As conserning the old mr. Waltham there are 5 women of hingham that if they be called out they can speake of his lacivious cariage. the 1 is the wife of Andrew Lane, who when she was a mayd she wanting a payre of shooes she heard that mr. Waltham had a payre and she coming to the house he was with out the dore and she asked him if he had any shooes, he sayd he had and so he went in and she went in after him now the house was remote from other houses and it had 2 romes in it and he went into the roome wher his bed was and would have her to com in but she was loath but he told her that else she could not see the shooes and so with much adoe she went in and when she came in he showed her a payre of mans shoes. then she told him those would not serve her and so turned about to go from him out of the roome but he caught hold of her and told her that he would kisse her and he held her close to him with his left hand and kissed her and when he had so done he did grope her all about her body with his other hand and she being much affrayd did not know what to doe beleving that he would offer her abuse: and she could not call to any then by the providence of god ther did a man come in while he was so doing to her and then he let her goe. 298the 2 next are the wifes the one of Thomas Lincolne the goate keeper, the other of Goodman farrow: which were at his house together to buy biskett and some other things now he was so audacious that he sett hands in both of them and did grope ther bodyes likwise in a very lacivious manner and would not give them the things that they came for but would have them to lye ther all night, and would have had goodman Lincolne his wife to have promised him when she would come to him agayne. the other was the wife of William Buclan she was sent by her husband to buy tobacco of him, and when she came he likwise sett hands in her but whatt his words were to him sic she will not tell but if she be called on her oath I doubt not but she will tell, but she being wroth with him flung from him the last is the wif of George Lane she likwise being sent by her husband for tobacco she came first to the mill and asked the milleard if ther were any milk to mr. waltham his house for she was very dry and he told her noe, but when she came to his house he would faine have her to come in to the inner roome and ther she should have some milke and watter to drinke and with that she suspected him and would not go in because the milleard told her they had no milke and she would not go in but stood at the doore then he came to her and went to plucke abroad her bossome and she was much afrayd of him and did labour to come nearer to the dore but he kept fidling about her bossome and asked whither she was with child or no and moreover loked in her face and asked her wher she did pray or no then at length when she saw her opertunity she ran from him being much afrayd and therfor I would pray you to consider of it whither he be fitt for honest company or else should be confined and I would intreat your advise whether you can grant warrants for these women this court or els that he should be presented for it.

Memorandum by Governor Winthrop: For these wittnesses, it were needfull they should be examined.