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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56273	A vindication of Sr. Robert King's designs and actions in relation to the late and present Lord Kingston being an answer to a scandalous libel, lately sent abroad under the title of Materials for a bill of discovery against Sir Robert King, Bar., Anthony Raymond, Charles Gosling, [and others].	Pullen, Tobias, 1648-1713.	1699 (1699)	Wing P4196; ESTC R6735	50,330	236

upon him the said Sir Robert King and is morally assur'd he never did desire any one else to stir in it But on the contrary this Deponent hath often heard that the said Sir Robert King delayed perfecting or suffering to perfect such a Settlement by the late Lord Kingston even to the Incensing the said Lord Kingston and that he was so scrupulous that he would not consent that such a Settlement should be made until he had consulted the best Divines in England And this Deponent further deposeth that he heard from a credible Person That the said Sir Robert being ask'd by the late Lord if he was yet resolv'd to consent to the making such a Settlement answer'd That tho' he was satisfied it was lawful for him to accept of the Estate yet he had another scruple whether it was lawful for the said Lord to give it at which the late Lord Kingston flew into a Passion and said he would settle it upon Sir Robert's Eldest Son if Sir Robert would prove so shy and slow in his Result And this Deponent further deposeth That he never open'd his Mouth nor did he ever mention the least Syllable to the late Lord Kingston relating to the Disinheriting his Brother the present Lord Kingston or making over the Estate on Sir Robert King or his Heirs And this Deponent further deposeth That the said Sir Robert King gave Directions that the present Lady Kingston being then one of the Servant-Maids in the late Lord Kingston's House should be discharg'd having heard that there was too much Familiarity between her and the present Lord Kingston whereupon the now Lord Kingston spoke to this Deponent on the top of the Warren near the Town of Abby-Boyle to intercede with his Uncle Sir Robert King for her Continuance in her Service urging that the only way to prove the Report of her being with Child to be false was to let her stay and that would disprove it but if she were sent away the People here would conclude it true This Deponent further deposeth That after this Discourse with the present Lord Kingston he this Deponent walk'd after the said Sir Robert King towards Ballindrehit and press'd him to grant what the said Lord Kingston desired and after some pawsing the said Sir Robert agreed to it provided he this Deponent would go to Mrs. Horsey the House-keeper and desire her earnestly to have a care that for the future they were not too great and if any thing happen'd amiss it should lie at her door all which this Deponent told the said Mrs. Horsey Jurat coram me 28 die Julii An. Dom. 1698. John French N o. IV. The Right Honourable John Lord Baron of Kingston Plaintiff Sir Robert King Defendant Charles Gosling Esq his Oath CHarles Gosling of the City of Killkenny Esq came this day before Me and made Oath That for several Years before the late Troubles he having been in the Service of Robert late Lord Baron of Kingston the Plaintiff's Brother at Abby-Boyle in the County of Roscommon and he this Deponent having observ'd before the Plaintiff went to France a more than ordinary Familiarity between the Plaintiff being then a younger Brother and living in the House and one Margaret Cahan then a Servant in the House who usually made the Beds he this Deponent acquainted Sir Robert King the Defendant then the Plaintiff's Guardian therewith the said Robert Lord Kingston being then abroad in his Travels and that Sir Robert King the Defendant thereupon order'd one Mrs. Horsey the then House-keeper and a Relation of the Family to turn her out of the House who accordingly did so and she was for some time out of that Service until by the Plaintiff's means she was brought in again by the said House-keeper without the Consent or Privity of the Defendant as this Deponent verily believes for that he heard the Defendant severely reprimand and check the said Mrs. Horsey the House-keeper for so doing tho' this Deponent did not then think neither doth he believe it entred into the Defendant's Thoughts that his Nephew the Plaintiff would so much debase himself and his Family as to contract Marriage with her This Deponent further deposeth That the Defendant being then Guardian to the Plaintiff and having a tender Care of him to prevent any occasion of Leudness or Debauchery between him and the said Margaret did endeavour to get one William Teams then an Under-Cook in the House to Marry her offering him as a Portion with her the Summ of Thirty Pounds sterl or thereabouts to the best of this Deponent's Remembrance which he doth in his Conscience believe was merely out of the Kindness and the tender Affection he had to the Plaintiff This Deponent further deposeth That the Plaintiff soon after went for France and took the said Margaret Cahan with him without the Consent Privity or Knowledge as this Deponent verily believes either of his Brother the said Robert then Lord Kingston or of his Uncle the Defendant until afterwards that Notice was sent over from Paris in France by one Captain Samuel Pach the Plaintiff's then Tutor or Governour giving an account that the said Margaret Cahan was in Paris kept and maintained by the Plaintiff upon which such Care was taken that one Doctor Quail a Divine who had formerly Travell'd into France with the said Robert late Lord Kingston was sent over to Paris either to bring the Plaintiff back or remove the said Margaret from him but the Plaintiff having Notice thereof as this Deponent was credibly inform'd remov'd with the said Margaret from Paris and then Married her the said Margaret as was credibly reported This Deponent further deposeth That when the News came of the Plaintiff's being Married to the said Margaret the said Robert late Lord Kingston his Brother was so much troubled at it and so enraged against him that he soon after resolv'd to levy a Fine and suffer a Recovery of his Estate both in Connaught and Munster and told his Uncle the Defendant of his Resolution and that he would settle the same upon him and his Children and the Defendant thereupon advis'd him to the contrary telling him that tho' his Brother had Married so far beneath himself and his Family yet she might make a good Wife or words to that effect upon which the said Robert late Lord Kingston solemnly Protested and Swore That in Case the Defendant Sir Robert King would not accept of the Settlement he would settle the Estate on his Cousin Captain Francis King and his Children which this Deponent often heard the said late Lord Kingston declare and this Deponent does verily believe that he would so have done in case the said Sir Robert had not accepted of the same This Deponent further deposeth That after the Plaintiff was Married as aforesaid he often heard the Defendant very pressing with Robert late Lord Kingston the Plaintiff's Brother to Marry that he might have Issue to Inherit his Estate and never gave over till

will be fully vindicated and that it will appear to every intelligent and ingenuous Reader that nothing could reasonably be expected from an Affectionate Uncle from a Faithful Guardian from a Grateful Brother and from a Prudent and Good Man which Sir Robert King has not done for his Brother's Sons the late and present Lord Kingston APPENDIX N o. I. Anthony Raymond Esq his Oath 1. ANthony Raymond Esq came this Day before Me and made Oath That he does not remember that the present Lord Kingston's Father did design and direct that the late Lord Arran and Sir Robert Booth should after his Death be Guardians to the late and present Lord Kingston and that he did not use any Artifice to perswade them to choose their Uncle Sir Robert King for their Guardian nor was he that he remembers ever desired by the said Sir Robert King to move them to it but what he advised in that particular was for their good 2. That he knew of no ill Designs of Sir Robert King on his Nephews but that on the contrary he always promoted their Good and Advantage and that he this Deponent never did enter into Combination with the said Sir Robert Captain Caulfield Doctor Cope Mr. Gosling and Francis Quail to deprive the late or present Lord of their Estates or to do any thing to their Prejudice but was active to promote their Interests as appears by many Instances well known to many 3. This Deponent further declares That he always observ'd a great Zeal in Sir Robert to persuade the late Lord Kingston to an honourable Marriage that he was often employ'd by the said Sir Robert King to bring the same to effect and particularly remembers that being in London the said Sir Robert was inform'd of one Madam Holland an Heiress of an Estate worth 800 l. per Annum old Rent as he remembers near Manchester whereupon he the Deponent with a Friend that had some Interest and Acquaintance in that Family were order'd by the said Sir Robert to visit the Lady and inquire into the Truth of Matters as to her Fortune and Person and from thence this Deponent was directed to go and give the late Lord an account of it then in Ireland which he did accordingly and which so far pleas'd his Lordship that he fully resolv'd to make Court to the said Madam Holland prepar'd for his Journey and pitch'd on Mr. Adam Purdon for his Companion and order'd the Deponent to go before to prepare things which he did but when this Deponent came there he found that the Lady was too far engag'd a Match being as good as concluded on with another 4. That he was by the said Sir Robert King sent into the North to a Place as he remembers call'd Bangor to one Mr. Hamilton as he believes Uncle to the Lady Betty Cromwell to give an account of the late Lord's Estate in order to a Match that was on foot betwixt the said Lord Kingston and the Lady Betty Cromwell and that afterwards being in London the Matter was so far prosecuted that Deeds were a preparing in order to a Conclusion of a Marriage which the said Sir Robert seem'd to this Deponent to be very intent and earnest for but by some occasion it broke off 5. This Deponent further deposeth That he does not remember to have receiv'd any Letter from Captain Choppine bearing date the 17th of June 1684. wherein these Expressions are That the Fire kindled must be kept alive by Sir Robert 's Friends That an Opportunity offers to make him and his Happy I promise he will gratefully reward you c. 6. That he very well remembers That on passing the Accounts of Sir Robert's Guardianship of the present Lord Kingston he the said Lord did freely and of his own accord allow the said Sir Robert King One Hundred and Fifty Pounds for his Care and Charges in the Management of the said Guardianship Ant. Raymond Jurat coram me 15 die Augusti 1698. Ste. Moore N o. II. The Deposition of Mrs. Elenor Sankey ELenor Sankey of the City of Dublin Widow came this Day before Me and made Oath That she this Deponent being at Sir Robert King's House in Abby-Boyle about Christmas which was in the Year of our Lord 1678. the present Lord Kingston applied to her this Deponent in behalf of his now Lady saying that he had a Complaint to make to her and with Tears in his Eyes told this Deponent That there was a poor innocent Girl in the Castle meaning the late Lord Kingston's House who was an Underling and he saw her a quiet Creature and desir'd Mrs. Horsey who was then House-keeper to the said Lord Kingston to advance her to be his Chamber-Maid which she accordingly did whereupon Mr. Gosling and some others said That he the present Lord Kingston and the said Girl were too familiar or too great as the present Lord Kingston then told this Deponent adding that the reason of their Censuring her was because she would not yield to them in any ill thing and that they like unjust People had told his Uncle Sir Robert King who was so incens'd against the said Girl that he was fully resolv'd to turn her away and had given Orders that she should be forthwith turn'd out of the Family This Deponent further deposeth that the present Lord Kingston told her at the same time That he knew that she this Deponent had great Interest with the said Sir Robert King and begg'd her to use it that the said Girl might not be put out of her Service and to let Sir Robert and all the World see her Innocence he would receive the Sacrament the day following on it and further said He would not for any thing in the World have the Girl turn'd off and lose her Reputation by him and begg'd her this Deponent to intercede for her with the said Sir Robert King which she this Deponent did but found Sir Robert so angry and so resolv'd to turn away the said Girl that she would not venture to say much to him about her This Deponent further deposeth That she often heard that the present Lord Kingston was too familiar with Peggy Cahan but never heard nor thought that there was any Apprehension of his Lordship's Marrying her while they were in Ireland That this Deponent often heard likewise that the late Lord Kingston offer'd to settle his Estate upon his Uncle Sir Robert King on Report of Peggy Cahan's being with the present Lord in France or that she was Married to him but that Sir Robert often refus'd any such Settlement tho' she this Deponent heard her Uncle and Aunt Choppine several times press him to accept of it Jurat coram me 11 die Maii 1699. Jo. Ussher N o. III. Dean Cope 's Affidavit DOctor Anthony Cope Dean of Elphin came this day before Me and made Oath That Sir Robert King never requested this Deponent to move the late Lord Kingston to make any Settlement of his Estate