monger, and their heirs, in trust as to one moiety thereof for
such person, or persons, as my daughter, Mary Collins, shall
appoint, and as to the other moiety for the benefit of my
daughter Anne Ashby. I bequeath my freehold tenement
which my husband bought of M r . Phelps, in Chandois Street
in Bedfordbury (London), unto my four (st'c) daughters, Mary
Collins, Elizabeth Kingsbury, and Anne Ashby, for ever. I
bequeath unto my grandson, Austin Collins, after the de-
cease of my son-in-law, Thomas Collins, and my daughter
Mary, his wife, the reversion of my two houses, one in Shoe
Lane, in the possession of M r . Legross, and the other in Harp
Alley, in the possession of the said M r . Legross, which were
bought of M r . Hippsley. I bequeath the reversion of the
house in Coleman Street, which was bought of M r . Lucas,
after the death of my daughter, Anne Ashby, to her and
her heirs for ever. I give unto my daughter, Elizabeth
Kingsbury, the three houses which I hold by lease from the
Governor of Bridewell, and my two houses in Kirby Street
(and other property). I give unto my daughter, Sarah,
my two houses in Leather Lane, and my two houses in Bolt
Court, and also my four houses in Water Street, in Bridewell
precinct. I give my said daughter Elizabeth, my four
houses in Blackfriars, and my two houses in Aldersgate, and
also my hoiise in Bolt Court in Fleet Street. To my cousin
Katherine Crate ten pounds. To my cousin William Gibbs,
and to his sister Mary, five pounds apiece. To my cousin
Mary Mainwaireing, and to James Somes, five pounds apiece.
I give two thirds of my plate, linen, household goods, and all
the rest of my estate, unto my daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah,
the other third part thereof I give unto my said daughter,
Elizabeth, in trust for my said daughter, Anne Ashby. I
appoint my said daughter, Elizabeth, sole executrix. Wit-
nesses, Theo. Armitt, Anne Arrnitt, Thomas Whitehead.
Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, August
24, 1699. {Pett 135)
3\>bn IkiUGSburp Of ^GUIUia^ in the County of Suffold,
maulster, — to Elizabeth, his loving wife, all his messuagse,
ENGLISH WILLS.
6 7
and lands, and tenements, during her natural life, provided
she keeps herself sole and Unmarried — after her decease,
or marriage, the same to go to Eldest Sonn, John Kingsbury,
— gives messuage in bungay, now in the use and possession
of John Dyke, to Richard, second sonn — and other tene-
ments to William,* my youngest son — all personal estate to
two daughters, Mary and vSarah, equally. John Dallnig
(Dalling?) of Bungay, Apothecary, and John Downing of
sanie town, Executors, Jan- 24, 1709, proved Feb. 22, 17 10.
(Raymond ijo.)
Sosepb ikincjslnui? of Bast Bon^lano, in the County
of Essex, Gent 1 ., bequeathes two houses or cottages in the
parish of East Donyland to William Slinger, parson of the s d
parish, and all other succeeding parsons of the parish, for
the use of the poor people of the s d parish, for almshouses
to be inhabited by such of the poor people of the said parish
as shall be approved of by the Parson, and Church Wardens;
to loving friend, M r John Dines, of Wivenhoe, his messuage
or tenement, situate in ffingringhoe ; also two oyster layings,
lying in Brightlingsea Creek ; to John Potter, Esq r , of Col-
chester, the messuage or tenement called the White Lyon, in
East Donyland ; to kinswoman, Alice Whitwick, (late Alice
Tillsf) two cottages in East Donyland ; to kinswoman, Amy
Todd, cottages in East Donyland ; to Anna Mayhew, dau. of
Tho. Mayhew, Gent 1 ., a house in East Donyland; and all
ye Oyster pitts lying upon ye Marsh in East Donyland ; to
kinswoman, Abigail Tills, his messuage or ten 1 in East
Donyland, now in his own occupation, on condition that she
pay out of ye s' 1 farm the sum of ,£100 to "my God Son,
Joseph Kingsbury, and ^20 to my kinswoman, Ann Todd ; "
bequeathes ^20 to be paid out by the Ex ls for the cloath-
ing such poor people in the parish of East Donylands
as they shall see fit. M r John Dines, M r Jn" Potter, M r
Tho: Mayhew, M' John Beale, M 1 Tim Cooke, and D r Dobie,
his paul bearers, each to have a Ring of 20 s in value
and hatt-bands, and gloves ; such Inhabitants of the pish
of East Donylands as shall come to my funeral to have
* See page 28.
t See page 51.
68
THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
gloves, and my seat in East Donyland church to be hung in
mourning. All the residue of his estate to be given to
Abigail Tills, Ann Todd, Ann Mayhew and John Dines, J r . ;
to Mary Pointer, his maid servant £$. Oct. 18, 1714. John
Potter, Esq r and John Dines, Executors. Proved Dec. 15,
1 7 14. {Courtman 266.)
KINGSBURY WILLS IN OTHER COUNTIES.
William 00 IkgngeSblin? is mentioned in the will of
Gervase de Wyllesford, rector of Barnack and Castre, North-
amptonshire, dated at Barnak, on the Feast of S. Thomas
the Apostle, 1368. This will is the more interesting because
it is not recorded in any Probate Registry, but is registered
in the Episcopal Registry of the Bishop of Lincoln [Buck-
ingham, fo. 73), before whom it was proved at Lidyngton,
Rutland), 18 June, 1369.
IRicbolas Iklnosburv? of 3Bintrv?e in the countie of
Norff : myller. I geve vnto Johanne Bre'se my syster xx 1 ' :
Vnto evry one of hir children ffyve pounds a pece as they
shall come to their sevrall ages of xvi yeres. Vnto Nicho-
las Woods my nephew vj 11 viij s iiij d . Vnto John Sparke, my
brother in lawe, and to his heires my howsse and lands in
ffolshin, and the winde mylle for ever. All the rest of my
goods vnto John Sparke my brother in lawe whom I make
sole executor. Thexxiiij" 1 daye of Aprell, 1587. Probatum
tertio die Maii 1587. Et comissa Adm" Executori. Norwich
Consistory. Book 86, Homes, go.
IRaffe 1kinsbar\?e of tbe parteb of Xemister, in the
county of Devon, mentions dau. Joane, brother Gylles, broth-
er William, dau. Edithe, wife Elizabeth. 1568.
$Obn UtingSblirg Of BaStWell'S within the parish of S'
Cuthberd's in the Countie of Somerset, mentions dau rs . Mary
and Elizabeth, son Robert; Sept. 4, 1607. Proved 1623.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury. (Swan in.)
70 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
EU3abetb IRinSbUr^, WtfcOW, alias Rodner, of Chesel-
don, in the County of Dorset, mentions son Thomas, son John,
and to his son John, daughter Mary, the wife of Thomas
Vivian, or Hoggard, son Peter, son Adam, and to his son
John, son Richard, ten pounds, and goods, to be equally di-
vided between him and his brother, Henry, — signed Eliza-
beth Kingsbury, her mark, Oct. 27, 1658.
Henry Kingsbury, alias Rodner, and Richard Kingsbury,
alias Rodner, administrators.
IRobert ikingsburg of JBriobtlingsea in the County
of Essex, ffarmer, bequeathes all his Lands and Tenements,
holden of the Manor of Brightlingsea, to his daughters,
Mary Kingsbury and Sarah Kingsbury, but if the s' 1 Daugh-
ters depart this life before reaching the age of twenty-one
years, he bequeathes the s d Lands, &c, to his Nephew,
Thomas Kingsbury of Brightlingsea, yeoman. To said
nephew, Thomas, ,£80. To nephew, John Kingsbury of Col-
chester, ^20 ; To niece, Frances Kingsbury of Colchester,
spinster, £10. To niece, Mary Kingsbury, ,£20. To Brother-
in-Law, Benjamin Cook of ffrailing, in Essex. All the resi-
due of estate to the two Daughters. In case of their death
before reaching the age of twenty-one, the estate to go to
the nephews and nieces, Thomas, John, Frances, and Mary.
Thomas Kingsbury and Benjamin Cook, Ex trs , Nov. 18, 1737.
Proved Oct. 14, 1738. {Original Will in possession of Miss M.
K. Talcoll).
CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS.
Bills and Answers.
James Ikinoesburve* of Boiforo, pitf., Boxford, states
that John Kingesburie, late of Edwardestone, in the County
of Suffolk, deceased, the father of y r s d Orator, was lawfully
and rightfully seized of one Tenem\ or Cottage, in Edwarde-
stone aforesayde, and that about one yeare nowe laste paste
the s d John Kingesburye, for the fatherly love and affec-
tion that he the s d John dyd beare to y e say' 1 Orator,
beynge his Sonne, and also in consideration of the Sum me
of tene pounds, whereof £6. 4*. iiii d was payd in hand to s d
John, and the residue was to be payde at other severall
days betweene them, the s' 1 John did promyse and graunt
to yo 1 say d orator to conveye and assure the s d Tenem 1 .
or Cottage to you 1 say d Orator, &c, after w ch tyme one
Roger Kingsburye persuaded the said John to convey to
him the cottage in question, &c. &c. " The said John beynge
a man growen, in some symplycy tye by reason of his age -
yett because the one was his father, and thother his
brother, he dyd forbeare hit, butt by all gentle means
sought to have his promise pformed, w ch the sayd Roger
refused," &c. &c, and the said Orato r requests the Court to
graunt to the sayd Orator the Quene's Maj ties Wryte of
subpena, to be dyrected to the sayd Roger Kingesburye,
commanding him to appeare before your lordshippe in the
Quene's high Courte of Chauncerye, &c. S r Nicholas Bacon,
Knight, lord Keeper of the greate Courte of Englande.
Roger Kingsburye replies. [578. Series II Bills and
Answers.
IROfcert IRtngsbUrie Of I'dlellS, in the county of Somer-
set, baker, Richard Clarke of Wells, grocer, and Elizabeth his
wife, complain as follows : about five years since, their
* Probably James, whose will is given on pages 44, 45.
72 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
father John Kingsburie, of Eastwell's, within the parish of
S*. Cuthbert, in Wells, yeoman, made his will, and thereby
gave and bequeathed unto complainants : Robert, and Eliza-
beth, and to Marie, one other of his daughters, all his goods,
leases, chattels, and other property, provided that Joan his
wife should enjoy the use thereof so long as she should live
unmarried. If the said Joan should marry then the said
goods and property should be to the said Marie, and the
complainants, equally. The testator appointed the said
Joan his executrix, and shortly afterwards died, being at his
death possessed of divers feather beds, flock beds, and
other goods, and ready money, and also of his house in East-
wells, and many years in the lease thereof then to come, as
also of divers other small leases, the house at Eastwells be-
ing of the yearly value of 20 marks. Joan did not prove
the Will, but notwithstanding possessed herself of the said
goods, leases, and estate, complainants then being under 21.
The said Joan, complainant's mother-in-law, made over the
property to one Thomas Wills, now deceased, and shortly
afterwards took to husband and married one Richard Nor-
cotte, of Cheddar, in the county aforesaid, yeoman. After
her marriage complainants requested her to prove the Will,
but hitherto both Norcotte and his wife had refused. Com-
plainants are now above 21. 8 Feb. 16 12. Bills and Answers,
Bundle K. 27. N°. irj.
Sarab IkmtjSbUSP, the daughter of Roger Kingsbury,
late of Middleton, in the County of Essex, prayeth that her
said late father, being seized in fee of several Messuages,
Lands, Tenements, and Tythes. being in the Citty of London,
the said County of Essex, and elsewhere in the Kingdom of
England, particularly of a farme at Asthen, in the Co. of
Essex, which he purchased of Richard Peppys, Esq 1 ., and that
he made his will June 4, 1697, and that he gave to his son,
Robert, the said farme, on condition that he should pay out
of the said farme ,£200 to his dau rs . vSarah, and Alice, that
is ^"ioo to each, when they should arrive at the age of two
and twenty years, and the Testator made his brother, Rob-
ert Kingsbury, late of Brunden Hall, in the County afores d ,
and Richard Scott, of Braintree, his brother-in-law, Execu-
CHANCERY PROCEEDINGS. 73
tors, and soon after dyed, and his will was duly proved by
the s a Robert . Kingsbury, in the proper Ecclesiasticall
Court, and not long afterwards he dyed also, leaving a will,
and therefore one W m Kingsbury, of Ballington, in the
said County of Essex, Executor of the will of the s (1 Rob-
ert Kingsbury, became the Executor of the will of your
Orator's father, and the said W m Kingsbury, and Robert
Kingsbury, your Orator's brother, have refused to pay the
^100 due to your Orator ; says that the said William Kings-
bury is a near relation of your Orator, and that it is said that
he hath lent a sum of money to her brother, Robert Kings-
bury, who has therefore allowed him to take possession of
the rents of the s a farme, &c. Bills and Answers. Whiting-
ton. No. 1.
74 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
NOTES FROM THE "PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SUFFOLK INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY."
The following Notes are from a paper on " The de Greys
of Little Cornard," communicated by the Rev 1 '. George
Crabb, which is printed in " Proceedings of the Suffolk Insti-
tute of Archaeology," vol. vi, pp. 13-39- Mr - Crabb states that
he derived his materials chiefly from documents in the mu-
niment room at Merton Hall, which is the seat of Lord Wal-
singham, the head of that branch of the family of de Grey.
Minor Notes and Names from the Court Rolls and Books
of Caxton's Manor in Little Cornard. 23 Edw. III. (1369) to
2 Henry V (1414), in Book C. C. F. A.
John de Kingesbury.
Some Names and Notes from the Court Records of Little
Cornard Manor.
141 2. William Kyngesbery.
NOTES FROM THE LAY SUBSIDY ROLLS.
"The principal value of these is genealogical. The rolls
containing the names of the persons assessed are extremely
valuable, as establishing links in pedigrees, which without
these rolls would be missing. The rolls from which mate-
rial of this nature is chiefly to be derived are the grants of
23 Edw. I., and 1 and 6 Edw. III. and the Pole taxes of 51
Edw. III., and 2 and 4 Ric. II. Then, with but trifling ex-
ceptions, the rolls supply no names until 14 Hen. VIII., from
which time to Charles II. lists of persons and the sums
assessed on them are to be found." Report of the Deputy
Keeper of the Public Records.
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk.
35 Henry VIII. (A. D. 1542.) iff*
Cornard pva.
John Kyngesbury in goodes xx s .
Cornard Magna.
John Kyngsbury goodes vj 11 ». Subs. xij d .
•These figures refer to the membranes, or skins, on which the rolls were kept
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 75
Assessment of the second payment of the Subsidy granted
37 Hen. VIII. (A. D. 1544) upon the Inhabitants within the
Hundred of Babbergh. ^f£.
Newton.
John Kyngesbury in goodes iiij ft>. subs. iij' 1 .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £§$.
Assessment for the second payment of the Subsidy granted
8 Elizabeth (A. D. 1566) on the Inhabitants within the en-
tire county.
Boxford.
Goodes.
James Kyngsbury iij 1 i if. vj a .
Cornerd Magna.
Goodes.
John Kyngsbury, the elder, viij 11 vj s . viif.*
John Kyngsbury, the younger, iij" v s . vj d .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £ff.
Assessment 18 Elizabeth, (A. D. i575/ 6 )-
Cornard Magna.
In goods.
John Kinsburye the elder viij" xiij s . iiij' 1 .
John Kinsburye the younger v u viij s . iiij' 1 .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk, iff.
Certificate dated 20 September, 24 Elizabeth. (A. D. 1582.)
Cornerthe Magna.
John Kyngesburie the younger, in erodes -c s . v\
John Kyngesburie the elder, in goodes, ix" ix s .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk, if-?.
Assessment of the hundreds of Baberghe and Cosford, 39
Elizabeth (A. D. i59 6 /7>-
Cornerd Magna.
Edward Kingsburie. ^x. viij*.
John Kingsburie £x. viij s .
Delivered into the Court 31 October, 40 Elizabeth (A. D.
i593)-
* John Kingsbury, in 1561, bought lands of Robert Salmon, in Cornard Magna.
Suffolk Feet of Fines. Communicated by Dr. J. J . M uskett.
76 THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £ff.
Assessment 43 Elizabeth (A. D. 1600/1).
Cornerd Magna.
Goodes.
John Kingesburie ^"x. v s .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £f §.
Assessment 8 James I. (A. D. 1610-1611.)
Cornerd Magna.
Goodes.
John Kingesburie ^x. iij 8 .
8 J as. I. Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Assessment. Jf§.
Cornerd magna.
John Kingesburie. xl s . iij' 1 .
Assington & Boxford, so obliterated as to be undeciph-
erable.
Stoke juxta Neyland.
John Kingesbury. xx s . iiij 1 '.
Groton.
John Coe, gent. xx s . iiij d .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £§§.
Assessment of the Hundred of Baberghe, 1 Charles I.
(A. D. 1625/6.)
Stoke.
Lands.
John Kingesbury xl s . viij 8 .
Exchequer, Lay Subsidies, Suffolk. £§§.
Assessment of the hundreds of Babergh and Cosford, third
subsidy granted, 3 and 4 Car. I. (A. D. 1627/8.)
Cornard Magna.
John Kingsbury jQi. 00 00.
Stoke, temp. Car. I. £g§.
John Kingesburie xx s .
Cornerd Magn. Car. I.
John Kingesburie xl s .
KINGSBURY.
The first Kingsbury in New England was Henry Kings-
bury, who came in the Talbot, one of the ships in Governor
Winthrop's fleet, in 1630. He lived near Winthrop in Eng-
land, at Assington, the next parish to Groton, and there are
references to him in the Winthrop Papers, published by the
Massachusetts Historical Society, which show that he was
employed in some way by Winthrop, perhaps as a messen-
ger, or sheriff's officer, of Winthrop's manorial court, and
they also indicate a somewhat intimate connection between
the two men. The subjoined letters from the Rev. Henry
Jacie to the Winthrops sustain this supposition. Mr. Jacie
was a chaplain in the family of Brampton Gurdon, Esq.,
of Assington, and quite a prominent Puritan divine. There
are several other references to Kingsbury in the Winthrop
Papers. Governor Winthrop writes to his wife, "From
aboard the Arbella, riding at the Cowes, March 28, 1630,"
just before the departure from England, "Henry Kings-
bury hath a child or two in the Talbot sick with the measles,
but like to do well." * After his arrival, in writing to his
son, John Winthrop, Jun r , July 23, 1630, from Charles-
town, he again mentions him, saying that " Henry Kings-
bury hath appointed money to be paid to you by [- -J." f
John Winthrop the younger, in a letter to his father in
Massachusetts, dated Dec. 9, 1630, in speaking of a document
to be executed, evidently an indenture, or lease, conveying
lands, says : " M r . Gurdon desireth that M r . Ludlow J and
o-oodman Kingsbury of Assington be 2 of the witnesses to
* Winthrop's New England, I, 369.
t Ibid., I, 375.
I AWA U ., ~, J/J.
% Roger Ludlow, afterwards Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts, and later ol
Connecticut.
78
THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
it."* Thomas Kingsbury, perhaps a brother of Henry,
agreed to embark with him, but apparently never came.f
In the addenda to Winthrop's History of New England the
Governor gives an account of cows and other animals that
he had, and also says that he had one of Kingsbury's cows.
Ephraim Child, of Roxbury, writing to Governor Winthrop,
letter undated, says : " The last night, late, goodman
Pease sent yo 1 ' servant, Henry Kingsbury, for a payre of
bullocks." I
In the Parish Register at Assington are two entries,
among the marriages, of the name of Kingsbury :
1618, John Kingsbery and Margaret Whisson, the 8 ,h of
March.
162 1, Henerie Kingsberie and Margaret Alabaster, the
18 th of May.
These are, perhaps, the two men referred to in the Win-
throp Papers, and presumably the same Henry and John
Kingsbury who were in the Massachusetts Colony at an early
date : Henry in Boston in 1630, and John at Watertown in
1635, afterwards of Dedham. Henry Kingsbury and Mar-
garet his wife were admitted to the First Church, Boston,
and are numbered 25 and 26 on the list. Savage says in his
Genealogical Dictionary, III, 2S : "Against her name being
written ' dead since ' ; that means, I presume, to refer to
original MS. lost after the third or fourth year." There is
no further record of either of them, and it is supposed that
the children who were sick on the Talbot in March, 1630,
must have died then, or at a subsequent time. It is possible
that Henry Kingsbury returned to England. Indeed that
seems the most probable reason that we can find no record
of his death, or administration on his property. On the
Parish Register at Assington are recorded the baptisms of
two children of Henry and Margaret :
1622, James Kingsberie the sonne of Henrie Kingsberie
and Margaret his wife, the first of September.
1624, Sarah Kingsbury the daughter of Henry Kingsbury
and Margrett his wife, the first of August.
• Winthrop Papers, M. H. S. C, Fifth Series, VIII, 27.
t Winthrop's New England, II, 340.
% In i6 3 g, John Winthrop made a draft of a will, not then completed, in which
he mentions " my three oxen in Eph. Child's keeping."
HENRY KINGSBURY OF ASSINGTON. 79
The Register at Assington also records the marriage of
Thomas Alabaster, and Margaret Blyth, the 8 th of July, 16 18,
and the burial of Thomas Alabaster, the 18 th of September,
1620. It seems very probable that this widow Margaret
Alabaster was the Margaret Alabaster who married Henry
Kingsbury the following year. Thomas Alabaster was the
son of Roger Alabaster, of Hadleigh, and Bridget Winthrop,
his wife, daughter of Adam Winthrop, Esq r ., of Groton, and
aunt of Governor John Winthrop.
This shows a connection between Henry Kingsbury's
wife and the Winthrops, and makes it very natural that he
should be employed by them in looking after their affairs.
It may be remarked that the word " servant " in those days
did not possess the entirely servile meaning given it now,
and a man holding a very responsible position, such as stew-
ard, or agent, might be called a "servant," not meaning
thereby that he performed menial duties. The Alabaster
family was a prominent one at Hadleigh, in Suffolk,* where
there are memorial brasses in the church, one of Thomas
Alabaster, 1592, an uncle of Thomas Alabaster, of Assing-
ton. A daughter of this Thomas Alabaster married John
Still, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells, a once famous divine,
and author of "Gammer Gurton's Needle," the earliest
English comedy. William Alabaster, son of Roger and
Bridget (Winthrop) Alabaster, and brother of Thomas of
Assington, was a clergyman and a poet, celebrated in his
day for the depth of his erudition, and the beauty of his
Latin verses. He was born in Hadleigh in 1568, and re-
ceived his early education in the Grammar School of his
native town, an A.B. of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1587,
and A.M. 1591. In 1592 he was incorporated of the Uni-
versity of Oxford, and Wood in his "Athense Oxonienses "
speaks of him as "the rarest poet and Grecian that any day,
age or nation ever produced." He held the rectory of Thor-
field, in Hertfordshire, and was made a Prebendary of St.
Paul's, and in 1614 a D.D. He died in 1640, after a life spent
in literary and philosophical pursuits. Another brother,
John Alabaster, was baptized in Groton in 1580, and "was
killed in warre in the lowe countries," according to the
Parish Register.
•See Dr. J. J. Muskett's "Suffolk Manorial Families," 49-55-
g THE KINGSBURY FAMILY.
Rev. Henry Jacie to John Winthrop.*
To the Right Worship/till M r . Winthrop in London these be dd.
Worthy sir. — M r . Gurdon riding toward Dedham this morning (not
to return this day) cal'd at the house of our honest neighbor Goodman
Kingsbury and then percieving how ill he was, he being in bed there, he
wished them there to send for me to come thither to see and here how it
was with him, that I might write to your worship to certify you thereof:
for he had writ to you but knew not so well how this party was.
Now these are therefor to inform your Worship according to his and
his wifes relation (of whose truth I dare not doubt) that he is of great
weakenes, and more within this fortnight than of late, insomuch that
one Physitian tells him he is in danger of his life, another saith he is so
dangerously sick he dare not advise him to purge, it would kill him, nor
to let him blood he is so weak, and that he is in danger of a consump-
tion, the state of his body being changed to worse, so that now he is not
able to go about his ordinary work. He endeavored of late to have done
somewhat, easily, but hath been the worse ever since, so that he hath
been glad to keep his bed til noon or thereabout every day this sennight.
Altogether unable to travel.
Whereas he had a warrent of your Worship to attach the bodies of his
assaulters to appear at the Assize, one that was the Constables deputy
(as he said) left word at his house from Sir Robert (Crane), that they
were brought before him, and he had bound them over to the Sessions.
Now he fearing lest things should not be rightly carried, (not being able