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England until April 1652, however, because of recent hostilities between the English and the Dutch. Coddington was accused of taking sides with the Dutch on matters of colonial trade, and his commission was revoked for the island government in October 1652. Dyer was the messenger who returned to Rhode Island the following February, bringing the news that the colony would return to the Williams Patent of 1643/44. The reunion of the colony was to take place that spring, but the mainland commissioners refused to come to the island to meet, and the separation of mainland from island was extended for another year. During this interim period,
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Winthrop, on the charge of "traducing the ministers", among other charges. One of the Boston deputies had been dismissed, so the town was only represented at the trial by
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Coddington was then immediately elected by the town of Boston as a deputy. By the summer of 1637, Vane sailed back to England, never to return. With his departure, the time was ripe for the orthodox party to deal with the remainder of their free grace rivals.
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Coddington was opposed to the Williams patent. As the chief magistrate of the island, he had a well-organized and thoroughly equipped government which had little in common, in his opinion, with the unorganized, discordant elements of Providence. Because of this, the island towns ignored the 1643/44
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were sent to England as agents of the discontents to get the Coddington commission revoked. Simultaneously, the mainland towns of Providence and Warwick sent Roger Williams on a similar errand, and the three men sailed for England in November 1651. The men did not meet with the Council of State on
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of Newport chosen as president. A general court of elections was then held in September 1654, and Roger Williams was elected president of the united colony, a position which he held for nearly three years. In time, Coddington briefly re-entered public life and became a Newport commissioner on the
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and ordered to leave the colony within fourteen days. Several of Hutchinson and Wheelwright's other supporters were tried and given varied sentences. Following these preliminaries, it was Anne Hutchinson's turn to be tried. She was brought to trial on 7 November 1637, presided over by Governor
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than with Providence. This did not happen, but Coddington did manage to resist union with Providence until 1647, when representatives of the four towns finally met and adopted the Williams Patent of 1643. This is also the year that Coddington's second wife Mary died in Newport.
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were banished from the Massachusetts colony, and many of their supporters were also compelled to leave. Coddington was not asked to depart, but he felt that the outcome of the controversy was unjust and decided to join many of his fellow parishioners in exile. He was the
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deputy from Boston dissented. Winthrop then read the order: "Mrs. Hutchinson, the sentence of the court you hear is that you are banished from out of our jurisdiction as being a woman not fit for our society, and are to be imprisoned till the court shall send you away".
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the sermon, while the free grace advocates were encouraged, and they became more vociferous in their opposition to the "legal" ministers. Governor Vane began challenging the doctrines of the colony's divines, and supporters of Hutchinson refused to serve during the
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of Newport said that he was welcomed upon his return from England, and that the majority of people accepted him as governor. With his new commission, Coddington once again unsuccessfully sought a place for Rhode Island in the
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deputy voted against conviction. Hutchinson challenged the sentence's legitimacy, saying, "I desire to know wherefore I am banished". Winthrop responded with finality: "The court knows wherefore and is satisfied".
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patent, and the General Assembly of the two towns officially named the island on 13 April 1644 Rhode Island. Coddington was so unhappy over uniting with the mainland towns that he wrote a letter to Governor
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to go to England to have Coddington's commission revoked. They were successful, and Dyer returned with the news in 1653. However, disagreements kept the four towns from re-uniting until the following year.
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of 1637 because Wilson was the chaplain of the expedition. Ministers worried that the bold stand of Hutchinson and her supporters began to threaten the "Puritan's holy experiment".
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arrived in the colony in 1633, as he was one of the most noted Puritan ministers of the time. The two men had been friends in England, and Cotton had arranged in a 1630 letter for a
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161:Succeeded by
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3996:1678 deaths
3946:John Warner
3932:John Wickes
3928:John Greene
3878:John Clarke
3792:John Walker
3758:John Porter
3733:John Clarke
3640:John Greene
3438:Nichols Jr.
3428:Nichols Jr.
3423:Whipple III
3403:Whipple Jr.
3393:Whipple Jr.
3114:John Wanton
3099:S. Cranston
3070:(1690â1776)
3033:(1686â1689)
2996:J. Cranston
2947:(1663â1686)
2912:(1651â1654)
2821:(1647â1663)
2795:(1644â1647)
2772:(1640â1647)
2750:(1639â1640)
2714:(1638â1640)
2500:Forced loan
2490:Coddington.
2156:Gorton 1907
2144:Austin 1887
2132:Austin 1887
2120:Austin 1887
2105:Turner 1878
2069:Arnold 1859
2054:Arnold 1859
2039:Arnold 1859
2015:Arnold 1859
1826:Austin 1887
1740:Battis 1962
1725:Battis 1962
1713:Battis 1962
1701:Battis 1962
1662:Morris 1981
1650:Battis 1962
1638:Battis 1962
1626:Battis 1962
1602:Battis 1962
1590:Battis 1962
1518:Bremer 1981
1489:Bremer 1995
1477:Battis 1962
1441:Arnold 1859
1085:stone-ender
873:John Clarke
857:John Porter
695:preparation
674:John Wilson
662:John Cotton
620:New England
545:John Clarke
505:lead signer
488:John Cotton
477:New England
348:John Easton
331:Preceded by
278:Preceded by
243:Preceded by
196:Preceded by
146:Preceded by
110:Preceded by
72:Preceded by
3985:Categories
3896:Henry Bull
3809:Henry Bull
3458:Wanton Jr.
3448:Wanton Jr.
3323:Coggeshall
3313:Coggeshall
3288:Coddington
3001:P. Sanford
2991:Coddington
2976:Coddington
2926:J. Sanford
2921:Coddington
2906:Portsmouth
2830:Coggeshall
2781:Coddington
2759:Coddington
2728:Hutchinson
2723:Coddington
2630:1674â1676
2602:1651â1653
2594:New office
2580:1640â1647
2572:New office
2553:1639â1640
2542:New office
2528:1638â1639
2524:Portsmouth
2517:New office
2175:. Boston:
1353:References
1017:Henry Bull
1009:Charles II
975:Harry Vane
889:Portsmouth
865:Henry Bull
834:Providence
779:banishment
742:Pequot War
724:Henry Vane
720:free grace
529:Portsmouth
423:Occupation
3418:R. Hazard
3388:W. Greene
3373:G. Hazard
3333:W. Clarke
3328:J. Greene
3308:W. Clarke
3293:J. Easton
3278:J. Clarke
3273:N. Easton
3268:J. Clarke
3263:N. Easton
3139:G. Wanton
3129:G. Wanton
3109:W. Wanton
3094:W. Clarke
3084:J. Easton
3016:W. Clarke
2981:W. Clarke
2971:N. Easton
2871:N. Easton
2845:N. Easton
2835:J. Clarke
2547:Judge of
2522:Judge of
2027:Rust 2004
1578:Hall 1990
1542:Bell 1876
1465:Bush 2001
1005:Charles I
998:Jamestown
994:Conanicut
971:civil war
903:The split
828:from the
790:Aftermath
773:The trial
644:selectman
523:from the
431:Signature
371:, England
315:1673â1674
311:In office
272:1678â1678
268:In office
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233:In office
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186:In office
140:1640â1647
136:In office
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62:In office
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3468:Sessions
3408:Robinson
3398:Robinson
3298:Cranston
3283:Cranston
3027:Dominion
2876:Williams
2804:Williams
2478:Archived
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957:Plymouth
940:Plymouth
749:sedition
666:hogshead
609:Puritans
320:Governor
301:7th
176:1st
52:1st
3971:Italics
3898:(Elder)
3892:(Elder)
3886:(Elder)
3880:(Elder)
3874:(Elder)
3868:(Elder)
3862:(Elder)
3856:(Judge)
3443:Gardner
3433:Gardner
3383:R. Ward
3358:Nichols
3353:Jenckes
3343:Jenckes
3258:Brenton
3205:Italics
3179:Hopkins
3174:S. Ward
3169:Hopkins
3164:S. Ward
3159:Hopkins
3149:Hopkins
3119:R. Ward
3104:Jenckes
2961:Brenton
2902:Newport
2886:Brenton
2558:himself
2549:Newport
1205:William
1189:William
1134:Swansea
1111:in the
996:(later
981:of the
924:Warwick
913:Newport
841:compact
670:(Salem)
632:Terling
586:Marston
533:Newport
509:compact
403:Spouses
382:Newport
366:c. 1601
3530:(1636)
3413:Ellery
3378:Abbott
3368:Wanton
3348:Wanton
3303:Barker
3184:Lyndon
3154:Greene
3144:Greene
3134:Greene
3124:Greene
3049:Andros
3043:Dudley
2986:Arnold
2966:Arnold
2956:Arnold
2891:Arnold
2881:Arnold
2865:Dexter
2851:Gorton
2459:20 May
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547:, and
481:Boston
3473:Cooke
3463:Cooke
3453:Brown
3194:Cooke
2858:Smith
2840:Smith
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1332:Notes
507:of a
3363:Frye
3089:Carr
3079:Bull
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2904:and
2461:2011
2434:ISBN
2402:ISBN
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363:Born
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