arbitrary jurisdiction was exploded in putting down the
Star-Chamber Court; and the excessive fines imposed upon all
such actings. See 'English Liberties,' as also the fourth
and sixth articles against the Earl of Strafford in Baker's
'Chronicle,' folio 518."

He closes one of his remonstrances thus:--

"The humble request of your petitioner to the Hon. Gen.
Court, that, as an Englishman,--as a freeman of this
jurisdiction; as descended from him who, in his time, sought
the welfare of this commonwealth,--I may have the benefit
and protection of the wholesome laws established in this
jurisdiction: that, in my extreme wrong, I may have liberty
to seek relief in a way of law, and may not, contrary to
Magna Charta, be disseized of my freehold by the arbitrary
act of two or three committee-men; the fundamental law of
England knowing no such constitution, abhorring such
administrations: and that the Hon. Court would release your
petitioner from the injurious effects of the said
committee's act, and explode so pernicious a precedent."

Zerubabel Endicott was an imprudent and obstinate man, but had the
traits of a generous, ardent, and noble character. He was a physician
by profession. His second wife--the widow, as has been stated, of Rev.
Antipas Newman, of Wenham, and daughter of John Winthrop, Jr.,
governor of Connecticut--survived him. Although he left five sons, the
name, at one time, was borne by a single descendant only, a lad of
seven years of age,--Samuel, a grandson of Zerubabel. On him it hung
suspended, but he saved it. From that boy, those who bear the name in