Two notorious Murders. One committed by a Tanner on his wives son, near Horne-church in Essex.  
The other on a Grazier near Ailsburie in Buckinghamshire. With these is intermixed another murderous intending felony at Rislip in Middlesex. All done this last month.   depiction of hanged man 
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Three cruel felonies and two hated murders performed this last month by the father and brother in law against the Sun and brother, the neighbour against the neighbour's child, the false familiar against his unmisdeeming friend.  
Birds observe seasons, Beast know the course of times, either to their own kind are kind: but men neither regard time, nor make use of example but with a headlong fury follow their own appetite. Experience in all ages hath approved that Sin hath not been in the highest Estate unpunished especially that sin, that is to nature abhorting, before good men most detestable, of God from the beginning detested. Murder, I mean, that crying sin, that sin which gave the first murderer horror of heart, and presents all his successors, with hell of conscience. Of so many thousand bloodthirsty tyrants, close plotting poisoners, felonious waiting murderes, let any man tell me, which went unto his grave in peace? the scripture, profane Stories, the records and chronicles of all nations, remember not one, but all point out a miserable, sudden and certain ruin to him that lay in wait for blood. The wisdom of our fathers in elder ages, the policy of magistrates in these times, wherein iniquity rageth, by punishment have sought to warn the living untouched to remember the guilty put to death, that they may fear to fall into such misfortune. To this they thought good to ●dde that publishing of their detested crimes, that those whose eyes could not behold their deserved ends, might yet by hearing be warned. The imitation whereof we follow, and in as few words as the matter will give leave describe three sorrowful accidents, gathered from the confession of the malefactors.  

The murder of Thomas Chambers.  
In Essex not far from London in the parish of up master, at a place called Corbetts Tie, dwelled on john wright, who had married the widow of one Chambers a Tanner: whose Son Thomas Chambers being a young man of great towardness, of condition gentle, of body well proportioned, was bereft of life even when he began to live, by the conspiracy of his unkind brother in law john Graygoose of Epping husbandman, that had married Chambers sister, & john wright's cruelty the unnatural husband of his mother. The cause that moved these two this sin to attempt, arose from hence Thomas Chambers being by his father left heir to 30. l. a year, and a portion of 200. l and upwards in money, which money and land at christmas next was to come to his hand, or if he died under age a great part of it, then to fall unto the wife of the above named Graygoose: Graygoose (as at his death Wright protested) about Candlemas last came unto him and plotted murder, promising the benefit that by Chambers death to either of them might arise. O false temptation of deceiving gain: how blind are men to be so abused? how fond to fall so fond? to believe the devil so quickly? when they can no sooner have perfected so odious an ill, but vengeance like a thief in the night seizeth on them: nay like a violent tempest beats down their violence. But to our matter. Graygoose was the wicked tempter, Wright as willingly tempted, the one conceives the mischief, the other consents: many times they méeteplott, conspire, & in the end conclude, that about Epping or Wéeldside in Essex, in one of the Whitsun holidays he should be slain: which of them could first meet him promised to be the murderer. So part these vile conspirators, either attending the dismal time of Chambers destruction. Wright being always in the house, had fit opportunity than his confederate, and on the sixth of june before the appointed time, knowing Thomas Chambers to be forth between the hours of ten and twelve awaited at a place called Rushy green near Barrow hill, in the parish of horne-church, and with a stake taken out of a style he there assaulted the unmistrusting young man, & at one blow given on the right side of his head struck out his brains: which done dragged him into a bush, and there hide the murdered body: and with a bold face returned home. The youth being well beloved was in sundry places sought for, and no small suspicion of his murder had by those of good conceit. At length on whitson monday being the ix. of june a grayhound found the murdered body, and never left baying till it was drawn forth. Oh wretched estate of blood guilty murderers, how often have the fowls in the air wonderfully bewrayed your long concealed acts, how often have bruit beasts wondered at you? how often have your treacherous hearts betrayed you? Though men see ye not God doth? though men bewray ye not, birds may? if birds do not, beasts may, if neither do, your own consciences shall, but if they be seared up, God certainly will find out a mean.  
When Chambers body was thus found, a rueful sight it was to look upon, his fair countenance was discoloured, worms cralled in his mouth, nose, ears, and his whole body was putrefied. The missing of Wright that evening the deed was done, some suspicious words, but chiefly Gods will made Wright to be suspected: and albeit, at the first he sought to face it out, yet before a justice he confessed it presently, in manner as is before recited: for which he worthily suffered death on Monday the 14. of july at Rumforde in Essex, and Graygoose is to abide his trial at Chelmesford. O that all stepfathers and mothers might possibly have heard wright's lamentation, how he exhorted them to beware, how he exclaimed on covetousness, how he desired forgiveness, they would then remember the children that were orphans committed to their patronage, were to be used as dearly as their natural children, but it seemed he knew his duty and forget it; and if 〈◊〉 he not (as he was) given over, they will remember it.   

The robbery of Pets house with the wounding of his son.  
Our Second seen of this threefold tragedy, was acted in Rislip a country town in Middlesex. Two neighbours dwelled in that parish, Murdox the one an honest wealthy Farmer, Pets the other a carpenter though not rich, yet of honest reputation: Murdox had among divers children a young man to his youngest son, of body well proportioned, of face lovely, a great company keeper, given much to riot, yea given over as it proved, so that no allowance of his father, nor counsel of his mother prevailed with him: but will was to him a law, no profit seemed to him so pleasing as wanton pleasure: but as one sin is father to another, so riot be got greedy desire of getting to maintain waist, & this youth (being persuaded Pets was very rich) on sunday the 22. of june, after his own Father was rid to Hounslow, Pets & his wife being at church, entered the house, and found a son of Pets about 10. years of age in the house. The child knowing Murdox, had no fear: albeit Murdox in his sight had rifled the house, & miss four pounds that was tied in the corner of a sheet, taking only a little purse (as was proved by evidence) wherein fourteen pence was. Finding no more, he called the boy, jacke saith he, wilt thou not tell? No indeed saith the child. Then come and bring a knife quoth Murdox, and we will into the grove to cut whipstockes. The simple child took a knife & followed him, and being come through a close into the grove, he with the knife the child brought, gashed him about the throat but missed the weasand, and so thinking the child to be dead left him, but hearing the boy cry, returned and 〈◊〉 him into the right breast then listening again, he again returned and sta●● him again: and the third time coming back, stopping the child's mouth with 〈◊〉, he thinking him surely dead, and leaving him, went toward the Church, by which time neighbour Petshis. Thither the mother and her eldest son went to see the cause: the young son would not go. When Murdox wife came there, they saw the house rifled, but only the woeful mother cried for her son, her son. Some neighbours spied a footing towards the grove followed it, and found the boy all to be weltered in gore. And perceiving life to be in him, two laid him on a cloak, and between them brought him home. Where murdoxes mother most of any other when he had recovered speech) sought to have him tell who did the deed. At last with great fear he told, & presently young Murdox was apprehended, and found bail, denying the deed with many bitter curses. That day he carelessly followed his pleasure, but the child's constancy in his accusation, made the parents to bring him before the Lord Anderson, who so sifted him that he confessed the fact. For which he was condemned at the Sessions at newgate, and executed on monday the 14. of july. The moan he made, that grief he had of his misspent life, too late too helpless was lamentable, but such is the reward of riot, where no regard is had of spending above the course of lawful getting, necessity must needs follow: games, wantonness, & ease, are not continued without excessive cost. He died in his prime of youth, in the flower of his strength, in the blouming of his hopes, making his own end shameful by wasteful oversight. The child (by God's power) is recovered, and at the bar gave evidence against him.   

The murder of the Grazier.  
Our last part is composed of envy, Avarice, false friendship, murder, massacring, and their reward. For envy. One Dernly a grazier about Essex side being very familiar with William Randolph a man of his own profession, dwelling about Cardiff, and having much dealing about London, stomached (as divers men of one trade do) the great dealings of Randolph. Randolph seemed to be a man of gentle nature and very open to his friend, taking Dernley for no 〈◊〉 of his, for Dernley was privy that Randolph had received above three hundred pound, and was to ride from London through Ailsbury toward Wales. Whereupon he acquainted, one Parry dwelling in Shoreditch, and Richardson another of his confedrats dwelling in Knight-rider street in London with randolph's condition, charge of money, and the way he had to ride. They fell in company with Randolph a little from London, and very curteousty bore him company to Ailsbury: and by the way one Tailor of Ailsbury chanced among them, and noting by randolph's talk that he concealed not his charge of money, besides observing how Parrey and Richardson were horsed, and weaponed, told Randolphe secretly at his coming to Ailsbury, that he did not wisely to ride so open, and willed him to look well to Parrey and Richardson, for he mistrusted them. The good old man believing the fair speeches of the ill intending murderers, better than the honest advise of the plain meaning man, replied, they were very friendly Gentlemen dwelling in London, such as had used him very kindly, and that for a world of wealth he would not have an evil thought of them, so honest they seemed, so gentle, so fair conditioned, whereupon Tailer seeing randolph's mind des●●●ed to use more words. But this talk of his, either by randolph's means or some other course came to Parrey and Richardsons' hearing, whereupon making show or displeasure, in the morning they went before him out of town, pretending haste also of their way. Randolph hearing they were gone, greatly blamed the Chamberlain, and with all speed hasted to post after them, & coming about some mile from Ailsburie met one who told him two such Gentlemen were easily riding not a full mile 〈◊〉. When 〈◊〉 is marhed to mischance, with what violence doth his evil 〈◊〉 draw him onward. As fast as horse could run he galleys after, and to some get sight of them that were ready to him his fight with eternal darkness: when he was 〈◊〉 them they were 〈…〉 hollow hearted companions, under coleur of kind salutation, turning their horses heads to bid him welcome, Parrey first with a judas like welcome discharged his pistol in his bosom: with the entrance of the bullet the poor man laid his faint hand on his wounded breast, while Richardson with the second bullet shot him through hand and belly. So fell he down, and they like bloodsucking wolves seized on this innocent, doubling in his death wound upon wound, mangling his face with such inhuman cruelty, as no barbarous tyrant could more outrageously have done. Then drew they him into a thicket, and rifled his dead body: where Richardson yet unsatisfied with cruelty stabbed him into the neck, with such violence that in pulling back his hand, the pummel and handle of his dagger came off, but she blade he left sticking in his neck, which blade was one witness against the murderous master. This done, they turned his horse into the wood and hover about the country some two days and more after. For it was the second day before the murdered body was found, by a fellow that sought cattle. When the hue and cry came to Ailsbury, Tailor among other went to see the body, and by the apparel better than the face he knew it was the carcase of that wretched man, who had refused his counsel at Ailsbury the other night before. He descried their apparel, proportions, horses and all such marks as he advisedly had taken while he rid in their company. To London, toward Wales, & every way the hue and cry went. Parrey was taken in Wales, and contest the fact. Richardson at his own door in London. A while he denied the deed, but long he stood not in it, both of them accused Dernley, and to Ailsbury they are all gone to suffer desera●d death. God give them repentant hearts so lament earnestly the cruelty of their hands, for which more bloodiness have I not heard a murder of long time to be followed. The murdered man as I before said, was plain, simple, & of no mistrustful heart. The murderers to the world eye well thought off. Dernley the causer of randolph's death, a very wealthy man esteemed of honest conversation. Parrey and Richardson the executioners, borne of honest parentage, fair conditioned, not thought to live so disorberly as it seemeth they now did. For had they not been exercised to robbery and spoil, how durst Dernley have broke so heinous a matter to them, or if he had not before time so purpost, how could he so suddenly have found them for his purpose: but the community of the evil hath an evil end, and though they band themselves for a time together, death gapes for them, & their destruction cometh suddenly. Would some by these and many more examples would take heed. It is impossible murder should be hid, and therefore it is folly for any man to follow it. This brother in law and father in law Graygoose & wright Murderers of innocent Thomas Chambers, thought that their secret mischief could have been as secretly concealed as wickedly conceived? but even the day the dead body was found, their treachery was found: Murdox thought he had made sure work with young Pets, but he yet lives, whom he cruelly intended to have slain, and being but a child condemned him a man, before the seat of judgement. These last three thought themselves as sure, but blood cried from the earth, and the voice of the revenger hath made them tremble. Look, look, ye murderers how many miseries ye bring to those that live, by your complotting others deaths: the parents, wives, children, followers of those you murder, that never meant you ill, are when your hateful deed is done, vexing followers of you to your deserved deaths: your parent's wives children, followers, friends mournful and helpless lamenters for your amiss, your own names perpetually enrolled among murderers. If you be tempted to any ill, remember the end, shame misery and confusion of face, you that were wont to walk freely, must be led like bondmen, that have been well thought on, must be the people's wonder: that were friends sole comfort, are most sharp piercing swords unto their hearts. Let thought of blood be far from ye, for it is a sin God hats, & no man will not pity.   
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