r152 When the royal governor, Cranfield, undertook to impose taxes on the people of New Hampshire without their consent, at Exeter, his officers who were sent to sollect the tax were beaten off with clubs by the men, and attacked by the women, with true Antinomian spirit,with boiling water, whenever they attempted to enter their houses. (Henry C. French, Esq. at the Second NH Festival)
In 1682, Robert, Jr. In 1682, Robert, Jr. In 1682, Robert, Jr. joined Edward Gove's rebellion against Cranfield. They all came under condemnation for this act. Cranfield got three years in the Tower of London before being pardoned.
An agent of John Mason (the proprietor) sued Robert Wadleigh, Sr. about that time for some land. Wadleigh won the verdict of the jury. The case was appealed to the king, but Wadleigh was determined to fight it out and sailed for England. (Wadleigh had been a member of the assembly dissolved by Cranfield.) Wadleigh made a good impression on the other side for he won not only his case but his sons were pardoned. After his return, Wadleigh, Sr. was made a councillor of the province then a judge of the Superior Court. |