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A47485	A true history of the several designs and conspiracies against His Majesties sacred person and government as they were continually carry'd on from 1688 till 1697 containing matters extracted from original papers, depositions of the witnesses, and authentick records, as appears by the references to the appendix, wherein they are digested : published with no other design then to acquaint the English nation that notwithstanding the present posture of affairs our enemies are still so many, restless and designing, that all imaginable care ought to be taken for the defense and safety of His Majesty and his three kingdoms / by R.K.	Kingston, Richard, b. 1635?	1698 (1698)	Wing K615; ESTC R3193	131,782	328

it was not disbelieved at Court but now quite fall'n to the ground The Jacobites say there was never a better Disposition in all generally to receive King James and give their Reasons for it Which are the same contain'd in the foregoing Papers which having briefly repeated the Letter proceeds the rest regard their own more then any King's Interest and will not hazard any thing for either if the Practice now in Design don't engage all the Presbyterians Lord Ca***n laid aside M***ne to succeed S***y solicited to be Secretary Lord Mar***h to be General of the English Foot Lord S***e ruling Minister behind the Curtain Lord B*h turn'd out of all he with many other Offenders would have King James restored if they thought their Crimes could be pardoned nothing can hinder raising Money but an Invasion Bristol declares mightily for King James Worcester disaffected but if any Disturbance should happen we have some thousands of Hugonites in this Town privately subsisted on whom we depend not a little As to what Business Mr. * K. James Vandeleur and you may have I will be deligent in it but what may relate to any of the Trading Ships being taken Prizes there is one Mr. Anselme who was Secretary to the Admirals last Year * Crosby and understands the Business very well but will not be mercenary in it and with his Help something may be done 't will therefore be necessary that he see something from Mr. Vandeleur or by his Order to that purpose Some of Mr. Anselm's Letters falling into the Hands of the Government he was sent for from on board and discharg'd The Jacobites knew him their own before but since his Discharge treat with him above-board as you may see by the foregoing Letter and another from Philips to Mr. Abraham Anselm dated May 5. 1694. I must needs see you before I go into the * Into France Country which will be to morrow you will hear of me at Barnsley's Coffee-house to night at 11 or to morrow at 7 in the morning let me see you that we may settle some Matters Philips Thus they endeavoured to corrupt the Officers of the Fleet Army and Militia and tamper'd with the Clerks and. Secretaries of those who either were or had been imploy'd in eminent Posts under the Government that by their assistance they might get Intelligence of what they wanted to know thus they obtain'd an Account of the Naval Forces of one a List of the Army of another and transmitted them into France that the Enemy might take his measures accordingly so that nothing is more apparent than that the whole Design against the Government was always carry'd on by Men of no essential Honour or Vertue but by such a confused Medley of disaffected Persons as were the Creatures of the late Reign who had lost either their Imployments or Expectations by the Revolution or Disbanded Officers and Soldiers who delight in Tumults and Insurrections I have now done with Mr. Crosby and his Papers by which the Reader will soon find that the Plot for an Invasion Insurrection and Rebellion was carryed on by the Jacobites in General in the Year 1693 and part of the Year 1694 and since the Lancashire Gentlemen instead of Blessing their Stars for so strange a Deliverance have aggravated their guilt by indeavouring to represent the legal Prosecution of some of their Party as a State-trick a Sham-Plot and the Contrivance of some little Ministers to enrich themselves by the Ruin of others I shall descend to the particular shares which they and their Friends had in the whole Conspiracy to subvert the Government to Destroy the King and reinthrone the late King James and then leave the Reader to judge what little Reason they had to raise such loud Clamours for bringing Criminals to Justice and because I have hitherto proceeded Annually and given an Account of the several Conspiracies in order of time as they were discover'd I hope the Reader will think it no impertinent Digression to refresh his Memory with a brief Rehearsal of their Proceedings till they were discover'd in 1694 as they occasionally occur in the following Depositions In June 1694 Lunt made this Discovery viz that he * Vid his whole Depos in the appendix taken before Sir John Trenchard fellowed the late King James into France thence into Ireland from Ireland was sent into England with Commissions from the late King James to certain Gentlemen in Lancashire Cheshire c. To raise War against King William and Queen Mary that he and George Wilson his Guide delivered those Commissions to whom they were directed whose Names you have in his Narrative that at the Instance and proper Costs of those Gentlemen to whom he had delivered Commissions he bought Arms and listed and subsisted many Soldiers for the Service of the late King James in order to an Invasion and Insurrection in that Country that he was twice sent by those Gentlemen into France to the late King to signify their Readiness and receive his further Commands Tho' I don't question but the Reader has had already sufficient Reason to believe what is above rehearsed I think it not amiss to shew him for confirmation sake something that Lunt discovered in 1694 that hath since proved it self he says in one part of his Depositions That when he was in London besides his Imployment of buying Arms and listing Souldiers he help'd some Jacobites over to France and secur'd others that came from thence who all of them told Mr. Lunt that generally Sr. John Friend furnished Money for those Expeditions and paid Subsistence Money to them as Souldiers Which was the Crime he dyed for in 1696. And no doubt was one of the things that enrag'd the Party so much against him knowing that that Hint might in Time be attended with a fuller Discovery George Wilson deposeth Taken before Sir John Trenchard That he keeping an Inn in Redland near the City of Chester there came a Stranger to his House whose Name he afterwards understood was Dr. Bromfeild recommended thither by Mr. Fitz Herbert of Wapra in Flintshire where Bromfeild had been conceal'd some time for a Passage into Ireland that Bromfeild bought a Vessel to transport him which Vessel was seized by Mr. Morston an Officer in the Government and Bromfeild escap'd into Lancashire and thence into Ireland He further deposeth That being known to be accessary to * See Mr. Edwards's Affidavit in the Appendix Bromfield's Escape and harbouring and furthering the Escape of many of the late King James's Friends he was sought after by Souldiers from Chester and the Civil Officers of the County insomuch that he was compell'd to fly from his own House and never durst return but after having hid himself in Woods got at length into Lancashire whither his Wife and Family followed him and was receiv'd into the Houses of the Lord Mollyneux Mr. Tildesly Mr. Standish Sr. Rowland Standley Sr. James Pool Sr. Wm.

's fit you should rest satisfied of that the Moment he lands Carlisle and New-Castle will be put into his hands And there will be an Attempt made upon Chester and Berwick Falmouth we are sure of upon the first notice and some are in Treaty with the Deputy Governour for Ply**h in case my Lord of B*h should fail there is a Person has carried you over a Project for the securing another Place You may depend upon 500 of the Inferiour Clergy's joyning the King upon his Landing which will greatly influence the Nation If this be true the Government was well advised to oblige them to joyn in the National Association It must be left to your Discretion and the Wisdom of your Counsels what Directions to send to his Majesties Friends in the North the City and the West what you would have them do whether they shall joyn his Majesty or make some Diversion where they are Their best way is to study to be quiet and to mind their own Business for Plotting is a Trade that few Men thrive by You must understand that this Representation coming from such Persons whereof many of them have been in a long Correspondence with his Majesty they refer you therefore to him to inform you of the particular Assurances each have given him themselves or their Freinds in their Names out of which and the Assurances you have from the new Party that are fallen into this Interest P. Middleton Melfort Mr. Carryll under the Management of Mr. Toncroft Mills and Ryfeild you may collect what is to be depended upon from this Place But after all the surest Rule an Attempt can be grounded upon is the Discontents of a Nation headed and seconded with Men of Figure and Reputation in their Countries the first were never greater and Universal nor the last in greater Numbers for by the common Estimate it 's judged two Parts in three of the Commonalty and Gentrey are against the Government and one half of the Nobility Unless the Jacobites pretend to invade the Prerogative of God Almighty and know Mens Hearts I am very confident they are grievously out in their Reckoning Another Paper thus Sir THAT this is the proper Juncture for France 's making an Attempt for the Kings Restoration for the following Reasons First From the Temper of the Nation inclining and bending towards a Revolution which appears upon all considerable Divisions in the House the Men of the greatest Interest and Substance still dividing against the Court. If any in that August Assembly do so they will scarce thank the Jacobites for assigning their hopes of a Revolution as the Cause of it By the delays of the House to supply the present necessities of the Government This is so False that in other Places they complain of the contrary surely they have a bad Cause or very treacherous Memories The many open and scurrilous Speeches against the Ministry Scurrility is not the Language of that honourable Assembly The constant Divisions at the Council Board The slowness to condemn State Criminals That is a Fault indeed tho' I did not expect the Jacobites would have complain'd of it but where they cannot arraign the Government for it's Severity they quarrel at it's Lenity and Mercy The Discontents of the Seamen and Admirals The many open Declarations of the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of their Respect and Duty to the King The great Alteration that appears every where upon the least Alarm of the Kings Coming They did not find it so at the late Action off la Hogue In the City upon the Exchange In the Country the many Mortgages made by Men of the greatest Fortunes upon the least Report of his coming From whence 't was generally concluded those Men had thereby prepared themselves to joyn his Majesty upon Occasion What a strang Inference is this they will not give a Gentleman Leave to raise Money to pay his Debts or serve his other Occasions but they will construe it contrary to his Intention that he is equipping himself for a Rebellion The general desponding of the Kings Enemies on such Reports The Resolution of all Men in Office throughout the Kingdom except it be the very Military Officers alone nay and many of them will lye quiet or go into the King If they had known any such they would not have forgot their Names to encrease the Number of their Party Add to this the general Influence it has upon money'd Men. I know not how money'd Men can be interessed in an Invasion Insurrection and Rebellion unless it be to hide their Cash An assurance of Forts and Places of Retreat which holds beyond Expectation Now let us examin what Reason they had for these Representations For that the City of London would not oppose an Invasion made near it by the French is such a horrible Abuse upon that Honourable and Loyal City that none would have been guilty of it but such a Set of Men as are ashamed of nothing And as to their Boasts of great Numbers to support the Descent 't is a piece of the same Dye Bristol it 's true might be represented by that turbulent Man Sir John Knight who held Correspondence with Crosby to be in the late Kings Interest but if he had put it to the Tryal he would have found a vigorous and sturdy Opposition The ablest Merchants and greatest Traders in the Town being all Williamites as appear'd at the Election of Citizens to serve in Parliament when they threw out Sir John Knight and Sir Richard Hart from being Members of Parliament by a great Majority What they say of the Towns of Dorchester and Weymouth in particular I am well assured is wholy false for they are both known to be universally well affected to the present Government and few if any Towns in the West so entirely For there are not in either of them above three Jacobites and those in no Credit but discountenanced and contemned by every Body for being so I wish I were as able to do Justice to other Places and Persons as a worthy Gentleman hath made me in this And now What need is there of producing Lunt Womball or Wilson for further Proof of a Plot in general or of a Lancashire Plot in particular when the Managers of the whole Party say that there were in the North four thousand Men actually listed for the Service of the late King James and were ready to march upon Occasion and would be headed by Men of great Consideration For the Kings Evidences have said no more than what is here confest by the Jacobites themselves The foregoing Papers do also give you an Account of the State of our Fleet and of the Inclination of several Persons in the Government as affected or disaffected if you can believe them all which I find in Letters taken in Crosby's Custody dated 22d 26th February 1693 but neither subscribed nor directed About 10 days ago here was News of King James 's Coming and

said Sharpless inform'd him but said he refused to be Listed by the said Lunt fearing he had not wherewith to maintain his Soldiers And this Deponent saith one John Wilson kept the List and burnt it by his own Acknowledgment at the Request of Lunt And this Deponent farther saith that several of the Irsh Men were furnish'd with all new Clothes at Chippin and that Lunt was among them and liv'd with them And that the said Irish Men were lodg'd at Mr. Harris's at Mr. Perkinson's and several other Popish Houses And this Deponent saith that Lunt always went in good Habit that he had Money and paid as well as any Man and many times for the Irish and gave them Money Robt. Bradley Jurat ' 11. die Febr. 1695 Coram me Tho. Rokeby Francis Jackson's Affidavit FRancis Jackson of the City of Chester maketh Oath that in or about the Month of July 1694 he this Deponent being a Constable did receive from the Hands of S. John Manwaring two Warrants of High-Treason under the Hands of one or both of the then Secretaries of State against Sir Rowland Stanley and Mr. Massey of Puddington and likewise for the Seizing of all Arms and Accowtrements of War belonging to them And this Deponent in pursuance of the said Warrants did Apprehend and take into Custody the said Sir Rowland Stanley and did deliver him into the Castle of Chester to the Deputy Governour thereof but could not find the said Massey But this Deponent did find and seize in a dark Room of the House of the said Massey put into a Chest cover'd with an old long Pillow nine new Dragoon's Saddles as this Deponent doth believe with Buckles Rings and Staples to them for breast-Plates Holsters and Cloaks with Cruppers Girts and Stirrups to them all new and six new half Gheek bit-Bridles Francis Jackson Jurat ' 14. die Febr. 1695 6 Coram Sam. Eyre The Information of John Wilson of Chippin in the County of Lancaster THAT he this Informant doth remember that at Christmas last was four Years one Mr. Thrillfall of Goosner in the said County of Lancaster and one Mr. John Lunt who went then by the Name of Jackson said they came from King James out of Ireland into Lancashire as he had been inform'd also by others and this Informant being at that time in their Company at Goosner heard them say they had brought several Commissions from King James to several Roman Catholic Gentlemen and others in Lancashire and other Places one of which he this Informant saw viz. One for Mr. Lunt to be a Lieutenant under Mr. Thrillfall and Mr. Thrillfall told him be had a Commission to be a Captain And this Informans farther saith that at the same time of his seeing them at Goosner as aforesaid there was one with them that went by the Name of Alderton who was writing to London for Arms as they said and heard them discoursing that they had others that had bought great Quantities of Arms and other things for War some of which he this Informant at that time saw viz. five or six Swords two Case of Postols and one Pocket-Pistol and to the best of his remembrance a Dagger and Armour made of white Paper sow'd together with yellow Wire and that they were endeavouring to get a great many more all which were for King James's Service And this Informant further saith that soon after Mr. Thrillfall and Mr. Lunt their coming over as abovesaid he was employ'd by the said Thrillfall and Lunt to make double Girts for four Buckles for Troopers Saddles and accordingly did make 34 23 of which be deliver'd to the said Thrillfall who told him that upon their having Occasion he should make more That the Candlemas after this Informant was at Goosner Mr. Thrillfall told him he had twenty Irish Men already for his Troop most of which this Informant at that time saw who said themselves that Lunt spoke to them and sent them down from London to be Soldiers for King James under Mr. Thrillfall and the said Irish Men was at Thrillfall's and in the Country for several Months some of which were afterwards imprison'd in Lancaster Goal he doth remember the Names of some of them viz. Thomas Lock William Macarty and Oneal Dumbarton two whose Names were Bourn and two whose Names were Cook Kelly a tall Man Walter Tate Richard Lettice a little Man well skill'd as be said in fencing Hugh Neal one Locksome who used to have a Spaniel with brown Spots which used to lye with him upon the Bed one they call'd Long-Boy a Taylor one Mr. Dalton a very handsom comly Man a fat Man that wore a blew Apron who was taken for a Preston Butcher who used to ask any body that look'd upon him if they had any fat Calves or Sheep to be sold And this Informant farther saith that betwixt 2 or 3 Years ago the said Mr. Lunt came to this Informants House and then did declare to this Informant that he the said Lunt had been at Dungan-Hall with Mr. Walinesley who a be said was lately come from France and the said Lunt said he had receiv'd from the said Walmesley a Commission to be a Captain of Horse in a Regiment to be raised for King James's Service and that the said Walmesley was to be Collonel of the same which Commission he this Informant at that time saw in the Hands of Mr. Lunt and heard him read the same And this Informant saith that a little after the said Lunts receipt of the said Commission as aforesaid he this Informant saw the said Mr. Lunt lift severel Men for King James 's Service viz. Richard Cottam Edward Cottam The. Swinghurst Lancellot Bolton William Hodgkinson Henry Bourne Richard Beesley Robert Clarkson his Brother Cuthbert Wilson and this Informant and several others promised that they would list themselves the next time Lunt came to this Informants House And about 3 Years and a half ago Mr. Lunt told this Informant that he the said Lunt had listed six Men in Wyersdale for King James's Service and that he was promis'd a great many more there and about three Years since Mr. Lunt told this Informant he had listed twelve Men in Cheshire for the said Service At Inglewbite Fair was three Years Mr. Lunt sent this Informant to one James Bradley a York Carrier that liv'd a little beyond long Ridgefel with a Letter this Informant brought him the said Lunt back to the best of his remembrance a Letter in answer to that sent but does positively say he brought back a Watch from the said Carrier and deliver'd it to Lunt Near three Years ago to the best of this Informants remembrance Mr. Lunt came to this Informants House and told him he was going to the Lord Molyneux's to meet a great many Gentlemen there Much about the same time Mr. Lunt sent him this Informant to one William Hodgkinson of Legrum about buying of a black Mare of the said Hodgkinson and order'd him

Classes of his Friends in answer to his late Instructions and of many considerable Men in his Interest unknown to each other As to the properest Place the Time the Number requisite and the Concurrence to be expected from hence upon a Descent But because the best and most solid Conclusions are drawn from an Union and Harmony in Opinion we think it not amiss to explain our selves upon that Head to the end that if ours agree with those you have already before you it may have the greater weight with you First then as to the Number it 's our Opinion and that of all we converse with that 30000 Men or 25000 in England and 5000 in Scotland would carry the King through all difficulties will be a sufficient shelter for his Friends and an Encouragement to others to come into him and declare for him that such an Army or a much less according as the Army here rises or falls as the Person who conveys this and has concerted it with us will be able further to explain unto you seconded with an agreeable Ministry and the Kings late gratious Declaration would meet with little Opposition is most certain and may be intirely relyed upon but it ought not to be forgot at the same time that some particular Assurances be emitted suitable to the Constitution of some Shires as will be further explained to you and the present Condition of the Army Thirdly As to the Place proper for such a Descent that must be left to the Wind Weather and Season If it could be early the nearer London would be the better for the whole Kingdom would follow the Fate of that City which would make no manner of Resistance if a Descent were made near it and at the same time would give an Opportunity to 5000 Foot and 1500 Horse all formed Troops and Remains of the old Army to joyn the King besides what 〈…〉 would go in of the greatest Consideration we now speak within the narrowest Compass Fourthly If later then in our Opinion Bristol is the properest Place which is a great Town well affected to his Majesty lies in the heart of the Kingdom and that and the Counties about it is capable to furnish all Necessaries for such an Army as he shall think fit to bring besides a great many other Advantages which have been already explain'd to you and will be further by this Gentleman Fifthly Upon a Descent in that Place his Majesty may depend upon a great Concurrence of the Nobility Clergy and Gentry from the adjacent Counties Cities and Towns Gloucestershire Worcestershire Monmouth-shire will move with the D. of B**rt Mar**ss of W**ter his Son and my Lord N**ry who immediatly upon the Kings Direction to them will change the Lieutenancy of those Countries and bring the whole Militia into the King as is concerted and agreed upon North Wales and South Wales are honest and will be influenc'd by the D. of 〈…〉 c. It 's concerted there amongst the chief Gentry that those who were in the Lieutenancy in the late Kings Time will re-assume their Posts as before upon his Landing and bring the whole Militia to joyn him as will be further explain'd to you by the Person that conveys this to you The Gentry of Dorsetshire are the same particularly the Towns of Dorcester ond Weymouth Sommersetshire will be altogether influenc'd by my Lord P**t Lord Bishop of B. and W. Sr. Fr**s W*r Sr. Ha**ll T*t Sr. Wm. P**n Mr. A**ll Mr. L**y Mr. St'd who have concerted immediatly upon the Kings Landing to call all the Gentry of the County together and prevent them from raising the Militia and upon his Majesties Directions will re-assume their Places as before when his Majesty was upon the Throne From Devonshire his Majesty will be joyn'd by the Honourable J. Gr**ll Sir Ed. Se**r Sr. Bo. W*y Sr. Sy. Li*h Sr. P. Co***n who have great Interest in that County From Cornwall by my Lord Ar***l of Tr**e Lord Mo**n Capt. Mo**n his Uncle Lord La**n Lord Bishop of E***r Sr. Wm. Co***n Sr. J. Ar***l Sr. Jos Te***m Sr. Wm. Go***n Sr. J. St. Au**n Sr. J. M**h Sr. J. A**y In a Word that whole County is honest and intirely devoted to the King but particularly the Miners who are chiefly influenc'd by Go***n St. Au**n J. K*p H. T**n J. K*n Hen. Vi**t who may bring together a Body of 8 or 9000 of them to joyn the King upon an Occasion and if mix'd with some regular Troops and headed by a good Officer would settle that part of the Country for the King the Free-holders there are tired with Taxes no Fish taken Tin low scarce worth the working Wool and Yarn very low so that some particular Promises and Assurances to that County would have great Effects among the Tin Miners That should be his Majesties particular Care to enhaunce the Price of that Commodity c. which since his Time is fallen from 4. l. to 50. s. at which Price 't is now Wiltshire will move with my Lord We**h and Ay**y From Shropshire the King may expect to be joyn'd by most of the Gentry The City of Shrewsbury is honest From Warwickshire by my Lord Fe**s Lord B*r Lord L*h Lord D**h Lord D**y who with those that have been in the Lieutenancy will reassume their Posts and bring the Militia of that County to joyn the King Northamptonshire Lord E***e who has lately offer'd the King he will come at the Head of 3000 Horse with the chief Gentry of the County to joyn him Lord Gr**n and his Son Derbyshire and Leicestershire by Lord C***d Lord H***n Lord R**d Lord S**le Who will in that County as in others reassume the Lieutenancy upon the Kings Directions and make it serviceable to his Majesty Cheshire Sir F. E***n Sir P. E***n Mr. C**y of V*e R**ll Mr. Ro t Ch**y of H**d Sir Wm. M***ll Mr. Ar**n Mr. M**ll Mr. Lo*s M r. B*h Coll M**ll Mr. Fr***lls Mr. Br*ks of Norton Sir T. S*ley with a great many of the Clergy and City of Chester is well inclined Oxfordshire Lord A***n Lord N**s his Son Lord L**d Sir T. Cl**is Sir W. his Son Lord T***t the Honourable Henry B***s Sir E. N**s Sir E. R*d Sir Wm. W**s Lincolnshire by the Earl of L**y his Br. and the greatest Part of the Gentry So much as to the Places adjacent to Bristol now it 's most certain that while the Kings Western Friends are imployed his Northern Friends and those in London will not be Idle if his Majesty will but send them Directions There are actually in the North above 4000 Men * * Compare this account with that of the Discoverers and they exactly agree listed ready to march upon occasion and will be headed by Men of great consideration all the North being generally well inclined his Majesty has particular Assurance from thence and a true State of those Parts before him so that there is no need we should lay it down here but this it