12 History of Hingham. 



John Towers £5 00 00 



Daniel Cushin 2 10 00 



William Hersey 10 00 00 



Mr. Bozon Allen 10 00 00 



Mr. Peter Hubbard, the first that subscribed the petition, 2 00 00 



All the rest of the petitioners being fined 81, out of which number are ex- 

 cepted three ; viz., Mr. Peter Hubbard, John Foulshame, and John Tow- 

 ers. The rest, making 78, are fined 20 shillings a piece, the sum of which 

 is — £155 10. 



" ' We have also voted, that, according to the order of the general court, 

 for so long time as their cause hath been in handling, the petitioners 

 shall bear the charge of the general court, the sum of which costs is to be 

 cast up and agreed by the court when the cause is finished.' 



" ' The House of Deputies, having issued the Hingham business before 

 the judgment of our honoured magistrates upon the case came down, 

 they have hereunder expressed their determinate censures upon such as 

 they find delinquent in the case ; viz., — 



Joshua Hubbard is fined £20 00 00 



Anthony Eames 5 00 00 



Thomas Hubbard . 4 00 00 



Edmond Hubbard . 10 00 00 



Daniel Cushan 4 00 00 > 



William Hersey 4 00 00 



Mr. Allen, beside his proportion with the trainband . 1 00 00 

 Edmond Gold 2 00 00 



" ' The rest of the trainband of Hingham. that have an equal vote 

 allowed them by law for the choice of their military officers, are fined 55 

 pounds, to be paid by equal proportion ; the which said sums of 50 and 

 do pounds are laid upon the said delinquents for the satisfying of the 

 charge of the court occasioned by the hearing of the cause, in case the 

 said charge shall arise to the sum of 105 pounds. The deputies desire 

 the consent of the magistrates herein.' 



" Several discordant votes passed each branch before the business was 

 brought to its close." 



After giving an account of the proceedings of the court, 

 Winthrop remarks as follows : — 



" I should have mentioned the Hingham case, what care and pains 

 many of the elders had taken to reconcile the differences which were 

 grown in that church. Mr. Hubbert, the pastor there, being of a Presby- 

 terial spirit, did manage all affairs without the church's advice; which 

 divers of the congregation not liking of, they were divided in two parts. 

 Lieutenant Ernes, &c, having complained to the magistrates, as is before 

 expressed, Mr. Hubbert, &c, would have cast him out of the church, pre- 

 tending that he told a lie ; whereupon they procured the elders to write 

 to the church, and so did some of the magistrates also ; whereupon they 

 stayed proceeding against the lieutenant for a day or two. But he and 

 some twelve more of them, perceiving he was resolved to proceed, 

 and finding no way of reconciliation, they withdrew from the church, and 

 openly declared it in the congregation. This course the elders did not 

 approve of. But being present in the court when their petition against 

 the deputy governour was heard, Mr. Hubbert, perceiving the cause was 



