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Major John Bradford is "next to the pulpit stairs"; Elisha Bradford on the left "as you go in"; Benjamin Eaton's place is "between minister's stairs and west door"; while Peter West is ingloriously, and for what reason we know not, relegated to the gallery "in the front, next to the stairs, behind the women." MAJOR JOHN BRADFORD IS NEXT TO THE PULPIT STAIRS ELISHA BRADFORD ON THE LEFT AS YOU GO IN BENJAMIN EATON'S PLACE IS BETWEEN MINISTERS STAIRS AND WEST DOOR WHILE PETER WEST IS INGLORIOUSLY AND FOR WHAT REASON WE KNOW NOT RELEGATED TO THE GALLERY IN THE FRONT NEXT TO THE STAIRS BEHIND THE WOMEN
sed to public view; whipping-posts; cleft sticks for profane tongues. Drunkenness was punished by disfranchisement; the blasphemer and the heretics were branded with a hot iron. Let us look at some of these old records, not all of them as ferocious as this, but interesting for the minutiæ which they preserve and which makes it possible for us to reconstruct something of that atmosphere of the past. It was ninety-six years after the settlement at Plymouth that Kingston made its first request for a separation. It was not granted for almost a decade, but from then on the ecclesiastical records furnish us with a great deal of intimate and chatty material. For instance, we learn in 1719 that Isaac Holmes was to have "20 shillings for sweeping, opening and shutting of the doors and casements of the meeting house for 1 year," which throws some light upon sextons' salaries! The minute directions as to the placing of the pews in the meeting-house (1720) contain a pungent element of personality. TO PUBLIC VIEW WHIPPING POSTS CLEF STICKS FOR PROFANE TONGUES DRUNKENNESS WAS PUNISHED BY DISFRANCHISEMENT THE BLASPHEMER AND THE HERETICS WERE BRANDED WITH A HOT IRON LET US LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OLD RECORDS NOT ALL OF THEM AS FEROCIOUS AS THIS BUT INTERESTING FOR THE MINUTE WHICH THEY PRESERVE AND WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO RECONSTRUCT SOMETHING OF THAT ATMOSPHERE OF THE PAST IT WAS NINETY SIX YEARS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT AT PLYMOUTH THAT KINGSTON MADE ITS FIRST REQUEST FOR A SEPARATION IT WAS NOT GRANTED FOR ALMOST A DECADE BUT FROM THEN ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS FURNISH US WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INNITE AND CHATTY MATERIAL FOR INSTANCE WE LEARN IN SEVENTEEN NINETEEN THAT ISAAC HOLMES WAS TO HAVE TWENTY SHILLINGS FOR SWEEPING OPENING AND SHUTTING OF DOORS AND CASEMENTS OF THE MEETING HOUSE FOR ONE YEAR WHICH THROWS SOME LIGHT UPON SEXTON'S SALARIES THE MINUTE DIRECTIONS AS TO THE PLACING OF THE PEWS IN THE MEETING HOUSE SEVENTEEN TWENTY CONTAIN A PUNGENT ELEMENT OF PERSONALITY
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