A true narrative of that grand Jesuite Father Andrews who lived at Hardwick in Monmouthshire. How he fled into a large wood to escape justice. How he came to an untimely end, and the manner of his burial. In a letter to a friend in London. J. D. 1679 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A82013 Wing D46 ESTC R225941 99897220 99897220 136199 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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A True NARRATIVE Of that Grand JESUITE Father Andrews , &c. SIR , I Have here given you a Short but Perfect Account of one Father Andrews a Jesuit , sometimes Inhabiting at a place called Hardwick in Monmouth-shire , and sometimes at his Brothers , Thomas Andrews's House in the Parish of Skenfreth , about eight Miles distant from Hardwick in the same County . Upon the Discovery of the late Plot , Warrants being issued out by several Justices of the Peace , for the Apprehending of the said Father Andrews ; so that he was forced to abscond from those places above mentioned , and fled into an adjacent Wood , where he lay Incognito , for the space of Three Months and upwards ; his Food being conveyed to him by a Servant Boy , which his Brother sent daily to him . He finding that place not to agree well with his Constitution , one Hills a Priest and a Visiter of his , got him a Private Lodging in a poor Widdows House , whose name was Jane Harris . Hills came often to Visit him during the space of three or four Days . The poor Woman was imployed by Hills to go several times to a Butchers , ( who lived in a small Village about half a Mile distant ) to buy Meat for Father Andrews ; she was not to buy much at a time , because he must have it Fresh and Fresh ; the sight of a Large Joint was enough to have taken away his Stomack , being a weakly man , and much stricken in Years . This Butcher taking notice of this Poor Womans coming so often to him to buy Meat , which formerly she did not use to do : for she was not in a Condition to buy it for her self ; he took an occasion to ask her who it was for ; She ingeniously confessed , that it was for an Antient Gentleman who was newly come to lodge at her house ; whereupon the Butcher suspecting that he must be either a Priest or a Jesuit , presently went to one Mr. Arnal a Justice of the Peace , ( and a great Prosecutor of the Papists ) and gave him Information what the Woman had said , upon which Mr. Arnal went himself with several of his Servants , and some Neighbours to search the House ; but old Father Andrews , having some private notice of it , made his Escape before they came . The Widdow Woman was examined what became of the Old Gentleman which Lodged at her House ; she said he was newly gone , but whither she did not know , he was a Stranger to her , and had been there but four days . The Justice Committed the Woman to the Common Goal of Vske , for the said County , where she now remains . After this Escape Mr. Arnal could hear no more of him , till about the 27 th of June last ; and then a Farmer living at Wengothan near Abergaveny ; who having occasion to lay some Hay in a Barn of his , which was formerly a Chappel belonging to some Abby or Priory ; and there clearing away some old Stubble-Straw to make room for the Hay , under which he found a place digg'd like a Grave , and newly filled up ; whereupon he was at first surprised , and could not tell what to do , at last he thought it his best way to go to a Justice of the Peace , and Inform him of it , supposing somebody might have been Murthered and Buried there . The Justice presently Ordered the place to be searched ; and there they found the Corps of a Man who had been newly Buried ; he had no Coffin , only a Sheet wrapt about him , with a Cross made of Wax on his Stomach , with several Beads , Crucifixes , and other Romish Fopperies about him . Then presently the Coroner was sent for , and called a Jury of Inquest , who sate and found the Body had been poysoned , for it was very much swell'd . The Body was exposed to publick view , for two or three days ; in which time it was discovered , that it was the Body of the aforesaid Father Andrews the Jesuite . Search was presently made , to see if they coul'd find out how he came to be Buried in that place , and how he came to his End ; but it could not be done , so that 't is thought he was privately conveyed thither in the Night , and there Buried , because it was Antiently a Religious Place . This is a Just Account , I am , Sir , Your Humble Servant , J. D. Skenfreth , July the 2d . 1679. 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