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A25448 The Account of the manner of executing a writ of inquiry of damages between His Royal Highness James Duke of York &c. and Titus O[a]tes which was executed at the bar of the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster on Wednesday the 19th of June, 1684 in the presence of the high sheriff of Middlesex. 1684 (1684) Wing A320; ESTC R34141 20,410 34

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I speak nothing but what is true he has a good Brother but he takes all the courses in the world to undo Him And then the Doctor and my Lord Howard went away together Mr. Sol. Gen. Swear Randall Bowring which was done What have you heard Mr. Otes say of the Duke of YORK Mr. Bowring About the middle of October 1679. there were several persons at Dinner with the Doctor Lord Chief Justice What Doctor prithee Mr. Bowring Mr. Otes Lord Chief Justice Mr. Otes we know very well but we do not so well know who this Doctor is Mr. Bowring They used to call him Doctor or I should not have taken upon me to give him the Title Lord Chief Justice Well go on There were several persons at Dinner with him and what then Mr. Bowring There happened some discourse concerning his Royal Highness Lord Chief Justice Where was this Mr. Bowring At his Lodgings at Whitehall And a Gentleman that was there said In case his Royal Highness were a Papist how should we be secured that in case he come to the Succession of the Crown he would not bring in Popery among us Then the Doctor replied I would not have you trouble your self about that for he shall be hanged before that time Mr. Att. Gen. What have you heard him say any where else at Foster-lane or any other place Mr. Bowring After the Sermon he had preached there at Foster-lane Church the Church-wardens and some of the Parish invited him into the Vestry to drink a Glass of Wine Lord Chief Justice What he made as if he would preach there Mr. Bowring He did preach there and then the Church-wardens invited him to Dinner but then he asked them If ever any of them had dined with JAMES Duke of YORK at any of the Feasts of the City where the Duke used to come sometimes To which they none of them answering a word he replied He would not dine with any Man that had eat with the Devil And so would not go to dine with them but went and dined at a private Brasiers by London-wall Lord Chief Justice An excellent Gospel-Preacher upon my word Mr. Att. Gen. What Brasier was that Mr. Bowring Truly I do not well know his Name Mr. Att. Gen. Where did he live Mr. Bowring By London-wall Mr. Sol. Gen. Then swear Mr. Fairfax Which was done Pray Sir tell my Lord and the Jury what Words you have heard this Man speak of his ROYAL HIGHNESS Mr. Fairfax May it please your Lordship in August 1679. I happened to come into the Company of Otes the Defendant upon the account of an Election that was to be of Parliament-men for Grinstead in Sussex by the means of one Aukland Otes was to go down thither in my Lord Wharton's Coach and then we came first to be acquainted and afterwards we frequently did eat together and became very well acquainted And in my Lord Scrogg's time when he was Chief Justice there was some Presentment intended to be brought in by the Grand Jury here at the Term against his Royal Highness for being a Papist and not coming to Church and this Otes was the main Prosecutor of it He was used often to come up to me and speak to me when he met me and I was about that time walking in the Court that was built up here for the Tryal of the Lords in the Tower it was after that Grand Jury were dismissed which was done a day or two before they used to be dismist in the ordinary course and walking there I met Otes and said I to him Doctor Now you are Non-suited what will you do now Oh says he we will do well enough there will be a Sessions after the Term and there we will at him again and we will have no more regard for him than if he were a Scavenger of Kent-street And upon that he was called away from me and he went away Mr. Sol. Gen. Swear Mr. Philips Which was done Mr. Att. Gen. Come Mr. Philips will you acquaint my Lord and the Jury what you have heard Otes say of the Duke of YORK Mr. Philips In or about January 78. may it please your Lordship I was in the company of one Deacon at Otes's Lodgings at Whitehall where Mr. Otes said He hoped to see your or our Master JAMES meaning the Duke of YORK his Royal Highness I suppose at the Bar of the House of Commons and it would be no disparagement to him to appear there for there were better men Members of that House than he was Lord Chief Justice Pray what was the occasion of this Discourse Mr. Philips Truly it was a Discourse of his own he ran it on we talked but little to him Lord Chief Justice Who did he apply himself to in that Discourse Mr. Philips To us two Mr. Deacon and I. Lord Chief Justice How came he to mention your Master JAMES had you any relation to the Service of his Royal Highness Mr. Philips No my Lord we had not but he said either our Master or your Master he run on in such kind of Discourse as he used to do Lord Chief Justice But do you think he intended his Royal Highness when he named your Master JAMES Mr. Philips I could not imagine he did mean any Body else Mr. Att. Gen. Then swear William Ashlock Which was done Pray will you acquaint my Lord and the Jury what words you have heard him speak of his ROYAL HIGHNESS Mr. Ashlock May it please your Lordship in Easter Term 1682. Dr. Otes Mr. Att. Gen. Mr. Otes you mean Mr. Ashlock Mr. Otes went out one morning with Dolben and Robin Nichols two of his men from his Lodgings at Whitehall and while he was dressing he said he went out in order to draw up a Bill of Indictment against the Duke of YORK but he did not do it because he was otherwise advised by some persons as I heard Then at Michaelmas 1682. when he was going to dress him I held the Bason to him to wash as he commonly had two or three every day to wait upon him to dress him there came in a Gentleman that came newly out of Sussex I cannot remember his Name He asked him how all Friends did in Sussex and then fell a talking about the Election of Sheriffs and abusing them that were then chosen and reflected very much upon Sir John Moor and called him Rogue and said he deserved to be hang'd up as an Example And afterwards he said the City of London was fired by the Duke of YORK's Order and Sir Thomas Bludworth had a hand in it and the Forces at Black-Heath were to have plunder'd the City and killed all the honest Protestant Dissenters in London And this he would prove if ever they had a Parliament to their mind that should sit At another time there was one Starkey Henry Starkey that was concerned in Colledge's business at Oxford and one Mr. Paschall and I think Capt. Clare and some others that used