TRANSCRIPTION
Thomas Lord, having engaged to this Court to continue his abode in Hartford for the next ensuing year, and to improve his best skill amongst the inhabitants of the Towns upon the River within this Jurisdiction, both for setting of bones and otherwise, as at all times occasion and necessities may or shall require; this Court doth grant that he shall be paid by the Country the sum of 15 pounds for the said ensuing year, and they doe declare that for every visit or journey that he shall take or make, being sent for to any house in Hartford, 12 pence is reasonable; to any house in Windsor, 5 shillings; to any house in Whethersfield, 3 shillings; to any house in Farmington, 6 shillings; to any house in Mattabeseck (Middletown), 8 shillings; (he having promised that he will require no more;) and that he shall be freed for the time aforesaid from watching, warding and training; but not from finding arms, according to the law.
SUMMARY
Thomas Lord, having told this Court he will continue to live in Hartford for the next year, and will use his best skill as a doctor for setting broken bones and for other things as needed for people living in the River Towns, the General Court agrees to pay him 15 pounds for the year, and for every visit that he makes to any house in Hartford, 12 pence is reasonable; to any house in Windsor, 5 shillings; to any house in Wethersfield, 3 shillings; to any house in Farmington, 6 shillings; to any house in Mattabeseck (Middletown), 8 shillings; (he having said those amounts are reasonable;) and that he shall be freed for the year from other duties required of townsmen including watching, warding, and militia training; but not from keeping a gun as required by law.
Public Records, June 30, 1652