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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69734	A narrative of the depositions of Robert Jenison Esq with other material evidences, plainly proving that Mr. William Ireland, lately executed for high treason, was in London the nineteenth of August, 1678, notwithstanding his condfident denial thereof both at his tryal and execution / collected by Charles Chetwind, Esq.	Chetwind, Charles.; Jenison, Robert, 1648-1688.	1679 (1679)	Wing C3792; ESTC R9115	25,253	18

he took Coach for the North at London his going to Windsor is proved by Mr. Burnet who met him the 17th of August as he came from Dochets Horse-race which was on that day That Mr. Jenison in his Letter writes thus Being come from Windsor I went to take my leave of Mr. Ireland before I took my journy into the North and Mr. Ireland asked me what News from Windsor How does the King pass his time c. Which notoriously proves that his Discourse with Mr. Ireland was when the King was at Windsor and also that it was after Mr. Jenison came from Windsor and before he went into the North viz. betwixt the 19th of August and the 4th of September and it implies that it was immediately after his coming from Windsor by the question What news from Windsor and seems also to intimate that Mr. Ireland had not long been in London as being eager of News from Windsor which at that time he might if resident in London have had every 2d Day by Bedingfield's and other Letters That this time does nearly agree with Sarah Pain 's Evidence at Irelands Trial who swears that she saw Ireland here in London about the Time the King went to Windsor and there is not above 5 or 6 Days difference see Whitebreads Trial Fol. 87. There as Gavan repeats their Evidence Sir Jo. Southcot and his Family staid with Ireland till the 19th which 19th was the very day he came Post from Staffordshire to London and was seen by Mr. Jenison That Ireland was tryed the 17th of December and Mr. Jenisons Letter was writ from Reading the 19th following and it is clear by the Letter that Mr. Jenison had then no notice of Irelands being tryed That Mr. Smith a Priest hath since by his Letter to Mr. Bowes confirmed the Truth of what Mr. Jenison relates viz. That he told his Father and Him at his Fathers House at Walworth immediately upon the first Discovery of the Plot those very Words Mr. Ireland had spoken to him then certainly it remains scarcely possible to imagin that unless the matter were exactly true Mr. Jenison a Gentleman of a very fair Temper and Sober life should report such Words as delivered by Mr. Ireland his Kinsman and a Kinsman very dear in his esteem and report them to his own Father old Mr. Jenison and Mr. Smith and that at that time when they were all Romanists and Ireland highly valued by them all nor is it less absurd to conceive that Mr. Smith as is said a Priest as Ireland was should confirm the Words of Mr. Jenison so long after spoken and that when to witness to them was even to cut the throat of Irelands Reputation and Truth and give a very severe stab to the Romish Cause Certainly the thing seems to look as it writ with a Sun-beam 5. It appears then an undeniable Truth that Mr Ireland was in London the 12th or 13th of August 1678. and thence taking a journey into Staffordshire he returned and was seen in London and discoursed by Mr. Jenison the 19th of the same Month from whence 't is probable having transacted something of the Matter in Hand he might immediately return Neither do I know any rational Objection against the clearness of the truth evidenced thereby unless the three following Objections weigh with some Obj. 1. The credit and quality of some of the Witnesses who testifie they saw Mr. Ireland in Staffordshire on those Days wherein he is affirmed to have been in London Ans To this I shall only answer that the Credit of the Witnesses of both sides may be so far salved as t is possible to affirm one and the same person may be in London and Stafforshire some part of the same Day the distance being not so great betwixt both Places but the journy especially by Post may be easily performed neither is it improbable that Mr. Ireland who was so actively concerned in the Plot and in the nature of a Treasurer therein should have frequent occasion to travel by Day and by Night betwixt London and Staffordshire his Presence being equally necessary to both places especially in such a critical time of Expectancy as that of the Kings being at Windsor then wa● Add hereunto that Mr. Ireland himself confessed in his Discourse with Mr. Jenison that he had rode post from Staffordshire to London that day yet was not weary a journey which many other Persons have performed in less then the space of one Day part of the Night being also in that usually very hot month of August more convenient for travelling then the Day now If such a Journey were undertaken by Ireland one day why not another why not many days according as the Urgency of his grand Affairs and the teeming pregnancy of them might require Obj. 2. If this Evidence be true why was it not produced before or at the Tryal of Whitebread c. being so material for the clearing of the Truth Ans The matter was a long time kept secret in the Breasts of young Mr. Jenison and his Father being both then Romanists and Smith a Priest and secured from the knowledge of any Protestant neither did Mr. Bowes receive Mr. Jenisons letter of Discovery though often pressed by him to declare his Knowledge upon the Kings Proclamation of Pardon till December 19th 1678. which was two days after the Tryal of Ireland Now the matter having received it's Determination in the Arraignment and Condemnation of the said Ireland no probability appearing that it would be again resumed and reinsisted on no further Divulgation was made thereof And unless new provocation had been given by reviving the matter at Whitebreads Tryal it had possibly lain asleep for ever so that what of Indecency may be imputed in combating the Ghost of the deceased is more properly referrable to the importunate arguings or instances of his surviving Friends then then even to the just Vindication of the Truth Obj. 3. The confident asseveration of the said Ireland and the solemn protestation of his innocency and of his continuing in Staffordshire the days he was alledged to be here in London shall have the room of the third and last objection Ans 1st I confess this had not a little influence upon me for I acknowledge myself subject to the compassionate sentiments of humane nature but the same evidence above mentioned which convinced me will I doubt not banish all hesitation as to this matter from the minds of others except of those who out of guilt or interest are resolved to shut the door against all kind of satisfaction whatsoever 2 How far equivocations falsities mental reserves and other Salvoes may be allowed even to dying persons in the Roman Church provided they contribute to the advancement of the Catholick Cause as they phrase it would require a large field of discourse but the clearness of the Evidence justifying Mr. Ireland's being in London notwithstanding his and his witnesses affirmations to the contrary doth