The tryal of Capt. Thomas Wallcot for high-treason in conspiring to compass the death of His Majesty, and to subvert the government who was tryed this 12th of July at the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayley, and there found guilty of the said high-treason : being an impartial relation of the most materials during the said tryal : as likewise what occured in relation to James Duke of Monmouth, Ford Lord Grey, and others. Walcot, Thomas, d. 1683. 1683 Approx. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A63172 Wing T2180 ESTC R25661 09054037 ocm 09054037 42346 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . 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Trials (Treason) -- Great Britain. 2006-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE TRYAL OF Capt. Thomas Wallcot , FOR High-TREASON . In Conspiring to compass the Death of His Majesty , and to Subvert the Government . Who was Tryed this 12 th . of July , at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley , and there found Guilty of the said High-Treason . Being an Impartial Relation of the most Materials during the said Tryal . As likewise what occured in Relation to James Duke of Monmouth , Ford Lord Grey , And others . THis day the Session of Oyer and Terminer began in the Old-Baily ; where after some Proceedings against Felons , &c. the Grand Jury for London found the Bills of High-Treason against James , Duke of Monmouth , Ford Lord Gray , Captain Thomas Walcot , John Rouse , William Blake , William Hone , and divers others ; whereupon the four last , viz. Walcot , Rouse , Hone , and Blake , were brought to the Bar , and there severally Arraigned for High-Treason , in Conspiring the death of the King , &c. after which , Captain Thomas Walcot was alone brought to his Tryal , and having put himself upon God and his Country , was ordered to look to his Challenges , as the Jurors came to the Book to be Sworn , of which he excepted against about Ten or Eleven , and the Kings Counsel against one . The Court having thus far proceeded , the Indictment was Read , the substance of which , was , That he Thomas Walcot , the Prisoner at the Bar , had on the second of March last past , and at divers other times , Conspired with many Traytors , whose Names were therein recited , in the Parish of St. Nicholas Bashaw , and in sundry other places , to Depose the King from his Right and Title to the Kingdom of England , &c. And not onely so , but Him to Assassinate , and to final destruction , and to Subvert the Government , to raise Rebellion through the Land , and a miserable Slaughter to make amongst his Subjects throughout the Kingdom and that in order thereunto , he had provided Arms , as Blunderbusses , Muskets , Pistols , &c. After this , Mr. North one of the Kings Counsel , opened the nature of the Fact , also what particulars the Evidence were to give , and declared the Haniousness of the Fact ; being seconded by Mr. Attorney General , who at large declared the Conspiracy , as it was laid in all or most of its Circumstances ; how , according as the Evidence had Deposed in Counsel , it was Contrived , Mannaged , and carryed on . And after him , Mr. Serjeant Jefferies laid down such Material Points as the other had Omitted , aggravating the Haniousness of the Crime , declaring and laying open at large , the Damnable Treason and Conspiracy , desiring the Jury well to consider the waight of the Cause they were to determine ; and adding , that if the several particulars were proved against the Prisoner by the Witnesses for the King , who had been for the most part privy to the whole Design , they would like good English-men and Christians , find the Traytor Guilty . The Kings Council having layed open the Indictment , the Evidence were called ; the first was Colonel Rumsey , who deposed , That for a considerable time past , there had been a Design carryed on by divers disaffected Conspirators , against the Life of His Sacred Majesty , and that in order thereto , divers Consults had been held , and sundry Devices proposed , to bereave His Majesty of His Life , and Crown ; and that at most of those Consults , Captain Walcot had been present , and consenting to the Models layed and designed , to effect the horrid Treason , to raise a Rebellion throughout the Nation , to root out the Legal Line , and repose the power in the people . Nay , so far had they proceeded , as to settle a Form of Government amongst themselves , and appoint Rulers and Officers to manage the Affairs , relating to Government ▪ and computed what numbers might be raised in such places , where the Conspirators had most Intrest , 1000. at least , being to be raised in Wapping . But whilst this Device was in hand , another was thought of , which was to Assassinate the King , in his return from New-Market , the last time he was there ; The Conspiracy and Plot to bring it to pass being thus layed , several persons were to use their Interest , to raise Men for that purpose , who were with Carbines , Musquets , Pistols , &c. to be Armed , and lye in Ambuscade in Rumbold the Malster's House , near H●dsdone , and to send several persons in Country Habits to over-through a Cart , to stop the Passage of a Lane , the King's Coach was to pass ; upon which designed stop , about fifty Men well appointed , were to have Sallyed out , Rumbold being appointed to kill the King , and the Duke of York : others to Kill the Horses , Coach-man , and Postilion , and the Prisoner , with a Commanded party , ro fight the Guard himself ; as he declared to the Evidence , thinking it the braver part of the Action , as thinking it beneath him to Assasinate a Naked Man ; but this Plot miscarrying by reason of the Fire , divers other Projects were laid to take away the Life of His Majesty , the Conspirators meeting frequently to Consult how to bring about their pernicious Design : all which by the Discovery , were frustrated . The next Evidence that deposed , was Mr. Keeling ; who declared , That he had been privy , for some Months past , to the Conspiracy , and had been at divers Consults , Wherein the Destruction of the King was proposed and agreed on as the only expedient to further their purpose ; and that by Goodenough , and others , he had been solicited to raise Men for the New-Market Expedition ; which he at first boggl'd at ; and that at sundry times the Prisoner had been at the said Consults , and approved of the proceeding , Himself being to have a principal Command , and to be aiding in the Assassinating the King ; and being by the Court demanded what induced him to discover ? he declared , it was the secret impulse of his Tormented Conscience , which would not suffer him to rest till so great a wickedness was made known . This being the substance of his Depositions , Mr. Bourn was Sworn , who gave Evidence in effect to what the former had deposed : Then Mr. West stood up , and declared the manner of the Contrivance of the Plot , together with the several Declarations that were to have been disporsed it the Design had taken effect ; also the many other Wicked designs to take away the Life of the King , as at the Play-House , Bull-Feast , and upon his comming from Windsor in his Barge ; declaring that he had bought Arms for that purpose , with many other Circumstances ; charging the Prisoner in particular . There were likewise Two Letters under his Hand proved in Court , one to Sir Lyonel Jekins to implore the Pardon of His Majesty , in lieu whereof he promised to discover the whole Design layed in England , Ireland , and Holland ; which , as he said , none could do better than himself : Another was intercepted by Captain Richardson , directed to a Friend of his , to perswade Collonel Rumsey , and Mr. West , to be Tender of him in their Evidence ; To these possitive Evidences , his Answers were for the most part but feeble ; he alledging himself indisposed of the Gout at the time it was alledged he went to see how fit Rumbold's House was for the purpose , and the impossibility of his bringing such things to pass as were Sworn against him ; yet Confessing that he had often associated himself with the Conspirators , but hoped though he had some knowledge of the Design , that it would amount to no more than misprision of Treason ; but being confuted of his Error by the Court , after the Evidence was Summed up , and the Charge given , the Jury , after a short Debate , found him Guilty of the Treason as in the Indictment layed . 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