it was not disbelieved at Court but now quite fall'n to the ground The Jacobites say there was never a better Disposition in all generally to receive King James and give their Reasons for it Which are the same contain'd in the foregoing Papers which having briefly repeated the Letter proceeds the rest regard their own more then any King's Interest and will not hazard any thing for either if the Practice now in Design don't engage all the Presbyterians Lord Ca***n laid aside M***ne to succeed S***y solicited to be Secretary Lord Mar***h to be General of the English Foot Lord S***e ruling Minister behind the Curtain Lord B*h turn'd out of all he with many other Offenders would have King James restored if they thought their Crimes could be pardoned nothing can hinder raising Money but an Invasion Bristol declares mightily for King James Worcester disaffected but if any Disturbance should happen we have some thousands of Hugonites in this Town privately subsisted on whom we depend not a little As to what Business Mr. * K. James Vandeleur and you may have I will be deligent in it but what may relate to any of the Trading Ships being taken Prizes there is one Mr. Anselme who was Secretary to the Admirals last Year * Crosby and understands the Business very well but will not be mercenary in it and with his Help something may be done 't will therefore be necessary that he see something from Mr. Vandeleur or by his Order to that purpose Some of Mr. Anselm's Letters falling into the Hands of the Government he was sent for from on board and discharg'd The Jacobites knew him their own before but since his Discharge treat with him above-board as you may see by the foregoing Letter and another from Philips to Mr. Abraham Anselm dated May 5. 1694. I must needs see you before I go into the * Into France Country which will be to morrow you will hear of me at Barnsley's Coffee-house to night at 11 or to morrow at 7 in the morning let me see you that we may settle some Matters Philips Thus they endeavoured to corrupt the Officers of the Fleet Army and Militia and tamper'd with the Clerks and. Secretaries of those who either were or had been imploy'd in eminent Posts under the Government that by their assistance they might get Intelligence of what they wanted to know thus they obtain'd an Account of the Naval Forces of one a List of the Army of another and transmitted them into France that the Enemy might take his measures accordingly so that nothing is more apparent than that the whole Design against the Government was always carry'd on by Men of no essential Honour or Vertue but by such a confused Medley of disaffected Persons as were the Creatures of the late Reign who had lost either their Imployments or Expectations by the Revolution or Disbanded Officers and Soldiers who delight in Tumults and Insurrections I have now done with Mr. Crosby and his Papers by which the Reader will soon find that the Plot for an Invasion Insurrection and Rebellion was carryed on by the Jacobites in General in the Year 1693 and part of the Year 1694 and since the Lancashire Gentlemen instead of Blessing their Stars for so strange a Deliverance have aggravated their guilt by indeavouring to represent the legal Prosecution of some of their Party as a State-trick a Sham-Plot and the Contrivance of some little Ministers to enrich themselves by the Ruin of others I shall descend to the particular shares which they and their Friends had in the whole Conspiracy to subvert the Government to Destroy the King and reinthrone the late King James and then leave the Reader to judge what little Reason they had to raise such loud Clamours for bringing Criminals to Justice and because I have hitherto proceeded Annually and given an Account of the several Conspiracies in order of time as they were discover'd I hope the Reader will think it no impertinent Digression to refresh his Memory with a brief Rehearsal of their Proceedings till they were discover'd in 1694 as they occasionally occur in the following Depositions In June 1694 Lunt made this Discovery viz that he * Vid his whole Depos in the appendix taken before Sir John Trenchard fellowed the late King James into France thence into Ireland from Ireland was sent into England with Commissions from the late King James to certain Gentlemen in Lancashire Cheshire c. To raise War against King William and Queen Mary that he and George Wilson his Guide delivered those Commissions to whom they were directed whose Names you have in his Narrative that at the Instance and proper Costs of those Gentlemen to whom he had delivered Commissions he bought Arms and listed and subsisted many Soldiers for the Service of the late King James in order to an Invasion and Insurrection in that Country that he was twice sent by those Gentlemen into France to the late King to signify their Readiness and receive his further Commands Tho' I don't question but the Reader has had already sufficient Reason to believe what is above rehearsed I think it not amiss to shew him for confirmation sake something that Lunt discovered in 1694 that hath since proved it self he says in one part of his Depositions That when he was in London besides his Imployment of buying Arms and listing Souldiers he help'd some Jacobites over to France and secur'd others that came from thence who all of them told Mr. Lunt that generally Sr. John Friend furnished Money for those Expeditions and paid Subsistence Money to them as Souldiers Which was the Crime he dyed for in 1696. And no doubt was one of the things that enrag'd the Party so much against him knowing that that Hint might in Time be attended with a fuller Discovery George Wilson deposeth Taken before Sir John Trenchard That he keeping an Inn in Redland near the City of Chester there came a Stranger to his House whose Name he afterwards understood was Dr. Bromfeild recommended thither by Mr. Fitz Herbert of Wapra in Flintshire where Bromfeild had been conceal'd some time for a Passage into Ireland that Bromfeild bought a Vessel to transport him which Vessel was seized by Mr. Morston an Officer in the Government and Bromfeild escap'd into Lancashire and thence into Ireland He further deposeth That being known to be accessary to * See Mr. Edwards's Affidavit in the Appendix Bromfield's Escape and harbouring and furthering the Escape of many of the late King James's Friends he was sought after by Souldiers from Chester and the Civil Officers of the County insomuch that he was compell'd to fly from his own House and never durst return but after having hid himself in Woods got at length into Lancashire whither his Wife and Family followed him and was receiv'd into the Houses of the Lord Mollyneux Mr. Tildesly Mr. Standish Sr. Rowland Standley Sr. James Pool Sr. Wm.
apud Preston in Com' Lancast ' 18 Junii 1689 coram me T. Patten The Information of James Tomson one of the Mariners belonging to the Pink or Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster Who upon Oath saith THAT he is a Protestant but being Examined about several Voyages lately made by the said Vessel into Ireland as to the last saith that it was begun about five Weeks since and having heard the Information of Henry Knowles this Examinant agrees with the same in the relation thereof James Tomson Capt ' Jurat ' die loco praed ' coram me T. Patten The Information of John Barrow one of the Mariners belonging to the Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster Who upon Oath saith THAT he is an Apprentice to Mr. John Cawson and by his Order went on Board the said Vessel which about five Weeks ago sayl'd into Ireland and he hearing the Information of Henry Knowles now taken and read over this Examinant agrees with the said Knowles in the relation thereof except that this Examinant heard not what the said Lunt came over for nor the Discourses betwixt Mr. Thrillfall and Lunt and the Seamen when they set them on shore at Cockeram John Barrow Capt ' Jurat ' die lâ—câ— praed ' coram me John Patten The Information of Richard Whiteside one of the Mariners belonging to the Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster Who upon Oath saith THAT having heard the Information of Henry Knowles another of the Mariners read over this Examinant agrees with him in every particular thereof relating to the said Vessel 's last Voyage into Ireland except that this Examinant hath not heard what Mr. Thrillfall was to give for the Hire of the said Vessel R. Whiteside Capt ' Jurat ' dis loco sup ' dict' coram me T. Patten The Examination of John Cawson of Narbock within Cockeram in the County of Lancaster Merchant Who saith THAT he is half Owner of the Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster and the other half belongs to this Examinant's Son Charles Cawson and to his Son in-Law Robert Curwen to wit to either of them one Quarter And that having for several years last past about May or June been employ'd to carry the Earl of Derby's Cattle from the Isle of Man to England he this Examinant did about two or three Months ago desire Mr. William Backhouse the Attorney who design'd shortly afterwards to go with Mr. Thomas Simpson to London to put the said Mr. Simpson in mind of knowing from the said Earl when he designed the said Cattle should be fetched over which Mr. Backhouse promised to do And at Mr. Simpson's Return he informed this Deponent that he this Examinant might send for the Cattle as formerly to Mr. Cockett my Lord's Servant in the said Isle And thereupon this Examinant gave consent to his said Son Charles that if he pleas'd he might fetch over the same in the Vessel aforesaid And about five Weeks ago the said Vessel loosed Anchor and went out of Lunt Water designing only as this Examinant then believed for the Isle of Man upon the Account aforesaid And this Examinant further saith that since the return of the Vessel this Examinant has been for about an hours time with his said Son to enquire about his Voyage who inform'd him that in the Voyage Mr. Edmund Thrillfall who was then a Passenger on Board the Vessel offer'd to him the said Charles Cawson ten Pounds to put him the said Mr. Thrillfall a shore in any part of Ireland and that accordingly he had set Mr. Thrillfall a shore at Dublin and that after some stay there he returned back for England bringing the said Mr. Thrillfall and another Person who his Son called Mr. Lunt hither with him And the said Charles informed this Examinant that he was detain'd and could not be admitted to return from Dublin till he brought the said Lunt and Thrillfall with him And this Examinant saith that upon Ascension day last the said Mr. Thrillfall came unto him at Garstang and treated with him about a Passage into the Isle of Man but an Embargo being then upon Vessels this Examinant told the said Thrillfall his said Vessel could not go And upon the Monday before the Vessel went from Lancaster-water the said Mr. Thrillfall came to this Examinant's House to treat with him again for a Passage to the Island but this Examinant denied him one in the Vessel having resolved to take no Passenger thither and thereupon the said Thrillfall went away from this Deponant and since then this Examinant never saw the said Mr. Thrillfall And this Examinant demanding from his Son why he called not at the Isle for my Lord's Cattle in his return from Dublin his said Son told him the said Thrillfall and Lunt who were too strong for him being armed with Pistols would not let him and that withal they promis'd him other ten Pounds for their Passage from Ireland but never yet paid it him John Cawson Capt ' die loco praed ' coram me T. Patten Elizabeth Engley 's Affidavit ELizabeth Langley maketh Oath That she this Deponent knows Mr. John Lunt and hath done for eight or nine years past and that in or about the Month of December 1688 a little after the late King James went into France the said Lunt came to this Deponent and desired her to take a private Lodging for him until such time as he could get a Passage out of England to follow the said King which this Deponent did accordingly and about a Fortnight after he the said Lunt acquainted this Deponent that he then had an opportunity to go over into France with the Lord George Howard and this Deponent doth believe he went accordingly for is a week or ten days after she this Deponent did receive a Letter from him the said Lunt bearing date from Calais Jan. 14. 1688 which Letter this Deponent hath yet in her keeping and about July following 1689 the said Lunt came in a Coach to this Deponent's Lodging in Castle-street by Leicester-fields so disguised that she did nor know him till he spoke and desired this Deponent to come into the Coach to him which she did and then he drew up the Glasses fearing lest any one might see him and discover who he was and as the said Lunt and this Deponent sat together in the said Coach as it stood at the door of this Deponents Lodging this Deponent laid her hand on a Green-Bag which was in the Coach and doth believe that it had Papers or Parchment-writings in it but did not at that time ask the said Lunt what they were but as they were sitting together in the said Coach he the said Lunt told this Deponent that he had been in France and that he went from thence into Ireland and that he was sent thence by King James with Commissions and Deelarations to several Roman Catholic Gentlemen and others in England and did then further tell this
the late King James and all his Adherents And in case His Majesty come to any Violent or Untimely Death which God forbid We do hereby further freely and unanimously oblige our selves to Unite Associate and Stand by each other in revenging the same upon his Enemies and their Adherents and in supporting and defending the Succession of the Crown according to an Act made in the first Year of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary Intituled an Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown His Majesty receiv'd it very Graciously and express'd his Sence of their Extraordinary Zeal and Fidelity in the Words following Gentlemen I Take this as a most convincing and most acceptable Evidence of your Affection And as you have freely Associated your selves for our common Safety I do heartily enter into the same Association and will be always ready with you and the rest of my Good Subjects to venture my Life against all who shall endeavour to subvert the Religion Laws and Liberties of England The House of Lords also presented their Association not long after which being almost the same for Brevity sake is here omitted The House of Commons then proceeded to make Laws for the Security of His Majesties Person and Government containing these Heads First That such as shall refuse to take the Oaths of Fidelity to His Majesty shall be subject to the Forfeitures and Penalties of Popish Recusants Convict Secondly To inflict Penalties on all that by Writing or otherwise Declare that King William is not Lawful and Rightful King of these Realms Thirdly To ratify and confirm the Association Fourthly That no Person shall be capable of any Office of Profit or Trust Civil or Military that shall not sign the Association Fifthly That whenever it shall please God to afflict these Nations by the Death of his Present Majesty that the Parliament then in being shall not be dissolv'd thereby but shall continue till the next Heir to the Crown in Succession dissolve them Whilst the Parliament were thus providing Good Laws for the Preservation of His Majesty and the Peace and Safety of the Kingdom three of the Assassins viz. Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keys were on the 11th of March 1695 try'd and upon full Evidence being all found guilty of high Treason receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily And upon March the 18th 1695 were all executed at Tyburn Before their Execution the Malefactors severally deliver'd each his Paper to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex in which Papers they all confest themselves Guilty of the Crimes they were accused of and then about to suffer for Mr. Charnock in these Words as concerning an Invasion intended by King James upon England and that there was certain Intelligence of it from abroad I presume every Body was satisfi'd and to the facilitating of which I own that my self and some others did agree upon the Undertaking to attack the Prince of Orange and his Guards for which I am now to suffer Mr. King in these Words I am now within a few Moments of Eternity brought to this Place by the just Hand of God in Punishment of all my Crimes but particularly of that of which I have been lately Arraigned and for which I stand here Condemned Mr. Keyes in these Words God is just in all his Judgments and I accept of this Death as the Punishment of my Iniquities Sir John Friend also own'd himself guilty of the Treason he dy'd for in endeavouring to justify it in these Words To assist King James in the Recovery of his Right is Justifiable and our Duty Sir William Perkins confessed at his Execution that he was privy to the Design upon the Prince meaning King William that he was intirely in the Interest of King James and looked upon it as his Duty to assist him in the Recovery of his Throne Now that these two contrary to the Example of Charnock justified their Treasons must be attributed to the blind Zeal and Rebellious Principles of those Clergy Men who administred Absolution without any Precedent Confession in direct Opposition to the Laws of that Church whereof they would be thought Members but those Proceedings being Sentenc'd by fourteen * See the Declaration of the Sence of the Arch-Bishops Bishops c. Reverend Bishops all that were then in London and consented to by the rest that were absent I refer the Reader to their Lordships printed Paper for further Satisfaction and shall only add 't is the Leaders of these People that cause them to err Sir John Fenwick who was attainted by Parliament and beheaded on Tower-Hill January 28 1696 was the last that suffered for these treasonable Practices against the King and Government At the place of Execution he delivered a Paper to the Sheriff which can be called his for no other reason but because he owned it to be so for the Paper is so closely couch'd to avoid the danger of unwary Digressions so cautiously writ to prevent Reflections and so artificially adapted to humour the Party and not irritate the Government that if compared with what was truly his own no Man can think Sr. John was the Author of it who without Complement had no such extraordinary Talent in speaking or writing Let us take a transient View of it If Sir John Fenwick was of the Communion of the Church of England this Paper does not truly represent him for it is a Scandal to the Purity of her Doctrin and wholly inconsistent with the Simplicity Fidelity and Candour which that Church requires in her dying Members The Author of Sir John's dying Paper would fain excuse him from the guilt of Treason because he was for the lineal Descent but if by lineal Descent he means the next in Blood he is as great a Stranger to our Histories as to our Laws for the lineal Descent was broken as early as Edward the Confessor both in his taking and leaving the Crown at his Death besides many other Presidents of it's Interruption since * By Will 2d By Hen. 1st By K. Stephen By King John and King Ed. 2d and Rich. 2d both deposed by Parliament c. and in this I find he had a bad Tutor for our Laws and not our Religion does determine our Loyalty and in the Matter of Succession are the indubitable Guides of English-Men He thinks the Deposing King James was Illegal but that 's a grand Mistake for what can be more criminal and dangerous to the Being of any Polity than to restrain and disable the Legislative Authority from providing a Remedy against the greatest Mischief that can happen to a Community Since no Government can support it self without an unlimited Power to correct Abuses and provide for the Happiness of the People nor no civil Establishment in the World be of any Duration in Safety unless it be controulable and alterable to the Publick Good All human
concern'd my Health is well enough I am interrupted and so can say no more now engage Sir John Lowther the New Lord who hath more Interest than any Body Let my Lord Scarsdale engage Overkirk for me speak to my Lady Arlington if my Tryal would be put off till the King comes back there would be more Opportunity to sollicite him This Letter was brought to the Lords Justices and at his first Examination before them in which he deny'd every Thing he was charg'd with their Excellencies told him he was not of that Mind when he wrote that Letter which was then shew'd him to which Sir John Ferwick made no Reply but laid it down and was utterly silens'd by such a violent Presumption or rather ingenious Confession of his Guilt attested under his own Hand FINIS THE APPENDIX Affidavits of the Ships-Crew about Lunt's Coming from Ireland The Informations of John Preston of Cockeram Mariner who upon Oath saith THAT about a year ago John Cawson Part-owner of the Pink or Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster hired this Informant as a Mariner to serve in the said Vessel the Burden whereof is twixt 40 and 50 Tun and he hath ever since served in that Employment and the said Vessel in that time hath performed four Voyages to Dublin in Ireland one of which Voyages was about Christmass last and since Christmass last to wit about a Mouth ago she loosed out of Loyne or Lune River for the Isle of Man having then on Board only three Passengers viz Mr. Edmund Thrillfall and two Strangers who this Informant never saw before or since which said Thrillfall when he was on Board shewed Charles Cawson Master 〈◊〉 the said Vessel the Earl of Derby's Pass for the said Voyage And this Informant and others of the said Mariners made for the said Island but before they could compass it the said Owner proposed to this Informant and the rest of the Mariners so make for Ireland which they did accordingly and landed in Ireland and there continued about three Weeks during all which time the said Master continued a Shore and returned not Aboard till she was ready â—o sail And this Informant further saith That the said Vessel went out of Loyne in the night-time-without any Cocket or Certificate from the Custom-Office and without Fraught or any on Board save the three Passengers aforesaid and the said Master and five Mariners and a Boy And at her Return had nothing Aboard save a Tun and a half of Iron-pots and half a Tun of Iron Barrs and nine Barrels of Beef and two Passengers viz. the said Mr. Thrillfall and a young short Man wearing his own hair which said Passengers had two Cases of Pistols and one Sword and the said Thrillfall had a Hair Port-mantle Trunk which he took on Shoar with him And he further saith That on Thursday morning last the said Vessel came to Anchor in Loyne aforesaid a little before Sun-rise and by the Cock-boat belonging to the said Vessel sent the said Thrillfall and the other Passenger ashore at the Crook being on the South side of the said River before the Custom-house Boat came up to them And the said Passengers or the one of them left behind them in the said Vessel two Leather Baggs with Writings which the Custom-Officers when they came on Board took into their Possession And further saith not John Preston Jurat apud Preston in Com Lâ—ne ' xviiâ— Junii 1689. Corum me C. Brandon The Information of Henry Knowles one of the Seamer in the Pink or Vessel called the Lion of Lancaster Who upon Oath saith THAT he is a Pepist and hath been a Mariner or Seaman in the said Vessel in several Voyages betwixt England and Ireland and more particularly in two Voyages since Christmass last And he further saith that this day five Weeks last past about two a Clock in the Morning the said Vessel weighed Anchor from the River Lune being designed as this Examinant and the other Mariners on Board understood for the Isle of Man without any Fraught or Persons on Board her saving Mr. Thrillfall and two other Passengers who this Examinant knows not besides Charles Cawson the Master five Mariners whereof this Examinant was one and a Boy But in the Voyage and before they did reach to the said Isle Mr. Thrillfall proposed that they should go strait for Dublin in the Kingdom of Ireland where the said Mr. Thrillfall pretended he had business to this the Master readily consented saying he also had business at Dublin to get in some Debts which Voyage they performed accordingly and Landed at Dublin the Saturday following and there continued at Anchor some days above three Weeks during which stay this Examinant several times saw the said Mr. Thrillfall in Dublin And in order for their Return to England there was brought on Board the said Vessel at Dublin only one Tun and a half of Iron pots half a Tun of Iron Barre and nine Barrels of Beef and upon Monday was seven night the said Vessel set sail from Dublin for England no Persons being in her besides the said Ships-Company the said Mr. Thrillfall and one other Person to this Examinant unknown who brought with them into the Vessel only a Trunk Portmantle covered with Hair that this Examinant knows of And this Deponent saith that the said other Person was low of stature wearing his own Hair and went under the Name of Mr. Lunt who pretended to come to an Uncle of his in England And this Examinant further saith That the said Vessel about two or three a Clock last Thursday Morning came to an Anchor in the River Lune in that County And the Master immediately after their coming to Anchor Ordered the Cock-boat to be let down and appointed this Examinant and Richard Whiteside another of the said Seamen to set the said Mr. Thrillfall and Mr. Lunt on shore upon Cockeram side which accordingly they did and carried with them which they delivered to the said Thrillfall the said Trunk and as this Examinant and the said Whiteside were rowing the Boat back towards the Vessel the said Lunt called back of them that he had left his Baggs on Board but said that he and the said Mr. Thrillfall would go to refresh themselves at Cookeram and desired this Examinant to bring his said Baggs thither to him But before this Examinant was return'd to the Vessel a Boat with some Officers belonging to the Custom-house were come up to the Vessel who searching the Vessel did after this Examinant's Return to her find in the Hold of the said Vessel two Leather-baggs with several written and Printed Papers in them as this Examinant afterwards saw which this Examinant believes to be the said Lâ—nâ—'s Baggs And this Deponent further saith that he believes the said Vessel had no Cocket when she went for Ireland And hath heard that the said Mr. Thrillfall gave ten Pounds for her that Voyage Henry Knowles Capt ' Jurat '
Cheshire where there were and this Informant is very confident yet are lodg'd secur'd and kept great Quantities of Arms and Warlike Equipage of all Sorts with great Numbers of Horses fit for Service And this Informant saith that if he were Authorized and Impower'd thereunto he this Informant would undertake to Seize and Secure them The Examination of John Kelly taken upon Oath the 23. and 27. days of February THIS Informant saith that he came over to England in the Irish Army about Michaelmas last was twelve Months since which time he hath wander'd up and down from one Gentlemens House to another and was entertain'd in the Lord Molyneux's House about twelve Days before Christmas during which time he was there he saw a Letter from Queen Mary which came from St. Germaint directed to the young Lord Molyneux which Letter this Informant heard read the Contents of which Letter was that with good Hopes of the Encouragement they had from other Countries and that the Queen had got from the French King a Grant of assisting them with Arms to the Number of eight or nine Thousand as near as he remembereth and my Lord Molyneux on receipt of this Letter sent to several Sadlers to prepare Saddles Bridles and Holsters and as fast as they were made this Informant saith they were convey'd to secret Places under Ground And farther this Informant saith That he was at the House of one Esq Tildesley at a Place call'd the Lodge in Lancashire near to a Town call'd Preston where he saw many Commissions which came from King James out of Ireland which said Commissions were to raise two Regiments of Horse and three of Foot which Regiments were to be at an hours warning when King James sent any Assistance out of Ireland into England or when King William should go into Scotland one of which Regiments of Horse was to be Commanded by the young Lord Molyneux another Regiment of Horse was to be Commanded by Esq Townley of Townley in Lancashire aforesaid one other Regiment of Foot was to be Commanded by Mr. Standish of Standish Hall in Lancashire aforesaid and the other Regiment of Foot was to be Commanded by Sir James Pool of Pool Hall within six Miles of West-Chester And this Informant farther saith that Mr. Standish sent one Lieut. Burke from his House with Letters to King James into Ireland who gave the said Lieut. Burke forty Guinea's which this Informant saw deliver'd to the said Lieut Burke which said Letters were sent immediately after the Receipt of the said Commissions from Ireland And farther this Informant says he was sent by the Lord Molyneux with a Letter to my Lord I**t of I**t-Hall aforesaid and also he was sent with several other Letters from Place to Place to several other Gentlemen the Contents of which Letters this Informant believes was to be in a Readiness for the rising aforesaid and they were to repair to the Castle of Liverpool which they did conceive might easily be surpriz'd where were many Barrels of Gun Powder and Arms that so thereby they might be furnish'd with Ammunition and Arms and further this Informant saith that he was sent now and then a Foot and then a Horseback from one Gentleman to another who were Confederates and was kindly receiv'd by all with Plenty of Provisions and Money and further this Informant says he knew several other Persons sent upon the same-occasion and further this Informant says that he himself does know Irish Souldiers to the Number of five Hundred now lying in Lancashire which lye to be ready at an hours warning if there should be any Insurrection to assist King James And this Informant saith Mr. Thomas Tatlock of Symons-Wood near the Parish of Sefton in Lancashire did for near a Month together harbour about three Score Irish Men who had serv'd King James and were then listed under other Gentlemen to serve King James again and that Arms and Furniture for them-were hid in that Wood. He further saith that Mr. Molyneux of Morbrow did harbour about twenty Irish Men for the Service of King James and that Arms Saddles Bridles and Holsters for them were conceal'd in a Cellar under a Tower at the Entry of the House at Mr. Blundell of Inch in the Parish of Sefton That John Holland of Prescot and his Partner made Saddles Bridles and Holsters for them and was privy to the Design and that a Sadler in Legh was imploy'd by the Popish Gentlemen for that Service That all the Officers and Soldiers were to be ready at the Time they should have Notice from King James from Ireland That Arms Saddles Bridles Holsters c. were also hid in Cellars and under Ground in the Parish of Prescot and Parish of Legh and other Parishes by Gentlemen and the Sadlers that live there J. Kelly Taken and Sworn this 27. Febr. before us whose Names are here under Written Thomas Yarnold Mayor of Evesham Bellemont James Rushout William Bromley Edmund Letchmore Richard Dodswell Mr. William Wybrants Information ABOUT the Time when the Lancashire Gentlemen were brought Prisoners to Town I met Mr. Taffe I told him I met Capt. Cottingham who hop'd that you were not concern'd in the Plot especially against Mr. Legh of Lime for he heard he was a very honest Gentleman after which Mr. Taffe pressed me two or three Times to speak to Capt. Cottingham if he could bring him acquainted with any Friend of Mr. Legh of Limes some time after I met him in the Temple where he told me he was mightily disgusted for that Mr. Baker and Mr. Smith who was then walking in the Temple did use him barbarously for they would not give him any Money not so much as would pay his Horse-hire into the Country but he would be even with them and spoil the Plot and several Words to that effect I ask'd him to be Ingenious with me and tell me whether he was concern'd in the Plot for I heard it would come to nothing He told me he was no Evidence nor knew any thing of the Plot But he knew there were very good Evidence and enough to hang them all and immediately afterward he ask'd me whether I could help him to a Friend of Mr. Legh of Lime for he was in the Tower and there was no getting to speak to him but if he could get to speak to a particular Friend of his he could make his Fortime and get a good Sum of Money by it for he could put them in a way to save their Lives I ask'd him how could that be when just before he told me the Evidence was Good and enough to hang them all he answer'd that was no Matter for he could contrive a way But when he found I was not inclinable he said now I think on it he would not be concern'd in it for it would look ill for him to be concern'd against the Government who had appear'd so much for it William Wybrant Sworn before the Houses of Lords and