Francis Blomefield

“ On August 29th was published the ordinance for the ejection of scandalous, ignorant, and insufficient ministers and school-masters, by which, most of the ablest divines were ejected, and others, fit for the purpose of those times, put in, by the sole power of a set of commissioners appointed in each county for that purpose; any five of which had power to eject any man, if five of the ministers, assistants to the commissioners, joined with them ”

“ Pooley came into court, and openly declared, that the Lord's day is not to be sanctified or kept holy, but that the Saturday is the Sabbath, and ought to be kept, calling the Lord's day an idol day, and openly charged the justices on the bench, of injustice, &c. ”

“ In 1654, on certain intelligence of "risings in several places in the nation, against the publique government," whereby the disaffected are like to be mutinous, a company of 120 well affected persons, such as may be confided in, were listed, to be in readiness at any warning to take up arms, to be aiding and assisting to the mayor and sheriffs, for the appeasing of all turn alts in the city, and Mr. ”