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The case of Thomas Samson, Gent. setting forth the horrible persecution and oppression he has undergone, only for appearing in the service of his king and countrey : most humbly dedicated to the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled.
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Samson, Thomas.
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1698
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Wing C1189; ESTC R8256
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year aforesaid at London c. a Commission to Constitute and Authorise you to be Advocate General of the Army to be Levied in this Kingdom to war against our said Sovereign Lord the King Falsly Traiterously and against the duty of your Allegiance from a certain Person unknown did receive and had and the same Commission then and there falsly advisedly and Traiterously did inspect and read and in your custody keep and to the same Commission Traiterously did give your consent to the intent that you the said Rich. Langhorn should have and Execute the Place and Office of Advocate General of the Army aforesaid after the Army aforesaid should be rais'd against our said Sovereign Lord the King by you the said Richard Langhorn and other false Traitors unknown in Execution of the said Traiterous Compassings Imaginations and Agreements aforesaid And that whereas William Ireland John Grove and Thomas Pickering and other false Traitors of our Sovereign Lord the King unknown on the 24th day of April in the 30th Year aforesaid in the County of Middlesex did Consult to bring and put our said Sovereign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction and to change and alter Religion in this Kingdom of England Rightly and by Law Established to the Superstition of the Church of Rome at London c. had Notice of that Consultation and the same Consultation for the Destruction of the King and for the alteration of Religion in this Kingdom rightly Established to the Superstion of the Church of Rome and the Treasonable Agreements had in that Consultaon on the said 30th day the September in the 30th Year aforesaid from our said Sovereign Lord the King Advisedly and Traiterously did conceal and to that Consultation Traiterously you did consent And the said William Ireland John Grove and Thomas Pickering on the day and Year last aforesaid at London the Treasons aforesaid to perpetrate and perfect Maliciously Subtilly and Traiterously you did Abet Counsel maintain and comfort and that you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the said 30th day of September in the 30th Year aforesaid at London c. falsly subtilly and Traiterously you did move and solicit the Benedictine Monks unknown to expend and pay the Sum of Six Thousand Pounds to procure a Person Traiterously to Kill and Murder our said Sovereign Lord the King And whereas Edward Coleman and other false Traitors of our said Sovereign Lord the King unknown on the 29th of September in the 30th Year aforesaid in the County of Middlesex Traiterously had conspired and consulted to procure Rebellion and Sedition within this Kingdom of England against our said Sovereign Lord the King and him from his Kingly State and Government of this his Kingdom of England to deprive and disinherit and to bring and put him to final Death and Destruction and the Government of this Kingdom of England to alter and the true Religion in this Kingdom of England by Law Established to alter and change And whereas he the said Edward Coleman had Traiterously written four Letters to Monsieur Le Cheese then Counsellor of the French Kings to procure the aid assistance and adherance of the French King to perfect and accomplish the Traiterous imaginations aforesaid you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the said 30th day of September in the 30th year aforesaid at London c. well knowing the Treasonable matters in the same Letters contained to the same Letters did consent and then and there falsly subtilly advisedly maliciously and traiterously did abet counsel maintain and comfort the said Edward Coleman to perpetrate and accomplish the Treason aforesaid against the duty of your Allegiance against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute in this case made and provided Cl. of Cr. How say'st thou Richard Langhorn art thou guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or not guilty Langhorn Not Guilty Cl. of Cr. Culprit how wilt thou be tried Langhorn By God and my Countrey Cl. of Cr. God send thee a good deliverance Then the Petty Jury impannelled for this Trial was called the Prisoner put to his Challenges but challenging none the 12 Sworn were these JURY Arthur Yong Edward Beeker Robert Twyford William Yapp John Kirkham Peter Bickering Thomas Barnes Francis Neeve John Hall George Sitwell James Wood and Richard Cawthorne After which Proclamation for information was made in usual manner Cl. of Cr. Richard Langhorn hold up thy hand which he did You of the Jury look upon the Prisoner and hearken to his Cause He stands Indicted in London by the name of Richard Langhorn late of London Esq for that as a false Traitor c. put in the Indictment Mutatis Mutandis and against the form of the Statute in that case made and provided Upon this Indictment he hath been Arraigned and thereunto hath pleaded Not guilty your Charge is to enquire whether he be guilty of the High-Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty if you find him guilty then you are to enquire what Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements he had at the time of the High-Treason committed or at any time since if you find him guilty you shall enquire whether he fled for it if you find that he fled for it you are to enquire of his Goods and Chattels as if you had found him guilty If you find him not guilty nor that he did fly for it say no more and hear your Evidence Then Roger Belwood Esq of Counsel for the King in this Cause open'd the Indictment thus Mr. Belwood May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury The Prisoner at the Bar Mr. Langhorn stands Indicted of High Treason and it is for Conspiring the Murder of the King and endeavouring an alteration in the Government in Church and State And the Indictment sets forth that the 30th of August in the 30th Year of the King he and other false Traitors did agree to stir up Sedition and Rebellion in the Kingdom and to cause a great slaughter of his Majesties Subjects To introduce the Superstition of the Church of Rome and Depose and Murther the King and to alter the Government in Church and State And 't is there said that to accomplish these Evil Designs he writ Two Letters to be sent to Rome and St. Omers the effect of which Letters was to procure the Assistance of the Pope and the French King to alter the Religion Established by Law in this Kingdom to Romish Superstition to Subvert the Government and to put the King to Death and that in further prosecution of these Traiterous Designs he writ Two other Letters to be sent to Rome to one Christopher Anderton Rector of the English Colledg and a Jesuit and Two others to be sent to St. Omers and in these Letters he took upon him to Advise the way and means by which these Treasons might be effected and that these several
Ch. Just North. What were the Contents of it do you say Mr. Dugdale It began thus This very night Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey is dispatched Lord Ch. Just North. Who did it come from Mr. Dugdale It came from Mr. Harcourt Sir Cr. Levins They themselves know that he was not found here in London till Thursday Mr. Dugdale I could not hold it run so much in my mind but the next morning going to an Ale-house hard by I there spoke of it and immediately it was carryed to Mr. Chetwin and he was here yesterday to make it out that I so did Lord Ch. Just North. But why did they kill him was it expressed why Mr. Dugdale I had several times heard he was too much privy to their Consultations Lord Ch. Just North. That is you mean he had had too much discovered to him Mr. Dugdale And so they were afraid of Mr. Coleman too that he carried things too high and he was out of their favour for 2 years Sir Cr. Levins Then call Mr. Prance Pray Sir what can you say Mr. Prance There was one Mr. Messenger a Gentleman of the Horse to my Lord Arundel of Warder who was employed by my Lord Arundel of Warder and my Lord Powis and he was to kill the King and to have a very good reward for the doing of it and I was told so by my Lord Butler I afterwards met with this Messenger and asked him what his reason was that he would kill the King He told me he was off of it now Sir Cr. Levins But what was to be done after they should kill the King Mr. Prance Presently there should be an Army of 50000 men raised to be governed by my Lord Arundel and my Lord Powis and them I have heard Mr. Fenwick and Mr. Ireland and Grove to speak of this at the same time together Sir Cr. Levins What was that Army to be raised for Mr. Prance To settle the Catholick Religion Lord Ch. Just What was to become of other Persons Mr. Prance They were to be killed and ruined all So Fenwick told me Lord Ch. Just North. Look you Mr. Langhorn these Witnesses speak nothing to you in particular but only that there was a Conspiracy in general to kill the King and introduce Popery If you will ask them any Question you may Langhorn No my Lord they not accusing me I have nothing to say to them Mr. Prance I heard one Mr. Harcourt say that the King was to be killed by several before one Mr. Thompson twice in his own Chamber in Duke-street And I heard Fenwick say that Mr. Langhorn was to have a great hand in it Langhorn Is that all you have to say as to me Mr. Prance It is all that I know of Then the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs came in Sir Cr. Levins Now my Lord we will call the Evidence that shall prove the particular matters of the Indictment as of writing the Letters beyond Sea of his receiving Commissions of his distributing them here to the several persons to whom they were directed of his Soliciting for the mony the 6000 l. to be raised by the Benedictine Monks which was either for a particular purpose to poison the King or to carry on the Design in general And first we call Dr. Oates who was Sworn and stood up Sir Cr. Levins Sir you hear what the matter is as to Mr. Langhorn be pleased to tell the Court whether you knew he writ any Letters and received any Commissions speak your whole knowledge Dr. Oates I hope your Lordship will be pleased to give me leave to use my own Method Lord Ch. Just Ay Ay take your own way Mr. Oates Dr. Oates Then I begin thus In the month of April 1677 I went into the Kingdom of Spain in the month of September following the sons of Mr. Langhorn came into the Kingdom of Spain it was September or sooner but I will not be possitive as to the time of their coming the one was a Scholar of the English Colledge at Madrid the other was a Scholar of the English Colledge at Valledolid They came there to study Philosophy in order to their receiving of the Priesthood my Lord my occasions called me into England in the month of November following and coming into England Mr. Langhorns sons did give me some Letters to Mr. Langhorn their Father and as soon as I had rested my self for a day or two after my Journey I came to Mr. Langhorns's house in Sheer-Lane Now Mr. Langhorns Wife being a Zealous Protestant I did whisper his Footboy or his servant boy in the Ear that he should go and whisper his Master Mr. Langhorn and tell him there was one would speak with him from his sons Mr. Langhorn by his son did desire me to meet him at his Chamber in the Temple in the Inner-Temple-Lane it was I think I know the Chamber however and accordingly I did meet Mr. Langhorn that night by the means of his half Brother who is brother I think by the mother and not by the Father his name is Smithson and when I came into Mr. Langhorns Chamber their Chambers being directly opposite one to another I was treated by Mr. Langhorn with a great deal of Civility and I delivered Mr. Langhorn the Letters from his sons and I told him that I thought his sons would enter into the Society Mr. Langhorn was mightily pleased with the News being himself a great Votary for the Society that his sons would enter into it Now may it please your Lordship Mr. Langhorn did say he thought if they did continue in the world that is secular Priests they would suddenly have very great promotion in England for he said Things would not last long in this posture that is at that time he then spoke I speak the words now that he said then And now my Lord I was with Mr. Langhorn another time while I was in England but in the latter end of November old Stile in the beginning of December new Stile I went to St. Omers and there were Letters that he delivered me looking upon the Prisoner a Pacquet to carry to St Omers And when the Pacquet was opened there was a letter Signed Richard Langhorn in which he gave the Fathers at St. Omers great thanks for the great care had of and kindness they shew'd to his sons and that what they had been out of Pocket for their Viaticum in Order to their journey into Spain which was 20 l. he promised them they should be repaid it and in this Letter he did expresly say that he had written to Father Le Cheese in order to our concerns those were his words Now my Lord the Letter that he writ to Father Le Cheese I saw not but only this Letter I saw which gave an account of that Letter he had writ to Father Le Cheese and he said Mr. Coleman had been very large with him and therefore it would not be necessary for him to trouble his Reverence