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A40602	A Full and true relation of two very remarkable tryals at the quarter-sessions of the peace for the city and liberty of Westminster held in the great hall, on Monday the third of October, and ending the eleventh of the same : the one, for scandalous words, by one Shippon : the other, of a priest in the gate-house, for spoiling a girl of nine years old / by way of letter to a friend.		1680 (1680)	Wing F2337; ESTC R38899	3,542	4

A Full and True Relation Of Two very Remarkable Tryals AT THE Quarter-Sessions OF THE PEACE For the CITY and LIBERTY of WESTMINSTER Held in the Great Hall on Monday the Third of October and ending the Eleventh of the same The one for Scandalous Words by one Shippon The other of a Priest in the Gate-house for Spoiling a Girl of Nine Years old By Way of Letter to a Friend SIR IT is not long since you desired of me an account of our Justices and their proceedings which I should have sooner returned you but that the shortness of time and a quiet peaceable Age gave me small opportunity to do it For though when Sr. W. was in Commission and so extraordinary Active we had some cause to fear yet now thank God we are very well at ease every man enjoying his own morsel and not so much as having a fear left one of another But we must ever own our respects and love to him for his diligent care of us and owe the present ease and safety that we enjoy to him as the original cause of it For since his time the Papists amongst us are either fled out of the Nation or their number so few that we cannot see them the Priests and Jesuits most or all we hope secured so that we have great cause to rejoice over our Enemies now more than ever being big with the expectation of a happy issue from these Troubles by the approaching Parliament whom God direct for the good prosperity of our King Religion Laws Liberties and the general Welfare of the Nation But Sir I must acquaint you that our Justices do upon all occasions shew themselves Men and Gentlemen though we have not had so much cause of action as formerly however we are satisfied they are men of unspotted Reputation and Credit such as will hazard their Lives and Fortunes for the maintainance and preservation of their Prince and Religion too I mean the Church of England established by Law And I will give you a brief account of Two remarkable Tryals before them the first on Monday last the other on Saturday following An Indictment was brought against one Philip Shippon a Servant to the Earl of Shrewsbury for very scandalous and opprobrious words spoke by him in February last which I 'le repeat as I heard them sworn to in Court That Dr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow were great Rogues and Perjured Rogues that Dugdale was a great Rogue and had cheated his Lord and Master my Lord Ashton of a Thousand Pounds That there was no Plot That he heard my Lord Shrewsbury say that the King told him he did not believe there was any Plot against his Life and Government by the Papists That His Majesty did believe the Jesuits and others that suffered dyed wrongfully which He suffered only to please some discontented Lords of the Council but was resolved no more should suffer for the Plot. These words were sworn to by Mr. Boldron and Mr. Mowbray though Mr. Boldron's Mother and Wife added to the former part of them their Testimony that the said Shippon did often abuse the King's Evidence and talk down the Plot. He pleaded Not Guilty and brought one or two Witnesses who offered to prove it to be Mr. Boldron's Malice and Design against him But the Proof was plain and Sr. Francis Withens Steward of Westminster and Chair-man to the Bench gave such clear directions to the Jury and withal such Content and Satisfaction to the Court and Prisoner that he hath no cause to complain The Jury found him Guilty without going from the Bar and the next day he was brought for his Sentence where they past a Fine of 500. Marks upon him Imprisonment till it be paid and to find Sureties for his Behaviour one Twelve Moneths Now Sir I must observe the great Impudence this Fellow had at his Tryal who was as bold and unconcerned as if he had had 500 l. given him scarcely forbearing to laugh all the while And also it is worth our while to Note the great subtilty these Rascalls have to father such words upon our Prince who is most in danger by the Plot which they do on purpose to create Jealousies and Fears and divide the hearts of his people from him They that think it no Sin to destroy him and us no doubt think it none to abuse and separate us But God above we hope will settle and strengthen our Love and Duty to Him more and more that being well united we may resolve to destroy the Devil and all his Agents the Papists from amongst us root and branch and let every good Protestant say Amen Now Sir I must beg your pardon being come to a very foul case which because of the president sake though filthy I will wrap up as clean as I can not to hide the material Circumstances and Truth from you On Wednesday last an Indictment was brought against one Dowdel alias Ireland alias Johnson a Priest and Prisoner in the Gate-house for an assault upon the body of one _____ Bishop a Girl of Nine or Ten Years of age with an intent to have Ravish't her whose Mother was formerly Prisoner there the Girl going often to the Prisoner to carry such things as he had occasion for But the Court being ready to rise and the Tryal seeming long they adjourned themselves till Saturday and on Saturday he was brought and the Girl in Court The Girl in Court swore against him That in August last he used to kiss her to take her on his knee and to give her Sugared Beer sometimes to put his Tongue in her Mouth and his hands up her Coats that he hurt her once with his Finger which made her cry and then to please her gave her Two Groats and that a Week after he took her in like manner upon his Knee and after he had kissed her a while he threw her upon his Bed having made his Door fast with a Stick fell upon her pull'd up her Coats and hurt her with something insomuch that she cryed out but he stopt her mouth with the Bed-cloaths and hurt her the more till she strugling got hold of his Laced Cuffs and tore them and also dirted his Silk Coat with her feet at which he let her alone but kissed her and bidding her be quiet c. took a shilling and gave her and when she had done crying sent her home The Child being ashamed and not thinking of any harm said nothing till her Mother found out that the lower parts of her Belly were in a Weeks time grown so sore that she could not sit down and withal she is perfectly Bursten And then upon her Mothers enquiring she confest the matter and had half a dozen Midwives to inspect the thing who all came and made Oath of the Truth of it and the sad condition the Girl was in except one of Mrs. Celliers acquaintance who said That it was only a swelling which might come from her going up and down stairs c. Moreover Mr. Church did confess he had a stick to make fast his door Another woman that she saw the Girl come down with a shilling or such a piece in her hand one day The Keeper also affirmed he would not let the Girl go up so often and the said Dowdel desired it of him saying he had business to do It was also sworn that he sent two persons to bribe the Girls Parents to put it up That her Father being drunk said he would do it for Forty Pound but Dowdel said Ten Pound was enough That he sent others afterward to tell them he would give nothing that he did not value them of a farthing c. To this he pleaded Not Guilty Being asked if he would challenge of the Jury he answered like an Irish St. Omer Me like dem well they be all honest men Being asked if ever he used to kiss the Girl and set her upon his knee he answered Yes my Lor the chile be so pretty and do twenty pretty tings make me laugh a hundred times Being asked if ever he gave her money he said My Lord that be my Charitee when her Mother bee in Prisson I tooke her to eat half my dinner and I say this bee pretty Shile I had love for the Shile and gave her any ting I had she use to come often for my Charitee But amongst the rest of his discourse he owned the matter in effect in these words which happened about entring her body he said Me enter her dis far pointing his finger to the Court He brought one or two to speak in his behalf and would have laid it upon malice as his friend Shippon before did But the Case though never so foul was clear enough that he did assault her body for which he was Indicted and by the Jury immediately found Guilty Though Sir you have here a President of a very strange and prodigious Crime committed by a Popish Priest yet he had not altogether so much Impudence to deny it as some others For he was very well satisfied with his Legal Tryal and accordingly thanked both the Bench and Jury that they had permitted him such fairness and freedom to have cleared himself if there had been cause for it On Monday the 11th Instant he was brought again to receive the Judgement of the Court which was To pay a Fine of 500. Marks to continue in Prison till it be paid and to give good Security for his Behaviour during Life and further the Court ordered him to be turned over to the Old Bayley there to be Tryed as a Priest I have nothing more to add Sir but to desire your excuse for the length of this and to pray that all the rest of these evil workers may be brought to equal shame and condign punishment by the hands of Justice I am c. Westminster Octob. 11. 1680. London Printed for W. H. and T. F. 1680.