[477] MSS. Records of the County Court of Suffolk, 113.

[478] Mass. Col. Rec., I, 198.

[479] Ibid., 311.

[480] MSS. Records of the County Court of Middlesex, I, 18. Apparently Edward's attempts were a failure; for on Oct. 4, 1653, he was "granted liberty to use what more effectual means he may or can to send for his wife from England": ibid., I, 32.

[481] Mass. Col. Rec., III, 349, 350. But on petition, in order to present further testimony, the general court granted a respite.

[482] MSS. Early Court Files of Suffolk County, No. 531. This case is also partially reported in Mass. Col. Rec., IV, Part II, 84; and quoted in Shirley, "Early Jurisprudence of New Hampshire," Procds. New. Hamp. Hist. Soc. (1876-84), 310.

[483] MSS. Records of the County Court of Suffolk, 9.

[484] MSS. Early Court Files of Suffolk, No. 867.

[485] MSS. Records of the County Court of Suffolk, 279.

[486] MSS. Records of the County Court of Middlesex, III, 63.