An account of the tryal of Charles Bateman, chirurgeon, for high- treason, in conspiring the death of the late King and the subversion of the government &c. who was tryed and found guilty, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayly, on the 9th of December, 1685. The tryals of John Holland and William Davis, for conspiring against, violently assaulting, and without any warrantable cause, imprisoning William Chancey ... who were tryed and found guilty ... on the 10th of December, 1685. As also the tryals of John Holland, William Davis, and Agnes Wearing, for a notorious burglary and felony ... in the house of Leonel Gatford ... who were tryed and found guilty ... on the 11th of December, 1685.
      
       
         
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             An account of the tryal of Charles Bateman, chirurgeon, for high- treason, in conspiring the death of the late King and the subversion of the government &c. who was tryed and found guilty, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayly, on the 9th of December, 1685. The tryals of John Holland and William Davis, for conspiring against, violently assaulting, and without any warrantable cause, imprisoning William Chancey ... who were tryed and found guilty ... on the 10th of December, 1685. As also the tryals of John Holland, William Davis, and Agnes Wearing, for a notorious burglary and felony ... in the house of Leonel Gatford ... who were tryed and found guilty ... on the 11th of December, 1685.
             Davis, William, d. 1685, defendant.
             Wearing, Agnes, d. 1685, defendant.
             Holland, John, defendant.
             Bateman, Charles, d. 1685.
          
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           Bateman, Charles, d. 1685.
           Trials (Treason) -- England.
           Trials (Duress) -- England.
           Trials (Burglary) -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           TRYAL
           OF
           
             Charles
             Bateman
          
           ,
           Chirurgeon
           ,
           FOR
           High-Treason
           ,
           IN
           CONSPIRING
           
             The
             Death
             of
             the
             late
             King
          
           And
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           &c.
           
           Who
           was
           Tryed
           and
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           at
           Justice-Hall
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Bayly
          
           ,
           on
           the
           9th
           .
           of
           December
           ,
           1685.
           
        
         
           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           
             John
             Holland
          
           and
           
             William
             Davis
          
           ,
           For
           Conspiring
           against
           ,
           violently
           Assaulting
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           warrantable
           Cause
           ,
           Imprisoning
           
             William
             Chancey
          
           ,
           Citizen
           and
           Mercer
           of
           London
           ;
           to
           extort
           a
           Sum
           of
           Money
           from
           him
           ;
           who
           were
           Tryed
           and
           found
           Guilty
           at
           Justice-Hall
           in
           the
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           on
           the
           10th
           .
           of
           December
           ,
           1685.
           
        
         
           As
           also
           Tryals
           of
           
             John
             Holland
             ,
             William
             Davis
          
           ,
           and
           
             Agnes
             Wearing
          
           ,
           for
           a
           Notorious
           Burglary
           and
           Felony
           ,
           Committed
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             Leonel
             Gatford
          
           ,
           a
           Minister
           in
           
             Lime-street
             ,
             London
          
           ,
           and
           stealing
           Plate
           ,
           Money
           and
           Rings
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           300
           l.
           who
           were
           Tryed
           and
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           at
           Justice-Hall
           in
           the
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           on
           the
           11th
           of
           December
           .
           1685.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             D.
             Mallet
          
           ,
           MDCLXXXV
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
           
           
             THE
             TRYAL
             OF
             
               Charles
               Bateman
            
             Chirurgeon
             ,
             FOR
             High-Treason
             :
             And
             
               John
               Holland
               ,
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             and
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             for
             a
             Notorious
             Felony
             and
             Burglary
             .
          
           
             THE
             Sessions
             of
             Peace
             ,
             Oyer
             and
             Terminer
             ,
             and
             Goal
             Delivery
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             for
             the
             City
             of
             London
             and
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ;
             beginning
             at
             
               Justice
               Hall
            
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Bayly
            
             ,
             on
             the
             9th
             .
             of
             December
             ,
             1685.
             
             
               Charles
               Bateman
            
             ,
             against
             whom
             ,
             an
             Indictment
             of
             High-Treason
             had
             been
             found
             ,
             for
             Conspiring
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             &c.
             was
             brought
             in
             the
             Custody
             of
             the
             Keeper
             of
             Newgate
             in
             order
             to
             his
             Arraignment
             ;
             and
             being
             ordered
             to
             hold
             up
             his
             hand
             ,
             he
             desired
             that
             he
             might
             first
             say
             something
             for
             himself
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             put
             off
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             but
             was
             told
             by
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
             he
             must
             plead
             before
             he
             could
             be
             heard
             ;
             whereupon
             desiring
             to
             know
             whether
             he
             might
             have
             the
             same
             advantage
             after
             his
             pleading
             as
             before
             ,
             as
             to
             gain
             longer
             time
             for
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             being
             answered
             he
             might
             ,
             he
             held
             up
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Indictment
             was
             read
             :
          
           
             Mr.
             Bateman
             pleaded
             not
             Guilty
             ,
             and
             desired
             his
             Tryal
             might
             be
             put
             off
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               was
               not
               prepared
               to
               make
               his
               Defence
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             prayed
             a
             longer
             time
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               had
               been
               close
               Prisoner
               for
               the
               space
               of
               ten
               VVeeks
               ,
               and
               was
               over
               and
               above
               very
               much
               indisposed
            
             ;
             and
             further
             alledged
             ,
             
               he
               had
               had
               no
               Notice
               nor
               any
               Pannel
               of
               the
            
             Jury
             ;
             as
             for
             notice
             of
             Tryal
             ,
             he
             was
             answered
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             usual
             to
             give
             any
             in
             that
             Court
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             expected
             it
             ,
             and
             prepared
             for
             it
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Pannel
             it
             was
             not
             denyed
             him
             ;
             then
             he
             prayed
             a
             Coppy
             of
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             but
             was
             told
             it
             could
             not
             be
             allowed
             ;
             and
             upon
             his
             further
             alledging
             his
             unpreparedness
             and
             no
             notice
             of
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             the
             King's
             Council
             urged
             that
             he
             had
             opportunity
             enough
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             was
             upon
             an
             Indictment
             of
             the
             precedent
             Sessions
             :
             Then
             he
             asked
             what
             time
             he
             might
             have
             between
             his
             Arraignment
             and
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             was
             answered
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             would
             stand
             with
             the
             conveniency
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             and
             after
             several
             hours
             
             Respite
             ,
             he
             a
             second
             time
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             then
             upon
             his
             humble
             request
             ,
             Pen
             ,
             Ink
             ,
             and
             Paper
             was
             allowed
             him
             and
             his
             Son
             to
             assist
             him
             ;
             and
             then
             were
             sworn
             to
             try
             the
             Issue
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Richard
                   Aley
                
                 
                   Esq
                
              
               
                 
                   Richard
                   Williams
                
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Cannum
                
              
               
                 
                   Patrick
                   Barret
                
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Palmer
                
              
               
                 
                   James
                   Raynor
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Rhedish
                
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Lilburn
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Daniel
                   Fouls
                
              
               
                 
                   Peter
                   Floyer
                
              
               
                 
                   Lawrence
                   Cole
                
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Cooper
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             he
             making
             no
             exceptions
             to
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             Indictment
             was
             read
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Jurors
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     THAT
                     
                       Charles
                       Bateman
                    
                     ,
                     late
                     of
                     the
                     Parish
                     of
                     St.
                     Dunstans
                     in
                     the
                     West
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Ward
                     of
                     Farringdon
                     without
                     ,
                     Lond.
                     Chirurgeon
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     false
                     Traytor
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     most
                     Illustrious
                     and
                     Excellent
                     Prince
                     ,
                     Charles
                     the
                     Second
                     ;
                     late
                     King
                     of
                     
                       England
                       ,
                       Scotland
                       ,
                       France
                    
                     and
                     Ireland
                     ,
                     Defender
                     of
                     the
                     Faith
                     ,
                     and
                     his
                     Natural
                     Lord
                     ;
                     not
                     having
                     the
                     fear
                     of
                     God
                     in
                     his
                     Heart
                     ,
                     nor
                     weighing
                     the
                     Duty
                     of
                     his
                     Allegience
                     ;
                     but
                     being
                     moved
                     and
                     seduced
                     by
                     the
                     instigation
                     of
                     the
                     Devil
                     ,
                     the
                     Cordial
                     Love
                     ,
                     and
                     true
                     Due
                     and
                     Natural
                     Obedience
                     ,
                     which
                     a
                     true
                     and
                     Faithful
                     Subject
                     of
                     our
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     towards
                     him
                     should
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     Right
                     ,
                     ought
                     to
                     bear
                     ,
                     altogether
                     withdrawing
                     and
                     Practising
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     all
                     his
                     strength
                     ,
                     intending
                     the
                     Peace
                     and
                     common
                     Tranquillity
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     to
                     disquiet
                     ,
                     and
                     disturb
                     ,
                     and
                     War
                     and
                     Rebellion
                     against
                     our
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     within
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     to
                     flir
                     up
                     ,
                     move
                     ,
                     and
                     procure
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Government
                     of
                     our
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     to
                     subvert
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     from
                     the
                     Stile
                     ,
                     Title
                     ,
                     Honour
                     ,
                     and
                     Kingly
                     Name
                     ,
                     of
                     the
                     Imperial
                     Crown
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     to
                     depose
                     and
                     deprive
                     ,
                     and
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     to
                     Death
                     and
                     final
                     Destruction
                     to
                     bring
                     and
                     put
                     ,
                     the
                     30th
                     .
                     Day
                     of
                     May
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     35th
                     Year
                     of
                     his
                     Reign
                     ,
                     and
                     divers
                     other
                     days
                     and
                     times
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     before
                     as
                     afterwards
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     Parish
                     and
                     Ward
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     Falsely
                     ,
                     Maliciously
                     ,
                     Devilishly
                     ,
                     and
                     Traytorously
                     ,
                     with
                     divers
                     other
                     Rebels
                     and
                     Traytors
                     to
                     the
                     Jurors
                     unkown
                     ,
                     did
                     Conspire
                     ,
                     Compass
                     ,
                     imagine
                     ,
                     and
                     intend
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     then
                     his
                     Supream
                     and
                     Natural
                     Lord
                     ;
                     not
                     only
                     of
                     his
                     Kingly
                     State
                     ,
                     Title
                     ,
                     Power
                     ,
                     and
                     Government
                     of
                     his
                     Kingdom
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     to
                     deprive
                     and
                     depose
                     ,
                     but
                     also
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     to
                     kill
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     Death
                     ,
                     to
                     bring
                     and
                     put
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Antient
                     Government
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     to
                     change
                     ,
                     alter
                     ,
                     and
                     subvert
                     ;
                     and
                     a
                     miserable
                     Slaughter
                     amongst
                     the
                     Subjects
                     of
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     to
                     cause
                     and
                     procure
                     ,
                     and
                     Insurrection
                     and
                     Rebellion
                     ,
                     against
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     to
                     procure
                     ,
                     and
                     assist
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     same
                     most
                     Wicked
                     ,
                     Treasons
                     and
                     Traytorous
                     Conspiracies
                     ,
                     Compassings
                     ,
                     Imaginations
                     and
                     Purposes
                     aforesaid
                     to
                     effect
                     ,
                     and
                     bring
                     to
                     pass
                     .
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       Charles
                       Bateman
                    
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     false
                     Traytor
                     ,
                     then
                     and
                     there
                     ,
                     (
                     to
                     wit
                     )
                     the
                     said
                     30th
                     .
                     Day
                     of
                     May
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     35th
                     .
                     Year
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     and
                     divers
                     other
                     days
                     and
                     times
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     before
                     as
                     afterwards
                     ;
                     at
                     the
                     Parish
                     and
                     Ward
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     Falsely
                     ,
                     Vnlawfully
                     ,
                     most
                     Wickedly
                     ,
                     and
                     Traytorously
                     ,
                     Did
                     promise
                     and
                     undertake
                     to
                     the
                     said
                     other
                     false
                     Rebells
                     and
                     Traytors
                     then
                     and
                     there
                     being
                     present
                     :
                     That
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                     
                       Charles
                       Bateman
                    
                     ,
                     would
                     be
                     assisting
                     and
                     aiding
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     taking
                     and
                     Apprehending
                     the
                     Person
                     of
                     our
                     said
                     late
                     Lord
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                     and
                     intaking
                     and
                     seizing
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     London
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Tower
                     of
                     London
                     ,
                     the
                     Savoy
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     
                       Royal
                       Pallace
                    
                     of
                     White-Hall
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     Duty
                     of
                     his
                     Allegience
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     Peace
                     ,
                     &c.
                     and
                     against
                     the
                     form
                     of
                     the
                     Statute
                     ,
                     in
                     this
                     Case
                     made
                     and
                     provided
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Phips
             ,
             Council
             for
             the
             King
             opened
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             was
             seconded
             by
             Mr
             ,
             
               Serjeant
               Selby
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Charles
               Moloy
            
             ,
             after
             which
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Josias
               Keeling
            
             was
             sworn
             ,
             whose
             Evidence
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             at
             divers
             meetings
             and
             Consults
             ,
             where
             the
             methods
             had
             been
             proposed
             for
             the
             purposes
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             more
             particular
             one
             time
             with
             Rumbold
             the
             Maltster
             ,
             since
             Executed
             for
             High-Treason
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             ,
             three
             Papers
             were
             produced
             by
             Rumbold
             and
             opened
             ,
             containing
             the
             Moddel
             of
             the
             Design
             ,
             to
             divide
             the
             City
             into
             Twenty
             Parts
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             Five
             Hundred
             men
             in
             each
             Part
             ,
             to
             be
             under
             one
             Chief
             ,
             and
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             Subordinates
             whom
             he
             should
             appoint
             ,
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             Lanes
             and
             Streets
             of
             each
             Division
             being
             likewise
             inserted
             therein
             ;
             and
             at
             that
             time
             Rumbold
             proposed
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             
               Rye
               House
            
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               had
               a
               House
               very
               convenient
               to
               plant
               men
               in
               ,
               to
               seize
               the
               King
               in
               his
               return
               from
               New-market
               ,
            
             but
             that
             he
             somewhat
             boggled
             about
             the
             Killing
             the
             Postillion
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             proposed
             the
             better
             to
             stop
             the
             Coach
             ,
             because
             it
             looked
             too
             much
             like
             an
             Exploit
             in
             cold
             Blood
             :
             He
             further
             deposed
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             at
             divers
             other
             places
             where
             it
             had
             been
             discoursed
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             ,
             and
             that
             Mr.
             Bateman
             was
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             Person
             fixing
             to
             manage
             one
             Division
             in
             order
             to
             an
             Insurrection
             ,
             to
             seize
             the
             
               Tower
               ,
               City
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             This
             being
             the
             Sum
             of
             Mr.
             
             Keeling's
             Evidence
             ;
             Mr.
             Bateman
             said
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             had
             sworn
             ,
             did
             not
             affect
             or
             charge
             any
             Treason
             upon
             him
             ;
             and
             was
             answered
             by
             the
             Court
             that
             it
             did
             not
             ,
             and
             bid
             the
             Jury
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             what
             Mr.
             Keeling
             had
             sworn
             ,
             was
             only
             to
             the
             Conspiracie
             in
             General
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             affect
             the
             Prisoner
             in
             particular
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               Thomas
               Lee
            
             was
             sworn
             ,
             and
             gave
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             made
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Design
             by
             Mr.
             
               Goodenough
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             how
             the
             City
             was
             to
             be
             divided
             into
             Twenty
             Parts
             and
             mannaged
             ;
             and
             being
             asked
             who
             was
             a
             fit
             man
             to
             mannage
             one
             Part
             ,
             he
             nominated
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             was
             desired
             to
             go
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             speak
             with
             him
             about
             it
             as
             from
             Mr.
             Goodenough
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             came
             to
             discourse
             him
             about
             that
             affair
             ,
             he
             apprehended
             very
             plainly
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             no
             stranger
             to
             it
             nor
             boggled
             to
             give
             his
             assent
             ,
             and
             seemed
             much
             desirous
             to
             speak
             with
             Mr.
             Goodenough
             about
             it
             :
             That
             he
             likewise
             went
             one
             day
             to
             the
             late
             Duke
             of
             
             Monmouth's
             House
             with
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             had
             some
             Discourse
             with
             one
             of
             the
             Duke's
             Servants
             ,
             came
             to
             him
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             the
             Duke
             was
             willing
             to
             ingage
             in
             the
             Business
             ,
             and
             assur'd
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             divers
             Horses
             kept
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             a
             readiness
             when
             matters
             should
             come
             to
             Extremity
             ;
             and
             from
             thence
             he
             went
             with
             him
             to
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             Head-Tavern
             ,
             and
             there
             had
             discourse
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             ;
             and
             from
             thence
             ,
             they
             came
             to
             the
             Devil-Tavern
             within
             Temple-Bar
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             Bateman
             proposed
             the
             seizing
             the
             
               City
               ,
               Tower
               ,
               Savoy
               ,
               White-Hall
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ,
             and
             promised
             not
             to
             be
             wanting
             therein
             .
             At
             another
             time
             ,
             he
             met
             him
             at
             the
             
               Half-Moon
               Tavern
            
             in
             Aldersgate-street
             ,
             where
             discoursing
             about
             the
             Condition
             th
             -
             Conspirators
             
             were
             in
             .
             As
             to
             the
             intended
             Insurrection
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               If
               he
               could
               but
               see
               a
               Cloud
               as
               big
               as
               a
            
             man's
             
               hand
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               be
               wanting
               to
               Employ
               his
               Interest
               ,
            
             and
             that
             there
             were
             other
             Discourses
             tending
             to
             the
             Insurrection
             ,
             but
             were
             broke
             off
             by
             the
             coming
             in
             of
             one
             
               John
               Allmeger
            
             ,
             before
             whom
             ,
             Mr.
             Bateman
             would
             not
             discourse
             ,
             because
             he
             knew
             not
             of
             his
             coming
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Lee
             being
             asked
             the
             Design
             of
             that
             meeting
             ,
             replyed
             it
             was
             upon
             the
             Account
             of
             carrying
             on
             the
             Conspiracie
             ,
             and
             that
             Mr.
             Bateman
             had
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             intended
             to
             take
             a
             house
             near
             the
             Tower
             ,
             to
             place
             men
             in
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             surprize
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             held
             divers
             Conferences
             with
             some
             Sea
             Captains
             on
             that
             affair
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             been
             with
             them
             at
             Coffee-Houses
             ,
             &c.
             at
             sundry
             other
             times
             ,
             but
             there
             to
             prevent
             Discovery
             ,
             they
             spoke
             of
             the
             Design
             at
             a
             great
             distance
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Evidence
             ,
             Mr.
             Bateman
             objected
             that
             if
             he
             had
             been
             conscous
             of
             what
             was
             laid
             to
             his
             Charge
             he
             was
             fit
             for
             Bedlam
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               He
               wonder'd
               if
               he
               had
               heard
               him
               speak
               such
               words
               ,
               he
               had
               not
               accused
               him
               sooner
            
             ;
             but
             was
             answered
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Goodenough
             was
             not
             to
             be
             had
             till
             after
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             the
             West
             ;
             and
             that
             
             Lee's
             single
             Testimony
             in
             Case
             of
             High-Treason
             in
             so
             high
             a
             Nature
             ,
             was
             not
             sufficient
             .
          
           
             Then
             Mr.
             
               Richard
               Goodenough
            
             was
             called
             ,
             who
             being
             sworn
             ,
             deposed
             that
             being
             in
             compaay
             with
             Mr.
             Bateman
             (
             to
             the
             best
             of
             his
             remembrance
             )
             at
             the
             Kings-Head
             Tavern
             in
             St.
             Swithings-Alley
             near
             the
             Royal-Exchange
             ,
             and
             having
             some
             Discourse
             about
             the
             intended
             Insurrection
             ,
             and
             of
             Wade
             and
             others
             that
             had
             engaged
             to
             promote
             it
             .
             Mr.
             Bateman
             not
             only
             
               approved
               of
               the
               Design
               ,
               but
               promised
               to
               use
               his
               Interest
               in
               raising
               men
               ;
               and
               not
               only
               to
               be
               assisting
               in
               the
               Division
               allotted
               him
               ,
               but
               in
               surprising
               the
            
             City
             ,
             Savoy
             ,
             
               &c.
               and
               in
               driving
               the
               Guards
               out
               of
            
             Town
             .
             To
             this
             he
             objected
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             at
             the
             Kings-Head
             with
             Goodenough
             ,
             to
             which
             Mr.
             Goodenough
             replyed
             ,
             
               He
               had
               not
               sworn
               possitive
               to
               the
               place
               ,
               though
               he
               verily
               believed
               that
               was
               the
               place
               ;
               but
               however
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Discourse
               and
               Words
               then
               spoken
               by
               Mr.
            
             Bateman
             
               he
               was
               possitive
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Evidence
             being
             thus
             full
             against
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ,
             and
             he
             liberty
             granted
             him
             to
             make
             what
             defence
             he
             could
             ,
             he
             desired
             that
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Adams
            
             might
             be
             heard
             ,
             in
             relation
             to
             a
             false
             report
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Lee
             had
             raised
             of
             Sir
             Robert
             and
             others
             ,
             and
             Sir
             Robert
             being
             in
             Court
             ,
             gave
             Evidence
             that
             there
             had
             been
             a
             report
             abroad
             said
             to
             be
             raised
             by
             
               Mr.
               Lee
            
             ,
             that
             he
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             Mr.
             
               Lee
               had
               beaten
               three
               Knights
               ,
               and
               that
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             
               had
               came
               to
               him
               and
               asked
               his
               Pardon
               ,
               acknowledging
               the
               thing
               in
               it self
               was
               altogether
               false
               .
            
          
           
             To
             the
             same
             purpose
             Sir
             
               Simon
               Lewis
            
             was
             called
             ,
             but
             appeared
             not
             .
          
           
             
               Ames
               Child
            
             being
             called
             by
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ,
             to
             testifie
             his
             knowledge
             of
             Mr.
             Lee
             ;
             and
             being
             asked
             what
             he
             could
             say
             against
             him
             ,
             Declared
             ,
             
               That
               he
               knew
               nothing
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               but
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             
               was
               an
               honest
               man.
            
             
          
           
             One
             Baker
             being
             called
             by
             Mr.
             Bateman
             ,
             to
             testifie
             that
             Mr.
             Lee
             would
             have
             subborned
             him
             against
             him
             to
             his
             prejudice
             ,
             some
             Years
             since
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             had
             made
             an
             Affidavit
             before
             Sir.
             
               William
               Turner
            
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Baker
             not
             then
             appearing
             in
             Court
             ,
             he
             desired
             Sir
             
               William
               Turner
            
             to
             give
             some
             account
             of
             
             Baker's
             Examination
             ,
             which
             he
             said
             Sir
             William
             had
             taken
             ,
             but
             it
             being
             above
             two
             Years
             since
             ,
             Sir
             William
             declared
             ,
             
               He
               could
               not
               charge
               his
               memory
               with
               any
               of
               the
               Particulars
               contained
               therein
               .
            
          
           
           
             Mr.
             Tompkins
             Sir
             William
             Turner's
             Clerk
             being
             called
             ,
             and
             asked
             what
             he
             could
             say
             concerning
             any
             Examination
             of
             
             Baker's
             taken
             before
             Sir
             William
             ,
             that
             related
             to
             Lee
             ;
             he
             said
             ,
             
               there
               was
               an
               Examination
               taken
            
             Anno
             1683.
             
               wherein
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             
               was
               mentioned
               ;
               but
               to
               the
               best
               of
               his
               Remembrance
               it
               was
               returned
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Council
               ,
               and
               he
               could
               not
               give
               any
               account
               of
               the
               Particulars
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             Mr.
             Bateman
             desired
             to
             know
             upon
             what
             Statute
             he
             was
             Indicted
             ,
             and
             was
             informed
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             the
             Treason
             
               wherewith
               he
               stood
               charged
               ,
               was
               Comprehended
               within
               the
            
             25th
             .
             of
             Edward
             the
             3
             d.
             
               and
               the
            
             13th
             of
             Car.
             2.
             by
             Overt-Act
             ;
             and
             having
             little
             more
             to
             say
             in
             his
             own
             Defence
             .
             After
             a
             favourable
             hearing
             of
             all
             he
             had
             materially
             to
             offer
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             having
             been
             allowed
             by
             the
             Court
             to
             assist
             him
             ,
             in
             looking
             over
             his
             Notes
             ,
             and
             calling
             his
             Witnesses
             ,
             by
             reason
             he
             through
             sickness
             pretended
             himself
             incapable
             .
             Then
             the
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
            
             of
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             Bench
             Sum'd
             up
             the
             Evidence
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             omitted
             nothing
             that
             might
             be
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             whereby
             the
             matter
             was
             fairly
             ,
             fully
             ,
             and
             clearly
             left
             to
             the
             Jury
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             Mr.
             Bateman
             was
             taken
             from
             the
             Bar
             ,
             after
             which
             ,
             the
             other
             Prisoners
             being
             called
             and
             Tryed
             ,
             and
             the
             Jury
             ready
             to
             go
             forth
             to
             consider
             of
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             Mr.
             
             Bateman's
             Daughter
             came
             in
             and
             besought
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             Baker
             ,
             
               whom
               she
               said
               she
               had
               found
               out
               ,
               might
               be
               heard
               against
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             ,
             but
             Mr.
             Lee
             being
             gone
             ,
             and
             the
             Tryal
             already
             over
             ,
             the
             King
             's
             Council
             opposed
             it
             ,
             unless
             Mr.
             Lee
             could
             be
             found
             (
             which
             he
             Could
             not
             be
             at
             that
             time
             )
             and
             the
             Court
             having
             deliver'd
             their
             Opinion
             that
             it
             was
             not
             convenient
             to
             examine
             any
             Witness
             after
             the
             Jury
             had
             received
             their
             Charge
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             very
             ill
             president
             and
             of
             dangerous
             Consequence
             ;
             yet
             some
             of
             the
             Jury
             desiring
             it
             ,
             the
             Court
             to
             prevent
             any
             Objections
             that
             might
             be
             made
             ,
             consented
             ,
             and
             Baker
             had
             leave
             to
             speak
             ,
             whose
             Evidence
             was
             ,
             
               that
               being
               in
               Company
               with
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             ,
             
               some
               time
               in
               the
               Year
            
             1683.
             
               and
               discoursing
               about
               divers
               matters
               ,
               he
               bad
               him
               go
               to
               the
               sign
               of
               the
            
             Peacock
             ,
             
               and
               to
               the
            
             Angel
             and
             Crown
             ,
             
               to
               a
            
             Chirurgeon
             ,
             
               and
               a
            
             Linnen-Draper
             
               whom
               he
               named
               ,
               the
               former
               of
               which
               he
               remembred
               to
               be
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               to
               insinuate
               himself
               into
               their
               Company
               and
               discourse
               them
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               demanded
               of
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             
               to
               what
               end
               he
               should
               do
               it
               ,
               or
               about
               what
               he
               should
               discourse
               them
               ,
               he
               told
               him
               it
               might
               be
               about
               State
               Affairs
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               means
               he
               would
               find
               a
               way
               to
               make
               him
               a
               great
               man
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               excused
               his
               attempting
               to
               intrude
               into
               such
               Company
               as
               was
               above
               him
               ,
               he
               being
               but
               a
               Shooe-maker
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Lee
             
               told
               him
               he
               knew
               that
               ,
               he
               kept
               Company
               with
               such
               ,
               and
               such
               men
               ,
               and
               why
               could
               he
               not
               as
               well
               do
               it
               with
               those
               he
               had
               mentioned
               ,
            
             and
             of
             this
             he
             said
             his
             Examination
             was
             taken
             before
             Sir
             
               William
               Turner
            
             ;
             but
             this
             being
             nothing
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             but
             was
             rather
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             Design
             ,
             Mr.
             Lee
             had
             to
             make
             a
             discovery
             of
             the
             Conspiracie
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             have
             procured
             further
             Evidence
             to
             have
             Corroborated
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             Baker
             being
             looked
             upon
             as
             a
             broken
             Fellow
             and
             that
             he
             lodged
             near
             the
             
               Sessions
               House
            
             ,
             and
             yet
             came
             not
             in
             before
             though
             often
             called
             ,
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             whole
             matter
             was
             left
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             and
             an
             Officer
             being
             svvorn
             to
             attend
             them
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             after
             about
             half
             an
             hours
             debating
             that
             ,
             and
             what
             else
             was
             before
             them
             ,
             gave
             in
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             that
             Charles
             Bateman
             
               then
               at
               the
            
             Bar
             ,
             
               was
               Guilty
               of
               the
            
             High-Treason
             
               as
               laid
               in
               the
               Indictment
            
             ,
             which
             Verdict
             was
             accordingly
             Recorded
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             re-conveyed
             to
             Newgate
             ;
             and
             being
             again
             brought
             to
             
             Justice-Hall
             ,
             on
             Friday
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             December
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             receive
             Sentence
             ;
             and
             upon
             holding
             up
             his
             hand
             ,
             being
             asked
             
               What
               he
               could
               say
               for
               himself
               ,
               why
               the
               Court
               should
               not
               give
               Judgment
               against
               him
               according
               to
               the
            
             Law
             :
             
               He
               desired
               to
               know
               whether
               Mr.
            
             Goodenough
             
               was
               fully
               pardoned
               ,
               and
               was
               told
               ,
               that
               as
               for
               the
               Out-lawrey
               he
               was
               pardoned
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               Pardon
               had
               been
               allowed
               and
               approved
               of
               in
               that
               Court
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Court
               of
            
             King's-Bench
             ,
             
               and
               for
               any
               thing
               else
               he
               was
               not
               Prosecuted
               :
            
             Then
             he
             said
             
               his
               Opinion
               was
               altogether
               for
               Monarchy
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               hoped
               he
               should
               have
               an
               Advocate
               with
               the
               King
            
             but
             ;
             had
             nothing
             more
             material
             to
             offer
             .
          
           
             Then
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
             after
             having
             spoke
             several
             things
             in
             aggravation
             of
             that
             great
             Crime
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             after
             a
             fair
             and
             favourable
             Tryal
             ,
             he
             was
             Convicted
             ;
             advised
             him
             not
             to
             flatter
             himself
             with
             hopes
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             thereby
             delay
             his
             Repentance
             necessary
             for
             his
             future
             happiness
             ,
             pronounced
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             
               That
               he
               should
               return
               to
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               he
               came
               ,
               from
               thence
               be
               drawn
               to
               the
               place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               there
               to
               be
               hang'd
               by
               the
               Neck
               ,
               and
               whilst
               alive
               be
               Cut
               down
               ,
               and
               his
               Bowels
               to
               be
               taken
               out
               and
               burnt
               ;
               his
               Head
               to
               be
               severed
               from
               his
               Body
               ,
               and
               his
               Body
               divided
               into
               four
               Parts
               ,
               and
               that
               his
               Head
               and
               Quarters
               be
               disposed
               of
               ,
               at
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             Upon
             this
             ,
             he
             prayed
             a
             Divine
             might
             have
             leave
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             likewise
             his
             Relations
             ,
             which
             being
             allowed
             he
             departed
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             was
             on
             Friday
             the
             18th
             .
             of
             December
             ,
             Executed
             at
             Tyburn
             according
             to
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Substance
             of
             the
             Tryal
             of
             of
             
               John
               Holland
            
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             who
             were
             Tryed
             and
             committed
             ,
             for
             Conspiring
             against
             ,
             and
             falsely
             imprisoning
             
               William
               Chancey
               ,
               Citizen
            
             and
             Mercer
             of
             London
             ,
             at
             Justice-Hall
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Bayly
            
             .
          
           
             
               On
               
                 the
                 10th
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 1685.
                 
              
            
          
           
             UPon
             an
             Indictment
             found
             against
             
               Edward
               Hays
               .
               William
               Price
               ,
               John
               Holland
               ,
            
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             for
             Conspiring
             against
             ,
             violently
             Assaulting
             ,
             and
             forcibly
             Imprisoning
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             six
             hours
             the
             Person
             of
             
               William
               Chancey
               ,
               Citizen
            
             and
             Mercer
             of
             London
             ,
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             warrentable
             Cause
             ,
             whom
             they
             falsely
             Charged
             with
             uttering
             divers
             Treasonable
             Words
             ,
             to
             extort
             from
             him
             a
             Sum
             of
             money
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Holland
            
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             were
             brought
             in
             the
             Custody
             of
             the
             Keeper
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             to
             Justice-Hall
             in
             the
             Old-Bayly
             ,
             where
             upon
             their
             Arraignment
             they
             pleaded
             not
             Guilty
             ,
             and
             desired
             their
             Tryal
             might
             be
             delayed
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             not
             prepared
             to
             make
             their
             Defences
             ,
             and
             were
             thereupon
             taken
             from
             the
             Bar
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             December
             ,
             1685.
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Tulse
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Aldermen
             ,
             being
             present
             they
             were
             brought
             up
             a
             second
             time
             ,
             and
             ordered
             to
             look
             to
             their
             Challenges
             ,
             but
             making
             no
             Exceptions
             the
             Jury
             was
             Sworn
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 John
                 Meridale
              
            
             
               
                 Benjamin
                 Boltby
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Baly
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Barns
              
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Bromfield
              
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Linn
              
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Hemstead
              
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Longland
              
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Bishop
              
            
             
               
                 James
                 Fern
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Wheatly
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Phelps
              
            
          
           
             The
             Indictment
             being
             read
             a
             second
             time
             ,
             the
             Council
             for
             the
             King
             opened
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Prisoners
             stood
             accused
             in
             all
             it
             's
             unparralled
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             proceed
             to
             Swear
             Mr.
             Chancey
             ,
             who
             gave
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             on
             Saturday
             the
             28th
             .
             day
             of
             November
             last
             ,
             he
             was
             informed
             that
             a
             Boy
             had
             been
             sent
             from
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             Arms
             Tavern
             in
             
               Lawrence-Lane
               London
            
             ,
             about
             Four
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             let
             him
             know
             that
             there
             were
             two
             Gentlemen
             that
             desired
             to
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             went
             ,
             and
             being
             shewed
             where
             they
             were
             ,
             found
             them
             to
             be
             Hays
             and
             Holland
             ,
             the
             former
             of
             which
             he
             had
             some
             small
             Acquaintance
             with
             ,
             he
             having
             been
             once
             a
             Citizen
             ,
             but
             as
             
             for
             the
             latter
             at
             that
             time
             he
             knew
             him
             not
             .
             Hays
             after
             a
             Complement
             had
             passed
             ,
             desired
             to
             speak
             with
             him
             in
             private
             ,
             but
             Holland
             whom
             Hays
             called
             Captain
             Holland
             ,
             was
             somewhat
             against
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               they
               might
               speak
               what
               they
               had
               to
               say
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
            
             but
             in
             the
             end
             he
             retir'd
             ,
             when
             Hay's
             in
             a
             melancholy
             Tone
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             
               O!
               Mr.
            
             Chancey
             
               I
               am
               the
               unfortunatest
               man
               alive
               ,
               for
               being
               the
               other
               day
               in
               the
               Company
               of
               the
               Captain
               ,
               I
               chanced
               to
               let
               fall
               some
               words
               said
               to
               be
               spoken
               by
               a
               Merchant
               in
            
             London
             ,
             
               which
               proved
               to
               be
            
             Treason
             ,
             
               and
               with
               which
               I
               am
               charged
               ,
               and
               am
               now
               a
               Prisoner
               to
               the
               Captain
               ,
               and
               therefore
               am
               obliged
               to
               produce
               you
               as
               my
               Author
            
             ;
             upon
             this
             Mr.
             Chancey
             being
             a
             little
             surprized
             ,
             as
             not
             knoing
             to
             what
             it
             might
             tend
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             conscious
             of
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             Nature
             ,
             replyed
             ,
             
               He
               had
               never
               spoken
               any
               treasonable
               Words
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               knew
               not
               what
               he
               meant
               ,
            
             whereupon
             as
             probable
             it
             had
             been
             agreed
             ,
             Holland
             came
             in
             and
             demanded
             of
             
               Hays
               ,
               if
               that
               was
               the
               person
               ,
            
             meaning
             Mr.
             
               Chancey
               ,
               that
               had
               spoke
               the
               words
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             Hays
             replyed
             he
             was
             :
             At
             which
             Holland
             told
             him
             
               He
               was
               his
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               must
               go
               with
               him
               to
            
             White-Hall
             ,
             
               before
               the
               Secretary
               of
               State
            
             ;
             then
             Mr.
             Chancey
             demanding
             ing
             to
             see
             his
             Warrent
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             
               He
               was
               a
               Captain
               of
               the
               Guard
               ,
            
             and
             that
             a
             Captain
             of
             the
             King's
             Guard
             had
             power
             without
             a
             Warrant
             to
             seize
             any
             person
             for
             High-Treason
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             was
             charged
             ;
             then
             Mr
             Chancy
             desired
             to
             send
             for
             some
             friends
             ,
             but
             Holland
             would
             not
             hearken
             to
             that
             ,
             telling
             him
             he
             must
             instantly
             go
             with
             him
             out
             of
             the
             damn'd
             Factious
             City
             ,
             as
             he
             term'd
             it
             ,
             but
             withal
             that
             he
             would
             call
             at
             the
             Crown
             tavern
             without
             Temple-Bar
             ;
             whereupon
             they
             stopping
             in
             Cheapside
             ,
             Mr.
             Chancey
             found
             an
             opportunity
             to
             send
             a
             person
             to
             his
             Brother
             ,
             to
             let
             him
             understand
             what
             had
             happened
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             going
             to
             White-Hall
             ,
             but
             should
             stay
             at
             the
             Crown
             Tavern
             ,
             and
             thither
             he
             desired
             he
             would
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             way
             as
             they
             were
             going
             ,
             Holland
             railed
             and
             cursed
             Hayes
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             should
             be
             such
             a
             Vilan
             as
             to
             conceal
             Treason
             ,
             but
             Holland
             understanding
             that
             Mr.
             Chancy
             had
             sent
             for
             his
             Brother
             ,
             and
             fearing
             the
             business
             might
             be
             discovered
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             stay
             at
             the
             Crown
             Tavern
             nor
             send
             word
             where
             they
             were
             gone
             ,
             but
             caused
             the
             Coach
             to
             drive
             to
             the
             Fountain
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             being
             nigh
             the
             Savoy
             ,
             where
             he
             said
             he
             could
             have
             several
             Files
             of
             Musquettiers
             to
             secure
             him
             if
             need
             required
             ,
             and
             there
             it
             was
             that
             after
             some
             threats
             of
             Soldiers
             ,
             Messengers
             ,
             and
             Imprisonment
             ,
             and
             Execrable
             Oaths
             that
             he
             would
             run
             him
             through
             if
             he
             offered
             to
             make
             an
             escape
             :
             Hays
             began
             to
             tamper
             with
             him
             ,
             leting
             him
             know
             that
             the
             business
             yet
             might
             be
             hush'd
             up
             by
             stopping
             the
             Captain
             's
             mouth
             with
             a
             Sum
             of
             Money
             ,
             since
             none
             but
             he
             could
             detect
             it
             ;
             but
             finding
             him
             absolutely
             averse
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             whilst
             they
             were
             thus
             discoursing
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             up
             to
             Holland
             that
             there
             were
             two
             of
             his
             Kinsmen
             that
             would
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             they
             were
             brought
             in
             and
             we
             were
             ordered
             to
             take
             no
             notice
             of
             the
             business
             in
             hand
             ;
             they
             discoursed
             of
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             the
             West
             ,
             he
             took
             them
             to
             be
             Welsh
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             time
             (
             as
             he
             guessed
             )
             they
             talked
             that
             Language
             ;
             they
             being
             gone
             ,
             and
             he
             not
             willing
             to
             give
             any
             money
             ,
             to
             White-Hall
             we
             must
             go
             ;
             but
             Mr.
             Chancey
             observed
             that
             Holland
             paid
             two
             Reckonings
             for
             a
             Company
             in
             the
             House
             then
             present
             ,
             beside
             their
             own
             ;
             when
             we
             came
             to
             
               VVhite-Hall-Gate
               ,
               Hays
            
             cryed
             ,
             and
             stamped
             ,
             and
             desired
             for
             God's
             sake
             we
             might
             not
             go
             in
             ,
             for
             if
             we
             should
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             family
             were
             certainly
             ruin'd
             ,
             for
             he
             
             had
             two
             places
             at
             Court
             worth
             Eight
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             loose
             them
             both
             ,
             besides
             being
             Pis'●
             upon
             by
             every
             body
             if
             this
             matter
             should
             come
             publick
             ,
             therefore
             desired
             we
             might
             go
             to
             the
             Swan
             Tavern
             in
             Westminster
             ,
             which
             accordingly
             we
             did
             ,
             there
             they
             both
             argued
             that
             it
             would
             be
             for
             both
             our
             Interest
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             Captain
             in
             his
             proposal
             beforementioned
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             give
             Holland
             Two
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             was
             in
             His
             Breast
             alone
             at
             present
             ,
             but
             if
             we
             should
             be
             carryed
             before
             a
             Secretary
             ,
             or
             put
             to
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Messenger
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             then
             out
             of
             his
             power
             ;
             but
             Mr.
             Chancey
             still
             persisted
             that
             he
             would
             not
             give
             any
             thing
             ,
             whereupon
             to
             White-Hall
             we
             must
             go
             (
             says
             Holland
             )
             in
             order
             to
             be
             Examined
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             said
             Hays
             declared
             that
             I
             was
             the
             person
             ,
             which
             the
             Merchant
             should
             say
             spoke
             those
             Words
             ;
             however
             he
             was
             never
             brought
             before
             any
             body
             ,
             albeit
             he
             was
             carryed
             to
             several
             places
             in
             White-Hall
             for
             that
             :
             Holland
             pretended
             the
             Secretary
             was
             busie
             ;
             but
             after
             some
             stay
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             would
             deliver
             us
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Messenger
             which
             he
             was
             informed
             was
             at
             the
             Fountain
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             whom
             (
             as
             he
             pretended
             )
             he
             had
             sent
             for
             when
             we
             were
             there
             before
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             thither
             he
             carryed
             us
             ;
             but
             there
             being
             no
             Messenger
             ,
             he
             then
             sayed
             he
             would
             send
             for
             one
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             Mr.
             Chancey
             thought
             that
             Halland
             had
             sent
             for
             one
             ,
             but
             Hays
             and
             he
             still
             continued
             their
             perswasions
             to
             give
             two
             hundred
             pounds
             ,
             but
             finding
             him
             unwilling
             to
             give
             any
             thing
             ,
             Captain
             Holland
             draws
             up
             a
             pretended
             Information
             of
             High-Treason
             against
             him
             only
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             that
             two
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             that
             were
             in
             Company
             with
             them
             the
             last
             Night
             were
             in
             the
             house
             ;
             Holland
             desired
             them
             to
             come
             in
             ,
             Hays
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             called
             Mr.
             Chancey
             aside
             ,
             and
             strongly
             perswaded
             him
             to
             comply
             with
             the
             Captains
             demands
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             not
             money
             enough
             ,
             he
             would
             prevail
             with
             the
             Captain
             to
             take
             his
             Bond
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             himself
             would
             be
             bound
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             would
             be
             no
             more
             than
             One
             hundred
             pounds
             out
             ;
             however
             the
             two
             persons
             being
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             as
             was
             afterwards
             inform'd
             ,
             one
             was
             Mr.
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Mr.
             
               William
               Price
            
             whereupon
             Mr
             Holland
             reads
             the
             Information
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             just
             before
             written
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             Price
             was
             a
             Barrister
             ;
             then
             Price
             did
             affirm
             that
             the
             words
             were
             High-Treason
             ,
             and
             perswaded
             him
             to
             comply
             ,
             saying
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             best
             hundred
             pounds
             that
             ever
             he
             parted
             with
             in
             his
             life
             ,
             adding
             if
             he
             were
             innocent
             ,
             that
             the
             delays
             ,
             the
             neglect
             of
             his
             business
             ,
             and
             the
             charges
             would
             amount
             to
             a
             greater
             sum
             ;
             likewise
             Davis
             that
             came
             in
             with
             him
             ,
             perswaded
             him
             to
             it
             also
             ,
             and
             Holland
             swore
             he
             would
             send
             him
             to
             Prison
             without
             carrying
             him
             before
             a
             Justice
             of
             Peace
             ;
             and
             added
             ,
             that
             one
             Delawne
             had
             been
             in
             Newgate
             for
             several
             Years
             and
             never
             knew
             for
             what
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             like
             to
             lye
             there
             as
             long
             as
             he
             lived
             ,
             and
             that
             Cornish
             was
             hanged
             for
             only
             hearing
             a
             Treasonable
             DECLARATION
             read
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Guilt
             was
             greater
             ,
             having
             spoken
             words
             at
             length
             ,
             finding
             by
             their
             Discourse
             they
             would
             stick
             at
             no
             Oath
             for
             interest
             or
             revenge
             ,
             and
             knowing
             it
             was
             Sunday
             Morning
             ,
             and
             not
             knowing
             what
             manner
             of
             men
             he
             had
             to
             deal
             with
             ,
             nor
             what
             they
             might
             swear
             falsely
             against
             him
             ,
             tired
             by
             hurrying
             him
             up
             and
             down
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             affrighted
             with
             their
             menaces
             at
             the
             reiterated
             importunity
             of
             Hays
             ,
             who
             pretended
             himself
             to
             be
             in
             the
             greatest
             Consternation
             imaginable
             ,
             for
             fear
             the
             business
             should
             come
             to
             light
             ,
             and
             in
             hopes
             to
             be
             rid
             
             of
             his
             dangerous
             Company
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             at
             leasure
             consider
             better
             what
             he
             had
             to
             do
             ;
             he
             consented
             to
             enter
             in
             to
             a
             Bond
             with
             Hays
             in
             the
             Penalty
             of
             400
             l.
             for
             the
             payment
             of
             200
             ,
             and
             the
             Bonds
             to
             be
             made
             to
             Holland
             ;
             but
             this
             would
             not
             be
             accepted
             till
             he
             farther
             consented
             to
             sign
             a
             Warrant
             of
             Attorney
             ,
             to
             confess
             Judgment
             upon
             the
             Pond
             .
             This
             being
             concluded
             upon
             ,
             Holland
             sent
             his
             Foot-boy
             to
             call
             up
             Mr.
             —
             a
             Neighbouring
             Scrivener
             to
             make
             the
             Writings
             ,
             it
             being
             then
             between
             Two
             and
             Three
             of
             the
             Clock
             on
             Sunday
             Morning
             ,
             
               Who
               was
               very
               unwilling
               to
               rise
               at
               so
               unseasonable
               an
               hour
            
             ;
             but
             being
             told
             there
             were
             divers
             Gentlemen
             at
             the
             Fountain
             that
             must
             needs
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             draw
             some
             Writings
             upon
             an
             urgent
             occasion
             ,
             he
             at
             last
             went
             ,
             and
             there
             found
             
               Holland
               ,
               Hays
               Davis
               ,
               Price
               ,
            
             and
             Mr.
             Chancey
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Instructions
             were
             ready
             drawn
             up
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             into
             his
             own
             Note-book
             ,
             and
             so
             went
             home
             to
             draw
             up
             the
             Writings
             ,
             where
             he
             had
             not
             been
             long
             e'r
             Price
             came
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             he
             must
             Date
             the
             Bond
             any
             day
             in
             
               Trinity
               Term
            
             last
             ,
             the
             business
             so
             requiring
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             Dated
             it
             the
             21th
             .
             of
             June
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             became
             payable
             the
             next
             day
             after
             it
             was
             signed
             .
             This
             the
             Scrivener
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Consideration
             thinking
             pretty
             hard
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Judgement
             was
             to
             be
             confessed
             upon
             it
             without
             a
             Defeazance
             ,
             made
             some
             scruple
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             but
             Price
             assuring
             him
             it
             was
             so
             agreed
             for
             sundry
             Reasons
             best
             known
             to
             themselves
             ,
             he
             brought
             the
             Writings
             ,
             and
             spared
             not
             to
             say
             as
             much
             in
             the
             Company
             ,
             but
             Mr.
             Chancey
             not
             contradicting
             it
             the
             Bonds
             were
             signed
             ,
             but
             the
             Warrents
             of
             Attorney
             being
             purposed
             ,
             he
             scrupled
             to
             sign
             it
             ,
             and
             whispering
             Holland
             in
             the
             Ear
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               What
               need
               this
               ,
               will
               not
               my
               Bond
               suffice
               ?
            
             but
             he
             and
             his
             Accomplices
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               Are
               not
               we
               agreed
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               so
               agreed
               ?
            
             &c.
             and
             Hays
             without
             bogling
             signing
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             Mr.
             Chancey
             with
             some
             Reluctancy
             did
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Scrivener
             proposing
             it
             was
             convenient
             to
             have
             Releases
             to
             Bar
             any
             former
             Consideration
             for
             which
             the
             Bond
             might
             be
             given
             ,
             they
             willingly
             assented
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             signed
             by
             Holland
             bearing
             Date
             before
             the
             Bond
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Scrivener
             was
             discharged
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Chancey
             had
             leave
             to
             go
             about
             his
             business
             ,
             and
             then
             Mr.
             Chancey
             further
             deposed
             that
             on
             
               Monday
               the
            
             30th
             .
             of
             
               November
               ,
               Holland
            
             sent
             his
             Foot-boy
             with
             a
             Note
             directed
             to
             Mr.
             Chancey
             ,
             at
             his
             house
             in
             St.
             
               Lawrence
               Lane
            
             ,
             informing
             him
             that
             he
             had
             a
             present
             occasion
             for
             20
             l.
             and
             that
             he
             must
             needs
             furnish
             him
             with
             that
             Sum
             ,
             as
             likewise
             with
             Silk
             to
             make
             him
             a
             Cap
             ,
             a
             Night-Gown
             and
             a
             pair
             of
             Slippers
             ,
             promising
             to
             use
             him
             very
             kindly
             in
             the
             payment
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             out
             part
             of
             it
             in
             Wares
             ,
             which
             was
             confirmed
             by
             the
             Foot-boy
             being
             sworn
             ,
             but
             Mr.
             Chancey
             by
             this
             time
             being
             better
             advised
             ,
             and
             finding
             it
             was
             a
             Cheat
             ,
             and
             understanding
             by
             the
             Boy
             where
             his
             Master
             was
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             furnishing
             him
             with
             the
             money
             and
             goods
             he
             had
             sent
             for
             ,
             found
             means
             to
             secure
             him
             ;
             who
             being
             carried
             before
             a
             Judge
             ,
             was
             upon
             the
             Oath
             of
             Mr.
             Chancey
             Committed
             to
             Newgate
             ,
             and
             Price
             being
             soon
             after
             taken
             ,
             was
             Committed
             to
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             Bench
             and
             afterwards
             together
             with
             Hays
             was
             bailed
             to
             appear
             at
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             Bench
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             suggested
             to
             the
             Court.
             To
             this
             Holland
             pleaded
             he
             only
             took
             the
             Bonds
             to
             oblige
             the
             Partys
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             it
             to
             save
             himself
             harmless
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             Consideration
             why
             Mr.
             Chancey
             should
             be
             otherwise
             obliged
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             
             made
             his
             report
             of
             the
             matter
             to
             a
             person
             of
             Quality
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             he
             had
             over
             done
             his
             business
             .
          
           
             Davis
             pleaded
             that
             he
             was
             ignorant
             of
             the
             matter
             as
             to
             the
             contriving
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             only
             came
             in
             by
             chance
             as
             he
             was
             going
             to
             his
             Lodging
             that
             was
             near
             the
             
               Fountain
               Tavern
            
             ,
             and
             was
             desired
             to
             stay
             as
             a
             Witness
             to
             the
             Writings
             ;
             whereupon
             
             Holland's
             Foot-boy
             being
             sworn
             ,
             gave
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             seen
             Davis
             pass
             through
             the
             
             King
             's
             -
             
               Arms
               Tavern
            
             in
             St.
             Lawrence-Lane
             ,
             when
             his
             Master
             and
             Mr.
             Hays
             were
             above
             with
             Mr.
             Chancey
             ,
             and
             farther
             that
             he
             had
             after
             that
             been
             to
             look
             for
             him
             to
             come
             to
             his
             Master
             .
             This
             Objection
             being
             answered
             ,
             he
             proceeded
             to
             intimate
             that
             Mr.
             Chancey
             was
             a
             disaffected
             person
             ,
             and
             that
             Hays
             had
             affirmed
             he
             heard
             him
             speak
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
               the
               Rebellion
               in
            
             Scotland
             
               was
               no
               Rebellion
               ,
               but
               a
               mere
               trick
               to
               get
               money
               ,
               or
               to
               that
               effect
            
             ;
             whereupon
             Mr
             Chancey
             called
             several
             worthy
             persons
             to
             testifie
             his
             Behaviour
             ,
             and
             first
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Waldon
            
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             served
             his
             time
             ,
             who
             declared
             that
             he
             had
             all
             along
             behaved
             himself
             civilly
             and
             modestly
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             ever
             looked
             upon
             him
             to
             be
             a
             very
             Loyal
             Person
             ,
             and
             well
             affected
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             adding
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             so
             faithful
             a
             Servant
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             enough
             commend
             him
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Adams
            
             being
             desired
             to
             testifie
             his
             knowledge
             on
             this
             occasion
             ,
             declared
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             known
             him
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             always
             took
             him
             to
             be
             a
             very
             honest
             Loyal
             man.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Brough
             ,
             the
             fore-man
             of
             the
             Grand
             Jury
             for
             London
             ,
             testified
             the
             same
             as
             did
             some
             others
             of
             known
             Loyalty
             and
             Integrity
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Jury
             receiving
             the
             Charge
             by
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             was
             most
             exactly
             summed
             up
             that
             had
             been
             sworn
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             &c.
             and
             Defence
             they
             had
             made
             for
             themselves
             ,
             they
             withdrew
             ,
             and
             within
             the
             space
             of
             half
             an
             hour
             gave
             in
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             that
             
               John
               Holland
            
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             were
             Guilty
             of
             the
             Conspiracie
             ,
             Assault
             ,
             and
             false
             Imprisonment
             ,
             as
             laid
             in
             the
             Indictment
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             TRYALS
             OF
             
               John
               Holland
               ,
               William
               Davis
            
             and
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             for
             a
             Felony
             and
             Burglary
             :
             Committed
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Mr.
             
               Leonel
               Gatford
            
             ,
             Minister
             in
             Lyme-street
             ,
             on
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             September
             ,
             1685.
             
          
           
             
               JOhn
               Holland
            
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             were
             a
             second
             time
             Indicted
             for
             a
             Felony
             and
             Burglary
             ,
             Committed
             in
             the
             House
             of
             Mr.
             
               Leonel
               Gatford
            
             of
             
               Lyme-street
               London
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             St.
             
               Dionis
               Back-Church
            
             ,
             on
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             September
             last
             ,
             together
             with
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             as
             accessary
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             the
             Felony
             and
             Burglary
             committed
             ;
             The
             Goods
             layed
             in
             the
             Indictment
             were
             Sixteen
             silver
             Spoons
             ,
             Nine
             silver
             Porrengers
             ,
             Four
             silver
             Salts
             ,
             Three
             silver
             Pots
             ,
             Two
             silver
             Plates
             ,
             Five
             silver
             Candlesticks
             ,
             a
             silver
             Skimer
             ,
             Four
             silver
             Boxes
             ,
             One
             silver
             Tanckard
             ,
             One
             silver
             Ladle
             ,
             Six
             Diamond
             Rings
             ,
             Twenty
             plain
             Rings
             ,
             and
             other
             Plate
             of
             value
             ;
             Thirty
             Guineas
             ,
             Forty
             pounds
             in
             Silver
             ,
             &c.
             
             In
             all
             upward
             in
             value
             of
             Three
             hundred
             Pounds
             :
             To
             which
             Indictment
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             having
             severally
             Pleaded
             not
             Guilty
             ,
             put
             themselves
             upon
             the
             Jury
             for
             their
             Tryals
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Jurors
               were
            
             
               
                 John
                 Wakley
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 George
                 Reeve
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Joshua
                 Sabin
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Jagman
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Austin
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Job
                 Harris
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 East
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Martin
                 Simpson
              
               ,
            
             
               —
               Masters
               ,
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Stevens
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Newstrop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Oliver
              
               ,
            
          
           
             The
             Jury
             Sworn
             and
             the
             Indictment
             a
             second
             time
             read
             ,
             Mr.
             Gatford
             ,
             gave
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             about
             six
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             going
             to
             Prayers
             and
             leaving
             his
             Wife
             and
             his
             Maid
             in
             his
             house
             (
             which
             Maid
             was
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             )
             and
             returning
             about
             Eight
             of
             the
             Clock
             the
             same
             Evening
             ,
             found
             his
             house
             rifled
             and
             his
             Wife
             much
             abused
             ;
             the
             things
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             &c.
             
             Being
             at
             that
             time
             stolen
             .
          
           
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             gave
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             On
             Friday
             the
             11th
             .
             of
             September
             ,
             about
             Five
             or
             Six
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             ,
             in
             the
             absence
             of
             her
             Husband
             ,
             somebody
             knocking
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
             she
             sent
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             (
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             being
             her
             Maid
             )
             down
             to
             see
             who
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             she
             returning
             ,
             told
             her
             it
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             would
             speak
             with
             her
             ,
             she
             then
             desired
             he
             would
             
             send
             up
             his
             Name
             and
             Business
             ,
             but
             the
             Maid
             replyed
             he
             had
             a
             Letter
             for
             her
             ,
             which
             he
             said
             he
             must
             deliver
             to
             her
             hand
             ,
             however
             she
             told
             her
             she
             would
             not
             see
             him
             till
             she
             knew
             his
             Name
             ,
             but
             whilst
             they
             were
             discoursing
             concerning
             it
             ,
             a
             Person
             came
             up
             Stairs
             with
             both
             ends
             of
             his
             Wig
             in
             his
             mouth
             ,
             and
             made
             as
             if
             he
             would
             present
             her
             with
             a
             Letter
             ,
             but
             she
             seeming
             shye
             ,
             and
             telling
             him
             he
             was
             a
             stranger
             to
             her
             ;
             he
             let
             go
             the
             ends
             of
             his
             VVigg
             ,
             and
             swearing
             a
             great
             Oath
             that
             he
             was
             a
             great
             stranger
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             clapped
             his
             hands
             upon
             her
             Throat
             and
             Neck
             ,
             saying
             he
             wanted
             money
             ;
             Commanded
             her
             on
             pain
             of
             Death
             not
             to
             make
             any
             Noise
             ;
             and
             whilst
             this
             happened
             ,
             he
             heard
             her
             maid
             cry
             out
             softly
             ,
             Thieves
             ,
             Thieves
             ;
             and
             then
             taking
             up
             her
             upper
             Coat
             ,
             he
             drew
             it
             over
             her
             Head
             ,
             and
             so
             tyed
             it
             vvith
             her
             hands
             in
             it
             ,
             calling
             as
             loud
             as
             he
             durst
             ,
             
               Jack
               ,
               Jack
               ,
               why
               don't
               you
               come
               up
               Jack
               ?
            
             but
             he
             making
             as
             if
             he
             stay'd
             belovv
             to
             secure
             the
             maid
             ,
             he
             cryed
             
               Damn
               her
               for
               a
               Bitch
               ,
               Shoot
               her
               ,
               Cut
               her
               Throat
               ,
               what
               is
               her
               Life
               worth
               ?
            
             Which
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             taking
             to
             be
             in
             earnest
             ,
             besought
             them
             
               For
               Gods
               sake
               not
               to
               kill
               her
               maid
            
             ;
             hovvever
             Jack
             soon
             came
             up
             Stairs
             ,
             vvhereupon
             he
             that
             first
             seized
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             ,
             Commanded
             her
             to
             tell
             vvhere
             the
             money
             vvas
             ,
             vvho
             replyed
             ,
             
               She
               had
               none
               but
               what
               was
               in
               her
               Purse
               :
            
             Then
             he
             asked
             vvhere
             her
             Purse
             vvas
             ,
             she
             said
             
               in
               her
               Pocket
               ,
               then
               pull
               it
               out
               said
               he
               ,
            
             but
             her
             Hands
             being
             vvithin
             her
             Coats
             ,
             she
             told
             him
             she
             could
             not
             ,
             vvhereupon
             he
             said
             he
             vvould
             take
             it
             out
             ,
             vvhich
             he
             doing
             ,
             and
             then
             laying
             her
             on
             her
             Face
             vvith
             dreadful
             threats
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             stirr'd
             —
             They
             vvent
             directly
             to
             the
             place
             vvhere
             the
             money
             vvas
             ,
             altho'
             in
             a
             very
             private
             place
             ;
             as
             also
             to
             the
             Glass
             Case
             of
             Plate
             :
             The
             first
             they
             had
             some
             difficulty
             to
             find
             ,
             and
             vvere
             once
             about
             to
             go
             avvay
             vvithout
             it
             ,
             but
             one
             of
             them
             knocking
             a
             Board
             in
             the
             Closet
             that
             vvas
             to
             dravv
             up
             heard
             it
             chink
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             force
             vvrenching
             it
             up
             ,
             they
             took
             the
             money
             before-mentioned
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             not
             named
             :
             Having
             gotten
             their
             Prey
             ,
             they
             told
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             She
             
               must
               go
               down
               into
               the
               Celler
            
             ;
             to
             vvhich
             she
             replyed
             
               She
               could
               not
               see
               the
               way
               ,
            
             then
             he
             that
             came
             up
             first
             lead
             her
             ,
             and
             vvhen
             she
             vvas
             on
             the
             Top
             of
             the
             Stairs
             bid
             her
             take
             her
             first
             step
             ,
             vvhich
             she
             did
             ,
             and
             immediately
             slipp'd
             dovvn
             to
             the
             Bottom
             ,
             and
             did
             the
             like
             on
             the
             Top
             of
             the
             Celler
             Stairs
             ,
             being
             belovv
             they
             bound
             her
             to
             a
             Partition
             ,
             and
             brought
             dovvn
             
               Agnes
               VVearing
            
             ,
             vvhom
             they
             bound
             likevvise
             and
             set
             her
             by
             her
             ,
             but
             so
             loose
             that
             she
             might
             easily
             have
             unbound
             her self
             ;
             near
             her
             likevvise
             they
             laid
             a
             piece
             of
             
               Red
               Damask
            
             ,
             vvherevvith
             VVearing
             pretended
             they
             had
             blinded
             her
             ,
             and
             so
             charging
             them
             not
             to
             stir
             for
             half
             an
             hour
             ,
             nor
             make
             any
             noise
             ,
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             being
             shot
             or
             run
             through
             ;
             (
             for
             as
             they
             said
             ,
             they
             vvould
             stay
             half
             an
             hour
             to
             observe
             them
             )
             and
             having
             plunder'd
             the
             House
             they
             departed
             vvith
             their
             Booty
             :
             When
             as
             Mrs
             Gatford
             hearing
             all
             still
             ,
             and
             imagining
             as
             much
             ,
             bid
             her
             maid
             (
             vvho
             by
             this
             time
             had
             gotten
             her self
             pretty
             vvell
             at
             liberty
             )
             to
             cry
             out
             which
             she
             feigned
             to
             do
             ,
             but
             vvith
             so
             lovv
             a
             Voice
             ,
             as
             she
             vvas
             sure
             she
             could
             be
             heard
             by
             none
             ,
             and
             therein
             excused
             her self
             through
             the
             fear
             she
             conceived
             of
             having
             her
             Throat
             Cut
             if
             they
             should
             happen
             to
             return
             ;
             hovvever
             ,
             she
             got
             so
             much
             her
             liberty
             ,
             that
             she
             untiy'd
             her
             mistress
             ,
             and
             then
             pretndned
             that
             her
             hands
             vvere
             tyed
             over
             her
             Head
             ,
             vvhich
             vvhen
             her
             Mistress
             vvent
             to
             help
             her
             ,
             she
             found
             the
             same
             vvas
             so
             loose
             that
             she
             could
             easily
             have
             untyed
             her self
             .
          
           
             The
             Robery
             being
             thus
             Committed
             that
             Discovery
             might
             the
             better
             be
             made
             :
             It
             vvas
             for
             some
             days
             kept
             a
             little
             private
             ,
             for
             vvho
             vvere
             
             the
             Robers
             was
             not
             as
             yet
             known
             to
             Mr.
             Gatford
             nor
             his
             Wife
             ;
             and
             because
             one
             Mr.
             
             Hamlin's
             Evidence
             on
             this
             occasion
             was
             rare
             and
             unusual
             corroberating
             and
             confirming
             that
             which
             was
             more
             possitive
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             being
             called
             and
             sworn
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             deposed
             that
             sometime
             before
             the
             Robery
             ,
             going
             with
             a
             French
             Merchant
             to
             a
             Musick-House
             near
             Moor-Fields
             to
             look
             for
             a
             Laundress
             who
             had
             pawn'd
             one
             of
             his
             Cravats
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             perswade
             her
             to
             tell
             him
             where
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             he
             thereby
             have
             the
             opportunity
             of
             Redeeming
             it
             :
             Having
             found
             the
             Party
             whilst
             his
             Friend
             was
             discoursing
             her
             ,
             he
             retired
             and
             went
             down
             into
             the
             Musick-Room
             ,
             and
             sat
             him
             down
             by
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             (
             whom
             he
             then
             knew
             not
             )
             accompanyed
             only
             with
             an
             Old
             Woman
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             press
             himself
             into
             her
             Company
             and
             pass
             some
             Complements
             on
             her
             ;
             she
             being
             well
             habited
             ,
             and
             making
             such
             a
             suitable
             Return
             ,
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             know
             what
             she
             was
             ,
             she
             thereupon
             told
             him
             
               He
               was
               mistaken
               in
               the
               Person
               he
               addressed
               himself
               to
               ,
               for
               that
               she
               was
               but
               a
               Cook-Maid
            
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             found
             she
             made
             some
             difficulty
             in
             believing
             it
             ,
             because
             she
             was
             better
             habited
             than
             might
             well
             consist
             with
             such
             an
             Employment
             ,
             she
             told
             him
             ,
             
               That
               he
               might
               go
               a
               long
               with
               her
               and
               be
               satisfied
               ,
            
             to
             this
             he
             consented
             ,
             and
             went
             with
             her
             and
             the
             Old
             Woman
             as
             far
             as
             Houndsditch
             where
             the
             latter
             turned
             off
             :
             From
             thence
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             went
             with
             him
             through
             Bishops-Gate
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             her
             Masters
             House
             in
             Lymestreet
             ,
             and
             shewing
             him
             the
             Kitchen
             and
             all
             its
             Furniture
             ,
             demanded
             ,
             
               If
               he
               was
               confirmed
               in
               what
               she
               said
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               words
               having
               passed
               ,
               she
               desired
               him
               not
               to
               stay
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               least
               Notice
               should
               be
               taken
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               if
               he
               would
               take
               any
               other
               opportunity
               to
               send
               for
               her
               ,
               either
               to
               Ale-house
               or
               Tavern
               ,
               she
               would
               come
               to
               him
               ,
            
             and
             so
             they
             parted
             .
          
           
             About
             two
             days
             after
             the
             Robery
             was
             Committed
             ,
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             being
             one
             Evening
             upon
             the
             Exchange
             with
             a
             Scotchman
             a
             Friend
             of
             his
             ,
             his
             Friend
             asked
             him
             ,
             
               If
               he
               knew
               not
               where
               to
               spend
               an
               hour
               or
               two
               that
               dull
               Evening
               ,
            
             to
             which
             he
             replyed
             ,
             
               He
               had
               a
               new
               Mistress
               whose
               Conversation
               was
               very
               taking
               ,
               and
               who
               had
               invited
               him
               to
               pay
               her
               a
               visit
               ,
            
             and
             so
             proceeded
             to
             tell
             him
             the
             whole
             Story
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             agreed
             to
             go
             thither
             ;
             and
             it
             being
             somewhat
             dark
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             left
             his
             Friend
             at
             a
             distance
             ,
             and
             knocked
             at
             her
             Masters
             Gate
             ,
             holding
             (
             to
             be
             the
             less
             known
             if
             any
             body
             else
             should
             open
             it
             )
             the
             ends
             of
             his
             Periwig
             in
             his
             mouth
             ;
             (
             the
             Posture
             the
             party
             came
             in
             that
             first
             seized
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             :
             )
             Scarce
             had
             he
             knocked
             twice
             when
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             opening
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             capable
             of
             discerning
             who
             he
             was
             ;
             but
             supposing
             him
             to
             be
             the
             Person
             he
             was
             not
             ,
             fell
             to
             pushing
             him
             back
             ,
             and
             as
             one
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             surprize
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             though
             somewhat
             low
             ,
             
               O!
               Mr.
            
             Davis
             
               what
               do
               you
               do
               here
               ,
               will
               you
               ruin
               your self
               and
               me
               ?
               there
               is
               a
               great
               ado
               about
               the
               Robery
               ,
               and
               I
               would
               not
               have
               you
               appear
               here
               this
               Month
               :
               Is
               the
               Plate
               secure
               ?
               Have
               you
               shared
               the
               Money
               ?
               Is
               Mr.
            
             Holland
             safe
             ?
             and
             having
             said
             these
             Words
             ,
             (
             to
             which
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             conceiving
             some
             Robery
             had
             been
             Committed
             made
             her
             a
             suitable
             reply
             ;
             )
             She
             thrust
             him
             to
             be
             gone
             and
             shut
             the
             Gate
             .
             This
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             told
             to
             his
             Friend
             and
             divers
             others
             ,
             and
             heard
             soon
             after
             of
             the
             Robery
             that
             had
             been
             Committed
             ,
             and
             advised
             with
             several
             ,
             whether
             he
             should
             acquaint
             Mr.
             Gatford
             with
             what
             he
             had
             heard
             ;
             but
             some
             alledging
             he
             might
             bring
             himself
             into
             trouble
             if
             he
             had
             no
             better
             ground
             for
             it
             ,
             or
             no
             more
             to
             testifie
             than
             what
             he
             had
             
             heard
             ,
             whereupon
             he
             forbore
             it
             a
             Month
             or
             thereabouts
             ;
             after
             that
             he
             met
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             in
             Moor-Fields
             with
             Hollands
             Foot-boy
             after
             her
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             renew
             his
             former
             Acquaintance
             with
             her
             ,
             but
             at
             first
             she
             seemed
             strange
             and
             would
             not
             know
             him
             ,
             till
             he
             remembred
             her
             of
             several
             passages
             that
             had
             been
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             she
             told
             him
             ,
             
               She
               was
               fearful
               of
               lying
               aloan
               ,
               and
               that
               she
               was
               going
               into
            
             Spittle-Fields
             ,
             
               to
               get
               her
               Sister
               to
               lye
               with
               her
            
             ;
             for
             it
             seems
             she
             then
             was
             come
             from
             her
             place
             .
             This
             would
             not
             satisfie
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             needs
             drink
             with
             her
             ;
             so
             after
             having
             taken
             a
             View
             of
             Bethlehem
             ,
             and
             dismissed
             the
             Boy
             ,
             they
             went
             to
             a
             House
             near
             Moor-Gate
             ;
             and
             there
             he
             told
             her
             how
             she
             had
             mistaken
             him
             such
             a
             Night
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             had
             heard
             her
             speak
             and
             observed
             ,
             whereupon
             she
             began
             to
             excuse
             it
             and
             to
             change
             Colour
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             Confessed
             ,
             
               She
               was
               mistaken
               ,
               but
               that
               there
               was
               nothing
               in
               it
               ,
            
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             parted
             .
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             not
             long
             after
             acquainted
             Mr.
             Gatford
             what
             he
             heard
             from
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             and
             Holland
             having
             had
             Notice
             of
             this
             from
             the
             said
             Agnes
             ,
             went
             to
             take
             up
             the
             said
             Hamlin
             ,
             for
             charging
             him
             falsely
             with
             the
             said
             Robery
             :
             Then
             
               Margaret
               Harris
            
             being
             Sworn
             ,
             said
             that
             she
             went
             to
             live
             with
             one
             Madam
             Walton
             ,
             who
             lodged
             then
             at
             one
             Mr.
             Canes
             in
             New-street
             as
             her
             hired
             Servant
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             August
             last
             ,
             and
             that
             on
             or
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             
               September
               ,
               Davis
               ,
               Holland
            
             ,
             and
             one
             Bishop
             ,
             were
             together
             at
             the
             Dog-Tavern
             in
             ,
             or
             near
             ,
             Newgate-street
             with
             her
             Lady
             (
             for
             so
             she
             called
             her
             )
             &
             another
             Woman
             ,
             which
             she
             since
             believes
             was
             Mr.
             Gatfords
             Maid
             ,
             making
             very
             merry
             there
             ;
             and
             that
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             same
             month
             of
             September
             ,
             she
             was
             sent
             out
             by
             her
             Lady
             to
             find
             out
             one
             Mr.
             Price
             ,
             but
             not
             finding
             him
             she
             returned
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             &
             found
             
               William
               Davis
            
             ,
             whom
             she
             often
             had
             seen
             there
             before
             ,
             near
             her
             Closet
             Door
             ,
             and
             one
             Humpton
             sitting
             in
             the
             Room
             behind
             the
             Door
             ,
             and
             she
             then
             going
             near
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             to
             give
             her
             an
             Account
             of
             her
             Errand
             ,
             looking
             over
             her
             shoulder
             ,
             saw
             Davis
             take
             out
             of
             his
             Pocket
             a
             great
             handful
             of
             Rings
             ;
             a
             great
             part
             of
             which
             were
             mourning
             Rings
             ,
             and
             from
             amongst
             them
             gave
             her
             Lady
             a
             Diamond
             Ring
             ,
             soon
             after
             which
             ,
             Davis
             and
             Humpton
             went
             away
             together
             ;
             and
             then
             her
             Lady
             said
             to
             her
             ,
             
               Margaret
               ,
               see
               here
               what
               a
               fine
               Ring
               Mr.
            
             Davis
             
               hath
               given
               me
            
             ,
             which
             she
             then
             looked
             upon
             ,
             and
             observed
             the
             same
             to
             be
             a
             Diamond-Ring
             with
             seven
             Stones
             ,
             in
             the
             middle
             one
             having
             a
             flaw
             therein
             fill'd
             up
             with
             Silver
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             told
             her
             Lady
             that
             she
             wondered
             she
             would
             take
             it
             of
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Clipper
             ,
             a
             Shop
             lifter
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             ill
             man
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             suspected
             that
             he
             had
             stolen
             it
             ;
             to
             which
             her
             Lady
             replyed
             ,
             that
             she
             did
             not
             care
             if
             he
             Robbed
             all
             the
             Shops
             in
             Town
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             maintained
             her
             handsomely
             ;
             upon
             which
             she
             replyed
             ,
             she
             doubted
             she
             would
             bring
             her self
             into
             trouble
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             was
             sorry
             for
             it
             ;
             upon
             that
             ,
             her
             Lady
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             gave
             her
             a
             Box
             on
             the
             Ear
             ,
             and
             bid
             her
             meddle
             with
             her
             own
             business
             .
             About
             three
             or
             four
             days
             afterwards
             ,
             her
             Lady
             sent
             her
             to
             her
             Daughters
             ,
             one
             Mrs.
             Stanly
             ,
             at
             one
             Foot
             's
             a
             Barber
             in
             Blow-Bladder-street
             ,
             over
             against
             the
             Dog-Tavern
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             to
             borrow
             some
             money
             of
             her
             ;
             where
             when
             she
             came
             ,
             she
             found
             her
             a
             Bed
             ,
             &
             gave
             her
             then
             an
             account
             of
             her
             business
             ,
             who
             told
             her
             she
             had
             no
             money
             ;
             whereupon
             she
             asked
             her
             if
             she
             had
             the
             Gazette
             ,
             upon
             vvhich
             ,
             Mrs.
             Stanly
             told
             her
             she
             had
             ,
             and
             there
             vvas
             a
             great
             Robery
             Committed
             ,
             mentioned
             therein
             ,
             and
             shovved
             it
             to
             her
             ,
             vvho
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             found
             a
             Diamond-Ring
             vvith
             seven
             Stones
             ,
             and
             other
             Descriptions
             
             according
             to
             what
             she
             had
             observed
             in
             the
             Ring
             she
             saw
             Davis
             give
             to
             her
             Lady
             therein
             mentioned
             to
             be
             stolen
             ,
             with
             several
             other
             Rings
             ,
             whereupon
             she
             said
             ,
             that
             Ring
             which
             Davis
             had
             given
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             was
             the
             Ring
             therein
             mentioned
             ;
             and
             that
             she
             believed
             that
             Davis
             and
             Holland
             (
             for
             that
             she
             found
             them
             often
             together
             concerned
             in
             many
             Crimes
             )
             had
             Committed
             the
             Robery
             ,
             and
             asked
             Mrs.
             Stanelys
             Advice
             ,
             whether
             she
             had
             not
             best
             write
             a
             Letter
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             the
             Penny-Post
             ,
             to
             give
             Mr.
             Gatford
             an
             account
             of
             it
             ;
             Mrs.
             Stanely
             replyed
             ,
             she
             believed
             it
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             should
             do
             it
             without
             her
             Mothers
             consent
             ,
             she
             would
             go
             nigh
             to
             kill
             them
             both
             ;
             whereupon
             she
             went
             back
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             and
             carried
             the
             Gazette
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             told
             her
             what
             discourse
             had
             passed
             between
             her
             and
             her
             Daughter
             concerning
             the
             Ring
             ,
             and
             gave
             her
             the
             Gazette
             ,
             and
             shewed
             her
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Robery
             was
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             told
             her
             of
             her
             Daughters
             ,
             and
             her
             intentions
             ,
             but
             she
             was
             very
             angry
             thereat
             ,
             and
             called
             them
             a
             couple
             of
             Bloody
             Bitches
             ,
             and
             asked
             whether
             they
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             dip
             their
             hands
             in
             innocent
             Blood
             ,
             and
             beat
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             Tore
             all
             the
             Cloaths
             off
             her
             Head
             ,
             and
             gave
             her
             a
             blow
             on
             the
             Face
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             Nose
             bleed
             ;
             but
             it
             so
             happened
             ,
             that
             a
             Night
             or
             two
             afterwards
             she
             apprehended
             her
             Lady
             was
             in
             a
             better
             humour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             desired
             again
             that
             she
             would
             permit
             the
             Ring
             to
             be
             produced
             to
             the
             Minister
             that
             was
             Robbed
             ,
             believing
             it
             to
             be
             his
             Ring
             ,
             and
             offered
             that
             she
             should
             have
             the
             Ten
             Pounds
             ;
             but
             her
             Lady
             refused
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             then
             collogued
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             was
             very
             kind
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             offered
             her
             Ten
             Pounds
             not
             to
             be
             concerned
             any
             more
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             promised
             to
             keep
             her
             like
             a
             Gentlewoman
             whilst
             she
             lived
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             if
             she
             married
             she
             vvould
             give
             her
             Five
             hundred
             Pound
             ,
             and
             if
             she
             continued
             vvith
             her
             till
             she
             dyed
             ,
             she
             vvould
             give
             her
             Fifty
             Pound
             a
             Year
             ,
             for
             One
             &
             Tvventy
             Years
             ;
             to
             all
             vvhich
             ,
             she
             ansvvered
             very
             little
             ;
             but
             about
             a
             Fortnight
             aftervvards
             on
             a
             
               Sunday
               ,
               Davis
            
             came
             and
             demanded
             the
             Diamond
             Ring
             of
             her
             Lady
             ,
             which
             this
             deponent
             advised
             her
             privately
             ,
             not
             to
             let
             him
             have
             ;
             however
             he
             sate
             down
             by
             her
             Lady
             on
             the
             Bed-side
             ,
             with
             his
             hand
             upon
             his
             Knee
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             was
             discoursing
             she
             observed
             a
             large
             plain
             Gold
             Ring
             upon
             his
             Finger
             ,
             which
             she
             with
             his
             leave
             took
             off
             to
             look
             upon
             ,
             much
             commending
             it
             ,
             and
             desiring
             that
             he
             would
             give
             it
             her
             ,
             and
             looking
             upon
             it
             and
             the
             Posie
             ,
             which
             was
             ,
             
               God
               above
               increase
               our
               love
            
             ;
             she
             read
             the
             same
             aloud
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             and
             hearing
             both
             of
             her
             Lady
             and
             the
             said
             Davis
             ,
             upon
             which
             she
             told
             Davis
             it
             was
             a
             good
             Posie
             ,
             and
             since
             he
             had
             promised
             to
             get
             her
             a
             Husband
             ,
             he
             would
             do
             well
             to
             give
             her
             that
             Ring
             against
             she
             got
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             whereupon
             she
             gave
             it
             him
             again
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             observe
             that
             her
             Lady
             did
             let
             him
             have
             the
             Diamond
             Ring
             again
             ;
             but
             after
             he
             was
             gone
             ,
             she
             said
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             
               what
               think
               you
               now
               Madam
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               true
               that
            
             Davis
             and
             Holland
             
               robbed
               the
               Parson
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               the
               Ring
               ,
               and
               the
               Posie
               I
               read
               to
               you
               in
               the
               other
               Ring
               is
               the
               same
               posie
               ,
               both
               mentioned
               in
               the
            
             Gazette
             ;
             whereupon
             her
             Lady
             (
             as
             formerly
             )
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             her
             ;
             but
             about
             two
             or
             three
             Nights
             afterwards
             ,
             Davis
             and
             one
             Harrison
             came
             into
             her
             Ladys
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             siting
             down
             ,
             Davis
             pulled
             forth
             a
             handful
             of
             Guineas
             and
             other
             pieces
             ,
             upon
             sight
             of
             which
             ,
             her
             Lady
             said
             ,
             Mr.
             Davis
             when
             will
             you
             send
             me
             in
             some
             —
             Davis
             replyed
             ,
             and
             swore
             a
             great
             Oath
             ,
             that
             next
             Week
             he
             would
             send
             her
             in
             a
             Butchers
             Tray
             full
             ;
             whereupon
             she
             said
             to
             Mr
             Harrison
             ,
             we
             shall
             have
             Guineas
             enough
             to
             Thatch
             a
             House
             :
             And
             after
             they
             vvere
             
             gone
             ,
             she
             desired
             leave
             of
             her
             Lady
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             go
             and
             discover
             this
             vvhole
             matter
             ,
             othervvise
             mischief
             might
             come
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             her
             Lady
             vvould
             not
             let
             her
             go
             ;
             and
             one
             day
             in
             the
             morning
             early
             ,
             she
             desired
             the
             maid
             of
             the
             House
             to
             call
             her
             as
             if
             some
             person
             would
             speak
             vvith
             her
             ,
             intending
             by
             that
             means
             to
             have
             got
             out
             to
             make
             the
             Discovery
             ,
             vvhich
             the
             maid
             did
             ;
             and
             vvhen
             she
             vvas
             going
             ,
             her
             Lady
             lept
             out
             of
             her
             Bed
             and
             stopt
             her
             ,
             and
             beat
             her
             very
             much
             and
             locked
             her
             up
             ,
             pretending
             she
             had
             got
             the
             Ring
             ,
             and
             then
             soon
             after
             favvned
             upon
             her
             ,
             letting
             her
             knovv
             that
             she
             had
             accused
             her
             unjustly
             ,
             and
             repeated
             her
             former
             promises
             to
             her
             ,
             to
             engage
             her
             to
             the
             contrary
             :
             Hovvever
             ,
             tvvo
             days
             aftervvards
             being
             in
             October
             ,
             on
             a
             Wednesday
             in
             the
             Sessions
             Week
             ;
             she
             again
             desired
             to
             go
             forth
             ,
             to
             deliver
             a
             Letter
             for
             her
             Father
             ,
             but
             her
             Lady
             suspecting
             she
             would
             go
             tell
             Mr.
             Gatford
             ,
             charged
             her
             not
             to
             do
             so
             upon
             her
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             withal
             swore
             her
             upon
             a
             Mass-Book
             ,
             that
             she
             should
             not
             tell
             Mr
             Gatford
             ,
             by
             which
             compliance
             she
             got
             leave
             to
             go
             forth
             ,
             and
             then
             went
             immediately
             to
             her
             Sisters
             ,
             at
             Madam
             Armatages
             in
             Crain-Court
             in
             Fleet-street
             ,
             and
             informed
             them
             both
             ,
             of
             all
             those
             passages
             ;
             and
             advised
             with
             them
             ,
             whether
             she
             might
             discover
             it
             notwithstanding
             her
             Oath
             ,
             who
             did
             advise
             her
             to
             go
             forthwith
             to
             Mr.
             Gatford
             and
             discover
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             which
             she
             accordingly
             did
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             went
             back
             to
             her
             Lady
             ,
             and
             stay'd
             with
             her
             tho'
             in
             great
             danger
             ,
             and
             under
             much
             dread
             ;
             being
             often
             told
             by
             her
             Lady
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             do
             her
             a
             mischief
             ;
             till
             the
             day
             before
             her
             Lady
             was
             taken
             and
             sent
             to
             the
             Compter
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             she
             was
             soon
             after
             Bailed
             ;
             and
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             she
             saw
             her
             Lady
             have
             the
             said
             Ring
             in
             her
             Bosome
             the
             day
             before
             she
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             often
             heard
             her
             say
             that
             she
             would
             through
             it
             down
             the
             House
             of
             Office
             ,
             before
             it
             should
             be
             discovered
             :
             When
             she
             had
             done
             ,
             then
             Mr.
             Recorder
             asked
             her
             ,
             where
             was
             that
             Madam
             Walton
             ,
             she
             had
             so
             often
             mentioned
             in
             her
             Evidence
             ?
             To
             which
             ,
             she
             answered
             that
             she
             was
             there
             ,
             (
             pointing
             up
             to
             the
             Gallery
             )
             amongst
             several
             other
             Ladys
             and
             Women
             :
             Whereupon
             Mr.
             Recorder
             order'd
             an
             Officer
             to
             go
             up
             immediately
             and
             wait
             upon
             her
             down
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             she
             was
             brought
             into
             Court
             ,
             (
             very
             richly
             habited
             )
             and
             pretended
             she
             was
             an
             Irish
             Earls
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             a
             Woman
             of
             Quality
             ;
             however
             she
             was
             committed
             to
             Prison
             upon
             the
             Evidence
             that
             had
             been
             given
             ,
             and
             an
             Indictment
             order'd
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             against
             her
             ,
             and
             persons
             bound
             to
             Prosecute
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             afterwards
             was
             accordingly
             done
             ,
             and
             the
             Indictment
             found
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             a
             Letter
             likewise
             given
             in
             Evidence
             against
             Holland
             ,
             which
             Holland
             own'd
             to
             be
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             was
             wrote
             to
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             &
             did
             mention
             things
             relating
             to
             this
             business
             ;
             and
             then
             
             Holland's
             Foot-boy
             was
             called
             and
             Sworn
             ,
             who
             testified
             that
             he
             had
             been
             often
             sent
             on
             messuages
             by
             his
             Master
             to
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             was
             instrumental
             in
             having
             her
             taken
             by
             discovering
             the
             Lodging
             that
             his
             Master
             had
             often
             provided
             for
             her
             ,
             tho'
             she
             had
             shifted
             them
             divers
             times
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             Custody
             upon
             hearing
             that
             Davis
             and
             Holland
             were
             taken
             ,
             she
             cry'd
             out
             we
             are
             all
             concerned
             ,
             and
             hoped
             they
             should
             live
             and
             dye
             together
             ,
             for
             she
             was
             resolved
             she
             would
             live
             and
             dye
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             the
             Substance
             of
             the
             Evidence
             given
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             :
             They
             were
             then
             asked
             by
             the
             Recorder
             every
             one
             of
             them
             singly
             ,
             what
             they
             had
             to
             offer
             in
             defence
             of
             themselves
             against
             this
             great
             Crime
             .
             Thus
             as
             it
             were
             miraculously
             made
             out
             against
             them
             ,
             Davis
             
             endeavoured
             to
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             bought
             the
             Diamond
             Ring
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Wedding-Ring
             ,
             there
             were
             few
             Goldsmiths
             Shops
             ,
             that
             afforded
             not
             Rings
             with
             the
             like
             Posie
             ,
             and
             did
             produce
             a
             person
             in
             Court
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             had
             bought
             a
             Diamond-Ring
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             about
             Nine
             Months
             since
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             did
             appear
             to
             be
             another
             manner
             of
             a
             Ring
             ,
             and
             disposed
             of
             before
             the
             Robery
             was
             committed
             ,
             and
             the
             Ring
             he
             had
             given
             to
             his
             mistress
             consequently
             could
             not
             be
             the
             same
             ,
             then
             he
             called
             Persons
             to
             discredit
             
               Margaret
               Harris
            
             ,
             by
             alledging
             her
             unjustness
             ,
             and
             amongst
             others
             ,
             a
             mistress
             with
             whom
             she
             had
             formerly
             lived
             ,
             who
             instead
             of
             accusing
             her
             of
             Dishonesty
             ,
             gave
             her
             a
             good
             Character
             .
             Holland
             alledged
             malice
             in
             Mr.
             Hamlin
             ,
             and
             that
             Mr.
             Gatford
             had
             brib'd
             his
             Foot-boy
             ,
             but
             the
             former
             not
             appearing
             ,
             and
             the
             Boy
             upon
             Oath
             declaring
             the
             contrary
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Gatford
             had
             indeed
             promised
             him
             two
             Guineas
             to
             discover
             the
             Lodging
             of
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             the
             which
             when
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             give
             it
             him
             till
             the
             Tryals
             were
             over
             ,
             lest
             the
             Prisoner
             should
             construe
             that
             as
             a
             Bribe
             ,
             to
             induce
             him
             to
             Swear
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             having
             nothing
             more
             material
             to
             offer
             further
             in
             their
             Defence
             ,
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             insisting
             upon
             her
             innocence
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             Sum'd
             up
             the
             Evidence
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             very
             particularly
             ,
             and
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             after
             he
             had
             repeated
             Hamlin's
             Evidence
             given
             against
             Holland
             (
             which
             he
             observed
             was
             their
             most
             difficult
             parts
             ,
             for
             that
             generally
             what
             one
             Prisoner
             saith
             of
             another
             is
             not
             Evidence
             )
             yet
             as
             this
             Case
             is
             ,
             they
             might
             consider
             the
             occasion
             that
             moved
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             to
             speak
             what
             she
             did
             ,
             it
             being
             without
             any
             Compulsion
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             laid
             to
             her
             charge
             at
             that
             time
             she
             could
             not
             speak
             it
             out
             of
             any
             by
             Ends
             ,
             or
             dread
             ,
             but
             merely
             upon
             a
             mistake
             and
             surprise
             ,
             apprehending
             it
             was
             Davis
             ,
             because
             of
             his
             appearing
             to
             her
             in
             the
             same
             posture
             as
             Davis
             was
             in
             ,
             when
             he
             seized
             upon
             Mrs.
             Gatford
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             was
             very
             plain
             by
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             
               Holland
               ,
               Davis
            
             ,
             and
             Wearing
             were
             all
             well
             acquainted
             ,
             and
             their
             familiarity
             began
             much
             about
             the
             time
             ,
             when
             this
             Fact
             was
             Committed
             ,
             and
             they
             both
             very
             fond
             of
             her
             ,
             but
             Holland
             more
             especially
             ,
             he
             using
             all
             Diligence
             to
             take
             care
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             conceal
             her
             ,
             by
             providing
             several
             Lodgings
             for
             her
             in
             by
             places
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             testified
             against
             Davis
             and
             Agnes
             ,
             and
             what
             she
             confessed
             to
             Hollithorn
             ,
             made
             it
             plain
             if
             they
             did
             give
             credit
             to
             the
             Witnesses
             ;
             so
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             he
             left
             it
             to
             them
             ,
             whether
             they
             would
             find
             all
             or
             any
             ,
             and
             which
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             Guilty
             or
             not
             Guilty
             of
             this
             Crime
             ,
             whereof
             they
             stood
             charged
             within
             the
             Indictment
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             ,
             the
             Jury
             after
             they
             were
             withdrawn
             some
             time
             ,
             came
             in
             ,
             and
             found
             them
             all
             three
             Guilty
             of
             the
             Indictment
             ;
             and
             
               William
               Davis
            
             and
             
               Agnes
               Wearing
            
             ,
             were
             Executed
             on
             Wednesday
             following
             ,
             and
             Holland
             Reprieved
             .
          
           
             
               
                 This
                 may
                 be
                 Printed
              
               ,
               R.
               L.
               S.
               
               
                 January
                 the
                 9th
                 :
                 1685.
                 
              
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .