p. 27. In December 1634, the "corporation" decided that Boston would grant lands within its limits to some of its inhabitants. on 18 December, Mr. Wintthrop, Mr. Coddington, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Ollyver , Mr. Colborn & William Balstone were to have the power to divide & allot all such lands belonging to the town...as long as they obeyed the rules of the General Court & left enough cow commons for new comers. The Islands were included in this. On 30 Nov. 1635, it was "agreed that noe further allotments shall be graunted unto any new comers, but such as may be likely to be received members of the Congregation...Item: That none shall sell their houses or allotment to any new comers but with the consent and allowance of those that appointed Alloters." pp. 27-28 ON 14 December 1635, voted "That Mr. William Hutchinson, Mr. Edmund Quinsey, Mr. Samuell Wilbore, Mr. William Cheesborowe and John Ollyber, or foure of them, shall, by the assignments of the Allotters, lay out their proportion of allottments for farmes att Rumley Marsh, whoe there are to ahve the same." Of this committee William Hutchinson, Samuel Wilbore and John Oliver were disarmed by order of the General Court in November 1637, as supporters of Mrs. Hutchinson's party. p. 28 The laying out of allotments was begun after 25 May 1636...and by January 1636/7, all the land in Rumney Marsh had been allorred. By 8 Jan 1637/8 "The great Allottments at Rumley Marsh and Pullen Point" were completed. p. 29 "The allotment of land at Rumney Marsh was nearly completed before the antimonian controversy reached its climax. Antimonianism means literally "against law". The term was first used by Martin Luther in the REformation, to describe the doctrines of John Agricola...Some of its adherents have held that the moral law is no longer binding on Christians, and that the saints may do what they will. This view was held by some in the early church. The antinomianism of the Reformation was a reaction against the doctrive of good works, which was prominent in the teachings of the Catholic Church. It seems to have originated in a misunderstanding or over emphasis of the Pauline doctrine of justification by faith. It held that man is justified by faith and not by obedience to the moral law. Mrs. Anne Hutchinson and REv. John Wheelwright were ardent supporters of and leaders of antinomianism in Massachusetts, but were banished from teh colony in November 1637.: The first division wernt to M. Henry Vane, esq - 200 acres. He was known as "Sir Harry Vane". He came to Boston on 3 Oct. 1635 and ret. to England on 3 Aug 1637. He was a supporter of the Antimoniams adn returned to England a few months before they were banished and was prominent in the English Revolution. ON the restoration of Charles II, he was committed to the Tower and executed on Tower Hill on 14 June 1662, aged 50 years. Ca. 1639, Vane sold his allotment to Nicholas Parker. [p. 28 Vane was chosen Governor of the Commonwealth on 25 May 1636.] p.30 Marshall's land bounded on the North the 100 acre grant to Mr. John Sanford. Sanford was in zboston by 1631, in 1632 was cannoneet at the fort, but was disarmed in 1637 as an Antinomian supporter. He went to Rhode Island and sold the land to Robert Keayne. p.30 "6. Thomas Marshall, seventye acrs: bounded on the South with Mr. Sanford; on the West with Charlestown; on the North with Mr. Keine and Thomas Matson; and on the East with the highway." This allotment was a strip of land fifty-six rods wide, extending along the northerly side of a stone wall on the top of Shurtleff Hill, and reaching from the road to Everett, with thte exception of twenty-eight acres. These twenty-eight acres made the next allotment, which was in the southeast corner of this strip and included a part of the Fuller, Sullivan and Shurtleff estates. These two allotments included the Fuller estate, The Sullivan estate, that part of the Shurtleff estate known as the pasture , on Malden Street, nearly all the S. A. Hall estate, and that prat of the Pratt estate north of the wall which extends from teh top of Shurtleff Hill. Thomas Marshall was probably a shoemaker and perhaps the ferryman. He was a supporter of the Antinomians and was disarmed, but afterwards held important offices. He sold his allotment to Robert Keayne, who exchanged it with Cogan..." It looks like Keayne bought nearly everyone's alootment...aspecially those who were disarmed Keyne's own allottment was 314 acres. The other big real estate winner was John Cogan. THomas would have met some big political mucky-mucks here: Vane, Winthrop, Mr. William Brenton (contributed to first state house), Mr. William Aspinwall, etc. Most antinomians were fined, disarmed, difranchised and banished. p. 34 many of the first landholders at Rumney Marsh were part of Mrs. Hutchinson's party. 1/3 were disarmed in Nov. 1637 and many of them left the colony...disposing almost without exception of their holdings at Rumney Marsh. vane left the country just before disarmament & banishment & sold his stuff to Nicholas Parker. John Sanford, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Matson, John Coggeshall Robert Hardin, John Odlin, William Dyar, Samuel Cole & William Aspinwall were all disarmed. Sanford, Marshall & Matson sold their allotments to Keyne [what happened to the grantees: VANE - 200 acres, fled, sold land, eventually executed. WINTHROP - 150 acres, became gov. stayed a boston elder JAMES PENN - 50 acres, stayed a boston ruling elder JOHN NEWGATE - 112 acres, stayed...a speculator JOHN SANFORD - 100 acres, disarmed, wernt to rhode island, held high offices there, land to Robert Keyne THOMAS MARSHALL - 70 acres THOMAS MATSON - 28 acres, disarmed, died after 1666, sold to Kryne, who swapped with Cogan BENJAMIN GILLAN - 28 acres, stayed, sold to Keyne JOHN GALLUPP - 49 acres, stayed, sold to Keyne ROBERT KEYNE - 314, acres (bounded on the south partialy by Thomas Marshall) JOHN COGGESSHALL - 200 acres, disarmed & banished, went to Rhode Island & became president there. sold to John Cogan, who traded with Keyne JOHN COGAN - 210 acres, stayed ROBERT HARDING - 100 acres, disarmed, yet still belonged to the artillery company when he moved to Rhode Island in 1638. sold to tuttle NICHOLAS WILLYS - 49 acres, stayed sold to tuttle JOHN ODLIN - 84 acres, disfranchised, sold to tuttle RICHARD TUTTLE, 161 acres, stayed MR. GLOVER - 49 acres, died early, wife sold to John Newgate, who traded with Samuiel Cole. WILLIAM DYAR - 42 acres, disarmed, driven to Rhode Island, where he became secretary of the colony. SAMUEL COLE - 105 acres WILLIAM BRENTON - 164 acres, prominent in boston, went to Rhode Isladn, became pres. of the colony. Sold to samuel cole, who traded with newgate WILLIAM ASPINWALL - 164 acres, prominent in boston, but was fined 8s. disarmed disfranchised and banished. went to Rhode Island, returned in 1642. sold to James Penn. For the most part, the grantees were nonresident propfrietors and as such for a time added little to the wealth or prosperity of htis section of the town. Theor farms were in the occupation of tenants or servants, and perhaps served occassionally as summer residences.