THE TRYALL OF Richard Langhorn Esq COUNSELLOR at LAW FOR Conspiring the Death OF THE KING Subversion of the Government AND Protestant Religion Who upon Full Evidence was found Guilty of HIGH TREASON And received Sentence accordingly at the Sessions in the Old-Bayley holden for London and Middlesex on Saturday being the 14th of June 1679. Published by Authority LONDON Printed for H. Hills T. Parkhurst J. Starkey D. Newman T. Cockeril and T. Simmons 1679. THE TRYAL OF RICHARD LANGHORN Esq Vpon Saturday the 14th of June 1679. at the Sessions in the Old-Bayley London the Court according to their adjournment the preceeding day met and proceeded to the Trial of Richard Langhorn Esq in this manner Cl. of Cr. SEt Richard Langhorn to the Bar. Richard Langhorn hold up thy hand which he did Thou standest Indicted in London by the name of Richard Langhorn late of London Esq For that you Rich. Langhorn the elder as a false Traitor of the most Illustrious Serene and Excellent Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith your Supream and Natural Lord not having the fear of God in your heart nor weighing the duty of your Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil the Cordial love and true due and natural obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards him do and ought to bear altogether withdrawing and devising and with all your strength intending the Peace and common Tranquility of this Kingdom to disturb and the true Worship of God within this Kingdom used and by Law Established to overthrow and Sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom to stir up and procure and the true love duty and obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Lord the King towards him do and of right ought to bear to withdraw relinquish and extinguish on the 30th day of September in the 30th year of his Majesties Reign at London in the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West in the Ward of Faringdon without London aforesaid Falsly Maliciously Subtilly and Traiterously with many other false Traitors of our Soveraign Lord the King unknown did Purpose Compass Imagine Intend Consult and Agree to stir up Sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England against our said Soveraign Lord the King and a miserable slaughter amongst the Subjects of our said Lord the King of his Kingdom of England to procure and cause and our said Soveraign Lord the King from his Kingly State Title Power and Government of his Kingdom of England totally to deprive depose and disinherit and our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put and the Government of this Kingdom to subvert and change and the true Worship of God in this Kingdom by Law Established and used to alter and the State of this Kingdom in all the parts thereof well instituted totally to subvert and destroy and War within this Kingdom of England to procure and levy and the same most wicked Treasons Traiterous imaginations purposes compassings and agreements aforesaid and to perfect and fulfil You the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit◠〈◊〉 30th day of September in the 30th year aforesaid and divers◠〈…〉 before at London c. Falsly Advisedly Maliciously Subtiâ—â—y 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—terously did Compass Contrive and Write two Letters to be sent to certain Persons unknown at Rome and at St. Omers in parts beyond the Seas to procure the adherance aid and assistance of the Pope and of the French King and others to you the said Richard Langhorn and other false Traitors unknown the true Worship of God within this Kingdom of England by Law established and used to the Superstition of the Church of Rome to alter and the Government of this Kingdom of England to subvert and our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put and that you the said Richard Langhorn in further prosecution of the said Treason Traiterous imaginations intentions and agreements aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid and the said other days and times before at London c. did Compass Contrive and Write 2 other Letters to be sent to Rome in parts beyond the Seas to one Christopher Anderton then Rector of the English Colledge at Rome aforesaid and two other Letters to be sent to St. Omers in parts beyond the Seas to diverse Persons unknown there residing and by the said respective Letters Traiterously you did advise the said Pope and Christopher Anderton and other Persons unknown residing beyond the Seas of the ways and manner to be taken for accomplishing the said most wicked Treasons for altering the true Worship of God in this Kingdom Established and used to the Superstition of the Church of Rome and for subverting the Government of this Kingdom and for the death and destruction of our said Lord the King and to the intent that the said Christopher Anderton and others unknown should give their aid assistance and adherance and should procure other aid assistance and adherance to you the said Richard Langhorn and other false Traitors unknown to alter the true Worship of God aforesaid to the Superstition of the Church of Rome and to subvert the Government of this Kingdom of England and to put our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and that you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the day and year aforesaid at London c. Traiterously did deliver the Letters aforesaid to be sent to the said Christopher Anderton and others Persons beyond the Seas to perfect the traiterous purposes aforesaid and that you the said Richard Langhorn further to fulfil and accomplish the same most wicked Treasons traiterous imaginations purposes and compassings aforesaid afterwards the said 30th day of September in the 30th year aforesaid at London c. five Commissions in Writing made by Authority derived from the See of Rome for constituting Military Officers for leading the Forces to be levyed in this Kingdom against our said Soveraign Lord the King for the altering the Protestant reformed Religion to the use and Superstition of the Church of Rome and for Subverting the Government of this Kingdom of England Traiterously you did receive and Five other Commissions in writing made by Authority derived from the See of Rome for constituting Civil Officers for Governing this Kingdom after the most wicked Treasons and Traiterous imaginations purposes and compassings aforesaid were fulfilled and accomplished then and there Traiterously you did receive And that you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the day and year aforesaid at London c. The said several Commissions so received to divers false Traitors of our Sovereign Lord the King unknown falsly knowingly and Traiterously did distribute give and dispose for Constituting Officers as well Military as Civil to the Traiterous purposes aforesaid And that you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards on the day and
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
Bar at Coleman's Trial There was one of them writ by Mr. Harcourt another by Mr. Coleman to Le Cheese Mr. Just Pemberton What was the effect of them Lord Ch. Just Only to let Le Cheese know that they waited only now for his Answer how far he had proceeded with the French King for the sending of money for they only wanted money all other things were in readiness That the Catholicks of England were in safety had made all Places and all Offices to be disposed of to Catholicks or such as they thought would be so that all Garrisons were either in their own hands or ready to be put into them that they had so fair an opportunity as I remember that was one of the expressions in the Letter to Father Stapleton that they had so fair an opportunity having a King so easy to believe what is dictated to him by our Party that if we slip this opportunity we must despair of ever introducing Popery into England for having a King of England so easy and the French King so powerful they must not miss such an opportunity Lord Ch. Just For what Mr. Bedloe To send over money for the carrying on of the Cause for they only wanted that all else was in readiness And the other Letters were to the same effect though in other words That Letter was in English but the Letters to Le Cheese and the Nuncio were both in French Lord Ch. Just But you understand French don't you Mr. Bedloe Yes my Lord I do Lord Ch. Just Did he Copy them out while you were there by Mr. Bedloe He Registred them before me Lord Ch. Just Did he write them into a Book and were you there all that time Mr. Bedloe Yes my Lord I and Coleman walked in the Chamber whilst he went in and writ as he did other things for he Registred all their Accompts There was not a peny of Money either received or laid out nor any thing done almost in relation to this Concern but he did keep a Register of it I cannot say that ever he did talk any thing before me of the Kings death particularly but talked of the whole Design About a Year and a half since Mr. Harcourt sent another Pacquet of Letters by me to Mr. Laghorn to be Registred he looked strangely upon me and received the Letter and sent an Answer to Mr. Harcourt that Mr. Williams for I went then under the name of Captain Williams had delivered him such Letters and that he should have them again to morrow after he had Copied them and Registred them Mr. Harcourt read the Letter of Answer to me and in the Letter it was Mr. Williams Said I to Mr. Harcourt I thought I might have been Registred by my right name because when any thing should take effect and occasion serve I resolved to bear my own name Alas says he this does not signifie any thing at all for as for this Register it is not so considerable there shall be a new Register made of things of weight and moment this is only a blind Register amongst our selves The 2 Letters that I brought from Harcourt there was one of them from Sir William Godolphin that I had brought before from Spain Lord Ch. Just Who was that directed to Mr. Bedloe To my Lord Bellasis and about three weeks after it was that I was sent to Mr. Langhorn to have it Registred the other was from the Irish Colledge of Jesuits in Salamanca The Letter from the Rector did specify that they would have my Lord Bellasis and the rest of the Lords that were concerned and the rest of the Party in England to be in readiness and to have this communicated with all expedition for now they had provided in Spain under the notion of Pilgrims for St. Jago some Irish Cashier'd Souldiers that had left their Country some for Religion and some for their Crimes and a great many Lay-Brothers whom they had procured and gathered together under the notion of Pilgrims to be ready to take Shipping at the Groin to Land at Milford-Haven there to meet my Lord Powis and an Army that he was to raise in Wales to further this Design And these Letters said they had almost brought it to a Period that they did only expect a return from England to shew in what readiness they were here that accordingly they might proceed Lord Ch. Just Did Mr. Langhorn see these Letters Mr. Bedloe He took these Letters from me and told me Mr. Harcourt should have them again when he had transcribed them and writ a Letter to Mr. Harcourt that Mr. Williams had brought him such Letters Lord Ch. Just And he did transcribe them Mr. Bedloe I suppose so for he afterwards sent them back to Mr. Harcourt Mr. Just Atkins Was it a good large Book that he Registred them in Mr. Bedloe I know not what Book he Registred them in not those Letters Langhorn It is a proper Question because said I Registred those Letters before him Mr. Bedloe I say I saw him in his Study transcribe Coleman's Letter whilst Coleman and I walked in his Chamber L. C. J. Into what kind of Book did he Register that Had he more Books then one pray Mr. Bedloe My Lord I cannot tell that I judge it might be the same Book I saw the Book then it was a large Parchment Book but I did not see it when Harcourts Letters were Registred When Coleman and I came thither he went into his Study and left us in the Chamber I saw him transcribing the Papers that lay before him but when I brought those Letters from in Mr. Harcourt I onely delivered them sealed up and his answer to Father Harcourt was that Mr. Williams had brought him so many Letters and he should have them again as soon as he had transcribed them Lord Ch. Just Mr. Langhorn you would do well to shew us the Book and that would make the matter plain Lord Ch. Just North. Could you see how far he had gone in the Book and what Room there was left to write other Letters Mr. Bedloe It was a Book at least 3 Inches thick and as near as I could guess he had gotten threw 2 thirds of the Book Lord Ch. Just But you should shew us your Book Mr. Langhorn Langhorn I say my Lord if I had such a Book it must needs be found in my Study if I had it it must be there for I never removed it Lord Ch. Just That was not a Book fit to be left there Mr. Bedloe My Lord Pritchard did tell me that the Commissions were come and that Mr. Langhorn had them and things says he are now in a readiness Then said I When shall I have my Commission Said he those that Mr. Langhorn hath are only for the General Officers you must have yours said he from my Lord Belasis Sir Cr. Levins Do you know any thing of any money that was to be raised by the Benedictine Monks 6000 l.
My Lord if the 26th of November fell upon a Monday then it was on the 26th day that I set out for Dover in the Coach as near as I can remember and I got to St. Omers a Friday morning following Langhorn A Friday after you say you got to St. Omers Dr. Oates About that time Langhorn How long did you stay there Dr. Oates Till April following I stay'd Langhorn Without any moving from thence Dr. Oates Onely went to Paris and after that a night or two at Watton and then came away in April My Lord I desire if your Lordship please that Mr. Langhorn may ask the Court and the Court ask me for I know the Court will be so kind as to ask me such Questions as are reasonable and proper for me to answer Mr. Just Atkins That indeed is the regular way for Prisoners should not ask the Question but the Court. Langhorn Very well I shall observe the Method if your Lordship please I desire to know what time in April he came back for England Dr. Oates I came about the middle of April or latter end I will not be so positive in that and I was in England under 20 days Langhorn Can you tell what day you came into England Dr. Oates No I cannot exactly but I came in April the middle or the latter end Langhorn I desire to know who came with him Dr. Oates My Lord there came a matter of 9 or 10 of us in all Lord Ch. Just Name them Dr. Oates There was Father Williams and Father March the Rector of Liege and Sir John Warner Langhorn What is the Rector of Liege's name Dr. Oates Warren I think I cannot tell names so exactly Langhorn Go on Sir pray Dr. Oates I cannot name any more Langhorn You have named them all in the Records of the Lords House Dr. Oates T is like I have I refer you to that Langhorn Did Sir Thomas Preston come over with you Dr. Oates Yes he did Langhorn Did Pool come over with you Dr. Oates Yes Lord Ch. Just Look you Mr. Langhorn we had all this matter spoken of yesterday and there were Witnesses that prove that Sir Jeremy Warner and Sir Thomas Preston were there Langhorn I humbly conceive that was upon an Issue tried in another County by another Jury and therefore I hope I do not amiss in urging what I can say for my self to this Jury Lord Ch. Just You are not debarred I only told you of it Was Sir Robert Bret there Dr. Oates Yes I think he was I am not confident of that My Lord I own what Mr. Langhorn can bring to the Court upon Record Langhorn I only ask it because he says so in the House of Lords Dr. Oates If you can shew the Record of what I said there do Langhorn I do not desire him to name them now but to know whether he does now affirm the truth of what he Swore in the House of Lords Lord Ch. Just If you can produce as you may if you have been diligent a Copy of the Record in the House of Lord and have it Sworn to be a true Copy of the Records it will be Evidence for you and shall be read but to put him to remember a Record without Book must not be it would be hard for him to undertake that Langhorn I desire to know how he came from Dover whether in a Coach or on Horseback to London Dr. Oates Indeed the Question is so sudden that I cannot be positive but as near as I remember I came by Coach Langhorn I will give you my reason why I ask this because he hath formerly upon a Trial in the Kings-Bench affirmed he came by Coach in the company of Mr. Hilsley Dr. Oates No I did never say so but I came over in the Pacquet Boat in the company of Mr. Hilsley but when we were come over Mr. Hilsley went out of the way from us Langhorn I desire to know where he lodged when he came to Town Lord Ch. Just Where did you lodge the first night Dr. Oates I did lie at Mr. Grove's house when I came to London in April Lord Ch. Just But the first night when you came from Dover when you came into London in April Dr. Oates My Lord I cannot say I lay there the first night but my lodging was provided for me there Lord Ch. Just You are to Answer as well as you can if you cannot remember it say so Do you say the first absolutely or not Dr. Oates My Lord I cannot remember the first night but I lay several nights at Mr. Grove's Langhorn Then I ask whether he did generally lie there during his stay Dr. Oates I did lie there some nights Lord Ch. Just How many times did you lie there Dr. Oates I believe three or four nights I won't be positive as to the Number Langhorn What day was the Consult Dr. Oates It was the 24th of April Langhorn What day did you acquaint me with it Dr. Oates A day or 2 after Langhorn When did he return back to St. Omers Lord Ch. Just When did you go back about what time Dr. Oates My Lord I think it was a week in May I cannot be positive but I think that was the outside Lord Ch. Just They said yesterday you affirmed you stay'd but 6 days Dr. Oates I do not say so but I say under 20. Mr. Just Dolben Come have you any thing else to ask him Langhorn Those Letters that he speak of I desire to know whether he saw me write them Lord Ch. Just Those Letters you speak of did you see him write them Dr. Oates I did not see him write them but I am sure they were his Letters because I know his hand Lord Ch. Just How did you come to know his hand since you did not see him write them Dr. Oates I saw the Letter whereby he ordered money to be paid 5 l. to his Son And I saw the money paid to his Son by that Order Langhorn Do you know that Le Cheese and Anderton writ to me Dr. Oates I do not say that they writ to him but he had Letters Subscribed by their Names and they were said by him to come from them and they were to be communicated to the Priests and Jesuits and he delivered them to me to that end Langhorn When you returned to St. Omers how long did you stay there Dr. Oates Till 23d June new Stile which is the 13th old Stile Langhorn I remember he professed himself a Roman Catholick I see he is a Minister I desire to know of him when he left the Protestant Religion and became a Convert as he called himself call it what you will when he left being a Protestant and became a Papist that is it I mean Dr. Oates He does it for nothing but to quarrel Lord Ch. Just When did you leave the Church of England Dr. Oates My Lord if it be the pleasure of the Bench to ask me
that Question Lord Ch. Just You ought to answer it though it be nothing to the purpose Dr. Oates Then I answer it was either in February or March 1676 7 Langhorn My Lord I desire to know whether he had any Benefice Dr. Oates Yes I was sometime Vicar of Bobbing in Kent But I suppose this is to make me accuse my self of something whereby I might forfeit my Living for my Lord I have a right in a point of Equity still to that Living but only for going beyond Sea without leave of my Ordinary I am not now Vicar of Langhorn When did you come to your Vicandge Dr. Oates In 1672. Langhorn You became a Papist in 1677. I ask this Question whether he did leave his Living before he turned Papist Dr. Oates My Lord I am not willing to answer that Question Lord Ch. Just When did you leave your Living did you leave it before you went away Dr. Oates It was not very long before but the reason why I am not willing to tell When I left the Parish I left it in the charge of Mr. Thomas Turner Vicar of Milton and I did go near about Chichester and served a Sequestration there The Air was not a good Air in that part of Kent and I had not my health and that was one reason and for other reasons best known to my self Langhorn After he became a Papist I desire to know whether he became a Jesuit Were you in any Order there Lord Ch. Just Mr. Langhorn it is not a proper Question we ought not to ask it him You are a man of the Law and therefore you know it is not fair to ask any Person a Question about a Criminal matter that may bring himself in danger Langhorn I take him to be out of danger he hath his Pardon Lord Ch. Just I don't know what his Pardon is nor how far it reaches nor whether this be contained in it but if Mr. Oates pleases to answer that Question he may Mr. Just Dolben Though he hath his Pardon he may be in danger of the Ecclesiastical Censure Lord Ch. Just He says he will not Langhorn I le give you another reason why I ask it because in one of his Narratives he seems to call himself so he says There came over 9 of us all Jesuits I suppose him to be one of that Order this I took to be a ground why I might properly call him so Lord Ch. Just Narratives are no Evidence at all Langhorn But that gave me an occasion to ask the Question Dr. Oates I cannot answer it because it tends rather to raise a debate in the Court than conduces to the Question to acquit or condemn the Prisoner Mr. Just Pemberton You are not bound to answer it Lord Ch. Just He tells you he is not bound by Law to answer and he reâ—uses to answer Langhorn I desire to know whether he ever saw me or conversed with me from the time he acquainted me with the Consult and saw the Commissions in my Chamber Lord Ch. Just How often did you converse with Mr. Langhorn Dr. Oates After I returned again in July and August once or twice Lord Ch. Just How often in April and May Dr. Oates Twice I think about the time of the Consult Lord Ch. Just And when you came over again how often Dr. Oates Twice more I think twice or thrice Lord Ch. Just So then he hath been four or five times in your company Dr. Oates He would not let me come to his house for he used to say his Wife was but aumes ace turned from a Devil and therefore he would not have me come thither Langhorn I hope he will not go out of the Court Lord Ch. Just No he will stay here but you have done with him at present have you not Langhorn Yes my Lord I have Sir Cr. Levins Swear Mr. Bedloe Which was done Lord Ch. Just Mr. Bedloe I ask you but one short Question because I would not interrupt you afterwards That Paper that you saw Signed by the Superior of the Jesuits where had you it Mr. Bedloe I had it at Mr. Daniel Arthur's Langhorn What is that Lord Ch. Just It is an Instrument Signed and Sealed just as the things were which Mr. Oates says he saw in your Chamber Lord Ch. Just North. And besides you must take notice that this was found a long time after Mr. Oates had given his Testimony publickly for his Closet was not searched till a great while after Lord Ch. Just It is to shew you what Seals they used to have to their Commissions Mr. Oates describes several Commissions that he saw in your Study so Sealed and Subscribed and after the searching Mr. Arthurs Study being a Papist that Commission is found there Now though it be a thing of a private Concern a Church matter not relating to the matters in Question yet this very Commission is so subscribed and so signed and sealed as Mr. Oates had described those to be before in your Chamber Mr. Bedloe Because it was exactly the hand and seal that I saw to the Commissions in Paris I did take particular notice of the Paper and brought it to the Council Lord Ch. Just Well Sir now go on with your Evidence Mr. Bedloe First my Lord I le only ask this Question or the Court whether a known Roman Catholick may take Notes of the Evidence in such a Cause Lord Ch. Just Truly no I think not Mr. Bedloe There is an honourable Lady in that Gallery the Lady Marchioness of Winchester that hath took Notes all this Trial. Lord Ch. Just She will do her self nor no body else any great hurt by what she writes Mr. Bedloe I only speak it for the information of the Court. Lord Ch. Just A Womans Notes will not signify much truly no more than her tongue Mr. Bedloe My Lord about 3 years since I was sent by Mr. Harcourt and Mr. Coleman to Le Cheese with some Letters for the carrying on of this Design With these Letters Mr. Coleman asked me if I could go with him as far as the Temple I have no particular acquaintance with Mr. Langhorn I was but twice at his Chamber once with Mr. Harcourt and once with Mr. Coleman I waited upon Mr. Coleman to Mr. Langhorn's Chamber in the Temple There did he Register such Letters as Mr. Coleman brought to him and afterwards Mr. Coleman sealed them up and gave them me to carry to Le Cheese Lord Ch. Just How do you say when you went with Mr. Coleman to Mr. Langhorn's Chamber were the Letters writ there Mr. Bedloe The Letters were writ first at Coleman's house and brought open by Coleman to Mr. Langhorn and he read them and Registred them and then Coleman sealed them up and gave them to me to carry away Langhorn What Letters were these Lord Ch. Just Do you know what the effect of those Letters were Mr. Bedloe The Letters were read some of them at the Kings-Bench
or what other sum Mr. Bedloe My Lord in May 1676. among the Letters I carryed to Le Cheese one of them was directed to Stapleton a Benedictine Monk to raise the mony for England Lord Ch. Just The mony what mony Mr. Bedloe The mony they had promised to remit into England Lord Ch. Just But did they name no sum Mr. Bedloe No my Lord for they had no particular promise but only that they did make it their business to raise what they could Lord Ch. Just And what was it Do you know of any sum of mony that was raised and by whom Mr. Bedloe Le Cheese told me himself that they had no reason to suspect him or his Interest with the French King for he had laid that sure enough And that when he found a fit opportunity the mony was ready to be remitted into England and that he had remitted some of it already to Mr. Coleman and Ireland Lord Ch. Just You know not but by what Le Cheese told you Mr. Bedloe No. Lord Ch. Just He speaks what Le Cheese told him that he would raise mony and that he had sent some to Mr. Coleman and Ireland Mr. Bedloe Yes and that the rest should follow when he found there was absolute occasion but he would not part with his mony till they had assurance of their being in readiness here and likely to further and carry on the Design Mr. Just Atkins Mr. Bedloe had you any discourse with the Prisoner about any Commissions Mr. Bedloe No my Lord 't is at least a year and an half since I saw him Lord Ch. Just Did he ever own any Commissions he had Mr. Bedloe No Pritchard told me he had some Lord Ch. Just You have seen the Commissions have you not Mr. Bedloe No I never saw any in Mr. Langhorns hand Lord Ch. Just Where did you see them then Mr. Bedloe Sir Henry Tichbourn did shew me three Commissions in Paris Signed by the General of the Order and sealed with the Jesuits Seal which made me take up this Paper which hath been shewn tho it were a thing indifferent yet because it was written with the same hand and Sealed with the same Seal that the Commissions were that I saw in Paris Mr. Belwood Did Mr. Langhorn know any thing of the Treason to murther the King by Pickering and Grove Mr. Bedloe That I do know only y breport but when Grove Pickering and Conyers were going to New-Market I was at Harcourt's Chamber and I had a Design to go to Windsor to observe what they did and I did ask Father Harcourt to give me leave to go see a friend of mine take shipping at Plymouth to send some Commendations by him to my Friends in Italy then says Father Harcourt you cannot be spared you must not go now for we don't know what return these Gentlemen will make of their journy and what occasion there may be for you if there should be any good effect of it then said I I will go and write and send it by a friend down to be sent into Italy but said he you must stay a while till I come back again I am going to Mr. Langhorns Chamber in the Temple to take the Minutes of what they have done this morning that was the contrivance of sending down those people to New-Market to assassinate the King Mr. Just Atkins That is no Evidence against the Prisoner because it is by Hear-say Lord Ch. Just It is right and the Jury ought to take notice That what another man said is no Evidence against the Prisoner for nothing will be Evidence against him but what is of his own knowledge But I desire Mr. Bedloe as well as you can you would repeat the effect of one of the most material Letters Mr. Langhorn did transcribe Mr. Bedloe Though I was not so exact a French-man in the nicety of the Tongue yet I understood enough to learn the sence of those Letters The English Letter from Stapleton which he transcribed was to this effect That Coleman and Harcourt naming themselves We that is We and the Jesuites and it was to the Rector of the English Monks in particular but I missed of the Rector and Mr. Stapleton receiv'd it I say the effect of that Letter was they would have a certain answer from them Langhorn When was it Mr. Bedloe It was in 76 Lord Ch. Just What was the effect say you Mr. Bedloe The effect was that they would have a final Answer from those Religious at Doway and Paris to know how far they had proceeded with the English Religious and all their Friends beyond Sea in making Collections and remitting of money for there was only money wanting for the Arms of the Catholicks were all ready and they had all a good mind to the Business their Arms and Hearts were ready and the easiness of the King of England and the strength of the power of France made it an opportunity not to be neglected That the Garrisons were ready to be put into such hands as they could trust Lord Ch. Just Was there such an expression in the Letter upon your Oath that they had such Arms and that the Garrisons were ready to be put into their hands and whose hands they were ready to be put into Mr. Bedloe Yes my Lord there were such expressions and they would have the Garrisons only in such hands as they coâ—l â—ust Lord Ch. Just And did he transcribe those Letters Mr. Bedloe He did transcribe those 3. while we were in his Chamber Mr. Just Pemberton Was there any mention of exciting the French King by power to Invade this Kingdom Mr. Bedloe There was in the French Letter to Monsieur Le Cheese which he transcribed too Langhorn That was in French he says Lord Ch. Just I suppose you understand French too or else you could not do what you did Langhorn I Understand Law French Lord Ch. Just Mr. Bedloe did you never hear him discourse in French Mr. Bedloe No my Lord. Dr. Oates I cannot write nor read French but I can Translate it Mr. Recorder If you have any Questions to ask him you may ask him Langhorn How many were the Letters that then I transcribed Mr. Bedloe There were Three my Lord one was to the English Monks at Paris another was to Monsieur Le Cheese another to the Pope's Nuntio Langhorn Were they long or short ones I ask for this reason because I observe that in the Narrative Coleman's Letters are very long of what length might they be Mr. Bedloe They were the best part of half a sheet of Paper for Mr. Coleman writ a curious fine small hand and would put a great deal of Business into a little Paper the Popes Nuntio's Letter was very short Lord Ch. Just Did he transcribe them all before you went away Mr. Bedloe Whilst we walked in his Chamber he Registred them We took a great many turns about in the Chamber and I saw the Papers before him and
his Book Langhorn Did those Letters express what the money was to be raised for or did they leave it to be understood my meaning my Lord of my Question is this whether Mr. Coleman writ to him to hasten the money and said it was for such a particular use or only in general Lord Ch. Just He hath answered it already but he will do it again Mr. Bedloe My Lord though it was not expressed in the Letter but only we want nothing else from beyond Sea but your assistance tho it was not expressed in the letter to destroy the King and the Protestant Religion yet the full of the discourse betwixt Mr. Coleman and Mr. Langhorn was to this effect We only stay for money when we have got that we will put our selves into a posture Lord Ch. Just If you observed it he said so before when we asked him what the effect of those Letters was that all things were ready it is a good opportunity now for the effecting of our Design having so easie a King to deal with and your King having so powerful a Treasury do you but get the mony of him and we shall do well enough Mr. Bedloe Though it was not specified in the Letters what the mony was for yet in the discourse between Mr. Coleman and Mr. Langhorn it was worded so that it was plain it was to destroy the Government and introduce Popery Langhorn My Lord ask whether this be all that he charges upon me Mr. Bedloe I cannot say that my Lord that this is all I have to say against him things may occur to my memory hereafter which do not now Lord Ch. Just But at this time you remember no more do you Mr. Bedloe No. Mr. Just Atkins But to my apprehension what you said last is most material that is the discourse between him and Mr. Coleman for that Rivets the whole When he said that is we had but a Return of this money then we have made our selves safe or words to that effect but it was to the full meaning of this that the Protestant Religion could not stand any longer here having assistance from France Lord Ch. Just So they consulted together after the Letters were transcribed did they Mr. Bedloe Yes my Lord. Dr. Oates My Lord I omitted one thing that was very material in my Evidence which comes in my mind since The Congregation at Rome did contribute 800000 Crowns to be sent into England and Mr. Langhorn did inquire concerning that money and had knowledge of the Receipt of it in France as Mr. Langhorn did say in the month of July or August Lord Ch. Just Did he say it to you Dr. Oates He did to Father Harcourt Father Kaines and Father Fenwick that were there 800000 Crowns come to France Lord Ch. Just What said he then concerning the 800000 Crowns Dr. Oates He gave an account of the moneys being lodg'd at Paris Lord Ch. Just You hear what he says that you gave an account of 800000 Crowns that were raised abroad that it was Lodg'd and receiv'd at Paris Mr. Bedloe I recollect somthing more now tho I was not in Mr. Langhorns Chamber I met with Father Kaines one day and said he I must go and speak with one Mr. Langhorn presently and when he came out again he brought a Letter in his hand and afterwards we went to a Tobaccoshop in Wild-Street and there Father Kaines told me the effect of the Letter He told me it was a Chiding Letter from the Secretary de propaganda fide Cardinal Barbarino who had sent a chiding Letter to Mr. Langhorn and the rest of the Conspirators for going on no faster when they had so fair an opportunity L. C. J. Did you see the Letter directed to Mr Langhorne Mr. Bedloe Father Kaines told me the Effects of it and he had the Letter from Mr Langhorne L. C. J. He told you so well but this Evidence is as to the Plot in general but not to Mr Langhorne in particular But that which he charges you particularly with is this Your Transcribing the Letters wherein there was an Expression made of your being all in readiness as for Arms and the Garisons and your discourse afterwards with Mr Coleman in what a posture all things were for the destruction of the Government and the bringing in Popery and there wanted nothing but mony for the effecting the whole Design This is that he says Langhorne My Lord I suppose he won't go out of the Court neither L. C. J. No no he will stay here Sir Cr. Levins My Lord there is one Witness that we had not ready here when we began to give some account of the General Plot I pray he may be Examined his name is Buss Who was sworn L. C. J. What can you say of any Design upon the King's Life What is your Name Mr. Buss My name is Thomas Buss L. C. J. What Profession are you of Mr. Buss I serve the Duke of Monmouth L. C. J. In what Capacity do you serve him Mr. Buss I am his Cook L. C. J. How long have you served him Mr. Buss Thirteen Years I have lived with him L. C. J. Well what is it you have to say Mr. Buss Being at Windsor my Lord with an old Acquaintance of mine one Handkinson that was then newly come from Italy L. C. J. When was this Mr. Buss In September last within a Week after the Duke came from Flanders and we were drinking together for I had not seen him for many Years before and there was one Anthony was in the company and said he I am newly come from Italy and I am going again and I am come to take my leave of my Friends When do you go away said I I believe I go to morrow said he but pray said he to Anthony Have a special care of those four worthy Gentlemen What Gentlemen said I Four worthy Gentlemen said he that I brought over with me What said I from Italy No said he they are four worthy Irish Gentlemen They are very worthy Persons said he have a special care of them for they will do our business L. C. J. What said you to that Mr. Buss Nothing for I knew nothing of it till I saw Coleman's Tryal where it speaks of the four Irish men that were to kill the King at Windsor then I bethought me of it L. C. J. Would you not ask him what that business was or so Mr. Buss No I did not know at that time L. C. J. But no man in England but would have asked such a Question Mr. Buss No he said they were four Strangers But said I did you bring them out of Italy Nor saith he they are four Irish Gentlemen that I brought over with me worthy Persons L. C. J. North. And what Religion was he of that said so Mr. Buss He was a Catholick one that bought all into a Colledge that did so here before he went Mr. Prance He belonged to the
because there was a great Feast and he play'd at Nine-pins in the Garden and I can tell what they play'd for L. C. J. What say you as to Mr Nevil and Sir Robert Brett's being at St Omers 12th Witness I did not take so much notice of Sir Robert Brett as for Nevil I think I saw him once in three days Mr. Just. Pemberton And there is nothing said of him here Then another Witness stood up L. C. J. When did you see Mr Oats first at St Omers 13th Witness I first saw him in the Month of December L. C. J. Did you see him in April and May 13th Witness Yes my Lord I did L. C. J. Was he there all those Months 13th Witness Yes my Lord he was L. C. J. North. Was he there all the Month of June 13th Witness He went away towards the latter end of June L. C. J. North. Yesterday you said the latter end of July Call another Witness Then another Witness stood up L. C. North. Come you hear the Question Did you see Mr Oats at St Omers in the Month of April 13th Witness Yes my Lord he was there all the Month of April L. C. J. Was he there all the Month of May 13th Witness Yes my Lord he was Mr. Just. Pemberton And a good part of June 13th Witness Yes my Lord. Langhorne What do you say as to Mr. Poole 13th Witness I saw Mr. Poole in the Infirmary the third day of May. L. C. J. North. How came you to take notice of it so well as to remember it that it was the third of May 13th Witness It was a Festival Day And the Feast we kept was the Invention of the Holy Cross We had the Action the day before and some that were in the Infirmary would have it Acted over again to them and we did so My Lord within one or two days after Mr. Hilsly went away I discoursed with Mr. Oats about half an hour he came out within a day or two after out of the Infirmary and I saw him walking in the Gallery And again the 2d of May I saw him walking with one Mr. Burnaby who arrived the day before the first of May and then I saw him the 3d 4th and 5th in this Burnaby's company I saw him again the 26th of May with a Band about his head in order to Confirmation for they always have a Linnen Cloth bound about their head at such a time L. C. J. Call another Who stood up his name was Lydcot L. C. J. What can you say Lydcot All that I can say is this that between the said Month of December 1677. and June 1678. which is the time in Question Mr. Oats was never out of the Colledge above one night when he went to Watton in January and this is certain that from the time that I saw him first till the time he went away for altogether there were not two days that passed away wherein I did not see him except in the Month of March and when he was in the Infirmary the 24th of April but then I heard that he was there L. C. J. Who did tell you so Lydcot The man that keeps that part of the House and coming into my Office after my Recovery out of a Fit of Sickness a week before Christmas or thereabouts I saw Mr. Oats by this Circumstance The Servitors of the House said they were glad to see me and Mr. Oats being in that Place at the Refectory that was assigned to him I asked who he was and they told me such an one but I had heard of his admission a few days before Likewise Mr. Oats was there when Mr. Hilsly came for England which was about the 24th of April by this Circumstance that he was present in the Refectory with some of the Scholars Mr. Richard Burnaby came to the Colledge about a week after Mr. Hilsly went away and Mr. Oats was actually there then and we did very much wonder that he became acquainted with him so quickly after his arrival I say Mr. Oats was actually there when Mr. Killingbeck and Mr. Conquest came for England about the 3d of May by this Circumstance that I had some discourse with Mr. Oats and some others of the Scholars that Mr. Conquest would by no means get out of his Bed betimes that day he was to go away being unwilling to leave the Colledge He was there the 26th of May by this Circumstance that the Bishop dined there that day and Mr. Oats was there Confirmed that day Mr. Oats was there also in June my Lord. L. C. J. Yes he was there in June he does not deny it Mr. Just Pemberton And was he there all May Lydcott Yes my Lord he was and all April except the time he was in the Infirmary which was 3 or 4 days Langhorne What do you say as to Poole and Nevil Lydcott They were there all the whole time in question and they were never absent any competent time to come to England as he says L. C. J. North. We must not allow that you must tell us what time they were there that we may know it Lydcott They were there in March April May June and July L. C. J. But did you see him every day from the beginning Christmas to the time he went away in June Lydcott Yes except the time he was at Watton and when he was in the Infirmary Mr. Recorder But was not Mr. Oats twice in the Infirmary L. C. J. He was I remember there on St. Thomas of Canterbury's Day and I remember he was there in April Sir Cr. Levins I did here you say something of some body that was absent five or six days was it you Lydcott I was sick in the Month of March and I was in the Infirmary till about the 12 or 14 day Sir Cr. Levins And did you see him there all that time Lydcott I excepted that time but I heard his voice once in that time in the next Room to the Infirmary where I was by this Circumstance He used to come to a Table by himself and it was near the Door and Nevil and Poole were there as I said before Mr. Recorder He speaks much more to the purpose to day Mr. Langhorne than he did yesterday L. C. J. North. And much louder Langhorne I hope your Lordship will take notice that he speaks likewise of the Residence of Mr. Poole Sir Robert Brett and Mr. Nevil L. C. J. Yes I do Call another Witness Who stood up and being a Foreigner his Evidence was likewise Interpreted L. C. J. Ask him what he says Interpreter He says he saw Mr. Oats he was there and he remembers it till about the 25 of June L. C. J. Where did he see him Interpreter He says it was either in the House or in the Garden Lord Chief Just North. When was that that he was in the Infirmary Interpreter He says he was in the Infirmary towards the latter end of December or beginning
matter done in Flanders as any thing could be in the world but it happening to be near home it hath the ill fortune to meet with a very sudden Answer which is a manifest proof how they stretch to help themselves and in my opinion this contradiction overthrows all their Evidence Gentlemen we will call out Witnesses and prove it as plainly as any thing can be in the world that Mr. Oats was here at that time First swear Will. Walker which was done Lord Ch. Just Do you know Mr. Oats Mr. Walker Yes Sir I have known him seven or eight years Lord Ch. Just When did you see him in England last year Mr. Walker I saw him the latter end of March 1678. or towards the middle of April following I saw him then in a disguise insomuch as that I knowing what he was and what he had been I could not a great while recollect the face of the man and it was a great trouble to me that having known him so many years I should not then know him I went home but could not recollect my self that night but before I rose again the next morning I did recollect my self that it was Titus Oats and I presently turned my self out of my bed and went to a Gentlewoman whose name I did not then well know to inquire of her about it After the Salutation said I How does Mr. Oats said she knocking her hand upon the Counter He is an undone man Why what is the matter said I He is turned said she to the Church of Rome Do you know where he is said I No said she but he is lurking up and down the Town and only dares appear in the evenings Well then said I I saw him later than you did for I saw him between St. Martins-lane and Leicester house yesterday but he was in a disguise and I told her what habit he was in Lord Ch. Just What time was that Mr. Walker It was about ten of the clock in the morning Lord Ch. Just But what time of the year was it Mr Walker It was the latter end of March or the middle of April Mr. Just Pemberton It was before the end of April Mr. Walker Ay ay my Lord. L. C. J. And that contradicts all your Witnesses for they say that he was there all March and all April and all May nay from December to June Langhorn He hath said the latter end of March or the middle of April I would have him be as certain as he can Lord Ch. Just He cannot be certain for those things in point of time you know and all mankind must agree that a thing done a year ago that was of no greater importance at that time cannot so easily be remembred or that he should take such special notice of the critical day What man in the world does remember or take notice so as to charge himself in what week or what month such an accidental thing as this happened But to satisfie Mr. Langhorn I ask you Can you speak any more particularly than you have done Mr. Walker Because I would not be mistaken or do any one any wrong I do rather take an uncertain time than a certain but I do think it was in the month of April and towards the middle of the month that is all I can say Langhorn But how is he sure since he is so uncertain in his memory that this was 1678 and not 1677 Mr. Walker Because my Lord it was but a little more than a year since and I am able to judge of the year as well as another Lord Ch. Just Do you remember what you went about Mr. Walker I was wont about that time of year to receive money of my Lord Thomas Howard and upon that Errand I came to Town then Lord Ch. Just But are you sure it was Mr. Oats that you saw Mr. Walker Yes my Lord for according to my apprehension I did know the face when I first saw it but I could not recollect who it was till I had refreshed my memory and the next morning I did so and then concluded it was he Mr. Just Dolben How came you hither Mr. Walker I was brought here for a Witness Mr. Just Dolben Did you discover this to Mr. Oats or did Mr. Oats first come to you to put you in mind of it Mr. Walker I had discoursed with some persons about it a while after the Plot was discovered and so I suppose it came by accident to him Then Mrs. Ives was sworn and stood up Lord Ch. Just Well Mistress what say you Mrs. Ives This is the Gentleman that told me this business Lord Ch. Just What did he tell you Mrs. Ives He asked me when I saw Titus Oats I told him I had not seen him a long time that he was gone beyond Sea he asked me if I never saw nor heard from him since I told him No but of late some of his friends had told me that he was about the Town and that they had seen him but they did not know the place where he lodged Then said he I have seen him since you for I was yesterday going into Leicester fields and going along I saw him for he was in coloured Cloaths and very much altered from what he had been Lord Ch. Just When was this How long was this ago Mrs. Ives It was about the middle of April was twelve-month and I remember it by a very good token for his Father Mr. Oats came then to my house to see me and that is the first month that our new thin Cheeses come in and I did then ask him if he would not come in and eat some new thin Cheese and when he was come in and sate down eating of Cheese and drinking a draught of drink I was a saying to him Pray Sir when did you see your Son Said he I have not seen him of late I heard from him a little while ago but I have not seen him Then said I can tell you news of him Here was such a Gentleman in my Shop that says he met him in Leicester fields but in a disguise and the told me what habit he was in Sir Cr. Levins Set up Butler Who was sworn Lord Ch. Just How long have you known Mr. Oates Butler I have known him two or three years before he went to Sea Lord Ch. Just When did you see him last year Butler When he came back he came to my Master house the beginning of May last was twelve month L. C. J. Who is your Master Butler Sir Rich. Barker my Lord. Lord Ch. Just What did he come there for Butler He came to enquire for Doctor Tongue L. C. J. Did you know him Butler Yes I did L. C. J. Are you sure that 's he Butler This is the Gentleman Lord Ch. Just And what said he Butler I was in the Gate about my Coach and he comes in and asked me if Dr. Tongue was within I told him no at present