with the advice and consent of the said William Colier, for and on the behalfe of the said James Sherley, to and with the said W. B., etc. in maner and forme following: viz. that the said John Attwode shall procure a sufficiente release and discharge, under the hands and seals of the said James Sherley, John Beachamp, and Richard Andrews, to be delivered fayer and unconcealed unto the said William Bradford, etc., at or before the last day of August, next insuing the date hereof, whereby the said William Bradford, etc., their heires, executors, and administrators, and every of them shall be fully and absolutly aquited and discharged of all actions, suits, reconings, accounts, claimes, and demands whatsoever concerning the generall stock of beaver trade, paymente of the said 1800li. for the purchass, and all demands, reckonings, and accounts, just or unjuste, concerning the tow ships Whit-Angell and Frendship aforesaid, togeather with what soever hath been received by the said William Bradford, of the goods or estate of Isack Allerton, for satisfaction of the accounts of the said ship called the Whit Angele, by vertue of a letter of attourney to him, Thomas Prence, and Myles Standish, directed from the said James Sherley, John Beachamp, and Richard Andrews, for that purpose as afforesaid.1 It is also agreed and concluded upon betweene the said parties to these presents, that the said W. B., E. W., etc. shall now be bound in 2400li. for paymente of 1200li. in full satisfaction of all demands as afforesaid; to be payed in maner and forme following; that is to say, 400li. within 2 months next after the receite of the aforesaid releases and discharges, one hundred and ten pounds wherof is allready in the hands of John Winthrop senior of Boston, Esquire, by the means of Mr. Richard Andrews afforesaid, and 8oli. waight of beaver now deposited into the hands of the said John Attwode, to be both in part of 1 '12 (3) 1646. Isaac Allerton for himself his heires execut. and administr: did Ratifie whatsoever Mr. Wm. Bradford Edw Winslowe and Capt Miles Standish Agents for Mr. Sherley Mr. Andrews and Mr. Beecham have done or hereafter shalbe done about the sale of any lands or goods and Cattle formerly his in propriety: provided they do cleerly acquitt him from all debts and demands due from the said Isaac Allerton to the said Mr. Sherley, Andrewes and Beecham and this was by him done the xiith (3) [May] 1646.” Aspinwall, Notarial Records, 21. paimente of the said 400li. and the other 800li. to be payed by 200li. per annume, to shuch assignes as shall be appointed, inhabiting either in Plimoth or Massachusetts Bay, in shuch goods and comodities, and at shuch rates, as the countrie shall afford at the time of delivery and paymente; and in the mean time the said bond of 2400li. to be deposited into the hands of the said John Attwode. And it is agreed upon by and betweene the said parties to these presents, that if the said John Attwode shall not or cannot procure shuch said releases and discharges as afforesaid from the said James Sherley, John B[e]achamp, and Richard Andrews, at or before the last day of August next insuing the date hear of, that then the said John Attwode shall, at the said day precisely, redeliver, or cause to [240] be delivered unto the said W. B., E. W., etc. their said bond of 2400li. and the said 8oli. waight of beaver, or the due valew therof, without any fraud or further delay; and for performance of all and singuler the covenants and agreements hearin contained and expressed, which on the one parte and behalfe of the said James Sherley are to be observed and performed, shall become bound in the summe of 2400li. to them, the said William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Thomas Prence, Myles Standish, William Brewster, John Allden, and John Howland. And it is lastly agreed upon betweene the said parties, that these presents shall be left in trust, to be kepte for boath parties, in the hands of Mr. John Reanour, teacher of Plimoth. In witnes wherof, all the said parties have hereunto severally sett their hands, the day and year first above writen. In the presence of EDMOND FREEMAN, WILLIAM THOMAS, WILLIAM PADY, NATHANIELL SOUTHER. JOHN ATTWODE, The nexte year this long and tedious bussines came to some issue, as will then appeare, though not to a finall ende with all the parties; but this much for the presente. I had forgoten to inserte in its place how the church here had THE RETRACTATION OF Mr. Charles Chancy formerly Minister of Ware Wherein is proved the unlawfulneffe and dan Published by his own direction for the fatis faction of all fuch who either are, or justly might bee offended with his fcandalous fubmiffion, made before the High Commiffion Court Feb. 11. Anno, 1635. London, Printed 1641. invited and sent for Mr. Charles Chansey,' a reverend, godly, and very larned man, intending upon triall to chose him pastor of the church hear, for the more comfortable performance of the ministrie with Mr. John Reinor, the teacher of the same. But ther fell 1 Mr. Chancey came to them in the year 1638, and staid till the later part of this year 1641. - Bradford. - Charles Chauncy (1592-1672) was born at Yardley-Bury, Hertfordshire, took his degree of A.M. at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1617, and held for a time the professorship of Greek. In 1627 he became vicar of Ware in his native county. Charges were brought against him (Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, XIII. 337), but, apparently, he made his peace with his superiors. Again as a result of his hasty temper and ill-considered utterances, he got into trouble, in consequence of which he was cast into prison. He then showed weakness, and published a recantation, of which he subsequently repented. Convinced at last of the impossibility of holding the views he did and retaining a pulpit in the Established Church, he emigrated to New England. Landing at Boston he was invited to Plymouth. Winthrop describes him as "a great scholar, and a godly man." His controversial habits, "being an active man and very vehement," led to much disturbance. 2 Harvard College was established by the General Court of Massachusetts Bay at Cambridge in 1637. Chauncy was at New Plymouth in the following years, and the move in behalf of a more advanced education found its echo there. In a letter to Winthrop, October 10, 1640, Winslow wrote: "I suppose you haue heard what was the issue of the day of humiliacion concerning the eleccion of Mr. Chancey. But things are like still to goe ill, for on the 2d day of this weeke a močon was made by Mr. Paddy and some that inordinately cleaue to him for his setling at Jones river, some three miles from Plimouth, who purposeth there to lay the foundačon of an Academy, and reade the arts to some that are fitt for that purpose, that so they may also haue use of his gifts. I manifested my dislike to the Gouvernour who still pressed his gifts, but I told him they must still retaine his errors, etc. with his gifts, which were like to weaken if not destroy both the Congregacions of Plymouth and Duxburrow, being seated in the midst equally between both, having already manifested his judgement to be more rigid then any Separatist I ever read or knew, he holding it lawfull (nay a duty for ought I heare) to censure any that shall oppose the major part of the Church, whether it be in eleccion of officers or receiving in or casting out of members if they will not be convicted and yield, by which meanes ten or more may be cast out to receiue in one. But what will be the issue of these things the Lord onely knoweth. I feare the Lord hath a quarrell with us, and the rather because Mr. Bradford and Mr. Reyner are both drawn to yield to the mocion which is so contrary in my apprehension to the peace of the Churches, especially when I consider the confidence or rather selfewillednes of the man. Truly Sir, I |