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A67747
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A full discovery of the first Presbyterian sham-plot, or, A letter from one in London to a person of quality in the country by Andrew Yarranton.
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Yarranton, Andrew, 1616-1684.
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1681
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Wing Y15; ESTC R34108
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to Mr. Fogge to get his Men ready at the same time and Dr. Gawin has sent to Mr. Duke the Barber to get his Men ready at the same time and I have sent to Mr. Cornish to get his ready at the same time and I have sent to Dr. Connaught to get his Men ready and all the Scholars are to meet in Dr. Roger's Garden And pray send the Blunderbusses thither for I intend to be there my self and I pray give the Bearer hereof five pounds out of the Stock and I pray remember me to the six Men unnam'd Five Counties are to rise that Night without fail I need write no more to you The Word is God is the Word and pray tell them all so In this Letter was a List of the Persons Names he was to warn and it is as followeth Mr. Wikes Mr. Langly Mr. Cave Mr. White Mr. Lane Mr. Williams Mr. Fifill Mr. Townfend Mr. Pitman Mr. Burrows Mr. Pawling Mr. Walker Mr. Williams Mr. Jennings Mr. Short Mr. Griffin Mr. Newman Mr. Quelch Mr. Phillips Mr. Phillips Mr. Banks Mr. Prince Mr. Tindall Mr. Tindall Mr. Carter Mr. Carter Mr. Sadler Mr. Weller Mr. Edwards Mr. Dawes Mr. Drinock Mr. Berry Mr. King Mr. Carter Mr. Wix Mr. Siper Mr. Quelch Mr. Tomes Mr. Barnes Mr. Fifield Mr. Campion Mr. Lloyd Mr. Dodwell Mr. Nixson Mr. Spur Mr. Spensar Mr. Hodgkins Mr. Sheen Mr. Bowel Mr. Seal Mr. Painter Mr. Rogers Mr. Painter Mr. Rogers Mr. Duke Mr. Asting Mr. Archman Mr. Gelman Mr. Titmons Mr. Lark Mr. Hands Mr. Newman Mr. Newman Mr. Nixson Mr. Nixson Mr. Fulks Mr. Fulks Mr. Adkins Mr. Adkins Mr. Nichols Mr. Nichols Mr. Nichols Mr. Bowel Mr. Adkins Mr. Houghton Mr. Houghton Mr. Green Mr. Wiance Mr. Luing Mr. Ryland Mr. Nixson Mr. Bett Mr. Stinson Mr. Foge Mr. Hombes Mr. Adams Mr. Adams Mr. Andrews Mr. Foye Mr. Jennings Mr. Langly Mr. Langly Mr. Phillips Mr. Porter Mr. Alworth Mr. Millar Mr. Prince Mr. Cave Mr. Tongue Mr. Tongue Mr. Tongue Mr. Achman Mr. Winkeil Mr. Bunch Mr. Digbee Mr. Fifeld Mr. Fifeld Mr. Adkins Mr. Bro Mr. Tredwell Mr. Bland The Mayor of Oxford immediately dispatcheth a Messenger with an account of these transactions to the Lord Falkland who was then a Member of Parliament and I think Lord Lieutenant of the County the Copy of the Mayor's Letter I think meet also to be here inserted My Lord I Do not love to give your Lordship any unnecessary trouble yet in regard I perceive that by occasion of a Letter left with Mr. Martin our Town-Clark on Monday night last there is a great noise made as if there were an intended rising and meeting of armed Men in this City this last Night which I thought might possibly come to your Lorships Ear I thought it therefore my duty for the preventing of misreports the first discovery of it being made to my self to give your Lordship this true and full account of the whole matter On Monday night last about eight or nine of the Clock there comes a young Man to the Town-Clark's House and desiring to speak with him delivers him a Letter which he said one gave him on the Road between Tetsworth and Oxford the Town-Clark desir'd him to stay till he looked from whence it came the young Man pretended great haste and while he turned to the Candle to open the Letter the young Man slipt out of his Doors The Town-Clark no sooner read the two first Lines of it but said somebody had design'd evil towards him and while he read on his Letter called for his Man and a Lanthorn and so soon as it came went to Captain Griffins to shew him what he received not finding him at home he repaired to me told me how the Letter was left with him shewing it to me desiring me to send to seek out Captain Griffin that he might see the Contents of it which accordingly I did and he coming to me we together perused the Letter and the List of Names inclosed and considering them both with the Circumstances we presum'd it to be at the worst but a design to try or to intrap the Town-Clark we could not but commend his discretion in the so timely a Discovery for the clearing of himself I have inclosed a Copy of the Letter in such English as it is written and a Copy of the List of Names and because divers of them may be unknown to your Lordship I take leave to tell you that some of them bear Arms in your Lordship's Company of Foot others of them are Persons of known Fidelity to his Majesty and far from what this strange Letter would suppose tho there is a mixture also of some others with them The Town-Clark hath made proof of the manner of his receiving the Letter and his immediate Discovery which I hope will acquit him in your Lordship's Judgment as it doth in ours My Lord I was in my self fully perswaded that there is nothing of such weight in this business as that it was worthy giving your Lordship any particular account of it Yet upon further thoughts I conceiv'd it safer to err by overdoing than to adventure on your Lordship's censure for coming short of my Duty If I have made the Relation too tedious to your Lordship I humbly crave and hope for Pardon For I am My Lord Your Lordship 's Most Humble and Faithful Servant A like Letter and Account was also sent to the Recorder of Oxford one of their Members in Parliament who immediatly shewed it to one of the Secretaries And thus this pretty Project miscarried in Oxford through the Providence of God and the prudent Management of the Discoverers to the great regret no doubt of those who had cunningly enough contriv'd it I can't learn they made any further progress in it save only that two Deputy-Lieutenants sent next day for Mr. Martin and threatned at first to commit him to Custody but by and by they dismiss'd him with this Injunction Not to go out of the City within fourteen days without special License And that very night came into the Town many of the Militia who kept Guard for two days in the City 'T is high time now that I return to Worcester and give you an account of the forementioned Plotters in close Confinement there Dr. Jackson by the assistance of Sir R. C. gets his Enlargement Sparry and one of the Oslands moved that they might be bailed or brought to Trial but could obtain neither Yarranton and the other Osland were altogether passive and silent waiting to see what issue God in his Providence would put to these arbitrary and extrajudicial Proceedings and it was not long ere they were strangely delivered The manner was thus On the 2d of April 1662. the Person that was employed as I have shewed you before to carry the Pacquet of Sham-Letters from Sir J. P. to one Cole of Martly acquaints his Brother how he came by the said Pacquet His Brother immediatly upon this Discovery