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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36359	Mr. Tho. Dangerfield's second narrative wherein is contained a faithful charge against the Lady Powis, Mr. Stamford, (the Duke of Newburghs resident) and Mrs. Cellier relating to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey and the late plot made by the papists, to be cast upon the Protestants : wherein is I. A true account of methods used to invalidate the testimony of Captain William Bedloe and Mr. Prance, II. An account of the several papists imprisoned, and their crimes, with the charges it cost them to get out upon bail / written by his own hand.	Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689.; Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.; Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680.; Powis, Elizabeth Somerset Herbert, Duchess of, d. 1691.; Stamford, Mr.	1680 (1680)	Wing D193; ESTC R20874	26,539	34

to say to me of the former business I answered him Yes Yes although I knew him to be another and Anderson also inquired of me whether his name was not Iohnson I answered Yes then Anderson said That is the man I know At which confident mistake of his I wondred Withall he then said I hope you have not revealed any thing to Iohnson concerning our former discourse I answered I had not Moreover he said he would not have my Lord Shaftsbury know it for all the world So after that discourse Mr. Anderson was speaking concerning the Lords in the Tower how Mr. Rockly had been with some of them and that the Lords were very merry Mr. Anderson said that Mr. Bedlow was the main Evidence against the Lords in the Tower and if they escape we shall all escape Furthermore Anderson said to me as soon as he got out of Prison he would leave England and go into another Countrey I asked him into what Countrey he would go but he did not tell me Some time after that Mr. Anderson had these Conferences with me I informed my Chamber-fellow Mr. Iones of it and shewed him the Heads of it as I had wrote them in my Almanack And further this Deponent saith not William Strode Iurat coram me John Speake In the presence of Tho. Westly Rob. Plimpton Tho. Browne Somerset The Information of William Strode of Shepton Mallet in the County of Somerset Clothier taken upon Oath the 9th day of November 1679. before John Speak Esq one of the Iustices of the Peace within the said County THis Informant saith that about three years since he knew Mr. Willoughby and that whilest Mr. Willoughby was a Prisoner in the Kings Bench he this Informant was very intimate with the said Willoughby whom he was informed by others was also named Dangerfield Some time after Mr. Willoughby was brought in a Prisoner to the Kings Bench he takes me this Informant with him into the Garden and told me he heard I was kept in Prison the longer because I knew something which I must swear concerning the Plot. I answered him If I was kept in Prison for that it was more than I knew But Willoughby said unto me that he knew as much of the Plot as any body And this Informant hath been very often in his Company whilest he remained a Prisoner in the Kings-Bench in his Chamber where most times this Informant found him writing in great sheets of paper seeming to him as if he were Coppying out the writing that lay before him this Informant came into the Chamber of this Willoughby and all the written papers which this Informant saith he saw were just alike Indented and spaces and figures about the same distance left in the papers some of the papers were as if he were drawing Articles for in the Margent I saw Figures 1 2 3. and so on to a considerable number but as soon as the said Willoughby could he conveyed those writings out of this Informants sight Likewise other papers this Deponent hath seen in his Room written in Characters which sometime he left to continue on the Board but I understood them not This Informant hath seen Footmen come to him their Cloaths covered with Campagne Coats so that this Informant could see nothing of their Liveries but only when they were going out of the Chamber Also this Informant hath seen several Women at least seemingly so by their Apparel come unto him most commonly in the Evenings with Masks on This Informant hath sometimes seen Willoughby in the Evenings go into Mr. Andersons Chamber and after he was out upon Bail when he came to the Prison he always went into Andersons Chamber This Informant did tell Mr. William Bedlow in the Kings Bench Garden that he had something to relate unto him concerning himself his brother Bedlow was then there with him and it was his next time of being there after the calling over the Prisoners by his and Dr. Oats's occasion as it was reported And further he informeth not William Strode Iurat coram me John Speake In the presence of Tho. Westly Robert Plimpton Tho. Browne London ss The Examination of William Strode Clothier of Shepton Mallett in the County of Somerset taken before the Right Honourable Sir Robert Claiton Lord Maior of the City of London this 15th day of January 1679. THis Informant first referres to two former Examinations taken before Iohn Speak Esq one of his Majestyes Justices of the Peace for the County of Somerset dated the 19 of November 1679. and now he comes upon a third Examination of what he then omitted which is as follows viz. That in or about the Months of April or May 1679. Mr. Lionel Anderson alias Munson who was then a Prisoner in the Kings-Bench did then invite this Informant to his Chamber and there gave this Informant a quart Bottle of Brandy desiring him to drink a good draught of the same but the said Anderson himself to be Excused from drinking rhereof But immediately after brought forth a bottle of Wine and did desire this Informant to drink of that too then when this Informant had drank Anderson alias Munson told this Informant that he had acquainted Sir Henry Tichburn of the converse which Anderson alias Munson and this Informant had concerning Mr. Bedlow and that Sir Henry Tichburn's Maid-servant had informed him the said Anderson alias Munson that her Master was well pleased with what the said Anderson alias Munson had informed him of which was the Discourse concerning Mr. Bedlow contained in the aforementioned Examinations And also that Sir Henry Tichburn did promise for this Informants Reward an Estate in Hampshire of 100 l. per Ann. for two years to be Rent-free Then this Informant left him and about a quarter of an hour afterwards he returned into the said Anderson alias Munson's Chamber again where he told this Informant that as soon as Mr. Marsh this Informant and others were ready to swear to such Instructions as he the said Anderson alias Munson had formerly said he would give this Informant concerning the subverting Mr. Bedlows Evidence he would send one Mr. Nevill alias Paine to the Right Honourable the Earl of Anglesey whom the aforesaid Anderson alias Munson said was his very good Friend and was sure would get this Informants Pardon for a Crime he then was a Prisoner in two dayes And at the same time the said Anderson alias Munson told this Informant that the Lord Powis Lord Arundel Lord Peters and the rest of the Five Lords in the Tower did intend that is to say after this Informant was prepared with Instructions he was to receive from the said Anderson alias Munson to petition for their Tryals and to Suppena this Informant as a Witness for them This Informant further saith that on the Ninth of March 1679. Anderson alias Munson told him he had made the design for subverting Mr. Bedlows Evidence known to the Duke and Dutchess of York who returned him

Mr. Dangerfeild came to this Informant's House Scituate in Bell-Savage-Court London afore-said And told this Informant That he came from Mr. Praunce concerning the Cutting of Amber and desired to Drink privatly with this Informant But this Informant being Suspicious of him did request the Man of the House where they drank to come into the Room as often as he could In which Room the said Dangerfeild acquainted this Informant that he understood this Informant had been very kind to Mr. Praunce and serviceable to him but Mr. Praunce spake very unkindly of this Informant behind his back Whereupon this Informant made answer that he had no Reason so to do if he consulted God and his own Conscience And this Informant further saith That on the Morrow the said Dangerfeild came again to this Informant at his own House and they went to drink at the same Place as before At which Place the said Dangerfeild renewed the Discourse that had passed between them the Day before which was as this Informant did then conceive to provoke him to say something that might have ensnared this Informant in regard this Informant had been an Instrument to perswade Mr. Praunce to declare the Truth touching the Murther of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey But when the said Dangerfeild had found this Informant could not be provoked to Discourse he would have perswaded this Informant to meet Mr. Praunce and him the said Dangerfeild at the Horse-Shoo-Tavern in Drury-Lane at which Place he acquainted this Informant he kept a Clubb and was used to meet there every Night But this Informant refused so to do and more sayeth not William Boyce Dominus die Anno Iurat cor me Robert Clayton Maior Comitt Midd ' Civit. Westm. The Examination of Mrs. Dorothy Sherborne taken on Oath before Sir VVilliam VValler one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex and City and Liberty of Westminster the 31st of Ianuary 79. THis Examinant saith That sometime last Summer she went with some Linnen to Powis House to Mr. Willoughby who as she supposed Lodged there at that time Sometime after this Examinant acquainted the said Mr. Willoughby of a Difference as she was informed that had happened between Mr. Boyce and Mr. Praunce Brother to this Examinant At which time the said Willoughby told this Examinant that he would go and see Mr. Boyce and try to find out by him what the said Praunce had endured in Prison And that not long after the said Mr. Willoughby returned and told this Examinant That he could get nothing out of the said Boyce but that he would go again for the same purpose And not long after returned to this Examinant's Shop and told her that he the said Willoughby had been with the said Mr Boyce and Drank with him but could get nothing out of him And further this Examinant saith not at present Dorothy Sherborne Capit. Jurat die Superdict coram 1. William Waller About the Month of September 1679. when Mrs. Celliers and my self went to visit Mr. Stanford the Duke of Newburgh's Resident whose Lodgings was then in the Hay-Market He Entertain'd us with Discourses to this effect viz. That Dr. Tongue did imploy divers Persons to write and that to be done so warily that no Person knew more than just that Part which he was concerned in Which Mr. Stamford did then promise to acquaint the King's Majesty withal And farther added that he would lay down his Opinion of the said Writing in words to this effect viz. That he did believe the said Dr. Tongue and his Clarks were writing out Directions for Dr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe how to proceed in the Plot against the Roman-Catholicks hoping thereby as I suppose to insinuate a Belief into the King that there was no such thing as a Plot intended by that Party but a Contrived Fiction by some other At another time not long after I went by my self to wait upon Mr. Stamford with that Paper entituled The Cloak in its Colours which was wrote by some if not all the Lords in the Tower as Mrs. Cellier informed me At which time Mr. Stamford bound himself in a Promise and took upon him to say That If ever the Duke of York come to the Crown of England he should have Interest enough to make my fortune there promising at the same time in regard things stood then in so ill a posture for the present he would make such Interest to the Spanish Embassador when he returned from Fl●nders that I should be entertained in his Family and Service adding that my business would be to furnish his Excellency with Intelligence both from City and Countrey as well as other parts for which he doubted not but to procure for my Sallery at least One hundred pounds a year But when I should be in such an imploy Mr. Stamford proposed a way how I might be as serviceable to himself as the Embassador which was to give him the same Intelligence Now this I do suppose was used only as a wheedle to encourage me in the prosecuting the many Affairs I then was engaged in for the good of the Roman Catholick Cause more than a thing really intended by him in regard I never was prefer'd to the said imploy he then proposed but 't was his usual custom when I came to wait on him in a Morning before 10 a Clock to entertain me with a Mass or two before I left him always admonishing me and rather indeed enjoyning me to come and hear Mass with him which I often did where I constantly found a full Congregation for the most part of English people and I doubt not but that he still continues the same exercise Now to let you know why I did not insert the Informations of my many Witnesses in my first Narrative as well as some in this I hope this following Reason may satisfie each Reader for that in as much as I had the most subtile and wary people perhaps of the whole Universe to deal withall I neither could nor yet can think it proper to discover to them the whole strength of my Testimony FINIS