118; vol. 3 pp. 151-152
  7. seen: transcript
  8. access: public
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  11. Printed transcript of the court's records, read in the archive.org full text. The trial of John
  12. Godfrey of Andover, 6 March 1665/6:
  14. - "John Godfrey being bound ouer to this Court ... on the Complaint & accusation of Job Tyler & John
  15. Rimington on suspition of witchcraft".
  16. - The verdict: "wee finde him not to haue the feare of God in his heart ... being suspitiously
  17. Guilty of witchcraft, but not legally guilty".
  18. - The costs: "the two prosecutors Job Tyler & Jn° Rimington shall be allowed for eleuen dayes a
  19. peece two shillings per each day a peece & that the said John Godfrey discharge the Costs of the
  20. trjall".
  22. Vol. 2 (https://archive.org/details/recordsofcourtof02massuoft) is used for James
  23. Hawkins, bricklayer, of Boston: at the court of 4 Aug 1635 "Mr. Hutchingson witnessed vpon
  24. oath" that "James Hawkens" took "2s 6d a day" of him for 36 days, above the legal wage, and the
  25. court ordered his forfeits levied, "& in case hee hath noe goods, his body shalbe taken &
  26. imprisoned till it be payde" (2:56-57); and on 1 Mar 1641/2 "James Hawkins for prophaining the
  27. Sabbath hee was censured to bee whipt, & bound with his Brother Thomas Hawkins in 40l, to
  28. appeare at the Generall Co'rt, & answer for venting his corrupt Opinions" (2:118).
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