??? die [August] This day appeared p[er]sonally Cristofer Em[m]erson ??? and a ??? [bacheler?] aged about 24 yeares and ??? ??? ??? and alledged that he intindith to marry wh Anne H?nseden mayden aged about 25 yeares and a proved | ??? And of the truth of the ??? as also ??? ??? | of no lawfull lett or imped??? by reason of any p??? | cons??? ???ffinity or ??? to hinder the intended marriage | ??? ??? ??? ??? and ??? ??? for Ever to be married | in ye p[ar]ish Church of S???hall in the County of Essex or in the p[ar]ish Church of Hormead in the County of Hartford Christopher Emerson

In the name of God Amen The fourteenth daie of Januarie in the yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland king defender of the faith &c the eight one thousand six hundred thirtie two I Anne Howsden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge Spinster beinge aged & sickly but of perfect good remembrance Thanks bee given to god therefore doe make and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following First and chiefly I Com[m]end my soule to Allmighty God my Creator and redeemer stedfastly trusting through the meritts of Jesus Christ to have pardon for my sinnes and to bee accounted one of the nomber of the Elect children of god and my bodie to the Earth from whence it first came to bee buried within the Churchyard of Hinxton aforesaid And as touching that porc[i]on of worldlie goods and Lands which god hath endued mee withall in this transitory life I will give and dispose of them in this manner as followeth I will and give to Edward Howsden the eldest sonne of John Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid tenne pounds of lawfull English money to bee paid vnto him at his age of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto John Howsden the second sonne of the said John Howsden Tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him at his age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Richard Howsden the Third sonne of the said John Howsden my little house at the townes end of HInxton aforesaid with the ground and other appurtenances thereunto belonging to him and his heires for ever Item I will and give vnto William Howsden the fourth sonne of the said John Howsden tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him at his age of Four and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Mary one of the daughters of the said John Howsden the wife of Richard Roberts tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Howsden the second daughter of the said John Howsden tenne pounds of like money to be paid vnto her at her age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Mr Richard Howsden Scholl? five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto hym within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Hester Hamond als Swallow five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him [sic] within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Mary Wood my Goddaughter five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Twyn the daughter of Roger Twyn five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of four and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Anne Howsden the daughter of Edward Howsden five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Anne Twyn the daughter of William Twyn five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and twenty yeares Item I will and give vnto Isabell Gardiner five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of foure and twentie yeares Item I Will and give vnto Edward Howsen Roger Twyn Meryam Twyn and Anne Twyn ye children of widow Twyn now living in HInxston aforesaid to either of them Twenty Shillings of like money to bee paid vnto them at their severall ages of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will & give vnto Richard Riccard of duxford the bond of five pounds which hee oweth vnto me to bee delivered vnto hym by my Executor presently next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Margarett Beale of duxford five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give Nicholas Tittemouse of Hinxton aforesaid five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Tettemouse of Sawston five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Thomas Tittemouse of Witlesford his bond of Five pounds which hee oweth vnto mee to bee delivered vnto him by my Executor presently next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Wallis of Walden twentie shillings of like money And to Michaell Wallis tenne Shillings both of them to bee paid the same within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the Children of Richard Baker which are now liveing six pounds of like money to bee paid and devyded equally amongst them within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Nicholas Carpenter of Cambridge three pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Joane Reeve of Great Chesterford twentie Shillings of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Arthur Ellis of great Shelford his bill of Twenty shillings which hee oweth vnto mee to bee delivered vnto him presently after my decease And also I give and will vnto him twentie shillings of like money within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Isabell Patman of Ickleton five pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give to Justice Reynolds the wife of Thomas Reynolds twentie shillings in like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto John Booth the Parish Clarke twentie shillings of like money to bee paid vnto vnto [sic] him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Susan Jeffery the wife of Thomas Jeffery of Hinxton the yearelie vse of five pounds of money being eight shillings within one yeare next after my decease during her naturall life But if shee overlives her said husband Then my will is that presently after her said husbands death the saide some of five pounds to be given and paid vnto her Item I will and give vnto my Nephew Thomas Ellis all my Copiehold lands lying and being within the Fields of Hinxton aforesaid to him and to his heires for ever And also I will and give vnto him my two acres of Free ground lying in the same Parish to him and to his heires for ever Item I will and give vnto the vse of the poore people of Hinxton aforesaid an annuitie of Fifteene pounds for ever issueing out of my lands lying and being in the towne of Bl???m in the Countie of Bedford in such manner as ??? ??? allready passed the same by Indenture or deede made vnto certayne Feoffees in Hinxton aforesaid and elswhere [sic] to the said vse as by the said Deed or Indenture more at large doth appeare Item I doe forgive Steven Nightingale of Newport eight pounds in money being the last yeares vse of a hundred pounds in money which hee oweth mee vpon bond Item I forgive likewise Richard Lambert of Duxford eight pounds in money being the last yeares vse of a hundred pounds in money which hee oweth mee vpon bond Item I forgive the fiftie pounds in money that my nephew Richard Howsden the eldest sonne of my brother George Howsden oweth vnto mee Also I give and bequeath vnto him the said Richard Twentie Shillings in money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give to William Howsden one other sonne of my said brother George fiftie pounds in lawfull English money to bee paid vnto him within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne Maister some one of the daughters of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Sara one other daughter of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her wthin [sic] one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Alice Sp??? one other daughter of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Margarett one other of the daughters of my said brother George fiftie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will & give vnto Robert Swan tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto him within foure yeares next after my decease if hee happen to dye before the said tyme lymitted The ?? will the said tenne pounds to bee equally devyded amongst his daughter Prudence her children Item I will and give vnto [blank space] one other daughter of the said Robert Swan tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the Children of the said Prudence five pounds in like money to bee paid vnto either of them at their seu[er]all ages of Foure and twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Edward Swan of Ickleton ten pounds of like money and vnto his three daughters either of them likewise tenne pounds to bee paid vnto them severally within two yeares next after my decease Item I will and give to Isabell Gardiner five and twentie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto Anne ???ford and Joane (?) ??? her two daughters to either of them five pounds of like money to bee paid them severally within two yeares next after my decease Item I give and will vnto Anne Smith the Grandchild of the aforesaid Isabell Gardner tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of two and twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Katherine and Marie the two daughters of John Ellis either of them Twenty pounds of like money to bee paid vnto them at their seuerall ages of Foure and Twentie yeares Item I will and give vnto Marie Wade tenne pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her within one yeare next after my decease Item I will and give vnto the children of the said Mary Wade Fortie pounds of like money to bee paid and devyded amongst them in this manner The|| said moeny to bee paid within one yeare next after my decease to some honest Guardian whom her brother Thomas Ellis will appoint to bee putt out to the best vse and advantage of the said Children vntill their severall ages of four and twentie yeares then to bee paid vnto them Item I will and give vnto Anne Ellis the daughter of the said Thomas Ellis fortie pounds of like money to bee paid vnto her at her age of Two and Twentie yeares Memorandum that Anne Housden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge Spinster deceased did whilst shee was of perfect memorie and mind vizt Vpon Saturday being the fourth day of Januarie Anno dni one thousand six hundred thirtiee three declare these words following or the like in effect for her last Will or disposicion of her goods as in this manner followes Namely shee gave and bequeathed vnto her Nephew Richard Housden of Hinxton in the Countie of Cambridge yeoman and Thomas Ellis of Hinxton aforesaid yeoman all her goods chattels and houshold [sic] stuff whatsoever they paying certayne legacies menconed [sic] in writing bearing date the fourteenth day of Januarie one thousand six hundred thirtie two as by the said writings relation thereunto being had may appeared And likewise shee did revoke all former Wills and Testaments which shee had formerly made And these words were thus spoken and delivered in the presence and hearing of the said Richard Howsden and Thomas Ellis As also in the presence of M?riam Twyn widow Emme Gipps wife of William Gipps of Hinxton aforesaid and Elsabeth Patman wife of Jeames Pattam [sic] of Ickleton in the said Countie of Cambridge The marke of Miriam Twyn The marke of Emme Gipps The marke of Elsabeth Pattman Memorandum that after the premisses the above named Anne Housden being of perfect mynd and memorie lying vpon her death bed did by word of mouth will and bequeath vnto Anne Gipps the wife of William Gipps of Hinxton aforesaid fiftie pounds to bee paid vnto her within one yeare after the decease of her the said Anne in the presence & heareing of dyvers Credible witnesses Primo die mensis Februarij Anno dni iuxta cursum et computac[i]o[n]em Ecclie Anglicane Millesimo sexcentesimo ???esimo tertio Emanarit comissu Richo Housden et Thome Ellis Legatar principalisbus no[m]i[n]a in Testamento cum Codic???lo annexo prefat Anne Housden nuper de Hinxton in Comitatu Cantabrigie solute defunct Ad administrand bona Jura et credita eiusdem defunct iuxta tenorem Testam'ti et Codicilli dci defunct eo quod eadem defunct nullum in eisdem nominverit Ex'rem de bene et fideliter Administrand eadm ad sca dei Evangelia Coram Johanne Conway Cl'ico ???gore Comiss??? in ea parte als emanat Jurat

Jug In the name of god Amen the twelf [sic] day of Julye 1642 and in the yeare of the Raygne of o[ur] Soueraigne Lorde Charle... by the grace of god of Englande Scotland Fraunce and Ireland kinge defendo[ur] of the fayth etc the Eighteene [sic] I John Howsden the elder of Hinxston in the Countie of Cambridge yeoman the vnprofytable servant of god weake in bodye but of whole mynde and good and p[er]fytt [sic] memorye the lord be praysed doe make and ordayne this my last Will and Testament in Manner & forme followinge vtterlye revokinge all former Wills heretofore by me made whatsoeuer Fyrst and most princypallie I Com[m]mende my Soule into the handes of Almightye god my maker trusting most assuredlye In by and through the death and most bytter passyon of his Sonne my Savio[ur] Jesus Christe to haue full pardon even the Remyssyon of all my Sinnes and offences And I Com[m]ende my bodye to ye earth wherof yt is made And as Concernynge all my Landes and Tennements [sic] goodes and Chattles [sic] whatsoeuer wherof and wherwith yt hath pleased god to make me Steward of herein this lyfe and vale of myserye this is my mynde will and devise Fyrst I geive will and bequeath vnto Alice my beloved wife my three half acres of errable land more or les [sic] with thapp[ur]tnauncs which I late purchased of one Mathew Markeris lyeng in the Feilde of greate Chesterford in the Countye of Essex And alsoe Fower acres and two twentye foote of Meadowground lyenge in the South meadow late Raymond and one half acre of errable lande lyenge nere Wittelsford Closes late Vownhams with their app[ur]tnauncs sett and beinge in the p[ar]ish and Feildes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambredge to holde the same to her the sayd Alice my wife her heyres and assignies for ever Item I alsoe geive and bequeath vnto the sayd Alice my wife all other my landes and Tennements both Free and Copye whatsoeuer I haue within the Towne p[ar]ish and Feildes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambridg with all ther App[ur]tnauncs to holde to her and her assignies for and duringe the Terme of her naturall lyfe The Remaynder therof after her decease as here followeth Item I geive and bequeath vnto Edward Howsden my eldest Sonne Tweluepence Item I geive and bequeath vnto John Howsden my second Sonne Twelupence Item I geive and bequeath vnto Richard Houwsden my Third Sonne and to his heyres for ever after the decease of my wife The Messuage or Tenement wherin I nowe dwell withall the howses orchard Crofte adioynynge and other the app[ur]tnauncs belonginge to the same together alsoe with Tenn Acres more or less of Copyholde lande and Eightene Acres more or less of Freelande with ther App[ur]nauncs late purchased of John Howsden Sonne of Will'm Howsden deceased sett lyenge and beinge in the Towne p[ar]ish and Feilds of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countye of Cambridge Item I geive will and bequeath vnto Will'm Howsden my youngest Sonne and to his heyres for ever after the decease of my wife One Messuage or Ten[n]ement called Scotts wherin one Lawrance Whiskyn nowe dwelleth with the howses orchard Croft adioynynge and alsoe one Acre & a halfe of errable lande more or less belonginge to the same withall & every their App[ur]tnauncs together alsoe with Three Acres and a Twenty foote of errable lande more or less with thapp[ur]tenauncs' late Raymonds And alsoe a halfe yarde land conteyninge fyftene acres more or less with thapp[ur]tnauncs called Sloowes late Edward Howsdens my fathers lyenge in the Towne p[ar]ish and boundes of Hinxston aforesayd in the sayd Countie of Cambredge Item wheras ther is a suite dependinge in Chauncerye betweene Richard Howsden and Thomas Ellis deceased my kynsmen and me, for certayne money due as appeareth by a decree in the Courtof request dated the twelf of November 1640 and other subsequent orders in that Court made All which money and all my right tytle and interest in ??ind to the sayd money orders and suites I geive and bequeath wholly vnto Christopher Emmerson my Sonne in lawe and his assignies to his and their disposinge Item I geive and bequeath vnto Ann Emmerson my dawghter my best Milch Cowe which she will Choose Item I geive vnto Marye Booth my goddaughter and to my Three Servants every of them Tenn shillinges a peice Item I geive and bequeath vnto Amye Twynn Six powndes of lawfull english money to be payd her vppon request within one yere next after my decease The Resydew of all other my moveable Goodes and Chattles whatsoeuer vnbequeathed my debts beinge payd Legacyes performed and funerall Charges borne I geive and bequeath them whollye vnto the sayd Alice my beloved wife whome I make name and appoynte sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament not doubtinge but she will see the same in althinges p[er]formed accordinglye In witnes wherof I the sayd John Howsden haue herevnto sett my hande and Seale the daye and yeare aboue written John Housden Theise being witnesses Thomas Coop[er] John booth Ext jo Julij 1644 : p[er] executri??

??? xiijo Maij 1634 To the right hoble Thomas Lord Coventry ...[next words hidden in crease] Humbly shew vnto your good lorp your orators Richard Housden of Hinxton ['68' written above line] in the county of Cambridge singleman and Thomas Ellys of the same towne and county yoman [sic] executors of the of the [sic] last will and testam' of Ann Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid spinster deceased That whereas the said Ann Howsden in her life time being possessed of seu[er]all peeces or p[ar]cells of old gold w[hi]ch neyther shee nor Richard Housden her brother form[er]ly deceased whose executrix shee was wold in in any sort depart withall in regard the same gold had ~~ continued a long time in their custody and of their parents And of one hundred pounds or thereabouts of other gold and of diuers spoones of siluer and of siluer and guilt plate lynnen bedding good timber and wood of good value and being a sole woman very aged and weak of body for the more safe keeping of the greatest and cheifest p[ar]t thereof did within about the space of fower or fiue yeres before her decease intrust John Howsden of Hinxton aforesaid theld[ur] and alice his wife being neighbors vnto her as also Edward Howsden theyr sonne Mary one of theyre (?) daughters and now wife of Richard Roberts And Ann Howsden one other of the daughters of the said John Howsden and Alice ... And that the said John Housden w[i]thin or about the time aforesaid receaued and borowed of the said testatrix twenty pounds or thereabouts of lawfull money of England And also receaued of or from the said testatrix one hundred and three skore pound or thereabouts of like money and diuers other seu[er]all soms of money And that the said Edward within or about the same time receaued forty pound or thereabouts of one El??? to or for her vse ...did your orators further shew that the said testatrix ~~ afterwards made her ast will & testam' and ordeined your orators executors thereof and died by and after whose death your orators haue taken vpon them the probate and execuc[i]on of the said will & testam' whereby your orators conceiue that the said old gold & other gold and monies deliu[er]ed receiued or borowed as aforesaid as also the said spoons plate lyn[n]en bedding goods timber wood & troughs doe of right belong vnto your orators But soe yt ys may yt please your good Lor'p that the said John Howsden and Alice Edward Richard Robtes Mary and Anne the daughter ... do giue out in speeches that the said testatrix did giue vnto them or som[m]e of them all that the said gold moneys and plate and spoones And also all such lynnen bedding goods woods tymber & troughs w[hi]ch were the said testatrix and w[hi]ch were deliu[er]ed vnto any of them or left in any of their possession or custody howbeit the said John Howsden for some ~~ p[ar]te of the said money shold haue surrendered all or the greatest p[ar]te of his custumary lands holden of he manor of Hinxton aforesaid to the vse of the said testatrix and of her heyres vpon condicon for paym' ql (?) of a yerely som[m]e of money to hee the said testatrix her heyers executors adm'?ss or assignes and yet made noe surrender thereof or if any such surrend[er] were made the same (?) was suppressed to bee of noe effect by the meanes of the said John to thend as your orators conceiue yt might bee thought that the said hundred and three skore pounds was giuen vnto him or that your orator Richard Howsden who is cozen and next heyer of the said testatrix ad one of her executors shold take noe benefit thereby nor haue any knowledge to what vse the same lands were surrendred [sic] or vpon what condic[i]on as whither the same condicon [sic] bee p[er]formed by the paym't of the monies therein menconed at and according to the tiiiiis therein limited ... ... Rob iiifeiii? The Joint seu[er]all Answere of John Hoiseden & Alice his wife Edward ...seden Richard Roberts & Mary ... & Anne Houseden Deffendts to ye Bill of Complaynt of Richard Houseden & Thomas Ellice Com... 68 The sayd deffs now & at all tymes hereafter sauing vnto hemselues all advantages of Exception to ye inc[er]tainty & other insufficiency of ye sayd Bill of Complayn... exhibited against hem ye sayd Deffs vnto his most honorable Court ... yt... rather of malice & evill will Conceived against ye sayd John Houseden and of hese Deffs to ye intent hereby to vex & molset him (being an old & lame man) & his sayd wife & Children ... But ... ye sayd Anne deceased in her life tyme did freely giue and deliver to ye sayd Anne and of ye Deffs (being goddaughter to ye sayd Ann now deceased) some silver spoones, & some mony [sic] in a purse ... And his Deff John Houseden further acknowledgeth & Confesseth yt about j yeare since hee received of he sayd Anne or by her appoitnmt ye sum[m]e of One | hundred & Three scoore pounds of lawfull English money whereof One h...dred & xx was payed deliu[er]ed to him his Def from & for her ye Sayd Anne, by ye sayd Thomas Ellice one of ye Compl'ts, & by ye appointmt of ye sayd Anne And hother 40 li was payd by one ...ling from & for ye sayd Ann & by her appoyn...t to Edward Howsden one of his Deffs Sonnes, soe was payed to his Deff by his sayd sonne, but hee his Deff otherwise never received any money of ye sayd Elling (?) to or for ye vse of he sayd Anne, And his Deff further sayth, hat his sum[m] of One hundred & Three scoore pounds so paied to him this Deff was p[ar]t of y mony given or intended or Charged to be given to his Deff by ye sayd Richard Houseden deceas...d & p[ar]t of hat w[hi]ch shee ye sayd Anne was wont vsu...y to say to be p[art]t of ye private will w[hi]ch shee was trusted ...all & Charged by ye sayd Richard Housden to pay to his Def ... [some words hidden in crease]...imselfe his Children And yet for yt ye sayd Ann would have ye vse or benefite hereof arising to be & goe to her ye sayd Ann H...den (now deceased) during her life, & after to ...mayne to him his Deff & his Children, herefore by ye ag?ee... of ye sayd ... of him his Deff & for her better security for ye true paym't of ye vse of ye sayd 160li to her ye sayd Ann, hee his Deffs did make ...nder in writing (about one yeare bef... ye Death of ye sayd Ann & about ye tyme yt ye same sum[m] of 160li was all p...ayed vnto ... of his Coppihold or Customary lands holden of ye manno[ur] of Hinxton, into ye hands ... ye hen Lord of ye same Manno[ur] by ye han... of Thomas Coop Edward Houseden two C...stomary Tenants of ye same manno[ur] according to y... ... same manno\ur] to ye vse of her y [sic] sayd Anne for ye Terme of her life onely & not of ... her heyres as in ye Bill is sugg...d And vpon Co... ye paymt of ye sum of xij (?) li & xvj ? yearely to ye sayd Ann during her life onelie (?) ... And ye ...d Alice an other of hese Deffs sayth yt shee never borrowed any mony of ye sayd Anne deceased Nor eu[er] received any mony of any other p[er]son for her But shee Confesseth hat Two Featherbedds & b...lsters, one Chest of Lynnen, wherein here ... about 20 payre of sheets, and about 4 or 5 loades of Timber & Wood were sent to her howse by or from ye sayd Ann deceased in her life tyme And yt ye same after ye death of ye sayd Anne was all fetched or Carried away againe from her house by ... now Compl'ts ... did freely ... ye sayd ...er pinne ... p[ro]per vse in ye p[re]sence of one Marrion Twinn widdow being hen in ye Chomber (?) ...

Primo die Junij 1644 Mardwall (?) To the Right hob'le the Earles of kent and Bullingrooke & others Com:s for the Greate seale of England Humbly compl' sheweth to yo[ur] hono's you[ur] ora:os Christopher Emerson of London merchant & Anne his wife, That whereas about eight yeares since one Edward Howsden cl're Parson of the p[ar]ish of Hornemeade in the county of Hertford & [Blank] his then wife since deceased by con... made after marriage were seised in Fee of a messuage & certaine lands in the s'd p[ar]ish of Hornemeade or therevnto adioyning of the yearely value of 40 : li And the s'd Edward Howsden was then alsoe se'id in Fee of other lands in the said p[ar]ish or neare therevnto o... yearely value of 10li And the s'd Edward Howsden then was & yet is poss'ed of a p[er]sonall estate in money debts bonds leases Cattle howshold stuffe & other things to the value of 2000:li or thereabouts, And the s'd Edward Howsden being of the s'd lands soe seis... & of the s'd p[er]sonall estate soe possessed about the time afores'd there was a treaty & com[m]unicac[i]on betweene yo[ur] orator & the s'd Edward Howsden for a marriage to be had & solemnized betweene yo[ur] orator & yo[ur] oratrix Anne (neece of the s'd Edward Howsde... the s'd Edward did often thentofore divulge in speeches that hee having noe chieldren [sic] of his owne would make the s'd Anne his heire & would give vnto her all his reall & p[er]sonall estate whatsoever, And the s'd Edward Howsden did then contract agree & p[ro]mise to give and pay vnto yo[ur] orator the som[m]e of 700li out of his owne purse in present in case yo[ur] orator would marry & take to wife the s'd Anne Howsden whom hee the s'd Edward declared hee intended to make his heire as afores'd, & that hee would give her all his p[er]sonall estate & all lands whereof hee was solely seised or estated after his death to her & the heires of her body, And that in case hee survived his wife hee would alsoe settle the s'd Messuage & lands of the value of 40 li p[er] Annu[m] vpon the s'd Anne & the heires of her body, Wherevpon shortly after yo[ur] orator (relying vpon the s'd promise & agreemt of the s'd Edward Howsden) did marry & take to wife the s'd Anne by & with the Consent of the s'd Edward Howsden, w[hi]ch marriage was made & p[er]formed at the p[ar]ish church of Strethall in the County of Essex by one Mr Linsey the minister of the s'd church, by the speciall direcc[i]on & appointemt of the s'd Edward Howsden after hee himself had p[er]used yo[ur] orators lycense in that behalf graunted, w[hi]ch hee the sd Edward then affirmed hee would have p[er]formed himself if hee (then & yet practizing Phisicke) had not then had speciall & vrgent occasions requiring his p[re]sence, And further sheweth that after the s'd marriage solemnized & the s'd Edward Howsden neglecting to p[er]forme his s'd promise, ... in p[ar]te of paym't thereof the s'd Edward Howsden did then & there in the p[re]sence of the s'd witnesses give & graunt or declare to give & graunt vnto yo[ur] orator & his heires a messuage & malthowse w[i]th thapp[er]tencs & 28:ty acres of land to the some lying in Hinxton in the County of Cambridge nowe or late in the tenure of John Howsden for satisfacc[i]on of the some [sic] of 260 li p[ar]te of the 500 :li and that hee would then after make vnto yo[ur] orator sufficient conveyance & assurance in the lawe thereof, ...the s'd Edward Howsden hath at severall times only paid vnto yo[ur] orator the summe of 30 :li & noe more in p[ar]te of satisfacc[i]on of ye s'd 500 li (vizt) 5:s in ready money at his owne dwelling howse at Hornemeade, & then writt a note & sent it by yo[ur] orator to his nephewe Edward Howsden the yonger [sic] to deliver to yo[ur] orator a bond of 40: s then in his custody wherein the s'd John Howsden stood bound to him the s'd Edw: Howsden cl're for paymt of 20:s that yo[ur] orator might receave the money and therevpon but the s'd Edward Howsden the nephewe delaying to deliu[er] to yo[ur] orator the s'd bond, the s'd Edward Howsden cl're wrott another note to the s'd Edward Howsden & sent the same by one Edward Trigg to deliver the s'd bond to yo[ur] orator w[hi]ch hee then delivered vp to yo[ur] orator, & yo[ur] orator hath since receaved the principall money 20 : li therevpon due ...... But nowe soe it is may it please yo[r] hono's that the s'd Edward Howsden (his wife beinge lately dead combining practiseing & confederating wh Margaret Allen his maide servant a woman of a suspected reputac[i]on & one James Merry her father in lawe servant alsoe to the s'd Edward Howsden the s'd confederates doe plott & conspire howe & by what meanes they may defeate & defraude yo[ur] orator ... And yo[ur] orator lately coming in a peaceable man[n]er to the s'd Edward Howsden ... hee the s'd Edward Howsden, & the s'd Margaret Allen & James Merry did to picke a quarrell w[i]th (?) yo[ur] orator) frist [sic] vntruly charge yo[ur] orator to have spoken some words tending to impeach the reputac[i]ons of the s'd Edward Howsden & Margaret Allen, w[hi]ch yo[ur] orator denying, yet nevertheles ye said confederates did then assault & greevously beate & wound yo[ur] 'sd orator, & did threaten that if yo[ur] orator entred [sic] vpon the s'd ten acres of land or come againe to the howse to make any such demands that they would beate or kill yo[ur] s'd orator, & soe by threates & violente the s'd confederates doe keepe the poss'ion of the s'd land by force from yo[ur] orator And the s'd confederates doe alsoe give out in speeches the s'd Edward Howsden hath lately settled & assured or intendeth to settle & assure the sd lease & all other the s'd good lands & whole estate of the s'd Edward Howsden vpon the s'd Margaret Allen in reward of her good service & for noe other valuable consideracon or to some others in trust for her or the s'd Merry ... the s'd Margaret Allen & James Merry & [next few words hidden in crease in page] gotten into their hands all the deeds writings & evidence touching the s'd lands doe conceale & suppresse the same, & taking advantage of the greate age & nowe weaknes in judgemt of the s'd Edward Howsden doe ingrosse the s'd Edward Howsden & conceale & keepe him in their pow... [next few words hidden in crease] from him to speak... the s'd Edward Howsden to p[er]fect the s'd bargaines or to compose & agree the sd differences, & the sd confederates doe imbezell & purloyne the estate of the s'd Edward Howsden & doe alter divers debts & bonds into their owne names or others in trust for them & doe imbezell the sd goods & chattels wch doe p[ro]p[er]ly belong vnto yo[ur] orators ... The joynt and severall answeres of Edward Howsden Clarke Margarett Allyn & James Merry Defend'ts to ye bill of Complaint of Christopher Emerson and Anne his wife Complaynts ... And first the said Edward Howsden for himselfe saith that aboute the tyme in the bill of Complaynt menc[i]oned hee the said Edward Howsden & Elizabeth his then wife since deceased were joyntly seized to them & their heires of one messuages or tenem't the p[ar]ish of Hormead in the County of Hertfs & certen Land to ye same belonginge of the vallue of Ten pounds p[er] Annu[m] or thereabouts which was purchased by the said defend't Edward Howsdens late wife ... this Defen't saith that true it is that aboute the tyme in the bill menc[i]oned this defend't heard that the Complt xpofer was an earnest suito[ur] to ye Compl't: Anne and some freinds [sic] of ye said xpofers weere [sic] very importunate & earnest w[i]th this defend't to give his Consent to ye said marriage which this defend't could not be brought to in regard the Complaynants are first Cozens & this defend't for ye Consanguinity betweene them did not hold it fitt they should marry together Wherevppon ye Compl't: xpofer grew more earnest in his suite And some freinds [sic] of ye said Compl't : xpofers weere [sic] fearefull that if the said marriage should not have taken effect the said Compl Christopher would have done some wronge vnto himselfe & therevppon w[i]th more importunity did sollicite this defend't for his Consent to ye said m...ge As by a letter from the Compl:ts Sister to this defend't will appeare Which marriage this defend't was allwayes against And this defend't likewise saith that true it is the Compl't: Xpofer did bringe this Defend't a license graunted for ye supposed marriage aforesaid And this Defend't vppon p[er]usall of ye same f?ndeinge a Clause in the said license that there should be noe affinity or consanguinity betweene the said p[ar]ties (& this Defend't knoweinge ye neerenes [sic] of blood betweene them returned him his license againe but neu[er] gave him any direcc[i]on or appoyntm't to goe to Strethall in Essex or to any other place for ye p[er]formance of ye same ... Nor was this Defend'ts practise in Phisick soe greate but that hee might have spared soe much tyme, if he had beene wilinge w[i]th the said marriage Nor doth this Defend't know that the said marriage was solempnized at Strethall but rather beleives [sic] the contrary in regard of ye Consanguinity aforesaid ... But this Defend't saith that the Complt: xpofer makeinge his moane to this Defend't that he wanted a howse to live in, & this Defend't haveinge a howse at Hinxton aforesaid the possession whereof was deteyned from him hee this Defend't told the said Compl't: that if hee could gett ye possession of that howse hee might live in the same rent free only hee should give this Defend't a Supp of beere when hee came that way Which was the conference which passed betweene the Compl't: & this Defend't at that tyme: / And this Defendt doth confesse that since that tyme hee this defendt: in considerac[i]on of a Some of money the certainty whereof this defend't doth not now remember did sell convey & assure ~ the said messuage maulthouse & land to the same belonginge to John Howsden in the bill named & his heires who had ye reverc[i]on of the same after the death of this Defend't & his said Late wife as he hopeth vnder favo[ur] of this hono'ble Court was lawfull for him to doe ... And this Defend't further sayth that since the tyme of the said p[re]tended marriage the said Compl't makeinge many journeys over to this Defend't & much moane that hee was in such want of money hee know not how to subsiste this Defend't hath at severall tymes releeved his necessityes & hath disbursed to him the Some of Fifty pounds Twenty pounds whereof was received vppon the bond in the bill menc[i]oned wherein John Howsden stood bound to this Defendt: And this Defend't likewise saith that hee was Contented to assigne vnto the Compl:t a lease where of hee this Defend't stood possessed of Tenne acres of land by estimac[i]on in the bill menc[i]oned to beginne for the adsu[er]ue of this terme w[hi]ch shalbe to come & vnexpired after the death of him this Defend't And for the draweinge of an Indenture of Assignem't to comence [sic] after his death as aforesaid hee this Defend't did deliver vnto the Complt the Indenture of Assignem't of this said lease dated the 22th: [sic] of February Anno viij:o Jacobi Regis made by one Thomas Bownest to him this Defend't: But the said Compl't: not pursueinge the said ~ Instrucc[i]ons given him by this Defendt concerninge ye Assignem't aforesaid Did drawe or cause to be drawne an Assignem'te of ye said Lease Dated about two yeares Since & to beginne from that tyme quite contrary to ye direcc[i]on given him by this Defendt which this Defend't: did refuse to seale & did tell the Compl't: that hee would give him the said Lease by his Will ... And as to ye Assault or Battery p[re]tended to be made by this Defend't vppon the Compl't: Hee this Defend't: saith that the Compl't: cominge at one tyme vnto his this Defend'ts howse & haveinge vsed vncivill & scandalous speeches of this Defend't Hee this Defend't laid his hands gently vppon him & putt him out of his howse sayeinge that hee would nourish noe such vipers, the which is all the Assault & battery that hee ever made vppon him ... And the said Margarett Allyn ... saith that shee verrily beleeveth that the said Compl't Xpofer (haveinge by his owne relac[i]on lowdly spent & consumed his estate) doth intend to heale & recover himselfe out of ye Defend't Edward Howsdens esta... ...All which matters these Defend'ts are ready to averre & prove as this Ho'ble Court shall award & humbly pray to be hence dismissed w[i]th their reasonable Costs & Charges in this behalfe most wrongfully susteyned Edward Howsden signu[m] margaret Allen Jacobi ? Merry Ad (?) Ed'us Howsden Cl'icus Margaretta Allyn et Jacobus Merry Jurat fuer' ~ vicessimo primo die Junij vicessimo Caroli Regs apud Hormead in Com Hertfs coram nobis PhilL: CagL Johe Warde sen'