_A true note of y^e allowance y^t y^e_ new England _Co̅pany haue
by com̅o̅ consent & order of their Court & Counsell graunted vnto
M^r._ Francis Higginson _minister, for his maintenaunce in_ new
England _April 8, 1629_.
Imprimis y^t 30^{li} in money shall be forthw^{th} paid him by ye
Co̅panyes treasurer towards y^e chardges of fitting himselfe w^{th}
Apparell & other necessaryes for his voyage.
2 Item y^t 10^{li} more shall be payed ouer by y^e said treasurer
towards y^e provyding of bookes for present vse.
3 Item y^t hee shall haue 30^{li} yearly paid him for 3 yeares to
beginne fro̅ ye tyme of his first arrivall in new England & so to be
accounted & paid paid him at y^e End of eu^ry yeare.
4 Item y^t during y^e said tyme y^e Company shall provide for him &
his family necessaryes of diett housing & firewood; and shall be at
chardges of transporting him into new England: and at y^e end of y^e
said 3 yeares, if hee shall not like to continue there any longer, to
be at y^e chardge of transporting him backe for England.
5. Item y^t in convenient tyme an house shall be built, & certayne
lands allotted thereunto; w^{ch} during his stay in y^e countrey &
continuance in y^e ministrey shall bee for his vse; & after his death
or remoovall y^e same to be for Succeeding ministers.
6. Item at y^e expirac̅o̅n of y^e said 3 yeares an 100 acres of land
shall be assigned to him & his heires for euer.
7. Item y^t in case hee shall depart this lyfe in y^t countrey, y^e
said Company shall take care for his widdow during her widdowhood &
aboade in y^t country and plantac̅o̅n: & y^e like for his children
whilst y^y remayne vpon y^e said plantac̅o̅n.
8. Item y^t y^e milke of 2 kyne shall bee appointed towards y^e
chardges of diett for him & his familye as aforesaid, & halfe y^e
increase of calves during y^e said 3 yeares: but y^e said 2 kyne, and
y^e other halfe of y^e increase to returne to y^e Company at y^e end
of y^e said 3 yeares.
9. Item y^t he shall haue liberty of carrying ouer bedding, linnen,
brasse, iron, pewter, of his owne for his necessary vse during y^e
said tyme.
10 Item y^t if he continue 7 yeares upon y^e said plantac̅o̅n, y^t
then 100 acres of land more shall be allotted him for him and his for
ever.
_Messrs. Higginson’s and Skelton’s Contract._[A]
The 8^{th} of Aprill, 1629. M^r Francis Higgeson and M^r Samuel
Skelton intended ministers of this plantac̅o̅n, and it being thought
meete to consider of their intertaynement, who expressing their
willingnesse, together, also with M^r Francis Bright, being now
present to doe their endevour in their places of the ministery as
well in preaching, catechizing, as also in teaching, or causing to
be taught, the Companyes servants & their children, as also the
salvages and their children, whereby to their uttermost to further
the maine end of this plantation, being, by the assistance of
Allmighty God, the conversion of the salvages, the proposic̅o̅ns
concluded on w^{th} M^r Francis Bright, the 2 of February last, were
reciprocally accepted of by M^r Francis Higgison and M^r Samuel
Skelton, who are in every respect to have the like condic̅o̅ns as
M^r Bright hath, onely whereas M^r Higgeson hath 8 children it is
intended that 10^{li} more yearely shall be allowed him towards their
chardge. And it is agreed that the increase of the improvement of all
their grounds during the first 3 yeares shall be at the Companies
disposing, who are to fynde them dyett during that time, and tenne
pounds more to M^r Higgeson towards his present fitting him and his
for the voyage.
FRANCIS HIGGISON.
SAMUEL SKELTON.