The proceedings at the assizes holden at York, the 24th day of July, 1680, before ... Sir William Dolben ... and Sir Edward Atkyns ... then judges of assize for the northern circuit, against several prisoners then indicted for the horrid Popish Plot against the life of the King and for subversion of the government and Protestant religion : with an accompt at large of the arraignment of Sir Miles Stapleton ... , and of the tryal, condemnation and execution of Thomas Thwing for the same plot.
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             The proceedings at the assizes holden at York, the 24th day of July, 1680, before ... Sir William Dolben ... and Sir Edward Atkyns ... then judges of assize for the northern circuit, against several prisoners then indicted for the horrid Popish Plot against the life of the King and for subversion of the government and Protestant religion : with an accompt at large of the arraignment of Sir Miles Stapleton ... , and of the tryal, condemnation and execution of Thomas Thwing for the same plot.
             Thwing, Thomas, d. 1680.
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           THE
           PROCEEDINGS
           At
           the
           Assizes
           holden
           at
           YORK
           .
           the
           24
           th
           .
           day
           of
           July
           ,
           1680.
           
           Before
           the
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           Sir
           WILLIAM
           DOLBEN
           Kt.
           One
           of
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Kings
           Bench
           AND
           Sir
           EDWARD
           ATKYNS
           Kt.
           One
           of
           the
           BARONS
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Exchequer
           ,
           then
           Judges
           of
           Assize
           for
           the
           Northern
           Circuit
           ,
           against
           several
           Prisoners
           then
           Indicted
           for
           the
           Horrid
           Popish
           Plot
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           KING
           ,
           and
           for
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Government
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           Accompt
           at
           large
           of
           the
           Arraignment
           of
           Sir
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           Baronet
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           Condemnation
           and
           Execution
           of
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           for
           the
           same
           Plot.
           
        
         
           Published
           by
           Vertue
           of
           an
           order
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           in
           Parliament
           Assembled
           ,
           made
           upon
           the
           9th
           .
           day
           of
           
             November
             ,
             1680.
          
           
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Simmons
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Princes-Arms
           in
           Ludgate-street
           ,
           MDCLXXXI
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           following
           Narrative
           comprising
           at
           large
           only
           the
           Evidence
           given
           against
           
             Mr.
             Thomas
             Thwing
             ,
             and
             Mrs.
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             ,
             (
             who
             was
             tryed
             by
             the
             same
             Jury
             with
             him
             )
             it
             may
             be
             expected
             that
             some
             reason
             should
             be
             given
             why
             the
             tryals
             of
             the
             Lady
             
               Anne
               Tempest
            
             ,
             (
             Daughter
             of
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
               ,
            
             )
             and
             of
             Mr.
             
               Charles
               Inglesby
            
             ,
             who
             were
             tryed
             by
             other
             Juryes
             and
             acquitted
             ,
             are
             not
             also
             published
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             answer
             that
             expectation
             we
             shall
             say
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           though
           differing
           ,
           and
           that
           materially
           in
           some
           circumstances
           ,
           was
           in
           great
           part
           ,
           especially
           in
           what
           related
           to
           the
           Prisoners
           defence
           the
           same
           that
           was
           given
           in
           Mr.
           Thwings
           tryal
           ;
           and
           therefore
           that
           this
           Narrative
           might
           not
           be
           swelled
           to
           too
           great
           a
           bulk
           ,
           the
           Evidence
           is
           not
           repeated
           so
           often
           here
           as
           it
           was
           upon
           the
           several
           tryals
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           English
           Protestants
           inclining
           rather
           to
           mercy
           than
           to
           Justice
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           being
           forward
           curiously
           to
           examine
           or
           to
           censure
           a
           tenderness
           of
           proceeding
           in
           case
           of
           blood
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           as
           acceptable
           (
           as
           necessary
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           )
           to
           give
           a
           particular
           accompt
           of
           the
           tryal
           of
           Mr.
           Thwing
           ,
           who
           was
           executed
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           the
           Papists
           do
           endeavour
           to
           disparage
           the
           Evidence
           of
           this
           most
           Hellish
           Plot
           by
           boasting
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           are
           such
           as
           have
           revolted
           from
           their
           Church
           ,
           we
           shall
           take
           this
           occasion
           of
           relating
           the
           Evidence
           given
           
           of
           the
           Plot
           in
           general
           ,
           upon
           the
           tryal
           of
           the
           Lady
           Tempest
           by
           one
           Captain
           Baines
           ,
           who
           then
           owned
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           and
           declared
           that
           he
           intended
           to
           live
           and
           die
           so
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           came
           in
           as
           a
           witness
           out
           of
           an
           abhorrence
           of
           the
           Plot.
           This
           Gentleman
           testified
           that
           the
           Lady
           Tempest
           discoursing
           with
           him
           at
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gascoyne's
          
           House
           ,
           in
           1677
           ,
           about
           his
           purpose
           of
           going
           to
           the
           Indies
           ,
           disswaded
           him
           from
           it
           ,
           by
           telling
           him
           that
           he
           might
           have
           a
           Commission
           ,
           and
           work
           enough
           in
           England
           shortly
           ;
           that
           the
           Papists
           had
           resolved
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           declared
           him
           an
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Pope
           had
           excommunicated
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           was
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           .
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           3.
           line
           11
           last
           word
           read
           to
           for
           of
           .
           Pag.
           5.
           line
           17
           for
           Priest
           read
           Papist
           .
           Pag.
           12
           line
           25
           read
           had
           a
           warrant
           .
           Pag.
           20
           line
           11
           for
           Servant
           read
           Senior
           .
           Whereever
           you
           meet
           with
           the
           word
           Barnboro
           read
           Barnbow
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           Thomas
           Thwing
           AND
           Mary
           Pressicks
           ,
           FOR
           HIGH
           TREASON
           ,
           
             At
             the
             Assizes
             begun
             at
          
           YORK
           the
           24th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1680.
           
        
         
           
             THomas
             Thwing
          
           late
           of
           Heworth
           in
           the
           County
           of
           York
           Clerk
           ,
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
          
           wife
           of
           
             Thomas
             Pressicks
          
           late
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           Barwick
           in
           Elmet
           ,
           Gent.
           stand
           indicted
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           as
           false
           Traitorsagainst
           the
           most
           illustrious
           ,
           and
           most
           excellent
           Prince
           ,
           King
           Charles
           the
           second
           ,
           that
           now
           is
           ,
           their
           natural
           Lord
           ;
           God
           before
           their
           eyes
           not
           having
           ,
           nor
           their
           due
           Allegiance
           weighing
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devil
           being
           seduced
           and
           moved
           ,
           the
           cordial
           Love
           ,
           and
           true
           and
           natural
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           true
           and
           faithful
           Subjects
           of
           our
           said
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           towards
           his
           said
           Majesty
           
           ought
           to
           bear
           ,
           altogether
           withdrawing
           and
           imagining
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           their
           strengths
           intending
           the
           Peace
           and
           common
           Tranquility
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           to
           disturb
           ▪
           and
           his
           said
           Majesty
           that
           now
           is
           ,
           to
           Death
           and
           final
           Destruction
           to
           bring
           and
           put
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           establisht
           and
           used
           ,
           to
           alter
           to
           the
           Superstition
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           war
           against
           his
           said
           Majesty
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           to
           move
           and
           raise
           ,
           &
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           to
           subvert
           ,
           the
           30
           th
           .
           day
           of
           May
           in
           the
           31
           th
           .
           year
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Reign
           ,
           that
           now
           is
           ,
           at
           the
           Parish
           of
           Barwick
           in
           Elmet
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           aforesaid
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           false
           Traitors
           to
           the
           Jurors
           unknown
           ,
           did
           traiteterously
           compass
           ,
           imagine
           ,
           and
           intend
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           did
           compass
           ,
           imagine
           ,
           &
           intend
           the
           Death
           and
           final
           Destruction
           of
           his
           said
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           ancient
           Government
           of
           this
           Realm
           of
           England
           to
           change
           alter
           and
           utterly
           subvert
           ,
           and
           his
           said
           Majesty
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Rule
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           depose
           and
           wholly
           to
           deprive
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           to
           extirpate
           ,
           and
           to
           effect
           and
           acomplish
           their
           said
           wicked
           Treasons
           and
           traiterous
           imaginations
           and
           purposes
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           ,
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
          
           ,
           and
           other
           false
           Traitors
           to
           the
           Jurors
           unknown
           ,
           the
           said
           30
           th
           .
           day
           of
           May
           in
           the
           31
           th
           .
           year
           abovesaid
           ,
           with
           force
           and
           arms
           at
           the
           Parish
           of
           Barwick
           in
           Elmet
           aforesaid
           ,
           advisedly
           ,
           devillishly
           ,
           maliciously
           ,
           and
           traiterously
           did
           assemble
           and
           gather
           themselves
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           and
           there
           did
           devillishly
           ,
           advisedly
           ,
           maliciously
           ,
           subtlely
           ,
           and
           traiterously
           consult
           and
           agree
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           did
           then
           and
           there
           traiterously
           
           consult
           and
           agree
           to
           bring
           to
           Death
           and
           final
           Destruction
           our
           said
           Sovereign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           depose
           and
           deprive
           him
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Rule
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           to
           introduce
           and
           establish
           ,
           and
           the
           sooner
           to
           fullfil
           and
           effect
           the
           said
           wicked
           treasons
           ,
           and
           traiterous
           imaginations
           and
           purposes
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
          
           ,
           and
           other
           false
           Traitors
           to
           the
           Jurors
           unknown
           ,
           did
           then
           and
           there
           pay
           and
           expend
           ,
           and
           every
           of
           them
           did
           then
           and
           there
           pay
           &
           expend
           divers
           sums
           of
           mony
           of
           divers
           other
           Traitors
           to
           the
           Jurors
           unknown
           ,
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Treasons
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           then
           and
           there
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
          
           did
           subscribe
           ,
           and
           either
           of
           them
           did
           subscribe
           a
           certain
           Note
           in
           writing
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           divers
           Sums
           of
           mony
           ,
           for
           making
           a
           contribution
           for
           compleating
           their
           traiterous
           purposes
           aforesaid
           ,
           against
           the
           Duty
           of
           their
           Allegiance
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Kings
           Peace
           ,
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           also
           against
           the
           Statute
           in
           that
           case
           made
           and
           provided
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Indictment
           having
           pleaded
           Not
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           upon
           their
           Countrey
           for
           Trial.
           
        
         
           Upon
           the
           29
           th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Daniel
          
           High
           Sheriff
           of
           the
           County
           having
           returned
           many
           Gentlemen
           for
           Jurors
           .
           The
           Tryal
           proceeded
           thus
           ;
           After
           the
           Jury
           called
           ,
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
          
           ,
           being
           brought
           to
           the
           Bar.
           
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Assize
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Thwing
            
             ,
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             ,
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             (
             which
             being
             done
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Assize
             .
          
           
             This
             understand
             ye
             ,
             that
             these
             Gentlemen
             that
             are
             now
             to
             be
             Sworn
             are
             returned
             by
             the
             Sheriff
             of
             this
             County
             ,
             to
             pass
             between
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             and
             you
             for
             your
             lives
             ,
             therefore
             if
             you
             will
             
             challenge
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             challenge
             them
             as
             they
             come
             to
             be
             Sworn
             ,
             and
             before
             they
             be
             Sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Assize
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               David
               Fowles
            
             Baronet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             challenge
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             they
             were
             called
             challenged
             these
             25
             Gentlemen
             following
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             
               
                 
                   John
                   Eastoft
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Hugh
                   Savil
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Bethel
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Nivian
                   Collins
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Townes
                   Drisfeild
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Green
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Osbaldeston
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Elliotson
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Marmaduke
                   Trueman
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Harrison
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Bell
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Tomlinson
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Fletcher
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Riccaby
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Wood
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Vllithorne
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Faireside
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Hincks
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Fretwel
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   William
                   Mastin
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Simon
                   Warrener
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   George
                   Ellis
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Carvil
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Whaley
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Coates
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                    
                
              
            
          
           
             In
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             Jury
             after
             several
             challenges
             made
             and
             some
             of
             the
             Jury
             Sworn
             ,
             Thwing
             spoke
             thus
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             shall
             willingly
             stand
             to
             other
             the
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             What
             Jury
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lady
             Tempests
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Oh
             your
             Servant
             ,
             you
             either
             are
             very
             foolish
             ,
             or
             take
             me
             to
             be
             so
             .
             The
             Jury
             being
             Sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Assize
             .
          
           
             Cryer
             count
             these
             .
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Cook
                  
                   ,
                   Bar.
                   
                
                 
                   Henry
                   Pinckney
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Worsley
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   John
                   Blackston
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Caley
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   William
                   Hardcastle
                   .
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Roger
                   Lee
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Stone
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Dixon
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   George
                   Westerby
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Wray
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Charles
                   Tucker
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             Twelve
             good
             men
             and
             true
             ,
             stand
             together
             and
             hear
             your
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Assize
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Thwing
            
             ,
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             
             (
             which
             he
             did
             )
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             ,
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             (
             which
             she
             did
             )
             Gentlemen
             ,
             you
             of
             the
             Jury
             that
             are
             Sworn
             ,
             look
             upon
             the
             Prisoners
             and
             hearken
             to
             their
             charge
             ;
             you
             shall
             understand
             that
             they
             stand
             Indicted
             by
             the
             names
             of
             
               Thomas
               Thwing
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
               ,
               &c.
               
               Pro
               ut
            
             in
             the
             Indictment
             ;
             upon
             this
             Indictment
             they
             have
             been
             arrained
             and
             thereunto
             pleaded
             ,
             Not
             guilty
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             Tryal
             have
             put
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Country
             ,
             which
             Country
             you
             are
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Then
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           for
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           the
           Indictment
           being
           opened
           and
           the
           Treasons
           therein
           aggravated
           by
           the
           Kings
           Council
           .
           Mr.
           Baron
           Atkyns
           came
           into
           the
           Court
           to
           assist
           in
           the
           Tryal
           .
        
         
           The
           Witnesses
           were
           called
           ,
           
             Robert
             Bolron
          
           was
           first
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Rob.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             In
             the
             year
             ,
             1674.
             
             I
             came
             to
             live
             with
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             and
             was
             Steward
             of
             his
             Cole-pits
             ,
             and
             in
             1675.
             
             I
             turned
             Priest
             ,
             and
             about
             January
             ,
             1676.
             
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             Father
             Rushton
             ,
             and
             several
             others
             came
             to
             my
             house
             at
             Shippon
             ,
             and
             did
             there
             examine
             me
             how
             I
             stood
             affected
             to
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             and
             whether
             I
             was
             resolved
             to
             venture
             my
             life
             and
             estate
             in
             it
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             any
             occasion
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             agreed
             ,
             and
             was
             resolved
             to
             obey
             my
             Ghostly
             Father
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Taking
             Notice
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             near
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             demanded
             ,
             what
             is
             that
             Gentleman
             ?
             we
             are
             all
             beset
             ,
             he
             was
             one
             of
             the
             Jury
             Yesterday
             .
             He
             being
             removed
             ,
             Bolron
             proceeded
             :
             Father
             Rushton
             my
             Confessor
             gave
             me
             the
             Oath
             of
             secrecy
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             year
             1677
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Miles
               Stapleton
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             persons
             met
             at
             
             Barnboro-Hall
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             House
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             agreed
             that
             in
             hopes
             the
             Plot
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             would
             take
             effect
             ,
             they
             would
             erect
             a
             Nunnery
             ,
             at
             Dolebank
             ,
             but
             the
             real
             intention
             was
             to
             have
             it
             at
             Heworth
             (
             within
             a
             Mile
             of
             York
             )
             after
             the
             King
             was
             killed
             ,
             and
             to
             avoid
             suspition
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             told
             them
             ,
             she
             would
             let
             them
             have
             Broughton
             for
             the
             present
             .
             
             
             It
             was
             there
             agreed
             that
             the
             King
             should
             be
             killed
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Thwing
             said
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             missed
             this
             opportunity
             ,
             they
             should
             ne
             ver
             have
             the
             like
             again
             ,
             and
             the
             effecting
             of
             it
             would
             be
             very
             beneficial
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             Repeat
             it
             in
             the
             same
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             He
             said
             ,
             if
             we
             miss
             this
             opportunity
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             we
             shall
             never
             have
             the
             like
             again
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Thwing
             was
             to
             be
             the
             Confessor
             of
             the
             Nunnery
             for
             the
             present
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bar.
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             Where
             were
             these
             these
             words
             spoken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             old
             Dineing
             room
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Who
             were
             present
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               Miles
               Stapleton
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             ,
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             Mr.
             Rushton
             and
             some
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Was
             it
             agreed
             that
             the
             King
             should
             be
             killed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             Consider
             seriously
             ,
             you
             speak
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             great
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             persons
             life
             is
             at
             stake
             ,
             tell
             it
             again
             ;
             what
             were
             the
             words
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             agreed
             that
             the
             King
             should
             be
             killed
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             and
             I
             paid
             ,
             10
             l.
             to
             Mr.
             Rushton
             in
             Mr.
             Thwings
             presence
             towards
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             saw
             a
             List
             in
             Mr.
             Rushtons
             and
             Mr.
             Thwings
             hands
             ,
             of
             the
             names
             of
             several
             that
             engaged
             for
             promoting
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             be
             by
             killing
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             a
             List
             of
             those
             that
             were
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             The
             List
             I
             saw
             was
             of
             money
             raised
             to
             kill
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             title
             of
             that
             List
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             A
             List
             of
             the
             names
             of
             the
             Actors
             and
             contributers
             engaged
             in
             the
             design
             of
             promoting
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             establishing
             a
             Nunnery
             ,
             which
             was
             raising
             money
             for
             the
             killing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             besides
             the
             10
             l.
             I
             paid
             towards
             it
             ,
             I
             paid
             5
             l.
             to
             have
             my
             Soul
             prayed
             
             for
             .
             Thwing
             told
             me
             afterwards
             at
             my
             house
             ,
             that
             in
             
               York
               shire
               ,
               Lancashire
            
             and
             Derbyshire
             ,
             30000
             ,
             l.
             was
             raised
             for
             the
             killing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             List
             was
             sent
             beyond-Sea
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             against
             the
             Woman
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             in
             1678
             presently
             after
             the
             Plot
             was
             discovered
             ,
             she
             being
             in
             London
             did
             hear
             a
             Woman
             cry
             after
             her
             stop
             the
             Papist
             ,
             stop
             the
             Plotter
             ,
             but
             she
             got
             away
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             durst
             not
             appear
             publickly
             in
             London
             :
             I
             had
             discourse
             with
             her
             at
             my
             house
             about
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             she
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             Father
             Harcourt
             was
             her
             Confessor
             ,
             and
             first
             engaged
             her
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             Pickering
             told
             her
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             to
             have
             killed
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             she
             was
             sorry
             he
             did
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             Oates
             and
             Bedloe
             ,
             were
             two
             Rogues
             ,
             and
             the
             Plot
             had
             not
             been
             discovered
             but
             for
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             so
             much
             mischeif
             .
             And
             she
             further
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Gun
             wherewith
             he
             was
             to
             have
             killed
             the
             King
             ,
             was
             found
             with
             Pickering
             ,
             and
             she
             did
             believe
             that
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             loosing
             his
             life
             ;
             And
             she
             said
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             an
             Asse
             and
             not
             fit
             to
             Govern
             ,
             that
             what
             mony
             the
             Parliament
             gave
             him
             he
             spent
             on
             Whores
             and
             Concubines
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             is
             this
             all
             you
             have
             against
             her
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             He
             hath
             done
             ,
             you
             may
             crosse-examine
             him
             if
             you
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             at
             your
             house
             when
             I
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Father
             Rushton
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             How
             often
             was
             I
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Several
             times
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             how
             often
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             it
             you
             accused
             me
             first
             of
             the
             Plot
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             When
             I
             went
             to
             the
             Council
             ;
             I
             accused
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             not
             accuse
             me
             of
             the
             Plot
             in
             several
             months
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Come
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             tell
             your
             knowledg
             .
          
        
         
           Mowbray
           was
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             what
             I
             have
             to
             say
             is
             only
             against
             M●
             Thwing
             .
             At
             an
             Assembly
             of
             divers
             Preists
             at
             
             Barnboro-Hall
             ,
             amonst
             the
             rest
             ,
             there
             were
             Father
             Rushton
             and
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             determined
             to
             kill
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bar.
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             This
             was
             near
             Michalmass
             ,
             1676
             ,
             and
             they
             declared
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawful
             but
             meritorious
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             They
             
             also
             declared
             that
             London
             and
             York
             were
             to
             be
             fired
             ,
             and
             that
             force
             was
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Hereticks
             ,
             that
             should
             oppose
             the
             advancement
             of
             their
             Religion
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Thwing
             and
             Rushton
             declared
             the
             King
             was
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             and
             excommunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             kept
             his
             promise
             with
             the
             Jesuites
             to
             bring
             in
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             therefore
             deserved
             to
             be
             killed
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawful
             but
             meritorious
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Belwood
             of
             Council
             for
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Was
             there
             not
             a
             List
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             a
             List
             of
             those
             engaged
             in
             the
             design
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             of
             promoting
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             declared
             the
             King
             should
             be
             killed
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             not
             kept
             his
             promise
             made
             to
             the
             Jesuites
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             beyond
             Sea.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Did
             the
             Prisoner
             declare
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Thwing
             declared
             it
             ,
             and
             Rushton
             and
             he
             managed
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             at
             Father
             Rushtons
             Chamber
             ,
             that
             I
             saw
             you
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             another
             Thwing
             there
             ,
             and
             also
             Addison
             a
             Preist
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             went
             once
             or
             twice
             a
             year
             to
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             and
             thought
             it
             my
             duty
             to
             wait
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             might
             without
             offence
             do
             it
             ,
             he
             being
             my
             Unkle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             the
             offence
             is
             Plotting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             do
             you
             know
             Rushton
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             but
             I
             had
             no
             great
             acquaintance
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             ,
             how
             came
             you
             to
             be
             entrusted
             in
             so
             great
             a
             business
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             I
             assisted
             Father
             Rushton
             at
             the
             Alter
             at
             Mass
             ,
             and
             so
             came
             into
             great
             favour
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             was
             permitted
             to
             be
             in
             his
             Chamber
             when
             the
             Preists
             were
             in
             private
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Mowbrary
             ,
             did
             you
             take
             an
             Oath
             of
             secrecy
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             took
             it
             from
             Father
             Rushton
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             How
             long
             since
             did
             you
             change
             your
             Religion
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             Presently
             after
             the
             Plot
             broke
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Who
             where
             you
             examined
             before
             first
             of
             all
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             Before
             Mr.
             Lowther
             and
             Mr.
             Tindal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             at
             the
             first
             accuse
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             I
             only
             charged
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             Gascoyne
             ,
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             ,
             Sir
             
               Miles
               Stapleton
            
             ,
             and
             Father
             Rushton
             in
             my
             
             first
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             second
             deposition
             I
             accused
             Mr.
             Thwing
             and
             that
             was
             before
             Justice
             Warcup
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bar.
             Atk
             yns
             .
          
           
             Did
             Thwing
             abscond
             at
             the
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             He
             was
             apprehended
             at
             the
             same
             time
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gascoyne
            
             was
             apprehended
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Well
             what
             say
             you
             to
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mowb.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             against
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             you
             have
             heard
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             what
             do
             you
             say
             for
             your self
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             produce
             Witnesses
             I
             was
             never
             with
             him
             at
             Barnboro
             ;
             first
             I
             shall
             shew
             he
             never
             mentioned
             me
             when
             he
             first
             mentioned
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             he
             never
             said
             any
             thing
             against
             me
             ,
             when
             he
             accused
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gascoyne
               before
            
             Mr.
             Lowther
             and
             Mr.
             Tindal
             .
          
        
         
           But
           Mr.
           Bonithen
           of
           Counsel
           for
           the
           King
           offering
           other
           witnesses
           for
           the
           King
           against
           Mrs.
           Pressicks
           ,
           they
           were
           called
           ,
           viz.
           Mrs.
           Bolron
           Senior
           ,
           Mrs.
           Bolron
           Junior
           and
           
             John
             Hutchinson
          
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Bolron
           Senior
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             know
             of
             Pressicks
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             Sen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             she
             said
             she
             knew
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             that
             Pickering
             was
             to
             have
             killed
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bonithen
             .
          
           
             Do
             yon
             mean
             shoot
             the
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             she
             tell
             you
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             At
             Shippon
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             At
             his
             house
             (
             pointing
             to
             Mr.
             
               Bolron
               ?
            
             )
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             that
             she
             was
             very
             sorry
             ,
             that
             Pickering
             did
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             done
             it
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             for
             Oates
             and
             Bedloe
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Was
             this
             the
             very
             same
             time
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Bolron
             speaks
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             there
             would
             never
             be
             quiet
             in
             England
             ,
             untill
             the
             Roman
             Catholicks
             had
             got
             the
             upper
             hand
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             not
             a
             Protestant
             left
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             the
             King
             spent
             his
             money
             amongst
             his
             Concubines
             ,
             and
             his
             other
             Women
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             was
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             King
             ,
             and
             she
             hoped
             an
             Army
             of
             Catholicks
             would
             be
             raised
             to
             set
             up
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Just
             ,
             Dolb.
             
          
           
             That
             is
             indeed
             the
             principle
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             it
             ,
             within
             forty
             years
             past
             they
             murdered
             200000
             innocent
             Protestants
             in
             Ireland
             :
             Did
             she
             say
             it
             often
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             several
             times
             ,
             more
             than
             once
             or
             twice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolron
          
           junior
           was
           then
           sworn
           and
           examined
           .
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             jun.
             
          
           
             I
             heard
             her
             say
             there
             was
             a
             conspiracy
             carrying
             on
             about
             altering
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             establishing
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolb.
             
          
           
             Where
             heard
             you
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bolr.
             jun.
             
          
           
             In
             my
             Husbands
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bar.
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             were
             her
             hopes
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             .
          
           
             I
             ask
             Mr.
             Bolron
             when
             we
             had
             this
             discourse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             At
             several
             times
             ,
             about
             Candlemas
             ,
             1678
             ,
             and
             at
             Easter
             and
             Whitsontide
             ,
             and
             several
             times
             after
             the
             Plot
             was
             discovered
             ,
             we
             discoursed
             it
             several
             times
             at
             the
             porch
             at
             my
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             present
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bol.
             
          
           
             My
             Grandmother
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             it
             ,
             Old-woman
             ,
             that
             you
             heard
             these
             words
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Bol.
             Sen.
             
          
           
             At
             Shippon
             ,
             in
             the
             Hall
             porch
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             .
          
           
             Had
             we
             any
             discourse
             of
             Sir
             Thomas
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bolr.
             Sen.
             
          
           
             None
             .
          
        
         
           
             John
             Hutchinson
          
           was
           then
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             any
             thing
             concerning
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hutch
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             you
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             came
             to
             Mr.
             Bolrons
             house
             ,
             and
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             askt
             me
             what
             news
             in
             our
             Country
             ,
             and
             what
             became
             of
             the
             Papists
             ;
             I
             told
             her
             some
             had
             given
             bond
             ,
             and
             some
             were
             gone
             to
             prison
             ;
             then
             she
             said
             ,
             we
             shall
             never
             be
             at
             peace
             until
             we
             are
             all
             of
             the
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
             ;
             for
             the
             King
             is
             an
             Heretick
             and
             spends
             more
             money
             upon
             his
             Whores
             ,
             then
             upon
             his
             Queen
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             never
             be
             at
             quiet
             until
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             is
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             to
             this
             ?
             you
             have
             seen
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Pressicks
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             but
             twice
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             she
             when
             she
             said
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hutch
             .
          
           
             She
             first
             talkt
             with
             me
             in
             the
             Kitchen
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Hall
             door
             ,
             as
             she
             was
             just
             going
             into
             the
             Parlour
             ,
             she
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             never
             be
             at
             quiet
             until
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             was
             made
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Bolron
             ,
             when
             came
             she
             to
             your
             House
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             She
             came
             to
             our
             house
             about
             Christmass
             ,
             and
             stayed
             about
             six
             monthes
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Six
             monthes
             in
             your
             House
             ,
             then
             you
             are
             well
             enough
             acquainted
             with
             her
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             charge
             Mr.
             Thwing
             before
             the
             Justice
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             gave
             Justice
             Tindal
             only
             a
             short
             note
             that
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gascoyne
            
             promised
             me
             a
             1000
             l.
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             what
             I
             had
             to
             say
             against
             Thwing
             ,
             I
             gave
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             this
             is
             malice
             to
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gascoynes
            
             Family
             to
             which
             I
             am
             related
             ,
             it
             is
             out
             of
             revenge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Family
             quarrel
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             this
             I
             can
             prove
             by
             several
             witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Call
             your
             witnesses
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Nathaniel
             Wilson
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Babington
             ,
             why
             don't
             you
             appear
             ,
             we
             know
             well
             enough
             that
             you
             are
             Solicitor
             in
             the
             cause
             ,
             call
             your
             witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Nathaniel
             Wilson
          
           was
           examined
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             what
             is
             it
             you
             have
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Nath.
             Wilson
             .
          
           
             I
             went
             to
             Bolron
             to
             look
             on
             a
             Cow
             that
             he
             had
             gifted
             for
             his
             cosin
             Bargues
             and
             desired
             to
             have
             the
             Cow
             away
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             not
             let
             me
             have
             her
             ,
             without
             paying
             for
             her
             gift
             ,
             so
             I
             tendered
             him
             his
             money
             and
             we
             went
             to
             talk
             in
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             Bolron
             sent
             for
             a
             groats
             worth
             of
             Ale
             ,
             and
             askt
             me
             if
             I
             could
             tell
             any
             thing
             of
             Father
             Rushton
             ,
             and
             I
             told
             him
             I
             could
             not
             ,
             and
             he
             bid
             me
             keep
             his
             secrets
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             give
             me
             more
             then
             I
             could
             *
             addle
             in
             seven
             years
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             unless
             he
             could
             shed
             theblood
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ,
             he
             should
             get
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Wilson
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             about
             next
             Michaelmas
             a
             twelvemonth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             quite
             other
             then
             you
             told
             yesterday
             .
             
          
        
         
           
             Wilson
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             not
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             whether
             Bolron
             named
             me
             to
             Mr.
             Lowther
             as
             a
             plotter
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Mr.
           Lowther
           was
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Lowther
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             that
             Mr.
             Bolron
             named
             Mr.
             Thwing
             to
             me
             when
             he
             was
             before
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             he
             come
             to
             make
             the
             discovery
             to
             you
             ;
             give
             an
             account
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Lowther
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             it
             was
             the
             24
             th
             .
             or
             25
             th
             .
             of
             June
             1679
             that
             he
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             he
             told
             me
             he
             had
             some
             secrets
             to
             impart
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             he
             began
             to
             tell
             me
             a
             story
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             and
             Priests
             ,
             what
             they
             designed
             against
             the
             government
             ,
             because
             the
             King
             did
             not
             keep
             his
             word
             with
             them
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             beyond
             Sea
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             called
             for
             my
             man
             and
             a
             Bible
             to
             take
             his
             examination
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             pray
             friend
             ,
             be
             very
             careful
             what
             you
             do
             ,
             for
             here
             your
             own
             concern
             is
             at
             stake
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Lives
             and
             fortunes
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             you
             speak
             against
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             he
             began
             to
             be
             very
             fearful
             and
             timerous
             ,
             and
             lookt
             pale
             ;
             whereupon
             I
             askt
             him
             ,
             what
             that
             fear
             was
             for
             ,
             it
             is
             said
             he
             because
             I
             have
             concealed
             it
             so
             long
             ,
             and
             if
             that
             were
             upon
             you
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             you
             would
             be
             as
             fearful
             as
             I
             am
             ;
             Then
             I
             was
             going
             to
             take
             his
             Information
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             I
             have
             done
             it
             before
             Mr.
             Tindal
             ;
             why
             came
             you
             to
             me
             then
             ,
             said
             I
             ?
             he
             said
             Mr.
             Tindal
             desired
             it
             ;
             well
             said
             I
             ,
             Mr.
             Tindal
             and
             I
             are
             to
             meet
             to
             morrow
             and
             we
             will
             do
             it
             joyntly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             he
             told
             you
             all
             he
             knew
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Lowther
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             not
             name
             Thwing
             ,
             but
             said
             he
             should
             recollect
             more
             ,
             and
             would
             go
             to
             London
             and
             give
             it
             in
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             ;
             and
             then
             I
             said
             why
             may
             not
             we
             take
             it
             here
             as
             well
             as
             trouble
             them
             at
             London
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             he
             thought
             it
             better
             to
             do
             it
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Pres
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             not
             accuse
             me
             before
             Mr.
             Lowther
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bolr.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             did
             and
             a
             Warrant
             to
             take
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Lowther
             .
          
           
             She
             was
             taken
             the
             same
             day
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             was
             taken
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             We
             will
             be
             just
             between
             you
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Prisoners
           called
           
             Obediah
             Moore
          
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             Come
             tell
             your
             knowledg
             in
             this
             business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Moor.
             
          
           
             I
             say
             that
             Mr.
             Bolron
             said
             that
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             was
             not
             concerned
             in
             the
             Plot
             ,
             nor
             none
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             believed
             there
             was
             no
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Moor.
             
          
           
             This
             was
             about
             Candlemas
             was
             Twelvemonths
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dol.
             
          
           
             He
             was
             then
             a
             Papist
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             he
             tell
             you
             otherwise
             afterward
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Moor.
             
          
           
             In
             August
             after
             he
             told
             me
             he
             had
             but
             equivocated
             with
             me
             ,
             in
             what
             he
             said
             before
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             real
             Plot
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             had
             swore
             a
             thousand
             lies
             he
             could
             have
             been
             forgiven
             them
             .
          
        
         
         
           Then
           
             Stephen
             Thompson
          
           was
           called
           and
           examined
           .
        
         
           
             Stephen
             Thompson
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Bolron
             was
             servant
             to
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             his
             Debt
             ,
             Sir
             Thomas
             did
             Arrest
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             agreed
             with
             Sir
             Thomas
             to
             give
             him
             60
             l.
             and
             got
             me
             to
             be
             bound
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Plot
             came
             out
             ,
             I
             thought
             Bolron
             being
             his
             servant
             might
             know
             ,
             whether
             Sir
             Thomas
             had
             any
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             if
             so
             that
             we
             were
             in
             no
             danger
             of
             being
             sued
             ,
             and
             I
             enquired
             of
             Bolron
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             Sir
             Thomas
             was
             as
             sackless
             of
             it
             ,
             
               as
               the
               Child
               that
               was
               unborn
            
             ;
             and
             on
             
               Holy
               Thursday
            
             I
             went
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             got
             him
             out
             on
             the
             backside
             to
             Sir
             
             Thomas's
             ,
             and
             all
             along
             he
             told
             me
             ,
             if
             he
             sued
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             do
             him
             a
             greater
             mischief
             ,
             and
             I
             pleaded
             earnestly
             with
             Sir
             Thomas
             not
             to
             sue
             the
             Bond
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             he
             would
             have
             his
             Money
             ,
             but
             would
             stay
             a
             Fortnight
             ,
             and
             I
             prevailed
             with
             him
             to
             give
             three
             Weeks
             time
             ,
             that
             Bolron
             might
             go
             to
             sell
             his
             House
             at
             New-Castle
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             time
             he
             went
             to
             London
             and
             Accused
             him
             of
             Treason
             ;
             And
             as
             to
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             ,
             I
             askt
             his
             Grandmother
             ,
             what
             she
             could
             say
             against
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             alas
             ,
             alas
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             nothing
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             Bolron
             said
             she
             must
             say
             so
             and
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             mean
             you
             Friend
             by
             so
             and
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thompson
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             King
             was
             an
             Whoremaster
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Zachary
             Thorpe
          
           was
           called
           and
           Examined
           .
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             I
             met
             with
             Mr.
             Bolron
             in
             Long-Acre
             before
             the
             last
             Assizes
             ,
             and
             askt
             him
             concerning
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             my
             Country-man
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             he
             was
             cleared
             ,
             but
             God
             Damne
             the
             Jury
             they
             were
             Rogues
             ,
             then
             he
             askt
             me
             if
             I
             had
             read
             
             Harris's
             Intelligence
             of
             that
             day
             ,
             and
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             yes
             ,
             and
             he
             then
             ask't
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             seen
             his
             Wive's
             name
             in
             it
             ;
             he
             then
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             going
             down
             to
             the
             Assizes
             at
             York
             ,
             against
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             ,
             and
             said
             God
             damne
             me
             I
             will
             ruine
             them
             ,
             if
             one
             thing
             will
             not
             do
             it
             ,
             another
             shall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             are
             you
             ,
             God
             damn
             me
             comes
             very
             nimbly
             out
             of
             your
             mouth
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             I
             live
             at
             the
             
               White
               Hart
            
             in
             Charter-house-lane
             ,
             with
             the
             Gentleman
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             I
             marryed
             his
             Daughter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             And
             draw
             Pots
             of
             Ale
             ,
             that
             's
             your
             Trade
             ,
             how
             comes
             Bolron
             to
             talk
             thus
             to
             you
             ,
             is
             he
             so
             mad
             a
             Fellow
             to
             talk
             thus
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             likely
             that
             he
             should
             thus
             Accuse
             himself
             to
             you
             ,
             your
             Father
             in
             Law
             is
             a
             poor
             Ale-house-keeper
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             Are
             not
             you
             a
             Papist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             a
             Protestant
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Have
             you
             never
             been
             in
             Newgate
             ,
             your
             Lane
             is
             full
             of
             such
             People
             ,
             and
             your
             House
             suspected
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Come
             have
             you
             done
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             Bolron
             came
             to
             my
             Lodgings
             at
             the
             Plow
             on
             Holborn-Hill
             before
             the
             last
             Assizes
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             if
             I
             would
             Swear
             that
             
               Peter
               Shipton
            
             knew
             no
             harm
             by
             Bolron
             ,
             he
             would
             do
             any
             thing
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             Fable
             ,
             for
             Bolron
             bound
             Shipton
             over
             at
             the
             Sessions
             before
             the
             last
             Assizes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bolron
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             it
             was
             for
             scandalous
             words
             against
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             He
             ask't
             me
             what
             Shipton
             was
             ,
             I
             answered
             ,
             he
             is
             an
             honest
             man
             for
             ought
             that
             I
             know
             ,
             I
             have
             taken
             his
             own
             Bond
             ,
             said
             Bolron
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             have
             him
             from
             Court
             to
             Court
             ,
             I
             will
             teach
             him
             to
             meddle
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             How
             came
             he
             to
             speak
             to
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             why
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             his
             discourse
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             What
             acquaintance
             was
             there
             between
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             seen
             him
             several
             times
             in
             Yorkshire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             You
             live
             in
             Charter-House-lane
             ,
             how
             came
             you
             together
             in
             Long-Acre
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             I
             met
             him
             accidentally
             in
             the
             Street
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             wonderful
             thing
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             meet
             one
             in
             the
             Street
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             very
             small
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             discover
             such
             things
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             to
             you
             .
          
        
         
         
           Then
           
             William
             Hardwick
          
           was
           Examined
           .
        
         
           
             Hardwick
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             to
             carry
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             before
             Justice
             Lowther
             ,
             and
             
             Bolron's
             Wife
             said
             she
             was
             sorry
             for
             it
             ,
             for
             she
             believed
             her
             to
             be
             an
             honest
             Woman
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             a
             good
             Neighbour
             amongst
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             sorry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hardwick
             ,
          
           
             Mrs.
             Bolron
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             What
             did
             Bolron
             himself
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hardwick
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             nothing
             to
             me
             ,
             he
             was
             in
             another
             Room
             with
             his
             Grandmother
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             taking
             notice
             of
             
             Thwing's
             speaking
             to
             Mr.
             Hobart
             ,
             demanded
             what
             he
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hobart
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             ask't
             me
             ,
             whether
             Bolron
             did
             not
             say
             that
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             offered
             him
             a
             1000
             l.
             I
             only
             say
             that
             he
             swore
             at
             Sir
             Thomas
             Gascoyne's
             Tryal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             How
             doth
             it
             appear
             ,
             what
             he
             swore
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolron
             .
          
           
             I
             acquainted
             Mr.
             Lowther
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Tindal
             with
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Walker
          
           was
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             
               Mary
               Walker
            
             ,
             what
             do
             you
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Walker
             .
          
           
             
               Robert
               Bolron
            
             came
             after
             Mr.
             Thwing
             was
             taken
             Prisoner
             ,
             to
             my
             Mistresse's
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Who
             is
             your
             Mistress
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Walker
             .
          
           
             Mrs.
             
             Lassell's
             ;
             and
             he
             asked
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             knew
             Mr.
             Thwing
             to
             be
             a
             Priest
             ,
             and
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             that
             if
             I
             would
             swear
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Priest
             ,
             he
             would
             give
             me
             10
             l.
             for
             he
             would
             be
             revenged
             of
             him
             for
             Sir
             Thomas
             Gascoyne's
             cause
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             near
             of
             kin
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             proffered
             me
             10
             l.
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bolron
             .
          
           
             Where
             were
             you
             ,
             you
             were
             not
             here
             Yesterday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Walker
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Court
             yesterday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Where
             spoke
             he
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Walker
             .
          
           
             At
             Mr.
             Lassel's
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             was
             then
             searching
             for
             Preists
             at
             that
             House
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             improbable
             that
             he
             should
             
             endeavour
             at
             that
             time
             to
             suborn
             
             Thwing's
             Sisters
             servant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             Is
             Mrs.
             
             Lassell's
             of
             kin
             to
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Who
             can
             beleive
             he
             would
             come
             to
             
             Thwing's
             Sisters-House
             ,
             to
             suborn
             her
             servant
             to
             be
             a
             Witness
             against
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             Yes
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             Witness
             of
             it
             ,
             both
             a
             Man
             and
             a
             Woman
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Where
             are
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             In
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             That
             makes
             it
             more
             improbable
             that
             he
             would
             offer
             you
             10
             l.
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             swear
             that
             Mr.
             Thwing
             was
             a
             Priest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             ask
             her
             a
             Question
             .
             Whether
             are
             you
             a
             Papist
             or
             No
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             a
             Catholick
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Since
             it
             must
             be
             probable
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             ask
             you
             such
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             knew
             you
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             ;
             Is
             Thwing
             a
             Priest
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             No
             Marry
             is
             he
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Have
             you
             not
             heard
             him
             say
             Masse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Walker
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             to
             dye
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             you
             are
             an
             excellent
             Witness
             .
          
        
         
           Mr.
           Legget
           One
           of
           the
           Kings
           Messengers
           produced
           as
           a
           Witness
           by
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           was
           next
           Examined
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Legget
             .
          
           
             In
             August
             last
             ,
             Mr.
             Bolron
             told
             me
             He
             would
             call
             his
             Grandmother
             in
             and
             examine
             her
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             he
             then
             ask't
             her
             ,
             if
             she
             did
             not
             say
             ,
             that
             she
             knew
             such
             and
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             she
             could
             not
             tell
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             did
             ,
             't
             was
             true
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             it
             he
             askt
             her
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Legget
             .
          
           
             About
             Harcourt
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             not
             what
             ,
             I
             took
             little
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             seem'd
             to
             be
             a
             thing
             so
             Idle
             ,
             that
             I
             went
             away
             :
             And
             meeting
             me
             afterwards
             said
             ,
             you
             thought
             my
             Grandmother
             knew
             nothing
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             bar
             ,
             when
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               
               Gascoyne
            
             was
             tryed
             ,
             they
             said
             they
             never
             heard
             one
             swear
             a
             thing
             more
             plainly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Legget
             ,
             did
             not
             you
             desire
             Money
             yesterday
             of
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Assizes
             as
             a
             Witness
             for
             the
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Legget
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             so
             ?
             you
             are
             a
             fine
             Fellow
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           one
           
             William
             Bacchus
          
           was
           Examined
           .
        
         
           
             Bacchus
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             I
             can
             say
             is
             that
             I
             served
             a
             Warrant
             upon
             Mrs.
             Bolron
             to
             go
             before
             
               Esq
            
             Lowther
             ,
             and
             
             Bolron's
             Wise
             and
             Grandmother
             said
             ,
             they
             could
             say
             nothing
             against
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Well
             they
             say
             nothing
             against
             them
             now
             ,
             but
             what
             did
             she
             say
             against
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bacchus
             .
          
           
             She
             said
             that
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             should
             say
             that
             the
             King
             was
             an
             Whoremaster
             ,
             and
             maintained
             his
             Whores
             better
             then
             he
             did
             the
             Queen
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cuthbert
             Hamsworth
          
           was
           then
           called
           .
        
         
           Hamsworth
           being
           produced
           as
           a
           Witnesse
           for
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gascoyne
          
           owned
           that
           he
           had
           been
           a
           Papist
           .
        
         
           
             Hamsworth
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             
               Robert
               Bolron
            
             did
             Swear
             revenge
             against
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             for
             prosecuting
             a
             suit
             against
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             that
             to
             the
             matter
             in
             hand
             ?
             do
             you
             know
             that
             he
             swore
             Revenge
             against
             Thwing
             and
             Pressicks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hamsworth
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bar.
             Atkins
          
           
             (
             to
             the
             Prisoners
             )
             what
             have
             you
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             I
             was
             at
             Barnbow-Hall
             ,
             1677.
             
             I
             have
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             otherwise
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             Call
             them
             then
             .
          
        
         
           George
           Twisley
           
             Groom
             to
             Sir
          
           Thomas
           Gascoyne
           .
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Thwing
             was
             never
             at
             our
             house
             above
             a
             night
             or
             two
             in
             the
             year
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Whose
             house
             is
             your's
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Gascoyne
             
               '
               s.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             there
             but
             a
             night
             or
             two
             at
             a
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             and
             please
             your
             Lordship
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             But
             was
             he
             there
             in
             1677
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             About
             a
             year
             or
             two
             since
             ,
             I
             saw
             him
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             often
             in
             a
             12
             Months
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Not
             above
             once
             or
             twice
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             never
             go
             out
             of
             your
             Masters
             house
             in
             1677
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             but
             I
             was
             there
             both
             night
             and
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             but
             he
             might
             be
             there
             in
             the
             time
             that
             you
             were
             not
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Bolron
             .
          
           
             And
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             this
             man
             was
             but
             the
             Groom
             .
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             the
             Groom
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             But
             were
             you
             never
             absent
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             not
             there
             above
             once
             or
             twice
             in
             the
             Year
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Ask
             him
             what
             Company
             was
             then
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No
             Company
             at
             all
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Was
             not
             he
             there
             about
             Easter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             that
             I
             know
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             year
             was
             he
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             About
             Michaelmas
             ,
             not
             Easter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             How
             came
             you
             to
             take
             such
             particular
             notice
             at
             what
             time
             men
             come
             ,
             did
             you
             take
             an
             account
             of
             all
             the
             Gentlemen
             that
             came
             to
             Sir
             
             Thomas's
             house
             ,
             how
             often
             there
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             came
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             none
             that
             stayed
             any
             time
             when
             they
             came
             thither
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             year
             was
             he
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             a
             Month
             before
             Michaelmas
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             You
             bring
             Witnesses
             to
             stretch
             things
             even
             to
             impossibilities
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bolron
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             drunk
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             at
             Leeds
             the
             same
             Night
             the
             Consult
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Will
             you
             speak
             Truth
             before
             Almighty
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Pray
             then
             are
             you
             a
             Papist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Were
             you
             never
             a
             Papist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Have
             you
             heard
             Masse
             ,
             at
             Sir
             Tho.
             Gascoyne's
             when
             you
             were
             a
             Papist
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             No.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Thomas
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             That
             's
             very
             strange
             ,
             that
             you
             lived
             there
             and
             never
             heard
             Masse
             ,
             and
             yet
             were
             a
             Papist
             .
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             heard
             Mass
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             this
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             How
             long
             have
             you
             been
             turned
             Protestant
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Twisley
             .
          
           
             About
             2
             years
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Areton
            
             did
             you
             ever
             see
             me
             at
             Barnbow-hall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Areton
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             nothing
             for
             nor
             against
             him
             ,
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             before
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             hath
             declared
             he
             never
             knew
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
          
           
             To
             whom
             did
             he
             declare
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             Witness
             of
             it
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Call
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             He
             Accused
             not
             me
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             no
             Protestant
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             knew
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Plot
             till
             I
             came
             from
             London
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Well
             if
             you
             have
             any
             more
             Witnesses
             call
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
        
         
           
             Joseph
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             in
             this
             business
             about
             this
             Gentleman
             ,
             it
             is
             concerning
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Yes
             he
             declared
             before
             these
             Witnesses
             he
             knew
             nothing
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             We
             were
             coming
             from
             Atherton
             Fair
             ,
             and
             my
             Father
             began
             to
             discourse
             with
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             ,
             and
             ask't
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             knew
             any
             thing
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             that
             Sir
             Thomas
             was
             called
             to
             London
             for
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             knew
             nothing
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             and
             he
             thought
             Sir
             Thomas
             was
             guilty
             of
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             for
             if
             he
             had
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             known
             it
             as
             soon
             as
             Bolron
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             a
             Rogue
             and
             a
             Knave
             ,
             for
             saying
             any
             such
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             this
             time
             12
             month
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Were
             you
             upon
             the
             Road
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Had
             Mowbray
             then
             made
             any
             discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             That
             was
             the
             reason
             we
             ask't
             him
             about
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Yesterday
             (
             upon
             Lady
             
             Tempest's
             Tryal
             )
             you
             said
             ,
             that
             Mowbray
             had
             not
             then
             made
             any
             discovery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             mean
             Bolron
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Really
             methinks
             you
             that
             are
             Preists
             should
             be
             more
             dexterous
             ,
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             managed
             her
             business
             much
             better
             ,
             and
             had
             her
             Witnesses
             in
             more
             readiness
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             call
             upon
             the
             Witnesses
             and
             they
             will
             not
             come
             in
             ,
             I
             cannot
             help
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Edward
             Cooper
             sen
          
           .
           was
           then
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Edward
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             nothing
             ;
             I
             met
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             coming
             from
             Atherton
             Fair
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             he
             thought
             Sir
             Thomas
             was
             not
             guilty
             of
             the
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mowbray
            
             declared
             for
             8
             or
             10
             months
             together
             in
             77
             he
             knew
             nothing
             of
             the
             Plot
             ;
             call
             Mr.
             Hobart
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hobart
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             innocent
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             as
             I
             hope
             for
             Salvation
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Isabell
             Heyward
          
           a
           Girle
           that
           lived
           with
           Bolron
           as
           a
           Servant
           ,
           was
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Isabel
             Heyward
             .
          
           
             My
             Master
             and
             Mistress
             fell
             out
             about
             going
             to
             London
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             she
             would
             not
             go
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             he
             would
             make
             her
             go
             ,
             and
             she
             said
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             she
             would
             Swear
             that
             what
             he
             had
             sworn
             against
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             ,
             was
             out
             of
             malice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Alice
             Dawson
          
           was
           next
           Examined
           .
        
         
           
             A.
             Dawson
             .
          
           
             The
             day
             after
             New-Years
             day
             was
             12
             month
             ,
             Mrs.
             Bolron
             ,
             said
             she
             was
             sorry
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             that
             her
             Husband
             had
             meddled
             with
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Mrs.
           Pressicks
           called
           for
           
             John
             Pepper
          
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             say
             to
             him
             Mistress
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pressicks
             .
          
           
             I
             ask
             about
             my
             going
             to
             Parlington
             at
             Whitsuntide
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             No
             it
             was
             at
             Candlemas
             ,
             and
             they
             said
             it
             was
             Cold
             Weather
             to
             sit
             in
             the
             
               Hall
               Porch
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pressicks
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             also
             said
             at
             Whitsuntide
             .
          
        
         
           
             John
             Pepper
             .
          
           
             About
             Whitsun-Munday
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             I
             went
             to
             Barnbow
             ,
             and
             I
             met
             there
             with
             Mr.
             Pressicks
             ,
             and
             Mrs.
             Pressicks
             ;
             and
             he
             desired
             me
             to
             tarry
             and
             carry
             his
             Wife
             to
             Mrs.
             Harrisons
             at
             Parlington
             ,
             and
             she
             and
             I
             went
             down
             to
             Shippon
             ,
             
             and
             I
             carried
             her
             from
             Bolron's
             on
             Whitsun-Munday
             and
             stayed
             till
             Thursday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             And
             what
             is
             all
             this
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             she
             was
             however
             as
             it
             was
             sworn
             against
             her
             at
             Shippon
             at
             Whitsontide
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pepper
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             all
             I
             can
             say
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Zachary
             Thorpe
          
           was
           again
           called
           by
           Thwing
           .
        
         
           
             Thorpe
             .
          
           
             Bolron
             said
             he
             was
             going
             to
             swear
             against
             my
             Lady
             Tempest
             ,
             and
             if
             one
             thing
             would
             not
             do
             another
             should
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             had
             me
             to
             give
             Evidence
             against
             Shipton
             .
          
        
         
           Mrs.
           Baynes
           (
           Mother
           to
           Mr.
           Bolron
           )
           called
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkins
             .
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             say
             Mrs.
             Baynes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Baynes
             .
          
           
             Indeed
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             
               Thorpe
               ,
               Shipton
            
             I
             know
             ,
             and
             he
             told
             me
             that
             if
             he
             had
             not
             fallen
             into
             my
             Lord
             of
             
             Shrewbury's
             service
             ,
             he
             and
             Thorpe
             would
             have
             turned
             Highway-Men
             .
          
        
         
           Mr.
           Babington
           called
           by
           Pressicks
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             say
             any
             thing
             for
             Mrs.
             Presssicks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Babington
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             say
             no
             thing
             but
             what
             I
             said
             yesterday
             concerning
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             say
             any
             thing
             for
             Pressicks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Babington
             .
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             nothing
             for
             Mrs.
             Presssicks
             ,
             yes
             ,
             thus
             much
             I
             must
             say
             that
             when
             I
             came
             to
             have
             the
             writings
             sealed
             by
             Bolron
             ,
             his
             Wife
             refused
             to
             Seal
             them
             without
             delivering
             up
             of
             the
             bonds
             .
             I
             told
             her
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             an
             additional
             security
             to
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             did
             beleive
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Pressick
             and
             his
             Wife
             were
             his
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             instigate
             Sir
             Thomas
             to
             sue
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             (
             To
             Thwing
             )
             Come
             what
             have
             you
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             no
             Witnesses
             to
             call
             ,
             but
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             be
             considered
             what
             kind
             of
             Witnesses
             these
             are
             ,
             what
             lives
             they
             have
             led
             ,
             they
             bring
             me
             in
             amongst
             the
             rest
             ,
             we
             are
             all
             of
             a
             Family
             ;
             I
             hope
             (
             my
             Lord
             )
             you
             will
             consider
             that
             those
             ill
             men
             that
             will
             ,
             may
             take
             away
             an
             honest
             mans
             life
             unjustly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             I
             hear
             no
             Body
             speak
             again
             their
             lives
             ,
             
             and
             this
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             till
             men
             be
             convicted
             of
             some
             crime
             that
             may
             disable
             them
             ,
             you
             cannot
             take
             away
             their
             testimony
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Witnesses
             should
             be
             men
             of
             Credit
             and
             Reputation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             The
             Jury
             is
             to
             consider
             of
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Look
             you
             Gentlemen
             ,
             these
             two
             Prisoners
             stand
             Indicted
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             for
             conspiring
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             other
             heinous
             Crimes
             ;
             As
             Designing
             the
             Subverting
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             bringing
             in
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             Witnesses
             that
             have
             been
             produced
             against
             Thwing
             ,
             are
             Bolron
             and
             Mowbray
             ;
             and
             against
             Pressicks
             ,
             Mr.
             Bolron
             ,
             Mrs.
             Bolron
             senior
             and
             junior
             ,
             and
             one
             Hutchinson
             ,
             and
             the
             Evidence
             against
             Thwing
             ,
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             against
             the
             Woman
             quite
             another
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             Evidence
             against
             her
             but
             what
             they
             heard
             her
             say
             others
             were
             to
             do
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Evidence
             of
             any
             action
             of
             hers
             ,
             or
             that
             she
             was
             present
             at
             any
             Consultation
             ,
             nor
             acting
             any
             thing
             there
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             said
             so
             and
             so
             .
             Now
             Mr.
             Bolron
             and
             his
             Grandmother
             do
             both
             say
             that
             she
             said
             ,
             Pickering
             was
             to
             have
             killed
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             was
             sorry
             that
             he
             did
             not
             do
             it
             .
             That
             the
             Gun
             with
             which
             he
             should
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             was
             found
             ,
             and
             she
             was
             afraid
             that
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             and
             they
             all
             say
             she
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             never
             well
             with
             England
             ,
             till
             the
             Catholicks
             had
             got
             the
             upper
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             were
             King.
             Now
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             my
             opinion
             is
             ,
             that
             a
             bare
             saying
             of
             this
             doth
             not
             amount
             to
             High
             Treason
             ,
             unless
             you
             do
             beleive
             from
             these
             words
             ,
             that
             she
             knew
             otherwise
             then
             by
             hearsay
             ,
             that
             Pickering
             was
             to
             have
             killed
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             was
             Privy
             and
             Consenting
             to
             the
             design
             of
             Killing
             the
             King
             ,
             then
             she
             is
             guilty
             of
             Treason
             ,
             but
             if
             she
             only
             knew
             it
             by
             hearsay
             ,
             the
             bare
             knowledge
             and
             concealing
             of
             it
             will
             make
             her
             guilty
             of
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
             ;
             but
             knowing
             of
             it
             barely
             by
             Report
             doth
             not
             make
             her
             guilty
             of
             High
             Treason
             .
             My
             Brother
             will
             tell
             you
             his
             opinion
             herein
             .
             Now
             for
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             the
             Evidence
             against
             him
             is
             very
             home
             ;
             for
             they
             both
             Swear
             against
             himone
             to
             one
             
             Meeting
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             to
             another
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             present
             at
             their
             Consulttaion
             to
             Kill
             the
             King
             ,
             Subvert
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             in
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ;
             that
             he
             did
             agree
             at
             the
             meeting
             to
             the
             Killing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             do
             both
             Swear
             ,
             and
             this
             they
             say
             was
             at
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             the
             several
             meetings
             there
             was
             a
             List
             produced
             ,
             but
             Bolron
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             List
             when
             he
             was
             present
             was
             a
             List
             of
             those
             that
             were
             engaged
             towards
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             the
             Nunnery
             ;
             that
             which
             the
             other
             speaks
             of
             ,
             was
             a
             List
             of
             those
             that
             were
             engaged
             about
             the
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             about
             the
             whole
             design
             which
             was
             to
             be
             effected
             by
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             this
             he
             Swears
             ,
             that
             Thwing
             did
             produce
             this
             List
             ;
             and
             Mowbray
             saith
             ,
             that
             three
             or
             four
             Priests
             were
             present
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             Thwing
             said
             ,
             the
             King
             was
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             and
             Excommunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawful
             but
             meritorious
             to
             kill
             Him.
             So
             that
             admitting
             this
             Evidence
             be
             true
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             full
             Evidence
             of
             High
             Treason
             against
             him
             ;
             here
             is
             an
             imagining
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             here
             is
             an
             overt
             Act
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             setting
             hands
             to
             it
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             this
             be
             true
             ,
             Thwing
             is
             guilty
             of
             High
             Treason
             .
             Now
             against
             this
             ,
             they
             have
             produced
             many
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             them
             doth
             go
             about
             to
             prove
             this
             impossible
             but
             only
             improbable
             ,
             but
             one
             that
             is
             a
             Groom
             of
             Sir
             Thomas
             Gascoyne's
             ,
             who
             saith
             ,
             he
             was
             but
             once
             or
             twice
             that
             year
             there
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             Easter
             but
             about
             Michaelmas
             ,
             is
             that
             enough
             to
             answer
             the
             Testimony
             of
             these
             two
             Men
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             for
             a
             Groom
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             say
             two
             years
             after
             who
             was
             at
             his
             Masters
             House
             ,
             and
             how
             often
             ,
             and
             what
             time
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             is
             to
             me
             a
             very
             strange
             thing
             ;
             unless
             it
             were
             one
             that
             was
             never
             used
             to
             to
             come
             there
             :
             But
             this
             man
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             did
             use
             to
             come
             there
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             must
             leave
             to
             you
             .
             The
             Rest
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             were
             the
             same
             that
             were
             Examined
             yesterday
             .
             First
             They
             insist
             concerning
             Mr.
             Lowther
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             when
             Mr.
             Bolron
             first
             went
             to
             Mr.
             Lowther
             ,
             he
             said
             nothing
             of
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             but
             it
             appears
             ,
             he
             said
             then
             ,
             that
             afterwards
             he
             might
             remember
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             man
             was
             under
             a
             great
             Consternation
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             the
             great
             and
             dangerous
             consequences
             of
             having
             so
             long
             concealed
             it
             ,
             was
             the
             occasion
             of
             that
             disorder
             
             upon
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             should
             remember
             more
             afterwards
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             did
             ;
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             do
             all
             go
             this
             purpose
             ,
             that
             either
             Bolron
             or
             Mowbray
             should
             tell
             them
             at
             one
             time
             or
             other
             ,
             they
             did
             know
             nothing
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             nor
             against
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             out
             of
             Malice
             to
             Sir
             
             Thomas's
             Family
             ,
             for
             so
             Thwing
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             he
             being
             his
             Nephew
             ;
             that
             the
             Malice
             should
             reach
             to
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ;
             that
             they
             would
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             something
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             they
             do
             offer
             against
             Mr.
             Mowbray
             .
             Now
             here
             is
             one
             Walker
             ,
             that
             swears
             ,
             that
             Bolron
             ask't
             her
             if
             she
             knew
             Thwing
             to
             be
             a
             Priest
             ,
             and
             offered
             her
             10
             l.
             to
             swear
             him
             a
             Priest
             ,
             she
             is
             a
             Servant
             of
             one
             Mrs.
             
             Lassel's
             ,
             Mr.
             
             Thwing's
             Sister
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             Mrs.
             Lassel's
             to
             search
             for
             Preists
             .
             It
             is
             something
             strange
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             offer
             to
             perswade
             her
             to
             Swear
             against
             Thwing
             ,
             who
             was
             Servant
             to
             his
             own
             Sister
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             time
             when
             he
             came
             to
             search
             for
             Priests
             ,
             the
             Truth
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             thing
             doth
             depend
             purely
             upon
             the
             Credit
             of
             Witnesses
             .
             The
             Kings
             Witnesses
             are
             upon
             their
             Oathes
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             the
             others
             are
             not
             on
             their
             Oaths
             ,
             but
             Credit
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             what
             they
             say
             ;
             if
             you
             consider
             their
             Evidence
             and
             do
             find
             a
             clearness
             in
             their
             Testimony
             ,
             which
             you
             must
             weigh
             ,
             for
             certainly
             he
             that
             solemnly
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             will
             say
             a
             false
             thing
             ,
             will
             also
             dare
             to
             Swear
             it
             ,
             how
             far
             their
             Principles
             will
             carry
             them
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             I
             can
             see
             nothing
             but
             Bolron
             and
             Mowbray
             are
             good
             Witnesses
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             see
             but
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             is
             coherent
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             speak
             the
             Truth
             :
             And
             if
             you
             beleive
             what
             they
             say
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             then
             Thwing
             is
             guilty
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             but
             if
             do
             not
             beleive
             ,
             what
             they
             say
             is
             true
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             malice
             you
             must
             acquit
             him
             .
             They
             do
             object
             the
             other
             Juries
             did
             not
             beleive
             Bolron
             and
             Mowbray
             ,
             the
             case
             with
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             is
             not
             the
             same
             with
             theirs
             ,
             but
             you
             are
             to
             give
             your
             Verdict
             according
             to
             the
             Evidence
             that
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             your
             Consciences
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Atkyns
             .
          
           
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             very
             short
             ;
             The
             Crimes
             that
             are
             laid
             in
             this
             Indictment
             ,
             and
             charged
             upon
             these
             persons
             ,
             are
             the
             designing
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Kings
             Life
             ,
             Subverting
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             Introduing
             Popery
             ;
             you
             observe
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Evidence
             which
             hath
             been
             given
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             .
             And
             first
             ,
             I
             shall
             speak
             but
             one
             word
             concerning
             
               Mary
               Pressicks
            
             ;
             I
             do
             fully
             agree
             with
             what
             my
             Brother
             hath
             said
             ;
             you
             do
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             the
             Evidence
             that
             hath
             been
             given
             against
             her
             ,
             hath
             been
             what
             came
             out
             of
             her
             own
             mouth
             ;
             the
             Witnesses
             are
             Mr.
             Bolron
             and
             his
             Grandmother
             ,
             and
             likewise
             one
             Hutchinson
             :
             Mr.
             Bolron
             saith
             ,
             she
             did
             tell
             him
             that
             Harcourt
             was
             her
             Confessor
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             engaged
             her
             in
             the
             Plot
             ;
             she
             likewise
             told
             him
             that
             Pickering
             was
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             Gun
             was
             found
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             death
             ;
             this
             is
             some
             Evidence
             of
             High-Treason
             ,
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             you
             of
             what
             weight
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             how
             far
             by
             this
             you
             will
             conclude
             her
             privy
             to
             the
             Plot
             :
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             were
             she
             an
             Actor
             in
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             plain
             ,
             she
             is
             guilty
             of
             High-Treason
             .
             As
             to
             what
             Hutchinson
             said
             ,
             that
             she
             told
             him
             ,
             we
             should
             never
             be
             at
             peace
             ,
             till
             we
             were
             all
             of
             the
             Roman-Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             was
             made
             King
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             amount
             to
             High-Treason
             :
             This
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             sum
             of
             the
             Evidence
             against
             her
             .
             Then
             as
             to
             Mr.
             Thwing
             ,
             there
             are
             two
             Witnesses
             that
             have
             sworn
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             is
             Mr.
             Bolron
             and
             Mr.
             
               Mowbray
               :
               Bolron
            
             tells
             you
             ,
             that
             in
             1677
             ,
             there
             came
             to
             him
             several
             Priests
             ,
             to
             his
             House
             at
             Shipton
             ;
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             Thwing
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             who
             askt
             him
             how
             he
             stood
             affected
             to
             the
             Roman-Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             and
             he
             then
             exprest
             his
             zeal
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             they
             thought
             him
             a
             person
             fit
             to
             impart
             their
             secrets
             to
             ;
             then
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             in
             1677
             there
             was
             a
             Meeting
             at
             Barnbow-Hall
             ,
             which
             is
             Sir
             Thomas
             Gascoyne's
             House
             ,
             and
             at
             that
             Meeting
             there
             were
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             ,
             Esquire
             Gascoyne
             ,
             Sir
             
               Miles
               Stapleton
            
             ,
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             this
             Prisoner
             Thwing
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Consult
             held
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             Design
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             person
             did
             agree
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             declared
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             should
             miss
             that
             
             opportunity
             ,
             they
             should
             never
             have
             such
             another
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Roman-Catholick
             Religion
             .
             The
             next
             was
             Mowbray
             ,
             and
             he
             saith
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             that
             in
             
               1676.
               
               Thwing
            
             and
             others
             declared
             they
             did
             design
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             an
             Heretick
             ,
             and
             Excommunicated
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             kept
             his
             word
             with
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             thought
             it
             not
             only
             Lawful
             ,
             but
             a
             Meritorious
             Act
             :
             And
             this
             is
             what
             both
             Bolron
             and
             Mowbray
             do
             restifie
             ;
             this
             they
             swear
             positively
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             ;
             if
             you
             believe
             what
             they
             have
             Sworn
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             I
             must
             declare
             that
             it
             will
             amount
             to
             High
             Treason
             .
             You
             are
             likewise
             to
             consider
             the
             Evidence
             he
             hath
             produced
             for
             himself
             ;
             the
             Law
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             doth
             not
             allow
             us
             to
             give
             them
             an
             Oath
             ;
             yet
             if
             they
             be
             Persons
             of
             credit
             and
             honesty
             ,
             it
             is
             Evidence
             which
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             of
             .
             The
             Prisoner
             hath
             called
             several
             Witnesses
             :
             The
             first
             was
             
               Nath.
               Wilson
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             repeat
             what
             he
             saith
             ,
             being
             of
             no
             import
             .
             Thwing
             saith
             Mr.
             Bolron
             was
             before
             Mr.
             Lowther
             and
             Mr.
             Tindall
             ,
             two
             Justices
             of
             Peace
             ,
             who
             did
             take
             his
             Oath
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             Accuse
             him
             of
             the
             Plot
             at
             that
             time
             ;
             and
             by
             that
             would
             infer
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             have
             said
             what
             he
             had
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             well
             then
             as
             now
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             had
             any
             thing
             whereof
             to
             Accuse
             him
             :
             But
             Bolron
             answers
             ,
             He
             did
             declare
             to
             these
             two
             Gentlemen
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             able
             at
             that
             time
             to
             Recollect
             his
             whole
             Knowledge
             ,
             but
             gave
             it
             in
             afterwards
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             :
             The
             next
             are
             Moore
             and
             Thorpe
             ,
             the
             effect
             of
             their
             Evidence
             is
             to
             strike
             at
             the
             Reputation
             of
             Bolron
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             an
             Act
             of
             Malice
             and
             Revenge
             ;
             for
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             Bolron
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             Sir
             Thomas
             was
             innocent
             ,
             and
             knew
             nothing
             of
             the
             Plot.
             Thorpe
             saith
             ,
             he
             met
             with
             Bolron
             in
             Long-Acre
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             though
             Sir
             Thomas
             were
             quitted
             ,
             he
             would
             ruine
             some
             of
             them
             :
             I
             say
             ,
             these
             things
             ,
             if
             true
             ,
             are
             ▪
             some
             Evidence
             of
             a
             Malicious
             Prosecution
             ;
             but
             it
             seems
             something
             improbable
             that
             Bolron
             should
             so
             openly
             make
             a
             discovery
             of
             himself
             ,
             when
             it
             appears
             he
             was
             not
             greatly
             acquainted
             with
             them
             ,
             especially
             with
             Thorpe
             .
             
             There
             are
             several
             other
             Witnesses
             that
             speak
             much
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             .
             Gentlemen
             ,
             In
             matters
             of
             Fact
             ,
             which
             depend
             upon
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Witnesses
             ,
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             is
             greatly
             to
             be
             considered
             ;
             if
             you
             believe
             what
             Bolron
             and
             Mowbray
             have
             both
             positively
             Sworn
             ,
             the
             Treason
             is
             plain
             ;
             you
             must
             take
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             your
             Evidence
             together
             ,
             you
             must
             weigh
             all
             the
             Circumstances
             ;
             you
             must
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             consider
             the
             Credit
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             of
             the
             one
             side
             and
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             steps
             you
             will
             be
             the
             better
             guided
             in
             the
             giving
             of
             your
             Verdict
             .
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             you
             :
             and
             I
             pray
             God
             direct
             you
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Jury
           having
           withdrawn
           ,
           after
           some
           Consultation
           together
           ,
           brought
           in
           their
           Verdct
           ,
           That
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           was
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           
             Mary
             Pressiks
          
           Not-Guilty
           .
        
         
           August
           the
           2.
           1680.
           
           
             Thomas
             Thwing
          
           being
           brought
           to
           the
           Bar
           ,
           the
           Clerk
           spoke
           thus
           :
        
         
           
             Clerk.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Thwing
            
             hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             ,
             thou
             hast
             been
             Indicted
             ,
             that
             thou
             as
             a
             false
             Traytor
             didst
             Conspire
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             &c.
             and
             thereof
             hast
             been
             found
             Guilty
             ,
             what
             canst
             thou
             say
             wherefore
             Judgment
             of
             Death
             should
             not
             be
             pronounced
             against
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             now
             upon
             my
             life
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             in
             the
             least
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             have
             sworn
             against
             me
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             before
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoyne
            
             had
             his
             Tryal
             these
             Men
             said
             nothing
             against
             me
             ,
             so
             I
             hope
             your
             Lordship
             will
             take
             it
             into
             consideration
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             For
             your
             Innocency
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             are
             Judges
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             they
             have
             found
             you
             Guilty
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             is
             not
             in
             my
             power
             either
             to
             acquit
             or
             condemn
             you
             ,
             I
             am
             only
             to
             pass
             Sentence
             according
             to
             that
             Conviction
             .
             If
             you
             have
             any
             thing
             to
             say
             wherefore
             Judgment
             should
             not
             be
             pronounced
             ,
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             hear
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             I
             can
             say
             is
             to
             declare
             my
             innocency
             ,
             and
             that
             these
             men
             are
             of
             no
             credit
             and
             reputation
             .
             
             It
             is
             very
             hard
             I
             should
             be
             Guilty
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             rest
             that
             were
             Arraigned
             for
             the
             same
             Crimes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             impossible
             ;
             it
             is
             possible
             you
             may
             be
             Guilty
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             Innocent
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             told
             your
             Lordship
             that
             I
             was
             but
             once
             or
             twice
             in
             a
             Year
             at
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             ,
             being
             my
             Uncle
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             protest
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             the
             Consult
             these
             men
             do
             charge
             me
             with
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             You
             say
             one
             thing
             ,
             they
             swear
             another
             ;
             and
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             they
             are
             honest
             men
             ;
             they
             are
             lawful
             men
             ,
             and
             not
             convicted
             in
             the
             main
             :
             for
             I
             do
             believe
             there
             were
             many
             great
             and
             dangerous
             Consults
             held
             at
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             by
             several
             Persons
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             have
             been
             many
             horrid
             and
             treasonable
             things
             acted
             there
             .
             You
             have
             been
             Indicted
             for
             High-Treason
             ,
             the
             highest
             Treason
             that
             ever
             any
             Subject
             was
             guilty
             of
             ,
             for
             attempting
             to
             Kill
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             resolving
             so
             to
             do
             upon
             deliberate
             advice
             and
             consultation
             ,
             and
             this
             for
             no
             other
             end
             or
             purpose
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             might
             have
             your
             Religion
             set
             up
             ;
             for
             that
             was
             your
             Design
             ,
             to
             change
             this
             Religion
             here
             ,
             and
             to
             settle
             Popery
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             the
             better
             to
             bring
             that
             to
             pass
             ,
             you
             thought
             to
             take
             away
             the
             Kings
             life
             ,
             knowing
             you
             could
             not
             otherwise
             accomplish
             it
             .
             You
             are
             I
             am
             satisfied
             a
             Priest
             of
             the
             Romish
             Church
             ,
             therefore
             all
             that
             I
             can
             say
             to
             you
             in
             reference
             to
             your
             future
             state
             you
             will
             not
             value
             ,
             for
             you
             account
             me
             an
             Heretick
             as
             you
             do
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             content
             to
             be
             so
             esteemed
             in
             so
             good
             Company
             ,
             therefore
             I
             shall
             wave
             it
             .
             As
             you
             are
             a
             Gentleman
             I
             will
             give
             some
             respect
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             not
             pass
             Sentence
             on
             you
             among
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             that
             are
             found
             Guilty
             of
             Felony
             and
             Murder
             ,
             but
             will
             do
             it
             by
             your self
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Law
               doth
               command
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               the
               Court
               doth
               award
               ,
            
             That
             you
             be
             carried
             from
             hence
             to
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             you
             came
             ,
             that
             
             is
             the
             Prison
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             you
             are
             to
             be
             drawn
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             ;
             you
             are
             there
             to
             be
             hanged
             by
             the
             Neck
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             be
             cut
             down
             before
             you
             are
             dead
             ,
             and
             your
             Intrails
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             out
             of
             your
             Body
             ,
             and
             thrown
             into
             the
             Fire
             before
             your
             face
             ,
             and
             your
             Head
             is
             to
             be
             parted
             from
             your
             Body
             ,
             and
             your
             Body
             separated
             into
             four
             Quarters
             ,
             and
             your
             Head
             and
             your
             Quarters
             are
             to
             be
             disposed
             according
             to
             the
             Kings
             pleasure
             :
             And
             the
             Lord
             have
             mercy
             on
             your
             Soul.
             
          
        
         
           
             Thwing
             .
          
           
             Innocens
             ego
             sum
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Proceedings
           against
           Sir
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           ,
           Baronet
           .
        
         
           SIR
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           ,
           Baronet
           ,
           was
           Indicted
           at
           a
           Sessions
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           in
           the
           West-Riding
           of
           the
           County
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           the
           Indictment
           was
           removed
           by
           Certiorari
           to
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           where
           Sir
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           having
           been
           Arraigned
           and
           pleaded
           to
           the
           same
           Not-Guilty
           ,
           was
           sent
           down
           by
           
             Nisi
             prius
          
           to
           be
           tryed
           in
           the
           County
           of
           York
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Indictment
             was
          
           ,
           For
           that
           he
           as
           a
           false
           Traytor
           against
           our
           most
           illustrious
           and
           excellent
           Prince
           ,
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           his
           natural
           Lord
           ,
           not
           having
           God
           before
           his
           eyes
           ,
           nor
           weighing
           the
           Duty
           of
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devil
           being
           moved
           and
           soduced
           ,
           the
           cordial
           Love
           ,
           and
           true
           due
           and
           natural
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           true
           and
           faithful
           Subjects
           of
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           should
           bear
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           right
           are
           bound
           to
           bear
           ,
           wholly
           withdrawing
           ,
           devising
           and
           with
           all
           his
           power
           
           intending
           to
           disturb
           the
           peace
           and
           common
           tranquility
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           and
           put
           our
           ▪
           said
           .
           Lord
           the
           King
           to
           death
           and
           final
           destruction
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           by
           Law
           established
           and
           used
           ,
           to
           alter
           to
           the
           Superstition
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           to
           move
           and
           stir
           up
           War
           against
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           in
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           30th
           day
           of
           May
           ,
           in
           the
           31th
           year
           of
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           Kings
           Reign
           ,
           at
           the
           Parish
           of
           Barwiek
           in
           Ellmet
           in
           the
           said
           County
           of
           York
           ,
           in
           the
           West-Riding
           of
           the
           same
           County
           ,
           with
           divers
           other
           false
           Traitors
           unknown
           ▪
           did
           traiterously
           compass
           ,
           imagine
           ,
           and
           intend
           the
           Death
           and
           final
           Destruction
           of
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           change
           and
           alter
           and
           wholly
           to
           subvert
           the
           Ancient
           Goverment
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           and
           to
           depose
           and
           wholly
           to
           deprive
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           said
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           to
           root
           out
           the
           true
           Protestant
           Religion
           :
           And
           to
           fulfill
           and
           accomplish
           the
           same
           most
           wicked
           Treasons
           and
           trayterous
           Imaginations
           and
           Purposes
           ,
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           ,
           and
           other
           false
           Traytors
           unknown
           ,
           on
           the
           said
           30th
           day
           of
           May
           in
           the
           31th
           year
           aforesaid
           ,
           with
           Force
           and
           Arms
           ,
           at
           the
           Parish
           of
           Barwick
           aforesaid
           ,
           advisedly
           ,
           devillishly
           ,
           maliciously
           and
           trayterously
           did
           assemble
           ,
           unite
           and
           gather
           themselves
           together
           ,
           and
           then
           and
           there
           did
           devillishly
           ,
           advisedly
           ,
           maliciously
           ,
           craftily
           and
           trayterously
           consult
           and
           agree
           to
           bring
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           to
           death
           and
           final
           destruction
           ,
           and
           to
           depose
           and
           deprive
           him
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           and
           establish
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           in
           this
           Realm
           ;
           and
           the
           sooner
           to
           fulfill
           and
           accomplish
           the
           said
           most
           wicked
           Treasons
           and
           trayterous
           Imaginations
           and
           Purposes
           ,
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Miles
             Stapleton
          
           ,
           and
           other
           unknown
           Traytors
           ,
           then
           and
           there
           advisedly
           ,
           maliciously
           and
           trayterously
           did
           further
           consult
           and
           agree
           to
           contribute
           ,
           pay
           ,
           and
           expend
           divers
           large
           Sums
           of
           Money
           to
           divers
           of
           the
           Kings
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           other
           persons
           unknown
           ,
           to
           procure
           
           those
           persons
           unknown
           trayterously
           to
           kill
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           introduce
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           into
           this
           Realm
           ,
           against
           the
           Duty
           of
           his
           Allegiance
           ,
           against
           the
           Peace
           of
           our
           said
           Lord
           the
           King
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Statute
           in
           such
           case
           made
           and
           provided
           .
        
         
           The
           Jury
           being
           called
           ,
           Mr.
           Justice
           Dolben
           took
           notice
           to
           Sir
           Miles
           that
           there
           were
           but
           few
           appeared
           ,
           and
           therefore
           told
           him
           he
           would
           do
           well
           not
           to
           challenge
           too
           many
           of
           them
           :
           Sir
           Miles
           thereupon
           said
           he
           should
           not
           challenge
           Many
           ;
           and
           enquired
           whether
           those
           that
           served
           on
           the
           Lady
           Tempests
           ,
           Mr.
           Thwings
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Inglebyes
           Juries
           did
           now
           appear
           ?
           And
           the
           Judge
           answered
           him
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           care
           should
           be
           taken
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           sworn
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Jury
           being
           called
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           Sir
           Miles
           challenged
           these
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   David
                   Fowles
                
                 ,
                 Barronet
                 .
              
               
                 Robert
                 Bell
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Eastoft
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Dixon
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Bethell
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 Thomas
                 Wood
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Caley
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 Robert
                 Turner
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Towers
                 Driffield
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Beckwith
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Marmad
                 .
                 Trueman
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 Sim.
                 Warrener
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Wright
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 Gervase
                 Hatfeild
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Green
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Coates
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           only
           two
           of
           the
           Jury
           returned
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             
               Thomas
               Fletcher
               ,
               Gen.
               &
            
             
               Robert
               Gudgeon
               ,
               Gen.
               
            
          
           were
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Miles
             I
             see
             you
             must
             stay
             till
             the
             next
             Assizes
             ,
             for
             you
             challenge
             so
             many
             ,
             here
             will
             not
             be
             a
             Jury
             gotten
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Miles
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             content
             ,
             and
             do
             desire
             the
             Jury
             may
             be
             called
             that
             served
             the
             first
             day
             ;
             nay
             all
             the
             three
             Juries
             if
             you
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             ,
             you
             would
             chuse
             all
             of
             one
             way
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             others
             ;
             where
             is
             the
             indifferency
             of
             the
             Tryal
             then
             ?
             But
             come
             call
             them
             ,
             I
             cannot
             deny
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           three
           Juries
           called
           ,
           and
           five
           challenged
           :
           viz.
           
           
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Worsley
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
               
                 Roger
                 Fretwell
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Tenant
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
               
                 Roger
                 Lee
                 ,
                 Esquire
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Bushell
                 ,
                 Gen.
                 
              
               
                  
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           these
           sworn
           :
           viz.
           
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Pennyman
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Rooksby
               ,
               Esquire
               .
            
             
               William
               Stone
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Conyers
               .
            
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Tankerd
              
               ,
               Esquire
               ,
               who
               was
               excepted
               against
               by
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Stringer
              
               ,
               as
               one
               that
               disparaged
               the
               Evidence
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               and
               called
               his
               Dogs
               by
               the
               Names
               of
               Oates
               and
               Bedloe
               ;
               which
               the
               Judge
               allowed
               to
               be
               a
               good
               Exception
               ,
               but
               there
               being
               no
               Witnesses
               in
               the
               Court
               to
               prove
               it
               ,
               he
               was
               sworn
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Sir
             Miles
             ,
             you
             must
             stay
             till
             next
             Assizes
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             a
             full
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Miles
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             Gentlemen
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             your
             Lordship
             may
             take
             whom
             you
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             do
             it
             without
             the
             Kings
             Counsel
             move
             for
             a
             Tales
             ,
             which
             as
             this
             case
             stands
             they
             will
             not
             do
             .
             And
             so
             he
             was
             remanded
             to
             Prison
             ,
             and
             
               Remanet
               pro
               defectu
               Juratorum
            
             entred
             upon
             the
             Record
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Reprieve
           being
           obtained
           for
           Mr.
           Thwing
           ,
           he
           remained
           Condemned
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           York
           until
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           October
           .
           Mr.
           Justice
           Dolben
           attended
           his
           Majesty
           in
           Council
           ,
           and
           gave
           a
           full
           Account
           of
           the
           several
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           Evidence
           .
           Whereupon
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           was
           made
           for
           the
           Execution
           of
           Mr.
           Thwing
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           23.
           of
           October
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           he
           was
           Drawn
           ,
           Hanged
           ,
           and
           Quartered
           at
           York
           ,
           having
           first
           protested
           his
           Innocency
           of
           all
           that
           was
           sworn
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           gloried
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           had
           performed
           the
           Priestly
           Function
           about
           15
           years
           ,
           and
           desiring
           all
           true
           Catholicks
           ,
           if
           any
           such
           were
           there
           ,
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           begging
           God
           to
           bless
           and
           preserve
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Queen
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           good
           Christians
           ,
           he
           yielded
           himself
           to
           the
           Executioner
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A55936-e430
           
             Note
             that
             upon
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Gascoynes
            
             Tryal
             it
             appeared
             in
             his
             Almanack
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             made
             this
             memorial
             there
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             The
             15th
             .
             of
             
               April
               ,
               1676
            
             Memorand
             .
             acquaint
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Thwing
            
             ,
             with
             the
             whole
             designe
             .
          
           
             *
             Earn
             .
          
           
             Wilson
             was
             a
             witness
             the
             day
             before
             for
             the
             Lady
             Tempest
             .