deposition before His Majesty's Council, 10 August 1686
The declaracion of Jane Hubbard, aged 50 years or thereabouts, who said yt Mr Willm Righton, Senr. being at our house about Febry last after a long debate concerning Capt Smailes business, he said yt ye GoverE had no power to call a court & said he wondered yt my husband would serve any of his execucons, then I answered what had my husband to do to disput ye jurisditton of any Court for he was only to serve execucons & warrants when they were sent to him and would ye have my husband to tell ye GovE yt he would not serve his warrants for they are unsufficent. Mr Righton made answer, yes, he would if he were Sheriff, I said againe, my husband durst not doe such a thing & said if ye would live under Govermt we must. Then said Mr Righton, yr husband might have calld a court to trye ye justnes of these execucons agt Smailes; then I answered, when did you know any such prsident in Bermuda; ye say ye GoverE had noe power to call a court, how should my husband have power to calle one. Then Mr Righton said I wish yr husband to look after himself for ye GoverE would put him upon things & then will not stand by him at last; then said I againe, how can my husband helpt that & further said Mr Righton if they had been ruled by me, we would ha turned him out & sent him away as they did ye GoverE of Providence and his Matie. never questioned it. Then I hearing yt Mr Righton had sworne agt Mr Stafford this came in my minde what Mr Righton had tould me before, & I asked Mr Stafford after he came out of prison if ye people at Providence had ever turned out their GoverE and he said they did, and his name was Shillingsworth and further saith not.
Jane Hubbard, her mark
Sworne before ye Councell ye 10th day of Augt 1686