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An exact abridgment of all the trials (not omitting any material passage therein) which have been published since the year 1678 relating to the popish, and pretended Protestant-plots in the reigns of King Charles the 2d, and King James the 2d.
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the Prisoners Mrs. Gaunt to be burnt and the other 3 to be drawn hang'd and quarter'd which was accordingly executed upon them and Mr. Cornish was hang'd in Cheapside over against Kings-street on Friday October 23 1685. and his Quarters afterwards put up in several Places and his Head upon the Guild-Hall where it stood till the tidings of the Dutch Invasion summon'd it with the other Quarters into the Grave after they had been expos'd in that infamous manner the space of 3 Years The Trial of Henry Baron Delamere in Westminster-Hall before George Lord Jefferies constituted Lord High-Steward on this Occasion on Thursday Jan. 14 1685. THen and there the Court being met the Lord High-Steward's Commission was first read and the Staff being carried between Garter King at Arms and the Gent. Vsher of the Black Rod was with 3 Reverences delivered upon the knee to his Grace and by him redelivered to the Gent. Vsher of the Black Rod to hold during the Service Then Proclamation was made by a Serjeant at Arms for all Persons present except Peers Privy Councellors and the reverend Judges now assistant to be uncovered and for all to whom any Writ had been directed for the certifying of any Indictment before his Grace to bring in the same forthwith After which Sir Edward Lutwich deliver'd in his Writ and Return which were read And then the Lieutenant of the Tower was call'd to bring his Prisoner to the Bar which having done Sir Roger Harsnet Serj. at Arms was called to return the Names of the Peers which he had summoned who were then called over by the Clerk of the Crown and those that appeared were these following who standing up uncovered answered to their Names each making a Reverence to the Lord High Steward Lawrence Earl of Rochester Lord High-Treasurer of England Robert E. of Sunderland Lord President of His Majesties Privy-Council Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl-Marshal of England Charles D. of Somerset Henry D. of Grafton Henry D. of Beaufort Lord President of VVales John Earl of Mulgrave Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Houshold Aubrey E. of Oxford Charles E. of Shrewsbury Theophilus E. of Huntingdon Thomas E. of Pembroke John E. of Bridgwater Henry E. of Peterborow Robert E. of Scarsdale VVilliam E. of Craven Louis E. of Feversham George E. of Berkley Daniel E. of Nottingham Thomas E. of Plimouth Thomas Viscount Falconberg Francis Viscount Newport Treasurer of His Majesties Houshold Robert Lord Ferrers Vere Essex Lord Cromwell VVilliam Lord Maynard Comptroler of His Majesties Houshold George Lord Dartmouth Master-General of His Majesties Ordinance Sidney Lord Godolphin John Lord Churchill The Lord High Steward then having acquainted the Prisoner with the occasion of this meeting order'd the Bill of Indictment to be read which was done twice at the Prisoner's desire And then the Prisoner deliver'd in his Plea to the Jurisdiction of this Court that he ought to be tried by the whole Body of the House of Peers in Parliament the Parliament still continuing being under a Prorogation and not dissolved and because there was some agitation of the matter concerning this Prosecution upon his Petition in the House of Lords c. To which the Attorny General answer'd that the Plea was not good there never having been so much as any Indictment returned there nor found during the Session of Parliament besides that the Plea was in Paper and English The Prisoner then desired Counsel to put it into Form But it being a Plea against the Jurisdiction no time could be allowed and the Prisoner having no Counsel ready to plead his plea was over-ruled and he pleaded Not Guilty After which the Lord High Steward gave the Charge to the Peers and Sir Thomas Jenner Recorder of London opened the Indictment and Mr. Attorny General the Evidence And then the Lord Howard was first sworn Who gave the same account about the Earl of Shaftsbury's design'd Insurrection as before he had done at the other Trials where he was a Witness to which therefore the Reader is referred The Lord Grey deposed that Cheshire was one of the Places pitch'd upon for the Rising and for that end the Duke of Monmouth went his Progress into those Parts to make his Interest there and that the Prisoner was one he was directed to advise with That after the late King's Death the Duke of Monmouth was at Amsterdam with the Lord Argyle where there was an Account given of the Design that was in Hand of an Insurrection in Scotland and at that time came over to Holland Mr. Crag from Major Wildman to promote and recommend a Reconciliation between the Duke of Monmouth and the Lord Argyle who till that time had acted in separate interests giving some account that Means and Money were prepared This encouraged the Duke of Monmouth to send Capt. Matthews into England to Major Wildman to desire him to acquaint several Persons among whom the Prisoner was one that he was designed to join the Lord Argyle When Crag return'd to the Duke he gave an account that Major Wildman had convers'd with these Persons and that their Opinion was that the Duke should go for Scotland whereby they might know the strength of the Enemy here by their sending to suppress the Rebellion there and also that Major Wildman desired the Duke to bring over with him a Broad Seal to seal Commissions with and to take upon him the Title of King That soon after Crag's return Jones came with a Message to the Duke from England and was sent back shortly after by the Duke with a Letter of Instructions And the Duke intended first to have landed in Cheshire he very much depending upon that County but afterwards considering that the Persons there being of great Quality and Interest in their Country and able to manage it without his Assistance he chose rather to land in the West the Friends he relyed on there not being of that Quality Mr. Nathaniel Wade deposed that at Amsterdam soon after the Death of the late King the Duke of Monmouth and the Lord Argyle had a Consultation together and agreed that at the same time the Lord Argyle made an Insurrection in Scotland the Duke should invade England For which end the Duke sent Capt. Matthews into England to acquaint his Friends among whom he heard the Lord Delamere named to be ready for his Assistance Crag was sent over for Money but could get none and therefore the Duke sent him over again to pawn his Jewels and get what Money he could wherewith he fitted out 3 Ships laden with Ammunition and having before ordered his Friends to repair to their own Countries to be ready he set Sail and landed at Lyme and ordered his March so as that he might most conveniently meet with his Cheshire Friends In pursuance whereof they came to Keinsham Bridge where a Party of the Kings Horse set upon them of whom they took some Prisoners and thereupon thought it advisable not to let the Kings
testified that he being to carry Mrs. Pressicks before Justice Lowther Bolron's Wife said she was sorry for it for she believed her to be an honest Woman and had been a good Neighbour amongst them Mary Walker Servant-maid to Mrs. Lassels Thwing's Sister testified that Bolron proffer'd her 10 l. to swear Thwing was a Priest Then William Bacchus said that when he served a Warrant on the two Mrs. Bolron's to go before Mr. Lowther they said they could say nothing against Six Tho. Gascoyne nor any of the Family Cuthbert Hamsworth said that fie heard Bolron swear Revenge against the Lady Tempest for prosecuting a Suit against him Then the Prisoner endeavoured to prove he was not at Barnborow-hall in 1677. by George Twisley Groom to Sir Tho. Gascoyne who could only say that he used to come there but a night or two in a Year Joseph Cooper said that about a Year ago he heard Mowbray say he knew nothing of the Plot and that he believed Sir Tho. Gascoyne was guilty of no such thing for if he had he should have known it as soon as Bolron and he was a Rogue and a Knave for saying any such thing Edward Cooper sen said he then heard Mowbray say he thought Sir Thomas Gascoyne was not guilty of the Plot. Isabel Heyward a Girle that lived with Bolron as a Servant testified that her Master and Mistrifs falling out she said she would not go to London and if he made her go she would swear that what he had sworn against Mrs. Pressicks was out of Malice Alice Dawson testified that the day after New-years-day was twelve-month Mrs. Bolron said she was sorry for nothing but that her Husband had meddled with Mrs. Tressicks One or two Witnesses more were called but nothing to the purpose Therefore Mr. Justice Dolben summ'd up the Evidence and Mr. Baron Atkins proceeded to do the same And the Jury withdrawing for a while brought in Thomas Thwing Guilty and Mary Pressicks not Guilty And on the Monday following Mr. Justice Dolben sentenced him to be Drawn Hang'd and Quarter'd The Trials of William Viscount Stafford in Westminster-hall from November the 30th to December the 7th 1680. before the House of Peers ON Tuesday Nov. the 30th the Right Honourable Henege Lord Finch Baton of Daventry Lord High Chancellor of England being constituted Lord High Steward for the present occasion and all things fitted for the purpose in VVestminster-hall and both Houses being seated and the Commons all bare VVilliam Viscount Stafford was brought to the Bar kneeling till the Lord High Steward bid him rise and a Chair set for him After which making a short Speech to him concerning the occasion of his appearing there the Articles of Impeachment High Treason against him and the other Lords in the Tower by the Commons of England were read which consisted of seven Heads The 1st That there hath for many Years a Plot been contrived c. 2ly Naming the Persons concerned therein and particularly the Noble Lord at the Bar. 3ly That consults had been held and the Murder of the King resolved on therein c. 4ly That consultations have been for the raising of Men Mony Arms c. 5ly That Commissions had been given and received and particularly a Commission for the Lord Stafford to be Pay-master of the Army 6ly That to hide and hinder a Discovery an Oath of Secresy and the Sacrament had been given and taken and Sir Edm. Godfrey murdered 7ly That the Guilt of that Murder was endeavoured to be put upon Protestants c. The Lord Stafford's Answer to which was then also read wherein he put himself upon his Peers for Trial affirming himself Not Guilty After this Serjeant Maynard Sir Francis VVinnington and Mr. Treby being of the Committee appointed for the Management of the Evidence opened the Charge and Evidence in very excellent Speeches And proposed to prove first the Plot in general and the Guilt of this Lord therein in particular And therefore as to the first Mr. Smith being sworn gave a full relation of his Travels and Perversion and of what he had heard beyond Sea and in England concerning this Plot. How Abbot Montague and Father Gascoyne in France and other Priests and Jesuits told him that if he would turn Catholick he should have Employment among them there and afterwards England for that they doubted not but the Popish Religion would come in very soon and that because as the Abbot said they doubted not to procure a Toleration of Religion and because the Gentry that went abroad did observe the Novelty of their own Religion and the Antiquity of theirs and the Advantages that were to be had by it But one Father Bennet and others said they doubted it not because their party was very strong in England and in a few Years they would bring it in right or wrong That it was Cardinal Crimaldi who perverted him about 1671 to the Romish Religion at Provence and that afterwards he lived several Years in the English Jesuits Colledg at Rome where he hath often heard it disputed and preached and exhorted that the King of England was an Heretick and that there was no King really reigning and whoever took him out of the way would do a meritorious Action particularly by Father Anderton Mumford Campion but chiefly Southwel one of the chief of the Jesuits That when he came away thence for England these Fathers for a whole Month were exhorting that the King of England was not to be obeyed and that in all private Confessions all Persons who might be thought capable of any design were to be instructed that they should use all their Endeavours for promoting Popery That while he was at Rome he read Coleman's Letters of Intelligence once a Month and therein how the Duke and the Queen and the chief of the Nobility were of their side how they carried matters several times the ways the Lord Clifford and Sir VVilliam Godolphin did use to effect the work and that they question'd not to get the Lord Danby on their side too That when he return'd into England he found all the Popish Clergy in great hopes of Popery coining shortly in That he knew of Money gathered in the North but refused to joyn therein That as to the Lord Stafford he knew nothing but that Sir Henry Calverley was turned out of Commission of the Peace through Complaint made to my Lord Stafford of his being active against Popery And that he writ to one Smith that he would not make over his Estate as others did for that he expected some sudden Change or Alteration That the Cardinal who perverted him at the same time spoke of great Assurances that Popery would prevail in England that there was but one in the way and tho that Man was a good natured Man yet they could not so far prevail upon him but that to accomplish their designs they must take him out of the way That now he had been a Protestant two