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A63303	True account of the behaviour, confessions, and last dying words, of Capt. James Watts, Capt. Peter Barnwell, Daniel D'Coiner alias Walker, Richard Jones, and Jane Voss alias Roberts who were executed at Tyburn, on the 19th of December 1684. for robbing on the high way high treason, murther, and fellony, &c. Printed by order, &c.		1684 (1684)	Wing T2352; ESTC R219361	5,369	4

TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE BEHAVIOUR CONFESSIONS AND Last Dying Words OF Capt. James Watts Capt. Peter Barnwell Daniel D' Coiner alias Walker Richard Jones and Jane Voss alias Roberts who were Executed AT TYBURN On the 19th of December 1684. for Robbing on the High way High Treason Murther and Fellony c. Printed by Order c. SAD it is and much to be Lamented that Persons Indued with Reason and Understanding should abandon themselves to such Vices as promt them to their Ruine no greater Instance of which can at any time appear than what is contained in the following pages being an Impartial Account of the Sufferings c. of Five Notorious Malefactors viz. James Watts Peter Barnwell Daniel De Coiner alias Walker Richard Jones and Jane Voss alias Roberts and of these their former manner of Life Behaviour and Penitency Last Dying Words c. as they come in Order James Watts and Peter Barnwell were Persons well Descended and Born especially the former to plentiful Estates but early leaving their Parents and despising those ways they proposed for their happy subsistance and being grown up to years of Maturity addicted themselves to the Modish Gallantry of the Town and to maintain their Grandure and keep their Extravagant Humour at Height and spent so profusely that in the end though by different ways they came to Acrisis yet having Worthy Friends they procured Places of Command abroad in the Quality of Captains being by that means a long time absent but their Companies Disbanded they again return'd and became great Company Keepers frequenting Gaming Ordinaries and such places of Resort till at last they were taken at Chelsey and brought to Newgate for Robbing Richard Winlow on the Highway on the 16th of September 1684 near Stoaking-Church and taking from him and his Wife a Gelding value 10 l. together with a Saddle Money Beads Rings Scarves and a Handkerchief which being proved against them the last Sessions they were Convicted and received Sentence of Death when being reconveyed to Newgate by their Friends they earnestly laboured for a Pardon appearing much dejected and very desirous to live promising Amendment of Life and behaving themselves very meekly giving great attention to those that Instructed them and their Fellow Convicts in matters relating to Salvation owning severally that they had been grievous Sinners and were Concious of many Notorious Crimes of which they heartily repented desiring the Pious Prayers of all good Christians and so from day to day as opportunity offered they continued to consult Mr. Ordinary and other Divines that out of a Charitable Inclination came to visit them about their Immortal Wellfare till the Fatal Day came whereon they Suffered Being put into A Cart together they were with the rest Conveyed to the place of Execution where Ct. Watts boldly declared with much Resolution this willingness to dy reproving a Gentleman for his needless sorrow who seemed greatly concerned at his misfortune telling him he was altogether willing and as he hoped prepared for Death yet would have the Spectators take warning by his untimely and disgraceful End which he had often deserved but now it was Gods pleasure and not till now to bring him to it wherefore he as willingly submitted to the punishment being asked by a Divine What Religion he dyed in he answered in the Apostolick Catholick Religion according to the Church of England as by Law Established dying in Charity with all Men and believing all the Articles of the Christian Faith hoping in and relying on the merits of his dear Redeemer Acknowledging that Mr. Ordinary as likewise other Divines had taken great pains with him and again expressed a willingness to dy uttering his words very Charefully Capt. Barnwel by Birth an Irish Man born in the County of Dublin with a loud voice desired the People who thronged in great Numbers to see him dy that they would take Example by him and above all beware of bad Company which had brought him to that place for he had unhappily fallen into the Society of such as had ruined him little considering at that time the fatal consequences that attended such a misfortune often requesting all that heard him to let him be a warning to them and that by his Example they would be warned not to be lead away under specious pretences of Friend ship or hopes of gain adding he never took any thing out of any Mans Pocket by violence or used him ungently nor would he absolutely own his being at the Robery but being newly come to Town he was about to depart for Ireland but falling into the Company of divers Persons who made some overtures to him he was detained and frequented their haunts till the time he was taken yet desired God to forgive all those through whose means he fell into the misery he was to undergo Professing him self a Roman Catholick and that he dyed in the Communion of the Church of Rome saying he and all his Family and Relations were Loyal to their King desireing those that heard him to be so likewise Imploreing Gods Blessing on the King and Kingdom as also upon his Royal Highness and the rest of the Royal Progeny wishing he had a Thousand Lives to loose for them and many times repeating his misfortune was occasioned through his Associating himself with bad Company and as often desired the Auditors to take notice he dyed a Roman Catholick and hoped for Salvation through the Blood of Jesus Christ alledging he did not lately choose or embrace that Religion but had been all along or at least most part of his days brought up in it Daniel D' Coiner a Frenchman by Birth and a Native as he confessed of Brittany a Province of that Kingdom having Travelled into divers Parts and much addicted himself to Study the Nature of Mettals at length came to Paris where he undertook to Refine and Guild Coarse Mettals reducing them to a greater Value getting thereby considerably but not so content having received Instructions from one of his Companions he procured Stamps and other Materials for Coining counterfeit Money resembling Gold and Silver and soon grew expert at the trade so that having put divers cheats upon the Tradesmen and Merchants and his practices beginning to be discovered he some years since came for England with his Wife and altering his Name to that of Walker fell to Coining English Monies as Guinneys Half Guinneys Mill'd Crowns and Half Crowns c. and found means by the assistance of several Persons no honester than himself to put away great quantities allowing them considerably for their disposing them as Guinnies at 10 s. a piece and 25 s. of his Counterfeit Mill'd Money to the pound viz. for 20 s. good but in the height of his security as he was preparing for Ireland to put a cheat upon that Kingdom as well he might for his pieces were so nearly resembling the true ones that they would deceive the skillful he was discovered by one of his