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A63228	The tryals of VVilliam Ireland, Thomas Pickering, & John Grove, for conspiring to murder the King who upon full evidence were found guilty of high treason at the session-house in Old-Bailye, Dec. 1, 1678, and received sentence accordingly.	Ireland, William, 1636-1679.; Pickering, Thomas, d. 1679.; Grove, John, d. 1679.; England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex).	1678 (1678)	Wing T2269; ESTC R33696	62,044	58

he hath done you very great service you would have had him te●●●fied against Mr. Oates he saith he hath known him ever since he was a Child and that then he had not so much Credit as now he hath And had it been upon his single Testimony that the discovery of the Plot had depended he should have doubted of it but Mr. Oates his Evidence with the Testimony of the Fact it self and all the concurring Evidences which he produces to back his Testimony hath convinced him that he is true in his Narrative Sir D. Ashburnham Your Lordship is right in what I have spoken L. C. J. Have you any mo●●e Witnesses or any thing more to say for your selves Ireland If I may produce on my own behalf Pledges of my own Loyalty and that of my Family L. C. J. Produce whom you will Ireland Here is my sister and my mother can tell how our Relations were plundred for siding with the King L. C. J No I will tell you why it was it was for being Papists and you went to the King for shelter Ireland I had an Uncle that was killed in the Kings Service besides the Pendrels and the Giffords that were instrumental for saving the King after the fight at Worcester are my near Relations L. C. J. Why all those are Papists Pi●●kering My Father my Lord was killed in the Kings party L. C. J. Why then do you fall off from your Fathers virtue Pickering I have not time to produce Witnesses on my own behalf Ireland I do desire time to bring more Witnesses Grove As I have a Soul to save I know nothing of this matter charged upon me L. C. ●● Well have you any thing more to say Ireland No my Lord. L. C. J. You of the Kings Council will you sum up the Evidence Mr. Serj. Baldwin No my Lord we leave it to your Lordship C. of C. Cryer make Proclamation of silence Cryer O yes All manner of persons are commanded to keep silence upon pain of imprisonment Then the Lord Chief Justice directed the Jury thus L. C. J. Gentlemen you of the Jury As to these three persons Ireland Pickering Grove the other two you are discharged of One of them Ireland it seems is a Priest I know not whither Pickering be or no Grove is none but these are the two men that should kill the King and Ireland is a Conspirator in that Plot. They are all indicted for Conspiring the Kings Death and endeavouring to subvert the Government and destroy the Protestant Religion and bring in Popery The main of the Evidence hath gone upon that soul and black Offence Endeavouring to kill the King The utmost end was without all question to bring in Popery and subvert the Protestant Religion and they thought this a good means to do it by killing the King that is the thing you have had the greatest evidence of I will sum up the particulars and leave them with you 'T is sworn by Mr Oates expresly that on the 24th of April last there was a Consultation held of Priests and Jesuits They are the men fit only for such a mischief for I know there are abund●…●● 〈…〉 Gentlemen of that Perswasion who could never be drawn t●● do a●●y of these things unless they were seduced by their Priests that sticke at nothing 〈…〉 own ends he swears expresly that the ●●onsult was begun at the White-horse-Tavern in the Strand that they theee agreed to murther the King That Pickering and Grove were the men that were to do it who went afterwards and subscribed this holy League of theirs and signed it every one at his own lodging Whitebread at his Ireland at his and Fenwick at his two of which are out of the Case but they are repeated to you only to shew you the Order of the Conspiracy That afterwards Pickering and Grove did agree to the same and they received the Sacrament upon it as an Oath to make all sacred and a Seal to make all secret Mr. Bedlow hath sworn as to that particular time of killing the King by Pickering and Grove though they were not to give over the Design but there were four that were sent to kill the King at Windsor Mr. Oates swears there was an attempt by Pickering in March last but the Flint of the Pistol happening to be loose he durst not proceed for which he was rewarded with Pennance He swears there were Four hired to do it That Fourscore pounds was provided for them He saw the money and swears he saw it delivered to the Messenger to carry it down Ireland At what time was that Lord Chief Just In August there was an attempt first by Pickering and Grove they then not doing of it four other persons Irishmen were hired to do it and ten thousand pounds profered to Sir George Wakeman to poison the King Thus still they go on in their attempts and that being too little five thousand pounds more was added This is to shew you the Gross of the Plot in general and also the particular Transactions of these two murtherers Grove and Pickering with the Conspiracy of Ireland Bedl●●w swears directly that in August last these Three and Harcourt Pritchard and Le Faire being altogether in a Room did discourse of the Disappointment the Four had met with in not killing the King at Windsor And there the Resolution was the old stagers should go on still but they had one Conyers joyned to them and they were to kill the King then at Newmarket He swears they did agree to do it that Ireland was at it and that all three did consent to that Resolve So that here are Two Witnesses that speak positively with all the Circumstances of this Attempt of the Two to kill the King and the Confederacy of Ireland all along with them N●●w I must tell you there are no Accessaries but all Principals in Treason It may seem hard perhaps to convict men upon the Testimony of their fellow Offenders and if it had been possible to have brought other Witnesses it had been well but in things of this nature you cannot expect that the Witnesses should be absolutely spotless You must take such Evidence as the nature of the Thing will afford or you may have the King destroyed and our Religion too For Jesuits are too subtle to subject themselves to too plain a proof such as they cannot evade by Equivocation or a flat d●●nial There is also a Letter produced which speaking of the Consult that was to be the 24th of April proves that there was a Conspiracy among them And although it is not Evidence to convict any one man of them yet it is Evidence upon Mr. Oate's Testiny to prove the general Design It is from one Petre to one of the Confederates and taken amongst Harcourt papers after Mr Oates had given in his Te●●imony and therein it is mentioned th●●t the Superior had taken care that there should be a meeting the 24th of April the

THE TRYALS OF VVILLIAM IRELAND THOMAS PICKERING JOHN GROVE For Conspiring to Murder the KING Who upon Full Evidence were found Guilty of High Treason At the SESSION-HOUSE in Old-Bailye Dec. 17. 1678 and received Sentence accordingly Reprinted at Dublin M DC LXXVIII The TRYALS of William Ireland Thomas Pickering and John Grove ON Tuesday the Seventeenth day of December One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy and Eight Thomas White alias Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Picker●●ng ●●nd John Grove were brought from his Majesties Gaol of Newgate to the Sessions-house ●●t ●●stice-Hall in the Old-Baily being there Indicted for High Treason for contriving and ●●ot ●●iring to Murder the King to receive their Tryal and the Court proceeded thereupon ●●s ●●lloweth The Court being Set Proclamation was made for Attendance Thus. Clerk of Crown Cry●●r make Proclamation Cryer O yes O yes O yes All manner of Persons that have any thing to do at this General Sessions of the Peace holden for the City of London Sessions of Oyer and Termi●●er and Gaol Delivery of Newgate holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex draw near and give your attendance for now the Court will proceed to the Pleas of the Crown for the same City and County God Save the King Clerk of Crown Cryer make proclamation Cryer O yes All manner of Persons are commanded to keep Silence upon pain of impri●●onment Peace about the Court. Clerk of Crown Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O yes You Good men of the County of Middlesex that are Summoned to appear ●●ere this day to Enquire between our Soveraign Lord the King and the prisoners that are 〈…〉 shall be at the Bar. Answer to your names as you shall be called every one at the first ●●all and Save your issues The Jurors being called and the Defaults recorded the Clerk of the Crown called for ●●he Prisoners to the Bar viz. Thomas White alias Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering and John Grove and Arraigned them thus Clerk of Crown Thomas White alias Whitebread hold up thy hand Which he did William Ireland hold up thy hand Which he did John Fenwick hold up thy hand Which he did Thomas Pickering hold up thy hand Which he did John Grove hold up thy hand Which he did You stand indicted by the names of Thomas White alias Whitebread late of the Parish of St. Giles in the fields in the County of Middlesex Clerk William Ireland late of the same Parish and County Clerk John Fenwick late of the same Parish and County Clerk Tho●●● Pickering late of the same Parish and County Clerk and John Grove late of the same ●…h and County Gent. For that you five as false Traitors c. against the peace of our So●●raign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the Form of the Stature in ●●hat Case made and Provided How sayst thou Thomas VVhite alias Whitebread art thou Guilty of this H●●gh Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or not Guilty Whitebread Not Guilty Clerk of the Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Whitebread By God and my Country Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How sayst thou William Ireland a●● thou Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Ireland Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be tryed Ireland By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good Deliverance How saist thou John Fenwick a●● thou guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Fenwick Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Fenwick By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How saist thou Thomas Pickering a●● thou Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Pickering Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Pickering By God and my Country Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How saist thou John Grove art tho●● Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Grove Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Grove By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good Deliverance You the Prisoners at the Bar those men that you shall hear called and do Personally appear are to pass between o●● Soveraign Lord the King and you upon Tryal of your several Lives and deaths if therefore you or any of you will Challenge them or any of them your time is to speak unto them as they come to the Book to be Sworn before they be sworn Sir Philip Mathews to the Book Sir Philip Mathews I desire Sir William Roberts may be called first Which was granted Clerk of Crown Sir William Roberts to the Book Look upon the Prisoners you shall wel●● and truly Try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and th●● Prisoners at the Bar whom you shall have in your charge according to your Evidence S●● help you God The same Oath was administred to th the Rest the Prisoners challenging none and thei●● Names in Order were thus JURY Sir William Roberts Baronet Sir Philip Mathews Bar Sir charles Lee Knight Edward VVilford Esq John Foster Esq Joshua Galliard Esq John Byfield Esquire Thomas Egglesfield Esq Thomas Johnson Esq John Pulford Esq Thomas Earnesby Esq Richard VVheeler Gent. Clerk of Crown Cryer count these Sir VVillam Roberts Cryer One c Clerk of Crown Richard VVheeler Cryer Twelve Good Men and True stand together and hear your Evidence Clerk of Crown Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Justices the Kings Serjeant the Kings Attorney or this Inquest now to betaken between our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoners at the Bar let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoners stand at the Bar upon their deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give Evidence against any of the Prisoners at the Bar let them come forth and give their Evidence●● or else they forfe●●t their Recognizance And all Jury men of Midd●●esex that have been summoned and have appeared are not sworn may depart the Court and take their eases Cl of Crown Make proclamation of Silence Cryer O yes All manner of Persons are commanded to keep Silence upon pain of imprisonment Cl of Crown Thomas white alias Whitebread hold up thy hand which he did and so of the rest You that are sworn look upon the Prisoners and harken to their Cause You shall understand that they stand Indicted by the names of Thomas White otherwise Whitebread late of the Parish of St. Gyles in the Fields in the county of Middlesex Clerk William Ireland late of the same Parish in the County aforesaid Clerk John Fenwick late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Clerk Thomas Pickering late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Clerk and John Grove late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Gentleman For that they as

Bedlow how long he had known them saith he I did not know them three years ago though I did talk of them three years ago for we have talkt of many that we never saw in our lives so it seems he had occasion to make use of your names frequently and joyn them with these of some he knew better But he never knew you t●●ll August last but he did discourse of you three years ago as known for such sort of persons Ireland He must hear some body speak of us as being in some place or another Mr. W. Bedlow I will satisfie you in that we talk of some now in England that are to be sent a year hence L. C. J. If you can produce but Ha●●court and le Faire they will do you great service now Mr. W. Bedlow My Lord a●● for example Father Pritchard is Confessor to such a Gentleman in England now thi●● year a year hence we m●●t ●●●d such a one hither and he must go back And we may talk of th●● person as i●● England two years before L. C. J. You need not trouble your selves about that Mr. Ireland you shall have a fair Tryal but you will not have cunning or art enough to deceive the Jury nor will Mr. Whitebread have learning enough to baffle the Court. Then Mr. W. Bedlow and his Brother withdrew Mr. Serj. Baldwyn My Lord the next Evidence that we shall give as I said is a Letter from one Peters to one Tonstall and this we will bring home to Mr Whitebread for it is an invitation to be at the Consu●●t held in London the 24th of April and it was written about that very time to wit the 3d of April It was written from London and it mentions that Mr. Whitebread did fi●● the meeting at that time We 'll tell you how we came by the Letter Mr. Harcourt who is one of the principal persons here and at whose House was the meeting you heard o●● he himself is fl●●d away when they came to look after him upon the discovery that was made And Mr. Bradley who was the messenger to seize upon him did according to direction search his Study and did there find this Letter which we conceive my Lord to be very good Evidence this Harcourt being a party and one at whose hou●●e the last meeting was and others was We do conceive a ●●etter from one of that party bearing date about the same time concerning Mr. Whitebreads Summons who was Master of the Company is a very good Evidence against them L. C. J. ●●f you had found it in Mr. Whitebreads custody you say something Mr. J●●st Bertue My Brother puts it so we find a Letter directed to Mr. Whitebread let the matter of it be what it will it is found among Harcourts papers Mr. Serj. Baldwin No my Lord we find a letter from one Mr. Peters now a prisoner directed to Mr. Tonstal concerning the Consult summoned by Whitebread and this we find in Harcourts possession L. C. J. I can't understand how this may affect Mr. Whitbread M. Finch Pray my Lord if your Lordship please this is the use we make of this Letter we do not produce it as ano●●er Evidence of this Design but to fortifie that part of the Evidence which hath already been given That there was a Consult summoned at that time and to be held with all tht privacy that could be to prevent discovery And this is the Paper that we find in the custody of Harcourt one of the Conspirators who is fled for it L. C. J. Look you Mr. Finch if you use it not against any particular person but as an Evidence in general that there was a Plot amongst them you say right enough but it cannot ●●e Evidence against any one particular person of the prisoners at the Bar. Mr Finch My Lord it can affect no particular person but we only use it in the general and we pray it may be rea●● L. C. J. Gentlemen of the Jury before you hear the Letter read I would say this to you Let them have fair play whatsoever they me●●e unto ●●thers we will shew them justice They shall have as fair play upon their Tryals as any persons whatsoever The thing that is offered to be given in evidence is a Letter written by one Peters a prisoner for this Plot and directed to one Tonstal a Jesuit and this is found in Harcourts Chamber a Priest that is fled and one whom the King hath commanded to render himself by His Proclamation but he does not Now in that Letter there is a discourse of a Design and Plot on foo●● This cannot be Evidence to charge any o●●e particular person of these but only to satisfie you and all the wo●●ld that those letters and papers that are ●●o●●d amongst their own Priests do fortifie the Testimony of Mr. Oates that there is a general Plot 't is not applied to any particular person Mr. Oates The day before the Consult met Mr. Whitebread did ask Mr. Peters whether he had summoned the Consult according to his directio●● Mr. Peters told him yes he had writ into Warwick-shire and Worcester-shire Whitebread When was this Mr Oates the day before the consult me●● Whitebread Did you hear me ask Mr. Peters Mr. Oates Yes I did hear you and I did hear him say he had done it now my Lord this Letter that is found in Harcourts study shewes that Mr. Whitebread had directed Mr Peters in this consult Mr. Serj. Baldwin Pray swear Sir Tho Doleman to shew how he came by it Which was done Mr. Serj Baldwin Sir Tho Doleman what do you know of this Letter Sir Thomas Doleman this Letter in my hand was taken amongst Harcourts papers in a great Bag of papers and searching them I did find this Letter amongst the rest Then the Letter was shewn to Mr. Oates L. C J. Is that Mr. Peters hand Mr. Oates Yes my Lord it is L C. J. Were you acquainted with his hand Mr. Oates Yes my Lord I have often read it in Letters L. C. J. Do you know Tonstall Mr. Oates My Lord I do not know him by that name If I did see him perhaps I might I know men better by their faces Sir Cr. Levines pray read it Cl. of the Crown This is Dated February 23d 77 And superscribed thus these for his honourd friend Mr. William Tonstal at Burton Honoured dear sir I have but time to convey these following particulars to you first I am to give you notice that it hath seemed fitting to ●●ur Master consult Prov. c. to fix the 21st day of April next stylo viteri For the meeting at London of our congregation on which day all those that have a suffrage are to be present th●●re that they may be ready to give a beginning to the same on the 24th which is the next day after St. Georges day you are warned to have jus suffragij and therefore if your occasions should not permit you