The Several informations of Mr. Simeon Wright, Thomas Launders and Richard Perkin concerning the horrid Popish Plot in England : and the several ways that have been used to take off the Kings witnesses, and to hinder the further discovery of it : the two former, being witnesses in the trial of the late Lord Stafford, their informations were taken upon oath by Edmond Warcup, Esq., one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster, in December last 1680 : the latter was taken upon oath by Sir Robert Atkyns, kt. at the assizes at Stafford, 1679 : the whole informations being nothing but matter of fact.
      
       
         
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             The Several informations of Mr. Simeon Wright, Thomas Launders and Richard Perkin concerning the horrid Popish Plot in England : and the several ways that have been used to take off the Kings witnesses, and to hinder the further discovery of it : the two former, being witnesses in the trial of the late Lord Stafford, their informations were taken upon oath by Edmond Warcup, Esq., one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster, in December last 1680 : the latter was taken upon oath by Sir Robert Atkyns, kt. at the assizes at Stafford, 1679 : the whole informations being nothing but matter of fact.
             Wright, Simeon.
             Lander, Thomas.
             Perkin, Richard, 17th cent.
          
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           Stafford, William Howard, -- Viscount, 1614-1680.
           Popish Plot, 1678.
        
      
    
     
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               WE
               do
               appoint
               
                 Thomas
                 Simmons
              
               and
               no
               other
               ,
               to
               Print
               these
               our
               Informations
               ,
               Concerning
               the
               HORRID
               POPISH
               PLOT
               .
            
             
               
                 SIMEON
                 WRIGHT
                 .
                 THOMAS
                 LAVNDERS
                 .
              
               
                 
                   December
                   the
                   29.
                   1680.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               SEVERAL
               INFORMATIONS
               OF
               M
               r.
               Simeon
               Wright
               ,
               Thomas
               Launders
               AND
               Richard
               Perkin
               .
            
             
               Concerning
               the
               Horrid
               POPISH
               PLOT
               IN
               ENGLAND
               .
            
             
               And
               the
               several
               ways
               that
               have
               been
               used
               to
               take
               off
               the
               KINGS
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               to
               hinder
               the
               further
               discovery
               of
               it
               .
               The
               two
               former
               ,
               being
               witnesses
               in
               the
               Trial
               of
               the
               late
               Lord
               Stafford
               ,
               their
               Informations
               were
               taken
               upon
               Oath
               by
               
                 Edmond
                 Warcup
              
               ,
               Esq
               ;
               One
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               for
               Middlesex
               and
               Westminster
               ,
               in
               December
               last
               1680.
               
            
             
               The
               latter
               was
               taken
               upon
               Oath
               by
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Atkyns
              
               ,
               Kt.
               at
               the
               Assizes
               at
               Stafford
               ,
               1679.
               
            
             
               The
               whole
               Informations
               being
               nothing
               but
               matter
               of
               Fact.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Thomas
                 Simmons
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Princes-Arms
               in
               Ludgate-street
               ,
               MDCLXXXI
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Publishers
               Preface
               TO
               THE
               READER
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               a
               Truth
               notoriously
               known
               to
               all
               considering
               Persons
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               that
               since
               the
               happy
               Discovery
               of
               the
               late
               
                 Hellish
                 and
                 Damnable
                 Popish
                 Plot
              
               ,
               against
               the
               life
               and
               Government
               of
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               against
               our
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               ,
               and
               especially
               upon
               the
               Trials
               of
               several
               of
               the
               Conspirators
               many
               deep
               Artifices
               have
               been
               used
               by
               the
               Plotters
               for
               defaming
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Witnesses
              
               ,
               and
               for
               invalidating
               of
               their
               Testimonies
               ;
               for
               these
               ends
               witnesses
               have
               been
               fetch'd
               from
               
                 Saint
                 Omers
              
               ,
               and
               have
               appeared
               at
               several
               Trials
               ,
               but
               how
               ill
               they
               acted
               their
               parts
               ,
               and
               how
               unworthy
               they
               were
               of
               the
               names
               of
               Just
               and
               lawful
               Witnesses
               ,
               all
               men
               know
               .
               Besides
               these
               we
               may
               remember
               ,
               
                 Mr.
                 READINGS
              
               ,
               endeavouring
               to
               take
               off
               
                 Mr.
                 BEDLOE
              
               ;
               and
               PRICE
               and
               TASBOROUGHS
               Tampering
               with
               
                 Mr.
                 Dugdale
              
               ,
               though
               all
               issued
               in
               their
               own
               shame
               ;
               and
               they
               
               all
               receiv'd
               their
               just
               demerits
               .
               Nor
               can
               the
               designs
               ,
               of
               
                 Knox
                 ,
                 Osborn
              
               ,
               and
               Lane
               ,
               to
               take
               off
               
                 Doctor
                 Oates's
              
               Evidence
               be
               obliterated
               ,
               it
               is
               well
               known
               how
               they
               also
               made
               use
               of
               
                 Mr.
                 Dangerfield
              
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               himself
               acknowledgeth
               ,
               was
               engaged
               through
               the
               wicked
               and
               malicious
               instigation
               of
               the
               Countess
               of
               Powis
               ,
               the
               
                 five
                 Popish
                 Lords
              
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               their
               Accomplices
               in
               a
               horrid
               and
               damnable
               design
               of
               charging
               the
               Presbyterians
               with
               a
               pretended
               Plot
               against
               the
               present
               Government
               and
               Religion
               by
               Law
               established
               .
               A
               very
               fine
               trick
               to
               take
               the
               Odium
               of
               the
               Plot
               off
               from
               themselves
               ;
               But
               it
               pleased
               
                 Almighty
                 God
              
               out
               of
               his
               Infinite
               mercy
               to
               this
               Discoverer
               ,
               and
               to
               many
               Innocent
               Persons
               that
               were
               to
               be
               accused
               ,
               yea
               to
               the
               whole
               Kingdome
               ,
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               a
               true
               sense
               of
               the
               guilt
               he
               had
               contracted
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               Resolution
               to
               make
               a
               
                 free
                 Discovery
              
               of
               whatever
               he
               had
               been
               Privy
               to
               ,
               in
               this
               Design
               ;
            
             
               The
               
                 Popish
                 Cause
              
               still
               being
               exposed
               ,
               by
               discovering
               the
               Artifices
               above
               ,
               they
               were
               put
               upno
               new
               contrivances
               to
               hide
               it
               ,
               or
               blast
               the
               discovery
               of
               it
               ,
               several
               of
               which
               are
               in
               the
               following
               Informations
               fully
               laid
               open
               .
            
             
               One
               Thing
               I
               dare
               not
               omit
               here
               ,
               Viz.
               My
               own
               Observation
               all
               along
               in
               the
               progress
               of
               this
               Matter
               ,
               That
               since
               the
               first
               Discovery
               of
               this
               Plot
               ,
               when
               ever
               the
               
                 Kings
                 Evidence
              
               hath
               seemed
               to
               be
               as
               it
               were
               at
               a
               Bay
               ,
               as
               discouraged
               by
               the
               Power
               or
               Policy
               of
               malevolent
               Persons
               ,
               then
               by
               the
               Providence
               of
               the
               
                 Most
                 High
              
               another
               Witness
               hath
               risen
               up
               to
               retrieve
               and
               confirm
               what
               before
               seemed
               to
               be
               at
               a
               loss
               :
               Thus
               after
               the
               endeavours
               to
               disparage
               and
               vilifie
               
                 Dr.
                 Oats
              
               ,
               in
               came
               
                 Mr.
                 Bedloe
              
               ,
               then
               
                 Mr.
                 Dugdale
              
               ,
               to
               assert
               ,
               and
               more
               fully
               to
               evince
               the
               
                 Truth
                 of
                 the
                 Doctors
                 Testimony
              
               ,
               which
               was
               then
               and
               since
               ,
               by
               many
               interested
               Persons
               endeavoured
               to
               be
               shaken
               .
               After
               this
               God
               raised
               up
               
                 Mr.
                 Praunce
              
               ,
               who
               fully
               discovered
               the
               
                 Horrid
                 and
                 Bloody
                 Murther
                 of
                 Sir
                 Edmundbury
                 Godfrey
                 ,
              
               and
               confirmed
               the
               Plot
               in
               several
               particulars
               ,
               Viz.
               As
               to
               the
               designed
               Murther
               of
               his
               
                 Sacred
                 Majesty
              
               ,
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               
               
                 Earl
                 of
                 Shaftsbury
              
               ,
               and
               others
               :
               And
               since
               him
               a
               
                 Cloud
                 of
                 Witnesses
              
               ,
               to
               put
               the
               Plot
               past
               dispute
               ,
               have
               appeared
               ,
               as
               
                 Mr.
                 Jenison
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Smith
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Bolron
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Mowbray
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Turbervil
                 ,
                 Seignior
                 Francisco
                 de
                 Faria
                 ,
              
               and
               several
               others
               :
               And
               besides
               this
               
                 Plot
                 in
                 England
              
               ,
               there
               hath
               been
               another
               ,
               altogether
               as
               cruel
               and
               bloudy
               ,
               carried
               on
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               which
               hath
               been
               fully
               discovered
               by
               several
               Persons
               of
               good
               Credit
               ,
               as
               
                 Mr.
                 Hetherington
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Macnemarra
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Boork
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Fitz-Gerald
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Sampson
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               .
            
             
               But
               notwithstanding
               these
               great
               discoveries
               how
               many
               wilfully
               (
               or
               at
               least
               pretendedly
               )
               shut
               their
               eyes
               ,
               but
               
                 tho
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 see
              
               (
               according
               to
               that
               Scriptural
               Expression
               )
               yet
               in
               time
               ,
               
                 they
                 shall
                 see
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ,
              
               for
               the
               hand
               of
               God
               hitherto
               hath
               been
               more
               then
               ordinarily
               seen
               in
               these
               matters
               .
            
             
               The
               Reader
               hath
               here
               before
               him
               a
               few
               of
               the
               very
               many
               Decrees
               of
               
                 Popish
                 Adversaries
              
               against
               the
               
                 Discoverers
                 of
                 their
                 Plot.
              
               Enough
               to
               satisfie
               any
               unprejudic'd
               and
               unbiassed
               man
               of
               the
               Truth
               and
               reality
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               ●ince
               such
               wayes
               as
               these
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Stabbing
                 ,
                 Forswearing
              
               and
               Burning
               ,
               were
               to
               be
               used
               to
               take
               off
               those
               that
               revealed
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               Information
               you
               have
               before
               you
               is
               
                 Mr.
                 Wrights
              
               ,
               who
               hath
               fully
               discovered
               ,
               the
               several
               ways
               wherein
               he
               was
               instructed
               for
               the
               taking
               off
               
                 Mr.
                 Dugdale
              
               ,
               and
               having
               so
               great
               opportunities
               to
               have
               muthered
               him
               ,
               his
               Preservation
               is
               only
               to
               be
               ascribed
               to
               the
               wonderful
               mercy
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               failing
               ,
               his
               next
               work
               was
               to
               blast
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               by
               Swearing
               
                 Subornation
                 of
                 perjury
              
               against
               him
               ,
               but
               when
               this
               was
               to
               be
               done
               his
               Conscience
               misgave
               him
               ,
               and
               God
               at
               length
               brought
               him
               to
               discover
               the
               whole
               Intreague
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               Information
               is
               that
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Launder
              
               ,
               who
               hath
               also
               discovered
               the
               several
               ways
               by
               which
               he
               was
               perswaded
               to
               take
               off
               
                 Mr.
                 Dugdale
              
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               was
               perceived
               that
               he
               was
               not
               a
               Tool
               for
               their
               purpose
               ,
               then
               to
               sacrifice
               
                 Mr.
                 Dugdale
              
               to
               their
               fury
               ,
               the
               house
               in
               which
               
               he
               lay
               must
               be
               fired
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               destroy
               him
               ,
               but
               herein
               also
               God
               wonderfully
               appeared
               for
               his
               Preservation
               .
            
             
               That
               none
               of
               these
               
                 Gracious
                 Providences
              
               of
               the
               Almighty
               may
               be
               lost
               upon
               this
               Kingdome
               ,
               but
               all
               improved
               with
               wisdome
               to
               an
               humble
               acknowledgment
               and
               thankful
               Obedience
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               Prayer
               of
               every
               
                 True
                 Protestant
              
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               contains
               a
               
                 Horrid
                 story
              
               of
               
                 Romish
                 Priests
              
               ,
               and
               their
               followers
               impiety
               ,
               a
               story
               ,
               the
               like
               (
               but
               among
               Papists
               )
               has
               not
               been
               heard
               of
               ,
               no
               wonder
               that
               a
               
                 Dying
                 Traytor
              
               may
               go
               out
               of
               the
               world
               with
               a
               
                 Lie
                 in
                 his
                 Mouth
              
               ,
               since
               so
               notorious
               falshoods
               as
               these
               are
               allowed
               by
               their
               Priests
               themselves
               ,
               since
               such
               Truths
               ,
               may
               be
               so
               solemnly
               denied
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               such
               
                 Horrid
                 Imprecations
              
               ,
               and
               dreadful
               Oaths
               .
            
             
               These
               Papers
               are
               published
               to
               the
               end
               that
               all
               such
               as
               are
               concerned
               for
               the
               Welfare
               and
               Prosperity
               of
               their
               Religion
               and
               Country
               ,
               may
               be
               the
               more
               fully
               convinced
               ,
               how
               much
               it
               is
               their
               interest
               ,
               to
               endeavour
               for
               the
               future
               to
               disappoint
               all
               the
               contrivances
               of
               this
               cruel
               Bloody
               Party
               ,
               who
               are
               so
               active
               ,
               and
               so
               indefatigably
               industrious
               to
               promote
               their
               own
               Designs
               under
               the
               pretence
               of
               Religion
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               benefit
               ,
               that
               is
               heartily
               wished
               may
               accrue
               ,
               by
               the
               Publishing
               of
               these
               Informations
               to
               all
               English-men
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               the
               True
               Lovers
               of
               the
               True
               
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               .
            
             
               
                 VALE
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               THE
               INFORMATION
               OF
               Symeon
               Wright
               ,
               BARBER
               CHIRVRGEON
               IN
               CHANCERY-LANE
               IN
               LONDON
               ,
               Taken
               upon
               Oath
               
                 this
                 17th
                 .
                 day
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 1680.
                 
              
               before
               me
               Edmond
               Warcup
               Esq
               ;
               One
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               in
               the
               said
               County
               and
               City
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Plessington
               coming
               from
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               went
               into
               Stafford-shire
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Right
               Honorable
               Lady
               Gerards
               at
               Saudon
               ,
               he
               became
               acquainted
               with
               a
               Sister
               of
               mine
               ,
               that
               then
               waited
               on
               the
               young
               Lord
               ,
               by
               whose
               meanes
               ,
               he
               came
               to
               the
               knowledg
               of
               
               my
               Father
               and
               Mother
               ,
               who
               then
               and
               still
               live
               at
               Stone
               in
               Stafford-shire
               ;
               at
               his
               return
               to
               London
               he
               brought
               recommendations
               from
               them
               to
               me
               ,
               to
               my
               Masters
               a
               Barber
               and
               Periwig
               maker
               in
               Chancery-lane
               .
               This
               was
               the
               beginning
               of
               our
               acquaintance
               ,
               which
               was
               afterwards
               improved
               to
               those
               wicked
               ends
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               about
               to
               relate
               .
            
             
               This
               was
               about
               the
               year
               1672
               or
               1673
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               memory
               he
               did
               then
               belong
               to
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               from
               thence
               he
               went
               to
               serve
               the
               Lady
               Marchioness
               of
               Clinrickard
               in
               Covent-Garden
               ,
               and
               was
               from
               thence
               advanced
               to
               be
               the
               Lord
               Bellasis
               his
               Steward
               ,
               which
               place
               I
               suppose
               he
               still
               holds
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               discovery
               of
               the
               Hellish
               and
               damnable
               Popish
               Plot
               I
               gave
               him
               a
               visit
               in
               German-street
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               the
               talk
               of
               the
               Town
               about
               his
               Lord
               ,
               whereupon
               he
               replyed
               ,
               dear
               Child
               it
               is
               a
               false
               thing
               ,
               and
               my
               Lord
               is
               as
               clear
               as
               the
               Child
               unborn
               ,
               and
               is
               with
               the
               King
               at
               New-Market
               ,
               and
               as
               great
               a
               Favorite
               as
               any
               one
               whatever
               .
               It
               is
               well
               ,
               said
               I
               ,
               if
               it
               prove
               so
               ,
               and
               he
               told
               me
               I
               need
               not
               fear
               it
               .
            
             
               When
               strict
               enquiry
               was
               made
               after
               the
               Murtherers
               of
               Sir
               
                 Edmond-bury
                 Godfrey
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Plessington
               was
               upon
               suspition
               taken
               into
               the
               Custody
               of
               Mr.
               Wickham
               a
               Messenger
               ,
               and
               upon
               a
               Saturday
               Night
               came
               to
               the
               Ship
               Tavem
               without
               Temple
               Barr
               with
               his
               Keeper
               ,
               whether
               he
               sent
               for
               me
               ,
               and
               when
               I
               came
               to
               him
               ,
               after
               
               some
               other
               discourse
               ,
               told
               me
               his
               condition
               ,
               and
               pull'd
               out
               a
               small
               book
               with
               a
               lock
               and
               key
               to
               it
               ,
               which
               his
               keeper
               immediatly
               searched
               ,
               but
               upon
               perusal
               of
               it
               ,
               restored
               it
               to
               him
               again
               ;
               then
               at
               his
               request
               I
               went
               to
               the
               Lord
               Marques
               of
               Winchesters
               to
               acquaint
               his
               Lordship
               with
               the
               greatness
               of
               his
               Charge
               ,
               and
               to
               beg
               his
               Lordships
               favour
               :
               his
               Lordship
               sent
               for
               me
               into
               his
               Bed-Chamber
               ,
               and
               asked
               me
               how
               Mr.
               Plessington
               did
               ,
               and
               after
               I
               had
               delivered
               my
               Message
               ,
               he
               bad
               me
               remember
               his
               kind
               respects
               to
               Mr.
               Plessington
               ,
               and
               tell
               him
               he
               did
               not
               think
               it
               convenient
               so
               soon
               to
               move
               for
               his
               enlargment
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               should
               not
               be
               long
               before
               he
               should
               hear
               from
               him
               .
               It
               was
               upon
               the
               Lords
               day
               ,
               that
               I
               waited
               on
               the
               Marques
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               Tusday
               following
               he
               was
               discharged
               and
               came
               to
               return
               me
               thanks
               for
               my
               care
               and
               paines
               ,
               adding
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               not
               be
               ungrateful
               to
               me
               when
               occasion
               should
               serve
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               replyed
               ;
               Sir
               I
               am
               very
               glad
               that
               you
               have
               so
               good
               a
               friend
               ,
               meaning
               my
               Lord
               Marques
               of
               Winchester
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               thus
               answered
               ,
               Ah
               Child
               if
               you
               were
               in
               my
               condition
               ,
               you
               would
               have
               as
               good
               and
               better
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               first
               rumour
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Stephen
                 Dugdales
              
               discovery
               Mr.
               Plessington
               was
               very
               inquisitive
               whether
               I
               knew
               him
               ,
               I
               told
               him
               yes
               very
               well
               ;
               upon
               which
               ,
               he
               answered
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               sorry
               that
               I
               knew
               such
               a
               base
               fellow
               or
               words
               to
               that
               effect
               .
            
             
             
               And
               after
               Mr.
               Dugdales
               coming
               to
               Town
               ,
               he
               observing
               a
               great
               intimacy
               betwixt
               us
               ;
               Told
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               come
               oftner
               to
               see
               me
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               did
               not
               care
               to
               see
               Dugdale
               ;
               and
               yet
               at
               the
               same
               time
               would
               express
               his
               desire
               to
               see
               him
               ,
               but
               would
               bid
               me
               take
               no
               notice
               of
               it
               to
               Dugdale
               ,
               and
               was
               very
               frequently
               asking
               questions
               concerning
               him
               ,
               alwayes
               speaking
               very
               scurrilously
               of
               him
               .
            
             
               He
               told
               me
               he
               was
               very
               well
               satisfied
               of
               my
               truth
               and
               honesty
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               should
               not
               be
               long
               before
               I
               should
               know
               more
               of
               his
               mind
               ,
               which
               discourse
               was
               soon
               over
               .
            
             
               Not
               long
               after
               he
               came
               to
               me
               again
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               he
               wanted
               some
               secret
               discourse
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               thus
               went
               on
               .
               You
               are
               (
               said
               he
               )
               Dugdales
               Barber
               still
               ;
               yea
               (
               said
               I
               )
               I
               am
               ;
               pray
               (
               said
               he
               )
               where
               do
               you
               trim
               him
               ?
               I
               answered
               in
               my
               shop
               ,
               with
               three
               or
               four
               Souldiers
               about
               him
               .
               Do
               you
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               never
               trim
               him
               privatly
               ?
               I
               told
               him
               I
               never
               yet
               had
               ,
               but
               was
               once
               asked
               by
               him
               to
               trim
               him
               at
               his
               Chamber
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               .
               VVell
               said
               he
               ,
               if
               that
               fellow
               were
               aside
               it
               would
               be
               well
               for
               him
               that
               did
               it
               ,
               and
               he
               thought
               me
               a
               very
               fit
               man
               to
               be
               imployed
               in
               that
               affair
               ,
               and
               went
               on
               making
               me
               very
               fair
               promises
               of
               great
               rewards
               ,
               and
               at
               length
               came
               to
               a
               sum
               certain
               ,
               saying
               that
               If
               I
               would
               destroy
               him
               or
               blast
               his
               Evidence
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               seven
               hundred
               pounds
               paid
               me
               .
               And
               to
               confirm
               me
               that
               he
               was
               real
               ,
               he
               bid
               me
               make
               provision
               to
               have
               it
               secured
               
               to
               me
               ,
               accordingly
               I
               spoak
               to
               Mr.
               Reaves
               an
               Apothecary
               ,
               and
               one
               Mr.
               Cross
               ,
               at
               the
               
               Horshoo-Tavern
               ,
               both
               in
               Chancery-lane
               ,
               about
               security
               for
               such
               a
               summe
               ,
               Mr.
               Cross
               went
               twice
               with
               me
               to
               speak
               with
               Mr.
               Plessington
               about
               one
               of
               the
               hundred
               pounds
               ,
               but
               my
               great
               necessity
               dayly
               encreasing
               upon
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               the
               more
               inclined
               to
               attempt
               Mr.
               Dugdales
               person
               ,
               which
               accordingly
               I
               did
               ,
               after
               this
               manner
               .
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               being
               late
               one
               Evening
               at
               the
               
               Horseshoo-tavern
               in
               Chancery-lane
               ,
               sent
               so
               me
               (
               as
               he
               used
               frequently
               to
               do
               ,
               )
               to
               accompany
               him
               home
               to
               his
               Lodging
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               ,
               and
               calling
               a
               Coach
               we
               two
               only
               went
               into
               it
               ,
               this
               was
               an
               opportunity
               I
               had
               expected
               ,
               and
               accordingly
               had
               provided
               a
               Dagger
               ,
               which
               cost
               me
               3s
               .
               and
               6d
               .
               which
               I
               bought
               at
               a
               shop
               near
               
                 Walling
                 ford
              
               house
               ;
               when
               we
               came
               into
               the
               Strand
               near
               Summerset
               House
               ,
               I
               sitting
               opposite
               to
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               in
               the
               Coach
               felt
               how
               low
               his
               bodice
               came
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               know
               were
               to
               stab
               him
               securely
               ,
               but
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               mistrusted
               me
               so
               far
               that
               he
               called
               to
               the
               Coach-man
               to
               stop
               ,
               but
               I
               perswaded
               him
               on
               ,
               but
               at
               Charing-cross
               ,
               I
               again
               was
               attempting
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               again
               was
               calling
               to
               the
               Coach-man
               to
               let
               him
               out
               ▪
               but
               I
               endeavoured
               to
               perswade
               him
               that
               I
               intended
               him
               no
               harm
               ,
               yet
               he
               still
               so
               far
               mistrusted
               me
               ,
               that
               when
               we
               came
               to
               the
               Cook-pit
               ,
               he
               immediatly
               stept
               out
               of
               the
               Coach
               ,
               and
               paid
               the
               Coach
               man
               ,
               and
               gave
               him
               a
               1
               s.
               more
               then
               his
               pay
               
               to
               carry
               me
               back
               to
               the
               Hors-shooe
               Tavern
               ,
               I
               would
               have
               come
               out
               with
               a
               design
               to
               follow
               him
               ,
               pretending
               to
               return
               by
               water
               ,
               but
               he
               would
               not
               admit
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               would
               have
               the
               Coach-man
               carry
               me
               back
               .
               When
               I
               saw
               I
               had
               missed
               this
               opportunity
               of
               Murthering
               him
               ,
               I
               bid
               the
               Coachman
               take
               notice
               where
               I
               had
               left
               him
               well
               ,
               fearing
               he
               might
               be
               dispatcht
               by
               some
               other
               hand
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               should
               be
               questioned
               for
               it
               .
               The
               Coach
               stood
               at
               the
               Sarazens
               head
               in
               
               Camomil-street
               near
               
                 Bishops
                 gate
              
               ,
               this
               was
               in
               the
               Month
               of
               July
               ,
               1679.
               
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               perceiving
               his
               person
               was
               attempted
               ,
               obscur'd
               himself
               for
               several
               dayes
               ,
               and
               then
               his
               Enemies
               reported
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               run
               away
               from
               his
               Evidence
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Plessington
               understanding
               ,
               he
               beleived
               I
               had
               given
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               his
               Pas-port
               for
               another
               world
               ,
               and
               comming
               to
               me
               then
               at
               the
               Horseshooe
               Tavern
               ,
               he
               gave
               me
               thirty
               Guinnies
               ;
               but
               Mr.
               Cross
               comming
               into
               the
               room
               at
               that
               instant
               of
               his
               delivering
               them
               me
               ,
               I
               immediatly
               return'd
               them
               him
               again
               ,
               not
               desiring
               any
               Eye
               witnesses
               of
               my
               receiving
               his
               gold
               ,
               at
               which
               he
               seemed
               to
               be
               very
               angry
               .
            
             
               Some
               time
               after
               this
               some
               unexpected
               troubles
               overtaking
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               for
               the
               security
               of
               my
               person
               obliged
               to
               quit
               my
               Habitation
               ,
               and
               the
               Night
               before
               I
               went
               ,
               I
               met
               with
               Mr.
               Plessington
               ,
               near
               middle
               row
               in
               Holbourn
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               I
               feared
               I
               could
               not
               performe
               my
               promise
               to
               
               him
               ,
               because
               I
               wanted
               mony
               to
               carry
               on
               the
               design
               ,
               he
               desired
               me
               to
               be
               as
               true
               to
               him
               as
               he
               would
               be
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               then
               gave
               me
               three
               Guinnies
               ,
               and
               ordered
               me
               to
               meet
               him
               the
               Monday
               following
               at
               Billings-gate
               ,
               this
               was
               in
               September
               1679
               ,
               but
               I
               failed
               then
               meeting
               him
               .
            
             
               I
               then
               took
               a
               lodging
               in
               Wapping
               ,
               unknown
               to
               Mr.
               Plessington
               ,
               but
               he
               meeting
               Mr.
               Leacroff
               of
               Walton
               in
               
                 Stafford
                 shire
              
               ,
               my
               very
               good
               friend
               ,
               enquired
               of
               him
               where
               I
               was
               ,
               and
               pretended
               that
               I
               had
               much
               damnified
               him
               ,
               in
               not
               meeting
               him
               at
               Billings-gate
               according
               to
               appointment
               ,
               Mr.
               Leacroff
               told
               him
               that
               I
               was
               under
               a
               Cloud
               ,
               at
               which
               he
               seemed
               very
               sorry
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               he
               might
               notwithstanding
               have
               met
               me
               ,
               for
               he
               knowes
               I
               design
               him
               no
               hurt
               but
               should
               have
               met
               him
               for
               his
               advantage
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               he
               understanding
               that
               I
               was
               removed
               to
               a
               Cheesmonger
               in
               Ratcliff
               ,
               caused
               me
               frequently
               to
               visit
               him
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               if
               at
               any
               time
               I
               was
               questioned
               whether
               I
               went
               ,
               he
               ordered
               me
               to
               make
               use
               of
               my
               own
               Friends
               names
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Shenton
               in
               the
               Minte
               ,
               Mr.
               Hubbard
               at
               Sir
               
                 George
                 Whartons
              
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Spenser
               at
               Sir
               
                 Jonas
                 Moores
              
               ,
               any
               of
               which
               names
               would
               have
               gained
               me
               admittance
               .
            
             
               At
               one
               of
               our
               meetings
               there
               ,
               I
               told
               him
               that
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               had
               appointed
               me
               to
               meet
               him
               on
               such
               a
               day
               (
               which
               day
               I
               then
               told
               him
               )
               at
               the
               Fleece
               Tavern
               at
               Billings-gate
               ,
               then
               he
               desired
               
               me
               to
               call
               of
               him
               ,
               that
               day
               before
               I
               went
               to
               Dugdale
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               ,
               and
               dined
               with
               him
               at
               his
               Lords
               Lodging
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               it
               was
               the
               day
               after
               His
               Grace
               the
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               returned
               from
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               or
               thereabouts
               .
            
             
               When
               we
               had
               dined
               Mr.
               Plessington
               conveyed
               me
               to
               an
               Ale-house
               in
               the
               Tower
               near
               the
               Lieutenants
               House
               ,
               the
               House
               had
               the
               Model
               of
               a
               ship
               or
               two
               hanging
               in
               it
               .
               There
               came
               two
               or
               three
               Gentlemen
               with
               Mr.
               Plessington
               ,
               who
               importuned
               me
               to
               get
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               away
               from
               Billins-gate
               by
               water
               ,
               designing
               to
               attempt
               him
               upon
               the
               water
               ,
               as
               I
               supposed
               .
               I
               told
               them
               I
               would
               go
               to
               him
               to
               the
               Fleece
               and
               see
               what
               Company
               was
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               were
               alone
               would
               acquaint
               them
               .
               Accordingly
               I
               went
               ,
               and
               found
               two
               persons
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               a
               third
               came
               to
               him
               whilst
               I
               was
               with
               him
               ,
               but
               I
               had
               staid
               there
               longer
               than
               they
               expected
               ,
               so
               that
               when
               I
               returned
               back
               to
               the
               Dog
               ,
               they
               were
               gone
               ,
               and
               had
               taken
               with
               them
               my
               Cane
               ,
               which
               I
               left
               there
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               day
               I
               went
               to
               Mr.
               Plessington
               for
               my
               Cane
               ,
               who
               said
               to
               me
               we
               missed
               a
               brave
               opportunity
               Yesterday
               ,
               I
               replyed
               ,
               not
               as
               good
               as
               when
               I
               missed
               my
               designe
               upon
               him
               in
               the
               Strand
               ,
               no
               said
               he
               ,
               but
               have
               at
               the
               third
               time
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               seemed
               to
               suspect
               me
               for
               refusing
               the
               thirty
               Guinnies
               at
               the
               
               Horseshoo-tavern
               ,
               which
               I
               told
               him
               I
               did
               fearing
               Mr.
               Cross
               should
               discover
               something
               of
               our
               designe
               ,
               hang
               him
               (
               said
               he
               )
               if
               he
               do
               ,
               wee
               l
               tell
               him
               another
               story
               .
            
             
             
               I
               then
               asked
               him
               what
               I
               should
               say
               to
               persons
               that
               asked
               me
               how
               I
               came
               so
               soon
               to
               want
               monies
               ,
               when
               I
               so
               lately
               had
               seven
               hundred
               pound
               to
               put
               out
               to
               use
               ;
               Pugh
               (
               said
               he
               )
               tell
               them
               that
               it
               was
               mine
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               being
               (
               as
               you
               feared
               )
               concerned
               in
               the
               Plot
               ,
               you
               were
               to
               put
               it
               out
               in
               your
               name
               for
               my
               use
               ,
               in
               which
               I
               observed
               his
               directions
               .
            
             
               But
               be
               sure
               said
               he
               ,
               that
               you
               continue
               to
               blast
               Dugdale
               all
               you
               can
               ,
               for
               we
               can
               have
               no
               fitter
               person
               for
               the
               purpose
               than
               your self
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               suddainly
               be
               with
               you
               again
               ,
               and
               contrive
               a
               way
               for
               you
               to
               do
               it
               more
               easily
               and
               effectually
               .
            
             
               Accordingly
               he
               came
               on
               a
               Saturday
               ni●ht
               and
               lay
               with
               me
               ,
               an
               then
               told
               me
               that
               I
               being
               a
               witness
               or
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               in
               the
               Trial
               of
               Price
               ,
               might
               do
               them
               the
               service
               they
               desired
               ,
               by
               swearing
               that
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               profered
               me
               I
               monies
               ,
               maintenance
               ,
               and
               protection
               as
               a
               Kings
               Evidence
               ,
               if
               I
               would
               swear
               against
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symons
              
               ,
               Mr.
               Gerard
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               this
               I
               promised
               to
               do
               ;
               but
               before
               the
               trial
               having
               seriously
               considered
               what
               it
               was
               that
               I
               was
               about
               to
               do
               ,
               my
               purpose
               was
               altered
               ,
               and
               therefore
               desired
               Mr.
               Plessington
               to
               put
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               told
               him
               I
               would
               be
               out
               of
               the
               way
               before
               I
               was
               subpaena'd
               ,
               designing
               to
               go
               to
               Chelmsford
               in
               Essex
               ,
               but
               he
               would
               by
               no
               meanes
               consent
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               was
               at
               the
               trial
               of
               
                 Anne
                 Price
              
               and
               
                 John
                 Tasborough
              
               ,
               but
               did
               not
               swear
               against
               Dugdale
               as
               I
               had
               promised
               ,
               and
               as
               they
               expected
               ,
               at
               which
               I
               after
               perceived
               they
               were
               much
               startled
               .
            
             
             
               Soon
               after
               Mr.
               Plessington
               coming
               to
               me
               ;
               told
               me
               that
               I
               had
               lost
               my self
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               was
               not
               the
               man
               he
               took
               me
               for
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               other
               discourse
               ,
               said
               that
               if
               I
               would
               yield
               my self
               forsworn
               in
               what
               I
               had
               witnessed
               at
               the
               Trial
               ,
               he
               would
               get
               a
               Friend
               to
               speak
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               in
               the
               least
               question
               but
               by
               his
               meanes
               to
               get
               me
               a
               Pardon
               for
               Perjury
               .
               And
               he
               then
               instructed
               me
               to
               say
               that
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               threatned
               me
               (
               if
               I
               owned
               a
               word
               of
               our
               meeting
               at
               Billings-gate
               ,
               or
               of
               his
               promises
               to
               me
               )
               that
               he
               would
               bring
               two
               to
               swear
               Treason
               against
               me
               and
               have
               me
               hanged
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               such
               Crimes
               as
               should
               cause
               me
               to
               be
               Pillored
               .
            
             
               And
               at
               his
               instigation
               I
               did
               tell
               several
               in
               and
               about
               London
               ,
               that
               Dugdale
               was
               a
               Rogue
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               would
               do
               his
               business
               for
               him
               '
               ere
               long
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               made
               me
               forswear
               my self
               to
               do
               him
               a
               kindness
               ,
               with
               more
               such
               notorious
               falshoods
               .
            
             
               About
               four
               days
               after
               the
               Trial
               ,
               I
               was
               upon
               suspition
               apprehended
               for
               a
               Priest
               ,
               and
               carryed
               before
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Waller
              
               ,
               but
               was
               releast
               by
               the
               meanes
               of
               a
               Letter
               from
               my
               Honored
               Friend
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Humphery
                 Doleman
              
               ,
               this
               was
               in
               February
               ,
               1679.
               
            
             
               After
               this
               I
               began
               to
               stand
               firm
               to
               the
               Popish
               
               Interest
               ,
               and
               was
               intended
               to
               be
               a
               witness
               against
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               in
               the
               Trial
               of
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               and
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symons
              
               ,
               this
               was
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               year
               ,
               1680.
               
            
             
               That
               which
               confirmed
               me
               more
               to
               their
               Intrest
               was
               the
               misinformation
               I
               had
               receiv'd
               by
               their
               meanes
               concerning
               Mr.
               
                 Dugdale
                 ,
                 viz.
              
               That
               he
               was
               the
               cause
               of
               my
               being
               apprehended
               for
               a
               Priest
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               designed
               mischief
               against
               me
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               profered
               ten
               pounds
               ,
               to
               take
               me
               before
               the
               Lord
               Astons
               Tryal
               ;
               with
               which
               I
               acquainted
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Whitegrave
              
               ,
               who
               bid
               me
               if
               any
               trouble
               of
               that
               Nature
               came
               upon
               me
               ,
               to
               send
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Robinsons
              
               in
               Cursitors
               Alley
               ,
               where
               he
               and
               his
               Son
               Bromley
               lodged
               ,
               and
               either
               of
               them
               would
               be
               my
               Baile
               .
               Sir
               Thomas
               was
               subpaena'd
               as
               a
               witness
               for
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               witness
               for
               the
               Lord
               Stafford
               ,
               I
               therefore
               was
               forced
               frequently
               to
               shift
               my
               lodgings
               ,
               and
               was
               entertained
               at
               Major
               General
               Egertons
               ,
               he
               being
               from
               home
               :
               within
               a
               short
               time
               Mr.
               
                 Germin
                 Drayton
              
               ,
               Butler
               both
               to
               Mr.
               Heningham
               and
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symonds
              
               ,
               and
               one
               
                 Samuel
                 Holt
              
               a
               
                 Black
                 smith
              
               to
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               of
               Tixal
               ,
               which
               Holt
               was
               also
               a
               witness
               in
               the
               Lord
               Staffords
               trial
               ,
               came
               to
               me
               frequently
               to
               the
               Bull-tavern
               in
               Southampton
               street
               ,
               Mr.
               Drayton
               oftner
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               did
               interceed
               with
               me
               to
               write
               somthing
               that
               might
               blast
               Dugdale
               ,
               
               which
               I
               did
               ,
               and
               he
               called
               for
               it
               at
               the
               time
               appointed
               .
            
             
               Two
               or
               three
               dayes
               after
               Mr.
               Drayton
               told
               me
               that
               he
               must
               bring
               a
               Gentleman
               to
               speak
               with
               me
               ,
               but
               would
               not
               name
               him
               ,
               accordingly
               the
               next
               day
               he
               called
               me
               ,
               and
               we
               went
               together
               to
               the
               Crown
               in
               
                 Kings
                 street
              
               in
               Blooms-bury
               ,
               whether
               he
               brought
               one
               Mr.
               Longner
               ,
               reputed
               to
               be
               the
               Lord
               Staffords
               Solicitor
               ,
               vvho
               thus
               accosted
               me
               ;
               that
               he
               was
               glad
               to
               see
               so
               honest
               a
               good
               face
               appear
               in
               their
               cause
               ,
               and
               that
               any
               one
               would
               take
               me
               for
               an
               honester
               man
               than
               ever
               Dugdale
               was
               ,
               adding
               that
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symons
              
               was
               better
               able
               to
               perform
               than
               Dugdale
               was
               to
               promise
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               should
               not
               need
               to
               fear
               a
               gratuity
               ;
               for
               they
               were
               the
               strongest
               side
               .
               Upon
               this
               I
               replyed
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               I
               ready
               to
               serve
               them
               in
               such
               ways
               ,
               as
               they
               should
               propose
               to
               me
               ,
               then
               they
               desired
               me
               to
               write
               a
               Paper
               to
               Destroy
               Dugdales
               Evidence
               ,
               I
               told
               them
               that
               I
               had
               already
               written
               one
               ,
               yea
               said
               Mr.
               Drayton
               ,
               but
               this
               we
               now
               desire
               ,
               is
               to
               satisfie
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symonds
              
               ,
               yet
               I
               often
               denyed
               them
               for
               that
               very
               reason
               ,
               because
               I
               had
               before
               given
               them
               one
               ,
               but
               at
               last
               agreed
               to
               vvrite
               a
               Paper
               in
               their
               method
               ,
               and
               they
               vvere
               to
               pick
               the
               best
               out
               of
               both
               for
               their
               purpose
               ,
               which
               when
               done
               ,
               I
               vvas
               to
               svvear
               to
               ,
               I
               cannot
               undertake
               
               to
               remember
               the
               very
               vvords
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               they
               dictated
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               I
               wrote
               to
               this
               purpose
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               can
               ,
               I
               bless
               GOD
               for
               it
               ,
               with
               a
               safe
               Conscience
               swear
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               did
               at
               a
               private
               meeting
               betwixt
               him
               and
               my self
               proffer
               me
               money
               and
               a
               maintenance
               ,
               and
               protection
               as
               one
               of
               the
               Kings
               Evidence
               ,
               if
               I
               would
               stand
               by
               and
               swear
               for
               him
               against
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symons
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Gerard
               and
               others
               ;
               this
               I
               do
               neither
               for
               fear
               nor
               favour
               ,
               nor
               in
               hopes
               of
               any
               future
               gratuity
               ,
               as
               I
               hope
               to
               be
               saved
               .
            
             
               SIMEON
               WRIGHT
               .
            
             
               This
               was
               by
               their
               direction
               ,
               and
               then
               Mr.
               Drayton
               invited
               me
               to
               the
               Kings-bench
               Prison
               ,
               whither
               I
               went
               ,
               and
               after
               Dinner
               ,
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Symonds
              
               sent
               for
               me
               to
               him
               to
               Mr.
               Coolings
               ,
               and
               when
               I
               came
               ,
               told
               me
               he
               hoped
               I
               was
               sensible
               how
               great
               his
               future
               gratitude
               should
               be
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               hoped
               I
               would
               stand
               and
               fall
               by
               them
               when
               occasion
               should
               serve
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               sorry
               that
               he
               had
               no
               occasion
               for
               me
               at
               present
               ,
               and
               then
               thrust
               twenty
               shillings
               into
               my
               hand
               .
            
             
               Many
               other
               contrivances
               they
               had
               which
               
               I
               omit
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               not
               be
               tedious
               ,
               but
               can
               easily
               prove
               this
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               deale
               more
               .
               This
               paper
               before
               mentioned
               ,
               is
               the
               Paper
               that
               
                 William
                 Viscount
                 Stafford
              
               produced
               in
               Court
               ,
               upon
               his
               Trial.
               
            
             
               They
               have
               another
               Paper
               of
               this
               nature
               ;
               would
               they
               be
               so
               just
               to
               produce
               it
               ,
               which
               I
               delivered
               to
               Mr.
               Drayton
               ,
               but
               I
               know
               not
               in
               whose
               hands
               it
               is
               now
               ;
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Lee
              
               (
               Bayliff
               to
               
                 Walter
                 Heningham
              
               Esq
               ;
               who
               was
               accused
               to
               be
               one
               concern'd
               in
               this
               Hellish
               Popish
               Plot
               ,
               )
               did
               frequently
               make
               it
               his
               business
               to
               revile
               and
               asperse
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               ,
               especially
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               October
               last
               ,
               to
               one
               Mr.
               Moore
               ,
               at
               the
               House
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Aspery
              
               ,
               of
               Aston
               ,
               in
               Stafford-shire
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Moore
               then
               questioning
               him
               for
               ,
               and
               asking
               his
               name
               ,
               he
               reply'd
               his
               name
               was
               
                 Simeon
                 VVright
              
               a
               Barber
               ,
               in
               Chancery-lane
               ;
               by
               which
               it
               is
               very
               plain
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               knowing
               to
               my
               being
               imployed
               to
               ruine
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               as
               indeed
               he
               was
               ,
               and
               therefore
               made
               use
               of
               my
               Name
               to
               obscure
               his
               own
               .
            
             
               They
               had
               within
               three
               Monthes
               last
               past
               ,
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               theirs
               is
               the
               strongest
               side
               ,
               and
               have
               given
               me
               severe
               charge
               to
               stand
               or
               fall
               with
               them
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               danted
               ,
               from
               which
               encouragement
               ,
               
               I
               did
               all
               that
               in
               me
               lay
               ,
               to
               blast
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               whereever
               I
               came
               ;
               but
               it
               hath
               pleased
               God
               to
               bring
               me
               to
               an
               acknowledgment
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               partly
               by
               meanes
               of
               His
               Majesties
               late
               Proclamation
               ,
               for
               the
               encouragment
               of
               witnesses
               ,
               and
               partly
               by
               the
               good
               Advice
               of
               severall
               Friends
               ,
               but
               especially
               my
               own
               Conscience
               prompting
               me
               to
               this
               Declaration
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               for
               the
               clearing
               of
               the
               Innocent
               and
               exposing
               the
               Guilty
               .
            
             
               
                 SIMEON
                 WRIGHT
                 .
              
               
                 Jurat
                 '
                 
                   17.
                   
                   December
                   ,
                   1680.
                   
                
              
               Cor
               '
               me
               EDMOND
               WARCUP
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               INFORMATION
               OF
               Thomas
               Lander
               OF
               Shutborrow
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Stafford
               ,
               Another
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               in
               the
               TRYAL
               OF
               
                 The
                 late
                 Lord
                 Stafford
              
               ,
               As
               it
               was
               taken
               upon
               Oath
               By
               
                 Edmund
                 Warcup
              
               ,
               Esquire
               ;
               one
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               for
               the
               County
               of
               Middlesex
               ,
               and
               City
               and
               Liberties
               of
               Westminster
               ,
               on
               the
               24th
               day
               of
               December
               ,
               1680.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Thomas
                 Simmons
              
               at
               the
               
                 Princes
                 Arms
              
               in
               Ludgate-street
               ,
               M
               DC
               LXXXI
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               INFORMATION
               OF
               Thomas
               Lander
               OF
               Shutborrow
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Stafford
               ,
               Taken
               upon
               Oath
               
                 the
                 24th
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 1680.
                 
              
               before
               me
               Edmund
               Warcup
               ,
               Esquire
               ,
               one
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Justices
               of
               the
               Peace
               for
               the
               County
               of
               Middlesex
               ,
               and
               City
               and
               Liberties
               of
               Westminster
               ,
               as
               followeth
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Informant
               saith
               ,
               That
               having
               been
               employed
               as
               a
               Workman
               several
               times
               at
               the
               House
               of
               my
               Lord
               Aston
               at
               Tixall
               in
               the
               County
               aforesaid
               ,
               he
               was
               sollicited
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Francis
                 Hind
              
               ,
               Steward
               to
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               to
               become
               a
               Witness
               against
               
                 Stephen
                 Dugdale
              
               ,
               late
               Steward
               to
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               any
               way
               to
               invalidate
               or
               take
               off
               his
               Evidence
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               Popish
               Plot
               ,
               and
               he
               served
               this
               Informant
               with
               a
               Subpoenae
               to
               come
               up
               to
               London
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               at
               the
               
               late
               intended
               Tryal
               of
               the
               said
               Lord
               Aston
               in
               June
               last
               past
               ;
               but
               before
               his
               coming
               up
               ,
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 Hind
                 ,
                 Francis
                 Aston
              
               ,
               Son
               to
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Sawyear
              
               ,
               Servant
               to
               the
               said
               Lord
               
                 Aston
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               sent
               for
               this
               Informant
               into
               a
               private
               Room
               in
               the
               said
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               House
               ;
               and
               there
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               if
               he
               would
               swear
               such
               things
               as
               should
               be
               dictated
               to
               him
               by
               the
               Persons
               aforesaid
               ,
               to
               invalidate
               or
               take
               off
               the
               said
               
               Dugdale's
               Evidence
               ,
               he
               should
               have
               such
               a
               Reward
               as
               should
               be
               to
               his
               own
               content
               ,
               and
               not
               want
               for
               Money
               and
               Horse
               ,
               as
               might
               become
               a
               man
               of
               better
               Quality
               than
               himself
               .
               And
               this
               Informant
               agreeing
               to
               their
               Proposals
               ,
               came
               up
               to
               London
               accordingly
               .
            
             
               They
               perswaded
               this
               Informant
               likewise
               to
               swear
               that
               Dugdale
               was
               a
               Cheating
               Rogue
               ,
               and
               had
               cheated
               this
               Informant
               and
               many
               more
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               whilst
               he
               was
               the
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               Steward
               .
               To
               which
               this
               Informant
               answered
               he
               would
               ,
               and
               saith
               that
               Hind
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               if
               he
               would
               do
               according
               as
               they
               directed
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               (
               besides
               the
               Rewards
               agreed
               upon
               )
               have
               his
               Charges
               born
               in
               coming
               to
               Town
               ,
               in
               staying
               here
               ,
               and
               going
               down
               again
               .
               And
               likewise
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               to
               swear
               that
               
                 James
                 Ansell
              
               ,
               (
               being
               a
               Witness
               in
               some
               things
               relating
               to
               the
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Plot
               )
               was
               a
               Perjured
               Rogue
               ,
               and
               a
               Thief
               ,
               and
               had
               perjured
               himself
               several
               times
               ;
               and
               all
               such
               other
               things
               as
               they
               should
               dictate
               to
               him
               when
               he
               came
               up
               to
               London
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               take
               off
               both
               their
               Evidence
               .
               And
               saith
               those
               that
               promised
               to
               make
               good
               his
               Reward
               for
               so
               doing
               ,
               was
               Mr.
               
                 Herbert
                 Aston
              
               ,
               his
               Lordships
               Uncle
               ,
               
                 Francis
                 Aston
              
               ,
               Son
               to
               
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Sawyear
              
               ,
               Servant
               to
               the
               said
               Lord
               Aston
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               Informant
               saith
               ,
               That
               being
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               Tryal
               not
               being
               come
               on
               ,
               he
               received
               no
               more
               of
               his
               Reward
               but
               his
               bare
               Charges
               ;
               however
               they
               faithfully
               promised
               him
               when
               he
               had
               made
               good
               what
               he
               had
               promised
               them
               to
               swear
               ,
               he
               should
               have
               his
               full
               Reward
               made
               good
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               Informant
               saith
               ,
               That
               in
               September
               last
               going
               up
               to
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               House
               ,
               he
               was
               made
               very
               welcome
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               time
               was
               asked
               by
               one
               of
               the
               Servants
               of
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               ,
               where
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               lay
               ;
               and
               this
               Informant
               told
               him
               ,
               at
               one
               
                 Richard
                 Perkins
              
               next
               House
               to
               his
               own
               in
               Shutborrow
               ,
               about
               a
               Mile
               distant
               from
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               ;
               the
               said
               Servant
               ,
               after
               some
               discourse
               had
               with
               this
               Informant
               ,
               told
               him
               that
               he
               might
               do
               them
               good
               service
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               good
               Reward
               for
               his
               pains
               ,
               if
               he
               could
               devise
               to
               set
               fire
               on
               the
               Room
               where
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               lay
               ,
               and
               burn
               him
               in
               his
               Bed.
               To
               which
               this
               Informant
               answered
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               should
               do
               so
               ,
               he
               should
               burn
               his
               own
               House
               ,
               and
               endanger
               the
               whole
               Town
               :
               To
               which
               the
               Servant
               replyed
               ,
               that
               it
               were
               better
               that
               his
               House
               and
               the
               whole
               Town
               were
               burnt
               ,
               rather
               than
               he
               (
               meaning
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               )
               should
               escape
               ,
               who
               was
               a
               Rogue
               ,
               and
               had
               betray'd
               his
               Lords
               Secrets
               ,
               with
               several
               other
               Gentlemen
               ;
               he
               at
               the
               same
               time
               telling
               this
               Informant
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               if
               he
               would
               undertake
               it
               )
               be
               well
               rewarded
               to
               his
               own
               content
               ;
               but
               perceiving
               this
               Informant
               not
               to
               be
               very
               
               willing
               ?
               told
               him
               he
               was
               a
               Coward
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               undertake
               to
               do
               so
               good
               a
               piece
               of
               service
               .
               The
               said
               Servant
               at
               the
               same
               time
               went
               to
               one
               
                 Walter
                 Moore
                 ▪
              
               another
               Servant
               of
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               ,
               who
               was
               to
               join
               with
               this
               Informant
               in
               the
               said
               Fact
               ;
               and
               this
               Informant
               going
               home
               ,
               saw
               the
               said
               
                 Walter
                 Moore
              
               walking
               about
               the
               said
               House
               that
               was
               so
               to
               be
               fired
               ;
               and
               this
               Informant
               not
               being
               willing
               that
               such
               a
               wicked
               Act
               should
               be
               done
               ,
               acquainted
               one
               of
               his
               Neighbours
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               a
               Watch
               was
               set
               to
               preserve
               the
               said
               House
               where
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               lay
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Town
               ,
               that
               night
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               time
               after
               so
               long
               as
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               stayed
               there
               :
               This
               Informant
               having
               likewise
               heard
               the
               said
               Moore
               say
               ,
               that
               Dugdale
               was
               a
               Rogue
               for
               having
               betrayed
               his
               Lords
               Secrets
               :
               And
               likewise
               saith
               ,
               that
               when
               this
               informant
               was
               to
               be
               a
               Witness
               for
               the
               Lord
               Aston
               ,
               one
               
                 Samuel
                 Holt
              
               who
               was
               another
               Servant
               of
               my
               Lord
               
               Aston's
               ,
               and
               also
               one
               Sawyear
               ,
               being
               Subpoena'd
               up
               as
               Witnesses
               for
               my
               Lord
               Aston
               ;
               they
               told
               this
               Informant
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               was
               a
               Perjured
               Rogue
               ,
               for
               laying
               the
               Plot
               of
               the
               Presbyterians
               upon
               the
               Papists
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               or
               either
               of
               them
               could
               meet
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               conveniently
               ,
               they
               would
               do
               his
               business
               for
               him
               :
               And
               saith
               ,
               That
               the
               said
               Holt
               had
               received
               a
               sum
               of
               Money
               for
               the
               said
               service
               ,
               as
               likewise
               the
               said
               
                 Walter
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               Informant
               saith
               ,
               That
               all
               those
               things
               which
               were
               so
               by
               them
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               dictated
               to
               him
               ,
               were
               altogether
               false
               ,
               to
               any
               knowledge
               of
               this
               Informant
               ,
               in
               relation
               to
               the
               said
               Mr.
               Dugdale
               
               and
               the
               said
               Mr.
               
                 James
                 Ansell
              
               .
               And
               saith
               that
               several
               other
               Matters
               and
               Persons
               he
               knows
               of
               that
               were
               concerned
               herein
               (
               this
               Informant
               being
               always
               made
               privy
               to
               most
               of
               their
               Contrivances
               in
               this
               nature
               )
               that
               would
               almost
               hang
               them
               ,
               which
               he
               is
               unwilling
               to
               discover
               against
               them
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               are
               related
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Lander
                 .
              
               Jurat
               .
               cor
               .
               me
               Edmond
               Warcup
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Dec.
                 25.
                 1680.
                 
              
            
             
               I
               Do
               appoint
               
                 Tho.
                 Simmons
              
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               ,
               to
               Print
               this
               my
               Information
               ,
               Witness
               my
               Hand
               ,
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Lander
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .