i45 At this time .Sr. Thomas Hutchinson died at London,' and gave all his personal! estate, and all that was unsettled at Mr. Hutchinson's marriage, to his second wife and her children; att which his two sonns had not the least repining thought, but out of tender love, were very much aflicted for his loss, and procured a passe from Newark · for Mr. George Hutchinson, to goe to London, to visit his mother and fetch mournings, which accordingly he did; and upon a letter the committee sent up by him, brought downe an order of parliament to allow a table to the governor and committee, whom lVIr. Hutchinson had till that time entertain'd at his owne cost, with all the officers of the garrison and the ministers, which were no small charge to him, who had a noble heart, and cou ld not basely evade the expence, which that place necessarily drew upon him, not only by the <:onstant entcrtainement of the committee, officers, and ministers, and all parliament officers, that came and went through the garrison, but by the relieving of the poore souldiers, who had such short pay, that they were, for the most part, thirty weekes and more behind; and when they marcht out at any time, the govemor would not suffer them to take a cup of drink, unpay'd for, in the country, but .allwayes, wherever they tookc any refreshment in tht:.ir marches, pay'd it himselfe. He besides gave them much fi·om his owne house, especially when any of them were sick or wounded, and lent monies to those that were most necessitous. All this run him into a greate private debt, besides many thousands of pounds, which he engaged himselfe in with other gentlemen, taken up for the supplie of the garrison and carrying on of the publick service. Allthough the allowance of his table were much envied by those meane fellows, that never knew what the expence of a table was, and although it was to him some ease, yet did it not defray the third part of his 1 August 18, 1643., as appeared by his tombstone, under the communion table in St. Paul's, Covcnt Garden, London, and that he was 55 when he djed. J. H. A marginal note written by J ulius Hntc:hinson, grand-father of the editor.
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