PLYMOUTH MEMOIRS. 
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Trelawny, and S r J no Rogers, ag* m r Parker, & 
m r Calmady, who they satt up. 190 ag* 135. this 
so mortifyed y e men, and broke the credit of the 
party, that even the Eegulator, s r F D. became 
quite confounded, and never cared to concern him 
selfe in town matters, in pure discontent. 
this Mayor was a merchant, and thats all : of no 
knowledge in town affaires, or of any parts, beside 
trading, by w ch the town suffred much, as it did 
by his Successor also. 
1698- 99 249. Jn° Neal [Keel]. 
who was also a meer merchant, and from Ignor- 
ance In town usages & Justiceship, was so beweldred, 
that things went very uneasy, and all the care 
wanting that was necesary to cleanse it of dung, 
beggers multiplyed, and the corporation fain into 
y e Lowest contempt. In this mans time four magis- 
trates were chosen, Joseph Webb. W. Davys. S. 
Allen. & tho. Lymber y e 2 latter of y e new model, 
so that In the short time of their chartar four of 
their upper bench dyed, viz. W. Munyon. W. Tom. 
W. Cotton, & Tho. Knotsford. in March this yeare 
my brother JSTath. dyed, he was a zealot In this new 
model, and beleive the disappointment they met, 
& y e odium they contracted, helpe to bring that 
Asthma upon him of w cb he dyed. 
1699- 700 250. Richard Opy [Opie]. 
This Gent, was one of the 24 or Comon councell 
in the old chartar, and left out by the E. of Bathe 
and W. Martin in their new one 1684. and Restored 
in that of s r F. Brake - but he abbetted none of his 
Arbitrary, sinnister, whiggish designs, nor followed 
the stepps of his 3 last predecessors, but made free 
as many churchmen as he could, by w ch he broke 
Jn? Warrens ballance, so displeased s r F D so that 
he Abdicated y e town & came not neare in several 
yeares, doing us all the despight he could without 
Regard to his call or the Interest of his friends 
here, who sufferd his oppression, so much as 
his enemys. 
