The 2d of December I rode to Cambridge and the 4th of the same moneth I was sore payned with the Collick and the stone for iiij howres.

The viijth day John my soonne was admitted into Trinitie College.

The xxjth day my brother Roger Alibaster came to my house and toulde me that he made certayne inglishe verses in his sleepe, which he recited vnto me, and I lent him xl s.

A festo nativitatis Domini, Anno 1602.

The 29 day of December Thomas Kedbie was arrested at my suit.

The iiijth of Januarry I rode to Springfild and the vjth I Dyned at Danbury with Mr. Humfrey Mildemay,1 and I retourned home the vijth.

The xth I dined with Mr. Dr. Johanes2 at my brother John Snellinges.

The xvth day of Jan: my Cosen William Firmyn came to my house and his soonne with him to bourd with me. In margin: venit 14 Januarii, abiit 4 Martii.

The xvijth day I ridde to the Sessions at Bury to give evidence against certein clothiers for strayning.3

The xviijth day William Gale did give ouer his office of High Constableshippe, and John Gale of Hadleigh was sworne in his place.

The xxjth daie William Hilles did come to Groton and toulde me that he and my brother Abraham Veysie had bargayned for the wheat in his Barne.

The ixth of Feb. I received a lettre from my brother John, out of Ireland, by James Elwell his man.

The xxjth the Assises were holden at Bury, where Cricke was indited, accused for whitchcrafte.

At the same assises Mr. Rolfe, Mr. blank and other of the Justices of the peace were not named in the Commission.

The 22th day Mr. Paul Powle appointed daye to fell certaine trees in Groton woodde.

The 23th of Feb. my cosen Walter Mildmay came to bourde with me, and departed the xxxth of march.

The first of March Josephe Brond was maried to Anne Strutte.

The 2 of Marche my soonne John went to Cambrige, the same day James Elwell Departed from Groton. In margin: Mr. Thomas Apleton4 died at London.

The iiijth day I sealed an obligacion of C li. to Janet Winthrop 5 for to pay lv li. the iiij day of Marche Anno 1603 at her house.

On Fridaye the xjth of Marche my Cosen Adam Winthrops wife Jane (Hilles) departed from my house in Groton.

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On Wedensdaye the xxiijth6 of March Quene Elizabeth died, and James the vjt Kinge of Scotland was proclaymed the next day at London, and on Saturday the xxvjth at Colchester and Sudbury, with great reioicinge of all men.

The xxxth of Marche my cosen Walter Mild may departed to Springfild.

The first of Aprill Zachary 7 and Gilbert Vintener went their waye from Mr. Powles house.

The same day Robert Bogas8 misused his father in lawe John Constable and tooke awaye a walnutte tree which he had felled by my appointment.

The iiijth of Aprill Mr. Braumpton Gurdons wife9 died in Childbed, of the xth Childe.

The vijth of Aprill Robert Surreys wife10 lay speechelesse, and the bell went for her, but she died the xiijth.

The xjth of Aprill I and my Wyfe Did ride to Bockinge, to the Christening of my Cosin William Firmins Childe, who was named Josephe.

The xiiijth day of Aprill my brother Roger Weston came to my howse and I payd him iij li. for Elizabeth Hilles11 bourde.

The xvijth Day of Aprill I received a lettre from my brother John, dated from Asmore12 the 23 of Feb. 1602, and also another from James Elwell written from London the xiiijth of April.

The same day Mr. John Coe of Tomblyns13 came to Groton Churche to mornyng prayer. 27

1.

Second son of Sir Walter Mildmay of Apthorp, co. Northampton, and Mary (Walsing­ham) Mildmay. He married Mary, daughter of Henry Capel of Hadham, co. Hertford, and had (1) Sir Humfrey Mildmay of Danbury and (2) Sir Henry Mildmay, knight, master of the Jewel House. Morant, Essex, II. 29. Danbury is a parish in the hundred of Chelmsford, co. Essex.

2.

Probably William Jones (1561–1636), of Clare College, Cambridge, D.D. 1597, rector of East Bergholt, co. Suffolk, 1591–1636, author of biblical commentaries. Venn, A. C. , II. 488.

3.

To stretch cloth fraudulently. N. E. D.

4.

Son of William Appleton of Waldingfield, co. Suffolk, and Rose, daughter of Robert Sexton of Lavenham. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Isaacke of Well Court, Kent, and his eldest daughter, Mary, married Robert Ryece of Preston, co. Suffolk, a correspondent of Governor John Winthrop. Muskett, 329.

5.

Probably Jane (Hilles) Winthrop, mentioned in the next entry, wife of Adam Winthrop, who went to Ireland.

6.

She died on the 24th of March.

7.

Zachary, son of Henry and Alice Vintener, was baptized May 21, 1583, and was hanged at Bury for burglary in 1604. Infra, pp. 83, 84.

8.

Of Edwardstone, son of John Bogas, yeoman. His will, probated in 1636, mentions wife Martha. P. C. C., 1636, p. 146.

9.

Elizabeth (Barrett) Gurdon. Muskett, 286.

10.

Mary Pearce, whom he had married in 1601. Supra, p. 73.

11.

Daughter of William and Joane (Browne) Hilles. Muskett, 102.

12.

Probably in Ireland.

13.

Tomblyns was a messuage in Groton long held by the Coes.