This was granted in May 1635, only weeks before the revocation of the (Plymouth Council) Great Charter of New England,[12][13] and the settlement of Newbury, Massachusetts proceeded.[14] A church (the tenth in the Colony) being gathered, Thomas Parker became their Pastor, and James Noyes, though also invited to a ministry at Watertown, preferred to join his dear friend at Newbury as Teacher.[15] Both remained there for the rest of their lives.