ing to the Royal Commission with Two shillings Damage and Costs of Court Nath" Wear of hampton Yeoman attached in £500 as in the writ of Vaughan, The Jury finds as above 5 Shillings Damage & Costs of Court Rich Waldron of Cochecho Esq' attached in £3000 as in the writ of Vaughan The Jury finds as above Ten Shilling Damages & Costs of Court Vera Copia from the Court book Test R: Chamberlin Protho I Rich Chamberlin Esq' Secretary of his Majties Province of Newhampshire do humbly Certifie that upwards of Thirty Six persons of the Inhabitants & freeholders in ye sd Prove have been sworn of the Jury upon the actions brought by Rob' Mason Esq' propriet & yt several persons whome m' mason had Sued & had Judgem agt them were afterward Summoned to be of the Jury in the like Actions Some whereof ware fined for refuseing to be of ye Jury others for not appearing & some desired to be Excused from being put on the Jury & yt in the actions which were tryed in ap' & may Last being about Thirty The Jury found Damages to m' mason from five pounds to Twenty pounds according to the value of the lands the Def possessed, & that Mr Vaughan nor any other did produce any Evidence or record to make out a title. Vera Copia Test R. Chamberlin Secretary The names of the Jury men & place of abode Such of the Jury as were excepted agt were Sworn upon A Voire dire that they shall not have profitt or Loss in the Cause Vera Copia Rich Partridge D Cler. Pro: Newhampshire Vera Copia from the Superiour Court Records Compared the 8th of June 1704 Vera Copia Compared the 9th July 1704 Copy Examin'd Theodore Atkinson Cle' Theodore Atkinson Cler Geo: Jaffrey Cl [Conveyance, Mason to Lyford, Oct. 29, 1683.] [Masonian Papers, Vol. 1, p. 12.] This Indenture made ye 29th day of Oct' In ye 35th year of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles ye 24 by ye Grace of God King of Engla Scotland France & Ireland Defend of ye faith &c An°q: Dom: 1683 Between Robert Tufton Mason Esq' Proprietor of pe Pro of N=Hamps' In N=Engla of one part & Francis Leyford of Exeter In ye sd Pro Mariner of ye other part Witnesseth y' was ye sd Rob Tufton Mason by virtue of a Grant from King James of famous Memory In ye 18th year of yo Reign is Instated In Fee of al those Lands Islands & Rivers Lying Between y Rivers of Naumkege & Piscataqua Calla N=Hamps & of al Rights Royaltys & Preheminencys wthin ye Same Now this Indenture further Witnesseth yt ye sd Robt Tufton Mason for divers good Causes & Considerations him thereto Especially Moveing hath Grant Bargain Sold Enfeoff & Confirm & hereby doth Grant Bargain Sell Enfeoff & Confirm to ye sd Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns all yt cell of Pasture Land In Exeter afores Com'only Call or known by ye Name of Sam" Dudleys great Pasture Containing about Sixty Acres Also fifteen Acres of Marsh land or thereabouts adjoyning to ye sd Pasture land Bound Westerly by ye highway Notherly by ye land of Cornelius Lary Easterly by ye River & Southerly by Staniels Creek Also Seven Acres of land In ye sheeps Pasture lying on ye West Side of ye highway Begining at ye Nothermost End or Side of Sam" Dudley Dec his House all whmises are now In ye Possession of ye sd Francis Leyford Excepting out of Each cel of ye sdmises a Convenient Path or highway for Com'on use if it shal be found needfulAlso Excepting & Reserveing to ye sd Robert Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns out of this sent Grant all Mines & Minerals y' shall be found or be hereafter whin yemises & al Pine Trees fit for Masts of Ships of four & twenty Inches throu to be measured ten foot from y Ground To HAVE & TO HOLD ye sd land wth ye Houses thereto Belonging wth ye Appurtens (Except Before Except) to yo s Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns to the Only use & Behoof of him yes Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns forever-Yielding & paying therefore yearly & Every year forever to ye sd Robt Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns ye An'ual Rent of thirteen Shill's of lawful Money of N=Engl & one Shill:' for Every Dwelling House (more then one) y' is or shal be Built upon the mises on ye feast of st John Baptist & ye Nativity of our Lord God by Equal portions wthout any abatem or Defalcation w'soever & if it shal happen ye sd An'ual Rent of thirteen Shills & one Shill: or any part thereof to be Behinde & unp by ye Space of twenty days next after Either day of paym' afores Being Lawfully Demandd then ye sd Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns shal forfiet & pay to ye sd Robt Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns double ye Money so Behind & unp & yo sd Rob Tufton Mason for himself his heirs & Assigns doth hereby Covent wth ye sd Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns yt he ye sd Robt Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns the hereby Grant mises to ye sd Francis Leyford his heirs & Assigns agt all sons shall & will Warrant & forever hereby Defend & ye sd Francis Leyford for himself his heirs & Assigns doth hereby Covent with ye sa Robt Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns yt he ye sa Frans Leyford his heirs & Assigns shal & wil from time to time preserve & keep ye Buttalls & Boundals of & upon any ye hereby Grant mises & at ye End of Every ten years deliver to ye sd Robt Tufton Mason his heirs & Assigns a Terror fairly Ingross of ye sdmises wth ye most known Buttals & Boundals of ye Same In Witness w'of ye parties hereto have Interchangably Set their hands & Seals ye day & year first above written Seal & Da In sence of Rich Chamberlain Henry Crowne Robert Tufton Mason [seal] Enter & Record According to ye Originall ye 10th day of May 1693 Pro® New Hamps } Tho' Davis Secry the foregoing is a True Copy from Lib' N° 4: fol° 36 & 37 Exam this 9th day of Dec' 1737 : Josh Peirce Record' [Robert Mason's Waiver, Dec. 5, 1683.] [Council Book 1, p. 62.] Whereas Robert Mason Esq' hath obtained Judgement against &c &c & all persons Inhabitants of ye sd Prove for Lands and Tenements therein And for as much as Some of the Said persons seem dissatisfied with the Said Judgements. The Said Robert Mason did openly in Court Declare that with every person with whom he had a Tryal, he woud wave the benefit of the Judgement obtained against them & Suspend Execution with a New Tryall with Each person in any of his Majts Courts in Westm' Hall, Either in Easter or Trinity Terms Next ensuing provided the Defend' doth give in Security to this Court to pay Such damages as shalbe awarded to him the Said Mason by any his Majts Courts aforesaid And he doth allow One Moneths time from this Day being the 5th Decem' 1683 for giving in Such Security [Proclamation about Deeds, Feb. 17, 1683–4.] Whereas Robert Mason Esq' hath made complaint unto me, that very few of the Inhabitants have come to him to take Deeds of their lands in this Province from him according to y condic'ons laid down in His Mats Royal Com'iss" of the 9th of May 1682, notwithstanding he hath bin upon the place for almost five months time ready to grant the same upon ye terms aforesd: But now in regard severall persons may still expect the same benefit after ye prosecuc'on of His Claim, he hath desired me to signify to all persons concerned that they have one months time after the date hereof to make an agreement with himself (if they think fit) otherwise I am desired to certify to His May such their refusall, that the sd Mason may be discharged from such Obligac'on: Given under my hand & ye Seal of the Province ye 17th of ffebr 1683. Edw: Cranfield Statement of Walter Barefoot, Nov. 6, 1684, State Papers, Vol. 1, p. 503. Petition of inhabitants against Mason, 1685, State Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 575-578. Papers in Mason vs. Wiggin and Nutter, for assault, 1685, State Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 578-582. [Deed, Wonalancet to Jonathan Tyng, Oct. 10, 1685.] [Masonian Papers, Vol. 1, p. 13.] TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these Presents Shall Come Greeting Know Ye That Wanalansit Indian, the only Son Surviving of Passaconoway, who was the Great and Chief Sachem upon Merimack River to whom the Rest of the Indians Annually Paid Tribute in his Days; The said Wanalansit Sachem for and in Consideration of the full and just Sum of Three Score and Ten Pounds to him well and truly Paid in hand, Together with Several other Charges Expended upon and Gifts and Kindnesses Shewd to him, by M Jonathan Tyng of Dunstable on Merimack River, in the Massachusetts Colony in New England, all which is to the full Satisfaction and Content of the said Wanalansit; and thereof and of every Part of said Payment the said Wanalansit Do Acquit and Discharge the said Jonathan Tyng his Heirs and administrators forever by these Presents, Have |