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A14924	The late commotion of certaine papists in Herefordshire Occasioned by the death of one Alice Wellington, a recusant, who was buried after the popish maner, in the towne of Allens-Moore, neere Hereford, vpon Tuesday in Whitsun weeke last past. 1605. With other excellent matter thereby occasioned. Truely set forth.	Hamond, Thomas, fl. 1605.; E. R., fl. 1605. aut	1605 (1605)	STC 25232; ESTC S119650	11,657	46

THE Late Commotion of certaine Papists in Herefordshire Occasioned by the death of one Alice Wellington a Recusant who was buried after the Popish maner in the Towne of Allens-Moore neere Hereford vpon Tuesday in Whitsun weeke last past 1605. With other excellent matter thereby occasioned Truely set forth AVT NVNC AVT NVNQVAM Imprinted at London by S. S. for I. Chorlton and F. Burton 1605. To the Reader GEntle Reader to satisfie thy minde and to stop the mouths of the multitude who listening after euery idle report are easily induced to beleeue whatsoeuer bee by vncertayne fame bruted abroad I haue caused these seuerall Letters with a true discourse therein contayned of the beginning and proceedings in these late Popish actions to be diuulged and I haue the rather bene thereunto induced because I know certaynly that not a few for their better satisfaction are very desirous to vnderstand the truth thereof Furthermore in perusall hereof the vulgar people such as are wauering in Religion by reading his Maiesties protestation for the mayntenance of Religion herein contayned and publikely vttered in the Starre-chamber by the mouth of the L. Chauncellor of England vpon Thursday the xx of Iune last past shall hereby bee incouraged to go on in the Christian profession of the Gospel so long time by Gods mercies and the constancy of religious Princes mayntayned amongst vs and not bee discouraged by any idle perswasions which seditious and trecherous Papists who haue vowed themselues vnto the seruice of the Pope shall closely and vndermyningly thereby seeking to alienate the hearts of his faythfull subiects from their dutifull allegeance buzze into their eares So that if any Papist hereafter should seeke to perswade any of his Maiesties subiects that the tymes are like to alter and that a Toleration should bee graunted thereby wronging his Maiesty exceedingly who is so fully settled in the Trueth they may answere them Auoyd false and lying Varlets your words are vayne and your hopes are more vayne see here his Maiesties protestation to the contrary Neither can I here omit to giue notice vnto the world of that excellēt speach which mine owne eares heard vttered vpon Munday the fifth of August last past at Paules Crosse by the right Reuerend Father in God the Lord Bishop of London in his Sermon there because it serueth for a strengthening and confirmation of that which in the ensuing Letter you shall read His words tended briefly to this effect That his Maiesty had made a protestation before God and his Angels that he was so constant for the maintenance of the Religion publikely in England professed as that hee would spend his owne dearest bloud in the defence therof rather then the Truth should be ouerthrown and that if he had ten times as many more kingdomes as he hath he would dispend them all for the safety and protection thereof and likewise that if he had any childrē that should out-liue him if they should maintayne or vp-hold any other Religion he desired of God that hee might see them brought to their graues before him that their shame might be buried in his life time neuer to be spoken of in future ages Oh worthy speeches and worthy so noble and religious a King Shall we therefore that are his subiects be discouraged hauing so couragious a King No God forbid Thus wishing thee to iudge none otherwise hereof then as proceeding from one that tendreth the good of his Prince and country and is willing to satisfy all such as desire to be informed in the truth hereof I rest a wel-willer to all that meane well Tho. Hamond A Letter from a Gentleman in London to his friend in Hereford ❧ To his most affected and kinde friend Mr. E. R. in Hereford KInd Mr. E. R. the former proofes that I haue already had of your loue to me-ward causeth me agayne to presume vpon your further curtesies The matter is thus There hath bene lately noysed abroad very commonly in London a strange report concerning the proceedings of some Papists in your parts and as fame goeth not far from you much haue I heard thereof and that diuersly whereupon being desirous to be satisfied with a certayne truth of that matter because my mind cannot rest contented with an vncertayne Relation thereof I repayred vpon Thursday last being Starre-chamber day vnto Westminster there expecting to heare something concerning those causes neyther was I altogether deceyued in my expectation although not fully satisfyed in any particulars of this matter how the maner thereof was for being there vpon the same day after that the Lords were set and that one or two matters concerning some former misorders in those partes formerly committed had bene heard the right Honourable the Lord high Chauncellour of England as from his Maiesties owne mouth beganne a most excellent speach and deliuered the matter after such an vnexpressable maner as it is impossible for me to come neere vnto eyther the words or perfit substance thereof it was so pithy so excellent and so admirably couched together and yet acknowledgeing that he himselfe was vnable to declare it vnto them in such maner as his Maiesty had deliuered it vnto him But I will onely heerein relate vnto you as neere as I can remember such things as were vttered by his Lordship concerning these present matters for his Lordship after that he had spoken somewhat largely concerning some other poynts sayd That there had now happened a present occasion meaning this late Commotion in your partes which did administer much matter worthy of consideration Then he began to shew how certainely his Maiesty was informed That the number of Papists in England was mightily increased since his Maiesties comming and that Popish Priests and Iesuites factors for the Pope lay lurking in many corners of this land to seduce his Maiesties subiects from their due and lawfull allegeance vnto their rightfull Prince to the acknowledgement of a forrain power and authority namely the Pope of Rome Then also that his Maiesty maruayled how it happened that Papists could so increase daily or Priests and Iesuites be intertayned within his Kingdomes considering that his Lawes are in force against them And thereupon entring into a consideration of the estate of this Land and seeking by all meanes possible to finde where the fault might be after the examination of diuers supposed causes he alleadged that none was greater then this viz. That Iustices are too slacke and negligent in their places it being a thing impossible that Priests and Iesuites should swarme so thick as they doe in any partes of England or VVales vnlesse Iustices of Peace in those parts where they frequented were carelesse of their place and office Hereupon also he said that his Maiesty was informed That many who were in place of Iustice to punish others either were themselues so affected or atleast wise for speciall respects fauoured them that were Then spake he vnto the Iudges and such as were to go their

sate in darknesse and in the shaddow of death we slept in ignorance not knowing the precious sweetnesse of thy holy Word we liued in blindnesse not knowing whither we went but as we were led and withall our leaders were blind in so much that the blind leading the blind hadst not thou sent vs a guide to conduct vs we had both fallen into the ditch Thy holy word O Lord is a Lanthorn vnto our feet and a light vnto our pathes thy holy Spirit is the guide to lead vs vnto the light and the light which is thy holy word is that which leadeth vs vnto saluation O Lord take not this light from vs but let it euer shine as bright vnto vs as the Sun at noone day And for this cause O Lord we render vnto thee most humble and hearty thanks for the long happy glorious and prosperous raigne of our late dread Soueraigne Queene Elizabeth vnder whose blessed and happy gouernment so many yeeres together we inioyed the light of thy holy word and by whose constancy the truth thereof was euer since the beginning of her Raigne mightily maintayned We thanke thee O Lord for all those blessings that by and through her thou diddest conferre vpon vs thy vnworthy children as namely the practice and profession of thy holy word The quiet possessing of that we had euery man vnder his owne Vyne peaceably eating the labour of his owne hands The great number of many paynefull learned and faithfull Preachers which vnder her gouernment thou diddest send into thy Vineyard The graue wise and honourable Counsellours that by thy gracious goodnesse thou didst appoynt vnto her Their true faythfull and dutifull seruice that guided by thy grace they performed vnto her The preuention of many euils dangers entended to haue bin wrought by the hands of villaynes which had they taken effect might haue bin the vtter ouerthrow and ruine of our whole Countrey The quiet and peaceable end that protected with thy Shield maugre the malice of all her enemies after the common course of Nature peaceably dying in her bed she made leauing as in right they did belong her imperiall Crownes vnto our now gracious and renowmed Soueraigne Lord King IAMES by thy grace of great Brittayne Fraunce and Ireland King Defender of the same true Catholike and Apostolike fayth which she formerly did Lord we humbly againe and againe vpon our bended knees from the very bottome of our hearts pray and beseech thee that as of thine especiall loue and fauour vnto vs thou hast giuen vs so gracious and religious a King so thou wilt of the same thy louing mercy protect and defend him in all dangers and perilles whatsoeuer Guide O Lord his going fotth and his comming in blesse him in all the actions that he shall take in hand Put O Lord into his heart good desires strengthen him with thy continuall grace and in the end bring him to thy euerlasting kingdome As he is so O Lord continue him a faithfull professor of thy Gospel a zealous and religious confessor therof a true and mighty defender thereof a barre and obstacle to hinder all the courses and proceedings that either Papists or other enemies of thy Gospell whatsoeuer shall go about to inuent for the suppressing of the truth Discouer them O Lord and let their deuices if they perseuer in wickednes redound vnto their owne shame and confusion Protect and defend him O Lord in all his wayes counsell him in all his consultations let all his thoughts wordes and workes tend vnto the honour and glory of thy holy name and his owne endlesse ioy and comfort Continue him a true maintayner of the truth Establish and confirme thy truth in his heart Root out Antichrist and pull downe his pride Let Religion as now it doeth alwayes flourish in this kingdome Suppresse the power and might of Sathan Cause an vnity in the Church Graffe vs all into one stocke and let vs be all composed into one body whereof thy Sonne Christ Iesus is the head And because O Lord God Almighty that Kings and Princes as they are here on earth in highest Offices and authority vnder thee so are they chiefe markes for Sathans Instruments to shoot at wee meekely pray and beseech thee that thou wilt blesse and defend his Royall Maiesty from all the desperate wicked attempts whatsoeuer Sathan or wicked Traytors his ministers shall vndertake O Lord let them all who wish him any harme suddenly be consumed perish and come to a fearefull end Blesse O Lord our gracious Queene Anne our noble Prince Henry and all the rest of the King and Queenes royall Issue Let their Posterity neuer fayle but let them continue Kings and Queenes of this Land to maintayne the Trueth vnto the worlds end Disperse O Lord all the mists of error and superstition Let those that are blinde and fayne would see the Light participate with vs in the Truth Settle all misorders whatsoeuer that are any where in these his Maiesties kingdomes either in Church or Common-wealth Let peace dwell in our quarters and let not the name of Warre be heard amongst vs. Conuert those vnto thy truth that are yet vnconuerted and establish those in the Truth who are already conuerted Finally O good God blesse and preserue all and euery particular member and members of this thy Church of great Brittaine make vs all ready to serue thee and faithfull subiects vnto his Maiesty These and all other blessings whatsoeuer thou in thy wisdome shalt thinke necessary for vs wee begge at thy mercifull hands for his sake in and through whome thou first louedst vs euen Christ Iesus our Lord and alone Sauiour Amen God saue the King FINIS

Warrant was to carry him to Hereford Thē they demaunded For what purpose He answered That when he came there they should know At which words one of them set a Iauelin to his brest and charged him vnlesse he meant to see his owne guts to let goe the Prisoner The high Constable perceyning in what danger hee was and also knowing how far too weake his company was to make resistance being as before is said but some fifteene or sixteene persons and those also as not mistrusting so bold a rescue but very meanely weaponed yea welneere as good as altogether without weapons after he had reasoned with those vnreasonable persons and shewed them the danger that they had thrust themselues into by making so rebellious a rescue seeing no meanes of resistance let goe the Prisoner who as soone as he was loose had a Byll presently by some of the company deliuered vnto him and then in most bold and presumptuous maner beganne to threaten diuers of those that were with the high Constable to ayde him Presently as soone as the sayd Leonard Marsh was rescued came the aforesayd Master William Morgan of Treble Parke who is now with some others sent vp to London vnto the high Constable vnto whome the high Constable spake some words as blaming him for the rescue and that hee should be the cause thereof and that his comming in afterwards was but only to colour the matter All which the sayd Master Morgan denyed excusing himselfe that hee came onely to speake a word or two with him not knowing any thing at all of the rescue The Prisoner being thus rescued the high Constable gaue present notice thereof vnto the Bishop of Hereford wherevpon the Priuy Councell was presently with all speed informed thereof and suddenly were sent for vp to London some such as were knowne to be chiefe Actors therein Upon which businesse Sir Herbert Croft was dispatched into the countrey And after inquiry made certayne Gentlemen were sent vp to London to answere the matter Upon which occasion diuers Iustices in this County haue bene since that time put out of the Commission of the Peace as knowne to bee too much leauing vnto the Popish faction Thus haue I briefly related vnto you the true maner of the Papists proceedings in these late Actions if any other matter of moment ensue hereupon I wil not faile God willing but certify you thereof by my Letters Hereford the nyne and twentieth of Iune 1605. Yours as before to commaund E. R. The Copie of a second Letter from Hereford concerning some further proceedings in the former Actions ALL promises that with honesty may bee kept amongst men ought to bee obserued and especially amongst those that by loue and inward affection are so neerely obliged each to other as wee both are I remember well that by my last Letter I bound my selfe vnto your seruice if any materiall accident worthy the obseruation concerning the late broyles in our parts should happen and although I must needs confesse that my style in penning be very blunt and harsh yet know I this also that the matter and substance of my lynes are true which may in some sort counteruaile the glosing eloquence of some Rhetoricians who study more for sine and fyled phrases then for the truth of matter for vnlesse I be much deceyued the thing that you most desired was the truth and that also was the end whereunto my thoughts tended and principally aymed at and therefore I hope that you will rather accept of nudam veritatem without eloquence then of eloquence without the truth Within fewe dayes after that I had written my last Letter dated as I remember the nyne and twentyeth day of Iune vnto your worship the Right Honourable the Earle of Worcester came downe vnto his Place of Ragland in Munmouthshire with full authority from his Maiesty of present Iustice to be executed vpon such as had beene Actors in these causes Now albeit that the matters were far gone and diuers misorders committed yet seeing it booted not to withstand any further hauing waded too farre already most of the principall of them came in and yeelded themselues vnto his Lordship Whereupon such as his Lordship in his wisedome thought fit to be proceeded with somewhat sharpely after examination he caused to be committed to prison vntill his Maiesties further pleasure be known where diuers of them yet remayne with others who were lesse obstinate and onely carryed away by false perswasions of Popish Factors being of themselues inclinable to accord vnto the trueth if their consciences might be thereunto perswaded His Lordship tooke a more milde course seeking to wynne them vnto the trueth by reasons grounded vpon Gods Worde which is the onely Rocke whereupon the conscience must build And so effectually hath his Honour dealt in this case with many of them as that from stiffe Recusants they are conuerted and become new Scholers in Christes Schoole and I trust will proceed rightly and in a rightful course hereafter I could name diuers of good account who haue reconciled themselues vnto our Church by his Lordships honourable proceedings with them and do now dutifully repaire vnto the Church What will become of those that are yet Prisoners I know not as yet they onely remayne in durance vntill his Maiestyes pleasure be knowne The Countrey is now quieted God bee thanked and all things by his Lordships honourable carriage well settled God graunt the continuance thereof Thus hauing performed my promise in what I know I rest as euer before your friend in all obsequiousnes E. R. Hereford the third of August 1605. FINIS ❧ A necessary and godly Prayer O Most merciful Lord God and louing Father wee thy children and sheep of thy pasture hūbly prostrating our selues at the foote of thy diuine Maiesty do here confesse that we are not worthy of the least of those innumerable benefits which thou in mercy for thy Sonne Christ Iesus sake hast bestowed vpon vs neyther are we worthy to be called thy children but only in through him in whom thou art well pleased for wee haue disobeyed thy will broken thy Lawes contemned thy Precepts and cast thy Commaundements behind vs if thou shouldest call vs to account for our liues misspent for our deeds misdone and for our maniford trāsgressions which we haue commited we are not able to answere thee one for a thousand it is impossible that we should stand in thy sight Nay Lord if thou shouldest but marke what is done amisse why then who were able to abide it We were not and thou of thy goodnesse madest vs to be and when we were we fell away from thee and forsooke thee But thou who before wee were causedst our being when we were wouldest not suffer vs to be lost for euer but didest send thy Sonne Christ Iesus to redeeme our soules out of the hands of Sathan who otherwise would haue seyzed vpon vs and greedily haue deuoured vs. Not long since O Lord we