Jones Was he at Tixhall the 12th of August Lord Ch. Just He sayes he was there till Tuesday the 13th Pray let us not have the same questions repeated over and over against Mr. Sol. Gen. Where did you go on Tuesday night Sir Edward Southcoat We went to Nantwich and lay at the Holy-Lamb there Lord Ch. Just Where were you the next night Sir Edward Southcoat The next day we reached to St. Winifreds Well Lord Ch. Just Where did you lie there Sir Edward Southcoat At the Star which is the great Inn there Lord Ch. Just It is so Mr. Att. Gen. Was Mr. Ireland there with you Sir Edward Southcoat Yes he was Mr. Att. Gen. Whether did ye go then Sir Edward Southcoat We staid not but one day at Holy-Well for we arrived there pretty late at Night and all the Morning we spent there and went away in the Afternoon and came that Evening to Chester and lay there only one night and came the next day to Tixhall again Mr. Att. Gen. Which was Fryday the 16th of August Mr. Sol. Gen. Pray my Lord be pleased to ask him Whether this Gentleman Mr. Ireland was with them all the while in this Journey to Holy-Well Sir Edward Southcoat Every day particularly I Remember it very perfectly Mr. Att. Gen. After he came to Tixhall again How long did he tarry there Sir Edward Southcoat That I cannot so well say I do not remember truly but he was afterwards at my Lord Astons at Tixhall I remember some scambling daies but I can six upon only two Lord Ch. Just Which are they Sir Edward Southcoat I cannot tell what day of the month it was or what day of the Week but one day that I remember him there was Mr. Chetwin's Race with Sir Henry Gough and one other day Lord Ch. Just. When was that Horse-Race Sir Edward Southcoat My Lord I cannot tell what day of the Month it was Mr. Att. Gen. When was the other time you speak of Sir Edward Southcoat I remember him there one Thursday up 〈…〉 the Bowling-green at Tixhall where there was a particular Company Mr. Sol. Gen. My Lord We desire to know when his Brother did buy the Horse of Mr. Ireland Sir Edward Southcoat When we came back for he came home with us from my Lord Astons and we began our Journey the 9th or 10th of September from Tixhall to Kingston and when we arriv'd at my Fathers House my Brother bought the Horse of him Lord Ch. Just Did you come home back again with Mr. Ireland do you say Sir Edw. Southcoat Yes my Lord we did Lord Ch. Just When did you set out from Tixhall Sir Edw. Southcoat The Ninth of September my Lord I think it was I am sure it was upon a Monday the Ninth or Tenth Lord Ch. Just When did you come home Sir Edw. Southcoat We were Four Days on our Journey Lord Ch. Just And did you come straight to London Sir Edw. Southcoat No we went to my Father's House in Surry Lord Ch. Just Which way did you come Sir Edw. Southcoat The First Night we came to the Bull in Coventry and from thence the next Night we went to the Altar-Stone at Banbury and from Banbury we came the Third Day to Agmondishman I think it is called a little Town in Buckinghamshire And from thence the Fourth Day to my Father's House by Kingston in Surry Mr. Att. Gen. And then Ireland sold his Brother his Horse Lord Ch. Just How long was he at your Father's House in Surry Sir Edward Sir Edw. Southcoat My Lord we came on the Thursday and as I take it he went on the Saturday to London My Brother after he had bought his Horse lent him the Horse to Town and sent a Man with him to bring it back again Mr. Att. Gen. That Saturday my Lord makes it come just to the Fourteenth of September and is the very Day Fortnight before Michaelmas-Day Oats My Lord I desire to ask this Gentleman Whether he saw Ireland all August and till the Fourteenth of September in Staffordshire and elsewhere and How long in Staffordshire Sir Edw. Southcoat I cannot say as to any particular Days of the Months after our Coming from Holy-Well till our Coming from Tixhall to London Lord Ch. Just Marry if he did he would contradict what he had said before For from the time of Coming from Holy-Well to the time of Coming back to London he could tell but of Two Days and those uncertain For he remembers not by the Times but by other particular Circumstances Oats Pray my Lord be pleased to ask him this Question When was the First Day he saw him in September Sir Edw. Southcoat Truly my Lord I remember not any Day before we began our Journey home Mr. Att. Gen. But my Lord this is his Testimony He was in his Company till the Sixteenth of August It is true there were other times that he saw him at Tixhall but he cannot particularly speak unto them But by and by we shall go on to every Day and prove particularly where he was Oats My Lord I desire to know Was Sir Edward Southcoat at the Tryal of Ireland a Witness or no Sir Edw. Southcoat No I was not my Lord. Oats Were you at Whitebread's Tryal Sir Sir Edw. Southcoat Yes I was and gave the same Evidence I give now Mr. Sol. Gen. Then swear Mr. John Southcoat Which was done Mr. Att. Gen. This is Sir Edward Southcoat's Brother my Lord. Lord Ch. Just What he that bought the Horse Mr. John Southcoat Yes my Lord I bought the Horse of Mr. Ireland Lord Ch. Just Well what do you ask him Mr. Att. Gen. Pray Sir When did you meet Mr. Ireland in August 1678 And where Mr. John Southcoat My Lord I met with Mr. Ireland upon Monday the Fifth of August at the Bull-inn in St. Albans with my Lord Aston I came thither that Day with my Father 〈◊〉 Mother And the next Day we went to Northampton and there we Inn'd at the Sign of the George Sir William Farmer 's House which is an House in the Road us'd for an Inn since the Town was burnt And I convers'd with him every Day in our Journey And from thence the next Day we went to Coventry to the Bull-Inn there and from thence to my Lord Astons on Thursday-Night at Tixhall There we stay'd all Fryday Saturday Sunday and Monday Mr. Ireland was there I was with him all the while And then upon Tuesday we set out for Holy-Well in Flintshire and went that Night to Nantwich to the Lamb there And the next Day we went through Chester to Holy-Well We stay'd that Night at Holy-Well and the next Day came back again towards Noon to Chester and there lay that Night And then the next Night which was Fryday we came back again to Tixhall Lord Ch. Just Was Mr. Ireland with you both those Journeys all the while Mr. John Southcoat Yes my Lord he was I did see him and
the 17th of August and I did see him there the 18th and I did see him there the 19th and I did see him there the 20th and I saw him there upon the 22th 23th 24th and 25th and that was the last time I saw him there L. C. Justice At Mr. Harwells was it that you saw him Mrs. Winford Sometimes at Mrs. Harwells and sometimes at my Fathers House who lived in that Town Oates My Lord I desire to know how she comes to remember those dayes so particularly Mrs. Winford I remember them because St. Bartholomews Day was the 24th of August and that was the Saturday after he came to Town and the first day I saw him was the Sunday before and so I reckon it to be on those dayes I saw him L. C. Justice Have you any other Questions to ask her Mr. Oates Oates No my Lord I have not She was a Witness before at Whitebread's Tryal and was not believed there L. C. Justice We 'll make your Remarques by and by and let them now go on with their Evidence Mr. Soll. Gen. Then swear Mr. William Stanley which was done Mr. Att. Gen. Pray did you see Mr. Ireland at Wolver Hampton and when Mr. Stanley Upon the 18th of August 78. It was Sunday I saw Mr. Ireland in Wolver Hampton in the Morning and in the Afternoon he was in my own House Upon Munday the 19th I saw him twice that Day at my own House I positively speak that and I verily believe I did see him on Tuesday the 20th and Wednesday the 21th but Thursday and Friday I cannot say I did see him those two daies For he went upon one of them to Litchfield But upon Saturday and Sunday I am sure I saw him and two or three times some dayes Oates Pray Mr. Stanley did you know him before Mr. Stanley No I did not Sir Oates Was you at his Tryal Mr. Stanley No I was not Oates Were you at the five Jesuits Tryal Mr. Stanley No I was not in London since till the last Term. Oates What Religion are you of Sir Mr. Stanley What Religion are you of Mr. Oates L. C. Justice Nay do not ask Questions but answer the Questions he asks Mr. Stanley I am a Roman Catholick Mr. Att. Gen. Mr. Stanley Pray can you Recollect any Circumstance how you came to remember that it was such and such Days that you saw him Mr. Stanley Yes my Lord I can L. C. Justice What are they tell them us Mr. Stanley I buried a Child that Morning being Sunday the 18th of August and he came to my House in the Afternoon and I entertained him with those things that I had provided for to entertain my Friends at the Funeral On Munday was a Wake and the young People went all to the Wake and left Madam Harwell alone and so she came with him to my House and I entertained him with the lame kind of entertainment that I did the day before L. C. Justice That is a remarkable Circumstance indeed Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mrs. Dorothy Purcell which was done What say you Mrs. Purcell when did you see Mr. Ireland at Wolverhampton Mrs. Purcell I saw him the 18th 19th 20th 21th 22th and 23th days of August 1678. Mr. Att. Gen. Where did you see him Mrs. Purcell At a Friend's House in Wolverhampton L. C. Justice How come you to remember those days of the Month Mrs. Purcell I remember them by particular Circumstances L. C. Justice What are those particular Circumstances Let us hear them How come you to name those very days the 18th 19th and so on Mrs. Purcell I can remember it as well as any thing in the World Oates I desire my Lord that she may tell how she does remember it Mrs. Purcell That 's enough and as much as need to be said I remember very well Oates But I desire to know how you come to Remember it Mrs. Purcell I remember it I tell you very well And I do affirm I saw him 〈◊〉 Oates But you do not tell what Circumstances you remembed in by Mrs. Purcell No there is no need of it I am sure I saw him there then Mr. Att. Gen. Tell him some Circumstances Mrs. Purcell Those were the days before Bartholomew Eve Oates My Lord Is this any thing of Evidence L. C. Justice The Jury hears it and they will Consider of it Oates What Religion are you of Mrs. Mrs. Purcel Must I tell what Religion I am of L. C. Justice Yes answer his Question Oates I dare say she is a Papist she need not trouble her Head to answer it Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mr. Scot which was done Were you at Wolverhampton when Mr. Ireland was there Mr Scott Yes I was Mr. Att. Gen. Did you do any Service for him there Scott I look'd to his Horse Mr. Att. Gen. When did he come thither do you remember Scott I cannot tell just the time that he came in Mr. Att. Gen. What day of the Week was it that he came thither Scott It was of a Saturday Mr. Att. Gen. What Month was it Scott I cannot tell very well what Month it was It was in August I think Mr. Att. Gen. How long did he continue there Scott The space of a fortnight off and on Oates Is that Evidence my Lord that he has delivered L. C. Justice It is but very small Evidence It is only Circumstantial to confirm the other Testimony Mr. Att. Gen. How long was it before Ireland was tryed and executed can you tell that Scott No I know nothing of it Mr. Att. Gen. Then swear Mr. John Stamford which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Did you see Mr. Ireland at VVolverhampton and when was it I pray you Mr. Stamford My Lord in the year 1675 I was sent beyond Sea to St. Omers to fetch over two young Gentlemen that were Students there And there I became acquainted with Mr. Ireland who was then Procurator of the Jesuits at St. Omers And in August 78. I did see him in VVolverhampton upon the Sunday after the Assumption of our Lady which was the 15th of August he came to see me and I saw him there that Day L. C. Justice What day of the month is the Assumption of our Lady Mr. Stamford That is alwayes the 15th of August my Lord. Mr. Att. Gen. How often did you see him there Mr. Stamford I saw him Sunday and Munday and till that seven Night I saw him every day in that Week but one when he went to Litchfield Oates My Lord I desire to know how he comes to remember that it was at that time L. C. Justice He tells you a Reason for it because it fell out to be upon the Sunday after the Assumption of our Lady which is alwayes the 15th of August Oates My Lord he sayes he came acquainted with Mr. Ireland at St. Omers L. C. Justice Yes he says that was in the year 1675. Oates I desire to know my Lord what Business he had there
upon very hard Service to ride Post to London and back again in Twenty four Hours for no other Reason but only to commit a Treason that none ever found out but Mr. Oats And I am sure if he did he took a great deal of pains to a very little purpose Gentlemen I have taken up much of your Time and detain'd you the longer in this matter because I cannot but say with grief of Heart Our Nation was too long befotted and of Innocent Blood there has been too too much spilt 'T is high time to have some Account of it 'T is a Mercy we ought to bless Almighty God for that we are prevented from spilling more Innocent Blood God be blessed our Eyes are opened and let us have a Care for the future that we be not so suddenly imposed upon by such Prejudices and Jealousies as we have reason to fear such Villains have too much fill'd our Heads with of late Gentlemen 'T is incumbent upon you to Try according to the Evidence that has been given whether the Defendant be Guilty or Not Guilty And 't is incumbent upon us that sit here as Judges to see the Law executed as we will answer it at the Tribunal of the Great Judge of Heaven and Earth before whom we must appear and receive our Tryals at the Great Day And God forbid but we should use our utmost Endeavours to inflict the greatest Vengeance that the Justice of the Nation can permit us to inflict upon such Villains as these are that have contracted so much Mischief and Reproach upon us and so much Guilt upon themselves Gentlemen I am sorry I say I have kept you so long 'T is a Case of such Importance that I could not but say what I have done in it There may be other Circumstances arising from the Evidence which I may have omitted but were very largely and fully spoken to by Mr. Soliciter Whatsoever has been forgotten by him or by me I am sure will be sufficiently supplyed by your own Observations For I know you to be Gentlemen of great Knowledge and Experience in Matters of this Nature Then the Jury withdrew to Consider of their Verdict and after half an Hours Recess return'd to the Bar and answering to their Names deliver'd in their Verdict That the Defendant was guilty of the Perjury whereof be stood Indicted Which being Recorded the Lord Chief Justice spoke to the Gentlemen of the Jury to this Effect Lord Ch. Just Look ye Gentlemen because there has been some Notice taken to Day as there was Yesterday concerning the Opinions of Judges about Verdicts that have been given I would say a Word or two to you Not that I much admire the doing of it at any time nor would I do it now for your sakes because I am sure you act according to your Consciences and affect not Commendation But because it may be necessary for the Satisfaction of some People that they should know our Opinions also in this Matter I must tell you You have given a Verdict that becomes your Honesty Integrity and Loyalty And I declare in the Presence of Almighty God the Searcher of Hearts That had I been of the Jury I must have given the same Verdict Gentlemen 'T is an Honost and Just Verdict that you have given and by it you have Gontributed as much as in you lies to vindicate the Nation from the Infamy it has so long lain under Mr. Just Withins For my part I think if you had given any other Verdict you had found against plain Demonstration the Evidence was so full and clear Mr. Just Hollaway The Court is very well satisfied with the Verdict and you have acquitted your selves like Worthy Honest Gentlemen Mr. Just Walcot There is nothing can be said to the Verdict but that it is a just Verdict and according to the Evidence And then the Court Arose Die Lunae 11 Maij 1685. Banco Regis Dominus Rex versus Oats THIS Day Mr. Wallop moved That in regard the Court were pleased to give the Defendant time till Saturday next to move in Arrest of Judgment upon the Conviction on Fryday last they would please to give to the same Day to move in Arrest of Judgment upon the Conviction on Saturday which the Court granted But afterwards upon the Motion of Mr. Attorney General they order'd That a Note of the Exceptions to both Indictments should be sent to the King's Councel some Days before Saturday Die Sabbati 26 Maij. Banco Regis Dominus Rex versus Oats THIS Day being appointed for the Defendant to move what he could in Arrest of Judgment upon the Two Couvictions of Perjury he was brought by Rule from the Prison to the King 's Bench-Court Lord Ch. Just Mr. Attorney General Have you any thing to move Mr. Att. Gen. My Lord I pray your Judgment upon Oats who is Convicted upon Two Indictments for Two notorious Perjuries Lord Ch. Just Who is Councel for Oats Mr. Att. Gen. Mr. Wallop moved for him Lord Ch. Just What is it that Mr. Wallop has to say Oats My Lord I desire I may speak one word It was Thursday-Night before my Attorney could make an end of Examining the Records Sir Samuel Astry knows it very well Then I sent the Rule to those Gentlemen that were assign'd to be my Councel and the Exceptions were delivered in but Yesterday I pray I may have a Day or two more that my Councel may be prepared to argue for me Lord Ch. Just We cannot do that We gave you beyond the ordinary Rules in extending it till to Day Mr. Att. Gen. My Lord He talks of Examining the Records He had Copies of them all this long Vacation Oats My Lord My Actorney will be ready to make Oath that he finished the Examining but on Thursday Night Lord Ch. Just We do all know they were pleaded to the last Term and you have had all this Vacation to consider of them And we have indulg'd you beyond the ordinary Time Oats My Lord I desire but a Day or two more Lord Ch. Just No we cannot do it We have done more already than we ordinarily do Persons that are Convicted use to have but Four Days allowed them to move in Arrest of Judgment but you instead of having but Four Days have had Eight Oats If your Lordship pleases to give me time till Monday Lord Ch. Just I tell you We cannot do it If Mr. Wallop have any thing to say for you we 'll hear him Mr. Wallop I have nothing to say Mr. Att. Gen. Here are Four Exceptions delivered to me last Night as made by Mr. Wallop Lord Ch. Just But he says He has nothing to say We know not whose these Exceptions are Oats I do deliver in thove Exceptions my Lord Pray let them be read Lord Ch. Just Read them Sir Samuel Astry Cl. of Cr. Reads Dominus Rex versus Oats The Defendant's Exceptions I. That a Witness Sworn in the behalf of the King
the Laws of the said Kingdom Established at their Will and Pleasure to change and alter and the State of this whole Kingdom of England through all its parts well instituted and ordered wholly to subvert and destroy and War against our late Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to levy And to perfect and compleat the same their most wicked Treasons and Trayterous Imaginations and purposes They the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven Anthony Turner and James Corker and other false Traytours to the Jurors aforesaid unknown the aforesaid 24th day of April in the 30th Year aforesaid with Force and Arms aforesaid at the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields aforesaid in the County of Middlesex aforesaid falsely maliciously subtlely advisedly divellishly and Trayterously did assemble unite and gather themselves together and then and there falsly maliciously subtilly advisedly divellishly and Trayterously did consult consent and agree our said late Lord the King to Death and final Destruction to bring and put and the Religion within this Kingdom of England rightly and by the Laws of the same Kingdom established to change and alter to the superstition of the Church of Rome and the Government of this Kingdom of England to subvert and that one Thomas Pickering and one John Grove him our said late Lord the King should kill and murder and that they the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven Anthony Turner James Corker and other false Traytors against our said late Lord the King to the Jurors unknown a certain number of Masses between them then and there agreed upon for the health of the soul of him the said Thomas Pickering therefore should say celebrate and perform and therefore should pay unto the said John Grove a certain Sum of Money between them then and there agreed upon And that the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick John Gaven Anthony Turner William Harcourt otherwise Harrison and other false Traytors against our said late Lord the King to the Jurors unknown in the further prosecution of the Treasons and Trayterous Consultations and agreements aforesaid afterwards to wit the said 24th day of April in the 30th Year aforesaid at the aforesaid Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex aforesaid falsely subtilly advisedly maliciously devillishly Trayterously did severally give their Faith each to other and upon the Sacrament then there Trayterously did swear promise to conceal and not to devulge their said most wicked Treasons and Trayterous Compassings Consultations and purposes aforesaid so between them had him the said late Lord the King Trayterously to kill and murder and to Introduce the Romish Religion to be used within this Kingdom of England and the true Reformed Religion in this Kingdom of England rightly and by the Laws of this Kingdom Established to alter and Change and that the said Thomas VVhite otherwise VVhitebread John Fenwick VVilliam Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven Anthony Turner James Corker and other false Traytors to the Jurors aforesaid unknown in further Prosecution of the Treasons and Trayterous intentions and agreements aforesaid afterwards to wit the said 24th day of April in the 30th Year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly subtilly advisedly maliciously devillishly and Trayterously did prepare perswade excite abet comfort and Counsel four other Persons to the Jurors unknown and Subjects of our said late Lord the King him our said late Lord the King Trayterously to kill and murder against the duty of their Allegiance and against the peace of our said late Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the forme of the Statute in that Case made and provided whereupon it was Commanded the Sheriff of the County aforesaid that he should not omit c. But should take them to answer c. Which Indictment the said Justices of our Lord the King afterwards to wit at the Goal-delivery of our said Lord the King of Newgate holden by Adjournment for the County of Middlesex at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayly in the Suburbs of the City of London on Fryday to wit the 13th day of June in the 31st Year aforesaid before Sir James Edwards Knight Mayor of the City of London Sir William Scroggs Knight Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of King's-Bench Sir Francis North Knight Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas Sir Thomas Allen Knight and Baronet one of the Aldermen of the said City of London Sir George Jeffreys Knight Recorder of the said City of London and other their Companions Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to deliver his Goal of Newgate of the Prisoners in the same being by their own proper Hands did deliver there in the Court of Record in form of Law to be determined And thereupon at the said Goal-delivery of our Lord the King of Newgate holden by the Adjournment aforesaid for the County aforesaid at Justice-Hall aforesaid the said Fryday the 13th of June in the 31st Year aforesaid before the aforesaid Justices of our said late Lord the King last named came the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Hartcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner under the Custody of Sir Richard How Knight and Sir John Chapman Knight Sheriff of the County aforesaid into whose Custody for the Cause aforesaid they were before that time Committed being brought to the Bar there in their proper Persons who were committed to the aforesaid Sheriff c. And immediately being severally demanded concerning the premises aforesaid in the Indictment aforesaid specified charg'd upon them as above how they would thereof acquit themselves the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner did severally say That they were Not thereof Guilty And thereupon for Good and Bad did severally put themselves upon the Country And thereupon upon the Indictment aforesaid last recited at the Session of our Lord the King at the Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly it was so far proceeded that the Issue aforesaid between our said late Lord the King and the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner afterwards to wit the aforesaid Fryday the 13th Day of June in the 31st Year aforesaid at Justice-Hall aforesaid by a certain Jury of the Country in that behalf duly Empanell'd Sworn and Charg'd was Tryed and that upon the Tryal of the Issue aforesaid last mentioned between our said late Lord the King and the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner at London aforesaid to wit at the Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly aforesaid in the Parish of St. Sepulchre in the Ward of Faringdon Without London aforesaid the said Defendant Titus Oats was also a Witness produced on
behalf of our said late Lord the King upon the Tryal aforesaid upon the Indictment last aforesaid And he the aforesaid Titus Oats then and there at the Session last aforesaid at the Justice-Hall aforesaid in the Court of the same Session to wit at the Parish and Ward aforesaid was duly sworn upon the Holy Gospels of God to speak and testify the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth of and in the Premises in the Issue aforesaid last mentioned so as aforesaid joyned between our said late Lord the King and the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner And that the said Titus Oats then and there at the Session aforesaid last mentioned in the Justice-Hall aforesaid in the Court of the same Session upon his Oath aforesaid upon the Indictment last aforesaid by his own proper Act and Consent of his most wicked Mind falsly voluntarily and corruptly did say depose swear and give in Evidence to the Jurors of the Jury aforesaid last mentioned so as aforesaid Sworn and Empanell'd to try the Issue aforesaid between our said late Lord the King and the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner That William Ireland one William Ireland then before Convicted and Executed for High Treason against our late Lord the King meaning took his Leave of him the said Titus Oats and others at the Chamber of the said William Ireland then being in Russel-Street a certain Street called Russel-Street lying within the City of Westminster in the County of Middlesex meaning between the 8th and 12th Day of August in the Year of our Lord 1678. Whereas in truth and indeed the said William Ireland did not take his Leave of the said Titus Oats or any other Persons whatsoever at the Chamber of the said William Ireland then being in Russel-Street aforesaid between the said 8. and 12. Days of August in the Year of our Lord 1678. And so the said Titus Oats upon the said Fryday the 13th day of June in the 31st Year aforesaid at the Session last aforesaid at the Justice-Hall aforesaid in the Court of the same Session upon the Indictment last aforesaid so put in Issue and Tryed as aforesaid between our said late Lord the King and the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner by his own proper Act and Consent and of his most wicked Mind falsly voluntarily and corruptly in manner and form aforesaid did commit voluntary and corrupt Perjury to the great Displeasure of Almighty God in manifest contempt of the Laws of this Kingdom of England to the evil and pernicious Example of all others in the like Case offending and against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity Upon this Indictment he has been Arraigned and thereunto hath pleaded Not Guilty And for his Tryal hath put himself upon the Country and his Majesty's Attorney-General likewise which Country you are Your Charge is To enquire whether the Defendant Titus Oats be Guilty of the Perjury he stands Indicted or Not Guilty If you find him Guilty you are to say so If you find him Not Guilty you are to say so and no more And hear your Evidence Lord Ch. Just Look ye Mr. Attorney my Lord Chief Justice Jones has sent to know whether you have any thing to do with him to day here Mr. Att. Gen. Not at all that I know of Lord Ch. Just Mr. Oats Do you intend to make use of my Lord Chief Justice Jones or any of the Judges of the Common-Pleas as Witnesses Oats Yesterday my Lord I did call for them to have made use of them as Witnesses Lord Ch. Just But have you any thing to say to them to day Oats I cannot tell as yet Lord Ch. Just Then my Lord Chief Justice Jones must be told That he does not know whether he shall or not Go on Sir Samuel Astry Then Proclamation for Information and Evidence was made in usual manner Mr. Phipps May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury This is an Indictment against Titus Oats Clerk for Perjury And the Indictment sets forth That William Ireland Thomas Pickering and John Grove in the 30th Year of the late King were Indicted of High Treason and Tryed at the Old-Bayly and at that Tryal the Defendant Titus Oats was produc'd a Witness for the King and being sworn to tell the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth did falsly voluntarily and corruptly depose and swear and give in Evidence to the Jury that did try that Cause That the said William Ireland was in Town within the Cities of London and Westminster or the Places adjacent meaning upon the First or Second day of September in the Year 1678. Whereas in truth the said William Ireland was not in Town nor within the Cities of London or Westminster or the Places adjacent upon the First or Second day of September in the Year 1678. And so the said Titus Oats hath committed wilful and corrupt Perjury And the Indictment further sets forth That upon the 13th day of June in the 31st Year of the late King Thomas White otherwise Whitebread John Fenwick William Harcourt otherwise Harrison John Gaven and Anthony Turner were Indicted and Tryed at the Old-Bayly for Treason and at that Tryal the said Titus Oats was a Witness produc'd on the Part of the King And being sworn to testify the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth by his own Act and Consent of his own most wicked Mind falsly voluntarily and corruptly did depose and swear and give in Evidence to the Jury That William Ireland one William Ireland before that time Convicted and Executed for High Treason meaning did take his Leave of him the said Titus Oats at his the said William Ireland's Chamber then being in Russel-Street between the 8th and 12th Day of August in the Year of our Lord 1678. Whereas in truth the said William Ireland did not take his Leave of him the said Titus Oats or of any other Persons whatsoever at his the said William Ireland's Chamber then being in Russel-Street aforesaid between the said 8th and 12th Day of August in the Year of our Lord 1678. And so the said Titus Oats did then and there commit wilful and corrupt Perjury And this is laid to be to the great Displeasure of Almighty God in contempt of the Laws of this Land to the evil and pernicious Example of all others in the like Case offending and against the King's Peace Crown and Dignity To this he has pleaded Not Guilty If we prove it we do not question but you will find him Guilty Mr. Att. Gen. May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury Mr. Oats stands Indicted for having perjur'd himself The Instances Gentlemen that we charge him with are these First
Then my Lord is not positive he went with him into Staffordshire Lord Ch. Just No he is not but I would ask you this Question My Lord Aston do you believe he went with you to Tixhall Lord Aston I make no doubt of it I would pawn all I have in the World upon it only I cannot swear it because I have it not in my Notes as I have those two other dayes Mr Just Withins Do you like him the worse because he is Cautious Mr. Oats Oats No Sir I do not But pray my Lord ask him because it is a Question here about a point of time Whether he remembers that within eight or ten dayes he saw Ireland at Tixhall Lord Aston I cannot say any thing to as that Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Sir Edward Southcoat Which was done Lord Ch. Just I thought you had called him Sir John Southcoat Mr. Att. Gen. Sir John is sick and cannot be here Oats I suppose my Lord Aston is a Roman Catholick Lord Ch. Just Ay that all the World knows very well but I tell you what Mr. Oats I observe he is not so easy in giving his Oath nay he is wonderful cautious in Swearing I speak it for his commendation not as his fault he is not very forward at swearing Mr. Just Withins Well What do you ask this Gentleman Mr. Attorney Mr. Att. Gen. We desire Sir Edward Southcoat would give an account whether he met Mr. Ireland at my Lord Astons And when Sir Edward Southcoat I was with my Lord Aston in his Company Lord Ch. Just When was that Sir Sir Edward Southcoat The 4th of August I saw Mr. Ireland at my Lord Astons Lord Ch. Just Was it the same Ireland that was afterwards Tryed and Executed Sir Edward Southcoat It was the same Ireland that was commonly reported I did not see him Executed Mr. Att. Gen. Was it the same that was Reputed to be this old Gentlewomans Son Sir Edward Southcoat Yes It was Lord Ch. Just Pray Sir go on with your Evidence Sir Edward Southcoat Upon Monday we began our Journey to Tixhall and went that night to St. Albans where we met my Father and Mother and thence we continued on our Journey the next day Lord Ch. Just Was he with you there that day you went to St. Albans Sir Edward Southcoat He was with us I Remember very particularly It was hot weather and my Lord Aston invited him into the Coach for before he was Riding by the Coach side and there I remember a particular discourse that he and my Lord Aston had from thence we went on to Northampton and came the Tuesday night Lord Ch. Just Was Ireland with you there Sir Edward Southcoat Ireland was with us there Oats My Lord I did not well observe what this Gentleman said Lord Ch. Just Pray mind your business your self he speaks plain enough go on Sir Sir Edward Southcoat Mr. Ireland was with us I say my Lord all the Journey and I do Remember it particularly by a pretty Horse Mr. Ireland Road upon and I had a dispute with my Cousin who should buy him I took particular notice every day of him as he rode by the Coach and Conversed with him every night in the Inn. We went I say from St. Albans to Northampton on the Tuesday from Northampton we went to Coventry on the Wednesday and from thence to my Lord Astons at Tixhall on the Thursday Lord Ch. Just Come let us go by degrees Was Mr. Ireland with you when you went from my Lord Astons at Standen to St. Albans Sir Edward Southcoat Yes he was Lord Ch. Just You say it was a hot day when you set out And my Lord Aston did invite him into the Coach Sir Edward Southcoat Yes my Lord he came into the Coach on Monday which was the first day we set out and came that night to St. Albans Lord Ch. Just You lay there that Night Sir Edward Southcoat Yes my Lord. Lord Ch. Just Where did you lie there Sir Edward Southcoat At the great Inn at the Bull. Lord Ch. Just Ay That is the great Inn. Sir Edward Southcoat The next night my Lord we came to Northampton Lord Ch. Just. Where did you lie there Sir Edward Southcoat We lay at the signe of the George it was Sir William Farmers House but made use of for an Inn because the Town was Burnt down Lord Ch. Just Was Mr. Ireland with you all that day Sir Edward Southcoat He rode with us all the day Lord Ch. Just And you took notice of it because of his Horse you say Sir Edward Southcoat Yes he had a very pretty Horse my Lord and my Brother bought the Horse of him after we came back again Lord Ch. Just Whether went ye the next day Sir Edward Southcoat The next night we lay at the Bull in Coventry and from thence on Thursday we arrived at my Lord Astons at Tixhall Mr. Att. Gen. My Lord the Jury desires to know what he sayes For they have not heard it Lord Ch. Just He sayes Mr. Ireland went with my Lord Aston in the Coach it being a hot day on Monday the 5th of August from Standen my Lord Astons House in Hartfordshire to St. Albans and lay there at the Bull-Inn that Night that he went the next day which was Tuesday the 6th of August with them to Northampton That he rode upon a pretty Horse which makes him Remember it particularly and that there was a dispute on the Road who should buy him and when they came back his Brother bought him He says they lay on Tuesday night at Northampton at the George which was a Gentlemans House which was turn'd into an Inn because of the Fire That we went with them the next day to Coventry which was Wednesday the 7th of August and lay with them that night at the Bull in Coventry and the next day which was Thursday the 8th they came and Ireland with them to my Lord Aston's House at Tixhall in Staffordshire Mr. Att. Gen. Pray Sir Edward Southcoat How long did he stay with you at Tixhall at my Lord Astons Sir Edward Southcoat He staid with us there till the Tuesday after and then we began our Journey from my Lord Astons House in Tixhall into Wales to St. Winifreds Well Lord Ch. Just That is Holy-Well you mean Sir Edward Southcoat Yes my Lord. Lord Ch. Just You say he stayed all Fryday Saturday Sunday Monday and till Tuesday after you came to my Lord Astons at Tixhall Sir Edward Southcoat Yes my Lord he did so Mr. Att. Gen. So then my Lord we are gotten to Tuesday the 13th of August which is past the time of the Perjury that is laid second in the Indictment but in point of time is the first that happen'd for he swore that Ireland took his leave of him and others here in Town between the 8th and 12th of August Mr. Sol. Gen. Where did you go on Tuesday Sir Sir Edward Southcoat Towards Wales Mr.
rode with him every Day Lord Ch. Just Pray Sir How long were you at Tixhall after you came from Holy-Well Mr. John Southcoat We stay'd there till we came away for good and all Lord Ch. Just. Was Mr. Ireland with you all that time Mr. John Southcoat No he was not Mr. Att. Gen. Do you remember that Mr. Ireland came to Tixhall the Ninth of September and came along home with you when you came Mr. John Southcoat Yes I do remember it very well Lord Ch. Just What Day did you come home Sir Mr. John Southcoat We came home in Four days Mr. Sol. Gen. When did he leave you Mr. John Southcoat We came home upon Thursday and he went to London on Saturday Lord Ch. Just Pray Sir Can you recollect when you did first 〈◊〉 him again at Tixhall after you came from Holy-Well Mr. John Southcoat My Lord I cannot tell particularly any day till the day we came away Lord Ch. Just Do you remember the Horse Match between Mr. Chetwine and Sir Henry Gough Mr. John Southcoat I was there my Lord but I do not remember Mr. Ireland was there Lord Ch. Just How long did he stay at your Father's House in Gurry Sir Mr. John Southcoat Two Days my Lord. Mr. Sol. Gen. You lent him your Horse you bought of him I think Sir Mr. John Southcoat Yes up to London I did and I sent my Man with him to bring him back again Mr. Att. Gen. Has Mr. Oats any Questions to ask this Gentleman Oats My Lord I desire to ask Mr. Southcoat Whether or no he is sure that Ireland was in his Company from the Fifth of August to the Sixteenth Mr. John Southcoat Yes every Day I am sure of it I remember it very well Oats Pray my Lord ask him Whether or no he testifyed this that he now swears at Ireland's Tryal Mr. John Southcoat My Lord I was not at Ireland's Tryal Oats Then I desire to ask him Whether or no he did testify this at the Five Jesuite's Tryal Mr. John Southcoat No I was not sent for to any of the Tryals Lord Ch. Just I am sorry you were not Sir 'T was pity you were not there It might have sav'd some Innocent Blood Mr. Att. Gen. Now swear Harrison Which was done Mr. Sol. Gen. Pray will you give an Account when you saw Ireland and where Harrison In the Year of our Lord 1678. my Master Sir John Southcoat went with my Lady on Monday the Fifth of August to St. Albans and we came with a Coach and Four Horses For my Master-had an old Servant that had a pair of Horses which my Master made use of And there we met my Lord Aston in the Company of Mr. Ireland And the next Morning my Lord Aston went with my Master and Lady towards Tixhall And I rode by in Mr. Ireland's Company and came acquainted with him that Day That Night we came to Northampton and there we Inn'd at a Stone-House that was us'd for the Inn the Town being burnt before The next Night we went to Coventry and on Thursday we came to Tixhall there we stay'd till Tuesday After when we went to Holy-Well and the Tuesday-Night we lay at Natwich And thence we went to Holy-Well and stay'd there on Wednesday Night And on Thursday we came to West Chester and I parted with him upon the Fryday at West-Chester Mr. Att. Gen. Pray did you know this Ireland Was it he that was Tryed and Executed Harrison I was at Mr. Ireland's Tryal Lord Ch. Just Was it the same man that was Tryed Harrison My Lord I saw him at his Tryal the hair of his face was grown and he was a little disordered he did not look so well because he was not so well dress'd but it was the same man my Lord. Mr. Sol. Gen. Before this Man goes we have more questions to ask him When did you see him again after you left him in Chester you say Harrison I saw him several times at Tixhall I saw him at the Bowling-green upon a Thursday and I saw him when the Horse-Race was between Mr. Chetwin and Sir Henry Gough I cannot tell what day it was for I had no reason to keep an account of the particular dayes at that time Mr. Att. Gen. Did you come up with your Master again the 9th of September Harrison My Lord I did so I have a Note wherein I set down the charges at that time It is in this bit of paper which I have kept in my Almanack ever since My Lord Aston sent his Coach with us to Banbury where my Masters Coach was to meet him but came only to Conventry the first night The next Night which was Tuesday we came to the Altar-Stone at Banbury and there we lay From thence on Wednesday we came to Agmondisham where we were Ill Lodged The next day we baited at Vxbridge and came to Kingston and so to Sir John Southcoat's House upon the Thursday night Upon the Fryday Mr. Ireland sold his Horse to Mr. John Southcoat my Masters Son Upon the Saturday morning I came with him from my Masters House towards London he did ride upon the Horse he had sold to Mr. Southcoat and so we came up to Town and took Water and I took a little bagg that belonged to Mr. Ireland upon my arm and we landed at Somerset-House and I came with him to his Lodging in Russel-street and when he came there he went up stairs where were two Women met him and welcom'd him home Said they We are glad you are come we thought we had lost you because we had never heard from you all this while There I took my leave of him and did not see him again till his Tryal at the Old-Baily and this was Saturday the 14th of September Lord Ch. Just Pray let me see your paper you speak of Which was delivered in and the Court look't upon it Lord Ch. Just Did you write this in your Journey Harrison Yes my Lord I did write it at that time Mr. Att. Gen. Are the particular dayes inserted there my Lord Lord Ch. Just No they are not Mr. Attorney Harrison I could not write well it was only but Memorandums for my self Lord Ch. Just What day of the Month was the Saturday he came to Town Harrison It was the 14th of September my Lord. Lord Ch. Just That agrees with all that the Women said that he came on Saturday a fortnight before Michaelmas being the same day of the Week as Michaelmas-day was Thus far it is as clear as the Sun at Noon-day Oats My Lord There was a time when this was not believ'd Lord Ch. Just Ay Mr. Oats we know there was a time when there were Ignoramus Juries and things were believed and not believed as the humour went What can you Mr. Oats say to it I must needs tell you Prima Facie 'T is so strong an Evidence that if you have any sense in the World you must be concern'd at it
to be at Standen in Hartfordshire to wait upon my Lord Aston to go with him to Tixhall And the Third of August I saw Mr. Ireland there at Standen-Lodge at my Lord's House The Fourth Day he rested there being Sabbath-Day Mr. Att. Gen. What are you an Hackney-Coach-man Ingletrap Yes my Lord I am so And upon the Fifth which was Monday he went with my Lord Aston to St. Albans upon the Sixth to Northampton on the Seventh to Coventry and the Eighth day to Tixhall-Lodge He was in the Company and went all the way with him and I was there too Lord Ch. Just How long did he stay there Ingletrap Till Tuesday the 13th Lord Ch. Just Did you see him there till Tuesday Ingletrap I do not say That I did see him every Day Lord Ch. Just Did you go with them on Tuesday to Holy-Well Ingletrap No I did not Mr. Att. Gen. But my Lord you observe that is past one of the Times that he swore Ireland was here in Town that is between the Eighth and Twelfth of August Lord Ch. Just It is so Mr. Att. Gen. Pray what Religion are you of Mr. Ingletrap Ingletrap I am a Protestant my Lord Oats Were you at the Tryal of the Five Jesuites or that of Ireland Ingletrap No I was not Oats My Lord I desire you would ask him he being a Protestant How he came to be acquainted with Ireland that was a Priest Lord Ch. Just Why Mr. Oats Is there no Conversation to be between Papists and Protestants Oats Truly very little my Lord But that is not to the Point now I desire to have an Answer to my Question Ingletrap There was no great Acquaintance between us my Lord for I never saw him before that time Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Andrew Wetton Which was done Did you go that Journey with my Lord Aston to Tixhall Wetton No. I went from Tixhall to Holy-Well Mr. Att. Gen. What Day did you set out from Tixhall Wetton Upon Tuesday the Thirteenth of August Mr. Sol. Gen. Where did you lie that Night Wetton At Nantwich at the Holy-Lamb And the next Day we baited at Chester and from thence we came the next Night to Holy-Well There we stay'd all Night and till next Day at Noon We din'd at Holy-Well and came that Night back to Choster And from thence the next Day we came home to Tixhall Lord Ch. Just Was Mr. Ireland there all the while Wetton Mr. Ireland was there I look't after his Horse Lord Ch. Just When did he come first to Tixhall Wetton He came upon the Eighth and stay'd till the Thirteenth and then went to Holy-Well Mr. Sol. Gen. Pray what Religion are you of Wetton I am a Protestant Sir Mr. Att. Gen. And the Ninth of September he came away from Tixhall for London you say Wetton Yes I saw them take Coach and he did ride on Horse-back Lord Ch. Just Did you see him often at Tixhall between the time he came from Holy-Well and the time he went to London VVetton Yes he was there several times but I cannot tell the particular Days But my Lord if you please I can tell you the very Money he gave me which was a Shilling and two Six Pences when we came back from Holy-Well Lord Ch. Just And the Sixteenth you say he came back from Holy-Well Wetton Yes it was the Sixteenth upon Fryday that he came from Holy-Well Lord Ch. Just And he says The Ninth of September he came back again from Tixhall to London and that he saw him several times in the mean time at my Lord Aston's House Mr. Sol. Gen. So my Lord we are past one of the Times and have fixt him at Tixhall upon the Sixteenth Mr. Sol. Gen. So my Lord we are past one of the Times and have fixt him at Tixhall upon the Sixteenth Mr. Att. Gen. We have a couple of Witnesses more upon this Point and then we shall go on to the Seventeenth and so all along to the Ninth of September Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Thomas Sawyer Which was done When came Mr. Ireland to Tixhall Can you tell Mr. Sawyer He came the Eighth of August to Tixhall and continued there till the Thirteenth And then he went away but whither he went I cannot tell But as I was told it was to Holy-Well Mr. Att. Gen. When did he come to Tixhall again Mr. Sawyer When my old Lady Aston came home which was Fryday the Sixteenth Mr. Sol. Gen. Do you know when he left Tixhall for good and all Mr. Sawyer The Ninth of September my Lord he went with Sir John Southcoat to go to London Lord Ch. Just Can you remember he was there at any time between the Sixteenth of August and the Ninth of September Mr. Sawyer He was once or twice there but I cannot tell the particular Days Mr. Sol. Gen. What Perswasion are you of as to Religion Sir Mr. Sawyer I am one of the Church of England my Lord. Lord Ch. Just Truth is the same in all Perswasions Mr. Sol. Gen. But we would obviate Mr. Oats his Objection That they are all Papists Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Frances Allen. Which was done Pray will you give an Account when you saw Mr. Ireland in Staffordshire Mrs. Allen. He came the Eighth Day of August to Tixhall and continued there the Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth and to the Thirteenth in the Morning and then he did go to Holy-Well Mr. Att. Gen. She will tell you one particular Circumstance how she remembers him about that time Mrs. Allen. The Tenth of August was Saturday and that which causeth me to remember it is this There was a Woman one Sarah Paine I think her Name was which testifyed at the Tryal That he was in Town at that time but he was not For he was at Tixhall upon the Tenth which was Saturday and the Eleventh which was Sabbath-Day And I saw him in the Chamber those Days Mr. Att. Gen. How came you to know him so well Mrs. Allen. I was a Servant to my Lord Aston and look't to Mr. Ireland's Chamber and wash'd his Linnen and those Days I saw him in his Chamber Mr. Att. Gen. When he went from Tixhall to Holy-VVell the 13th When did he come back again Mrs. Allen. The 16th day which was Friday Mr. Att. Gen. Did he come afterwards to Tixhall at any time Mrs. Allen. He went away the 17th and I can tell you by a good token that he did so For the 17th I carried his Cloaths into his Chamber that he was to take with him Mr. Att. Gen. When did he come again to Tixhall Mrs. Allen. He came several times but truly I cannot tell what dayes particularly Mr. Sol. Gen. Pray when did he go away for good and all Mrs. Allen. I remember his going away with Sir John Southcoat but I cannot tell the time Mr. Att. Gen. Pray what Religion are you of Mrs. Allen. I am a Protestant of the Church of England so I was Christened so I have
lived and so I hope to dye before you all Lord Ch. Just Upon my word she is very kind she has a mind to dye before us 'T is a sign she lives a good life she 's so ready to die Mr. Att. Gen. So my Lord you see that the 17th of August he departed from my Lord Astons Now we shall call Mrs. Harwell to give you an account whether he went on the 17th Swear Mrs. Jean Harwell Which was done Mr. Sol. Gen. Where do you live Mrs. Harwell Mrs. Harwell I live now in Town my Lord. Mr. Sol. Gen. Where did you live in the Year 78 Mrs. Harwell At Wolverhampton Mr. Sol. Gen. Did you know Mr. Ireland he that was Executed Mrs. Harwell Very well my Lord. Mr. Sol. Gen. What time did he come to your House at Wolverhampton Mrs. Harwell The 17. of August 1678. Mr. Sol. Gen. What day of the week was it Mrs. Harw Upon Saturday Mr. Sol. Gen. From whence did he say he came at that time Mrs. Harwell I do verily believe it was from Tixhall that he came I cannot positively say Mr. Sol. Gen. How long stayed he there Mrs. Harwell He came to my House the 17th of August 1678. He supped there that night and I think he lay in my House every night till the 26th of the same month Upon the 19th day after Dinner I went with him a good part of the Town of Wolverhampton and upon Friday following which was the 23d he went a little way out of Town to a Fair hard by and return'd the same day and stayed at my House the next day being Bartholomew-day The next day being the 25th being Sunday he was at my House and he stayed as I said every night and lay at my House and went away on Monday the 26th of August It was to the best of my remembrance in the morning Mr. Sol. Gen. Whether did he say he was going when he went from your House upon the 26th Mrs. Harwell I think to Tixhall he said Mrs. Sol. Gen. When did you see him again after that Mrs. Harwell He returned to me again the 14th of September following That night he supped at my house and lay there and he stayed at my house Thursday the 5th of September Fryday the 6th and he went away on the 7th from me for good and all Mr. Att. Gen. Whither did he go then Mrs. Harwell To Tixhall I think I cannot tell Mr. Att. Gen. Whence did he say he came when he came last to your house which was Wednesday the 4th of September Mrs. Harwell Then he said he came from Boscobel and Black-Ladies and that way Mr. Sol. Gen. Can you tell any thing that makes you remember he was at Boscobel Mrs. Harwell I have some Circumstances that make me believe and remember it Lord Ch. Just Ay tell us what they are Mrs. Harwell My Lord upon Monday the 2d of September I heard Mr. Ireland would be at Boscobel and I said to my Friend that told me so Sure Mr. Ireland will not be there that night and I so near him Yes said she he will Then said I I will write to him and so I did And I tell you the 4th of September which was Wednesday he came to my House and stayed that night and the two next dayes with me and went away upon the Saturday after Lord Ch. Just You say you did write to him upon the 2d of September Mrs. Harwell Yes I did so Lord Ch. Just What was the occasion of your writing to him at that time Mrs. Harwell One Madam Dormer was then in those parts and he being gon a Visiting his Friends at Black-Ladies I writ to him and desired him to give her a Visit for I knew she would be glad to see him Lord Ch. Just He came back to you the 4th of September you say Mr. Harwell Yes he did so my Lord. L. Ch. Just Did he own upon the fourth of September that he had received your Letter Mrs. Harwell He said he had been at the place my Lord but I know not whether he had receiv'd my Letter or no but I am sure he waited upon my Lady for she told me so afterwards Oats I desire to know whether this Gentlewoman was at Ireland's Tryal Mrs. Harwell No my Lord but I heard that upon the 17th of December following Mr. Ireland was try'd at the Old Baily for High Treason Upon the 19th I was inform'd by the Post what was sworn against him and particularly as to this time which I knew to be false and upon my own Cost and Charges I sent an Express away to Town here to a Friend that I knew upon reading the Letter that was written to me that Mr. Ireland was falsly accus'd and by that Express also I sent a Petition humbly beseeching his late Majesty that we might bring in Witnesses to prove that Mr. Ireland was in Staffordshire when Mr. Oats swore he was in Town and upon that the King staid the Execution about five Weeks We did hope for a second Tryal but we could not obtain it and he was executed Mrs. Harwell I did it at my own Cost and Charges for I thought it my duty if I could to save his Life knowing that to be false which was sworn against him L. Ch. Just She speaks gravely and soberly upon my word Mr. J. Withens So she does indeed Mr. Att. Gen. We have abundance of them my Lord. Swear Mr. William Rushton which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Tell my Lord what you know of Mr. Ireland's being at Mrs. Harwel's in August 1678 at Wolverhampton Mr. Rushton My Lord In the Month of August 1678 I did see Mr. William Ireland at Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford and it was upon the 18th of August and I saw him there from the 18th to the 25th every one of the dayes but one and that I cannot be positive in He went that day to Litchfield which was upon the 23th as I take it but I cannot be positive but all the rest of the dayes I did see him there once if not twice or thrice a day Mr. Att. Gen. Where did he lodge then Mr. Rushton At Mr. Jyfford's or Mrs. Harwell's Oats Were you at any of the Tryals of Ireland or the five Jesuits Sir Mr. Rushton No I was never at none till now Oates Pray my Lord what Religion is this Gentleman of I desire to know Mr. Rushton Not of your Worship's Religion Doctor Oates L. Ch. Just But answer his Question Mr. Rushton I am a Catholick Oates A Roman Catholick he means I suppose Mr. Rushton Yes I am a Roman Catholick and a Loyal Subject Mr. Soll. Gen. Swear Mrs. Katherine Winford which was done Mr. Att. Gen. Mrs. Winford pray did you see Mr. Ireland at Mrs. Harwells the Year 1678. Mrs. Winford Yes I did Sir Mr. Att. Gen. Pray tell the Court what you do know of that Matter Mrs. Winford I did hear at Wolver-Hampton that Mr. Ireland came to Town
L. C. Justice He tells you he went to fetch over two young men that were Students there Oates Pray my Lord I desire to know what Religion he is of L. C. Justice What Religion are you of Mr. Stamford I am a Roman Catholick Oates I desire to know what his Profession Mr. Stamford I am a younger Brother of a good and loyal Family as any of the County of Stafford and that suffered as much as any for the late King Oates I believe if it were looked into he is somewhat else besides a younger Brother Mr. Att. Gen. Yes he says he is of a Loyal Family L. C. Justice I am sure there is such a Family in that County that were great sufferers for King Charles the First and the late King and were very instrumental in Services for the late King at his escape from Worcester But whether he be of that Family or no I cannot tell Mr. Stamford The Doctor thinks I am a Jesuite but I 'll assure him I have Wife and Children Mr. Att. Gen. Mr. Oates was about to have made him a Priest but it seems he hath a Wife and Children and so it is out of danger Mr. Soll. Gen. Pray swear Mrs. Katherine Fowler which was done Mr. Att. Gen. Did you see Mr. Ireland Mrs. Fowler at Wolverhampton in 1678 Mrs. Fowler Yes I did Mr. Att. Gen. When was it Mrs. Fowler I did see him on Saturday the 17th of August at Wolverhampton he came that day to my Mothers House where I was Mr. Att. Gen. How long did he stay there Mrs. Fowler Till the 27th which was Munday was Sevennight after I was in his Company every day in that time unless it were Friday which day they say he went to Litchfield to the Fair. L. C. Justice Is Mrs. Harwell your Mother Mrs. Fowler Yes my Lord she is and I lived at that time with my Mother L. C. Justice How do you remember this have you any Tokens that you can give us why you remember it was then Mrs. Fowler My Lord I recollected my self after Mr. Ireland's Tryal in which Mr. Oates Swore that he was hear in Town between the 8th and 12th of August that that was the very Month that Mr. Ireland was in Wolverhampton and thereupon I concluded that Mr. Oates had not Sworn true by that Recollection when it was fresh in my memory being within half a year after Oates Madam are you Mrs. Harwells Daughter Mrs. Fowler Yes I am so Sir Oates Did you not know one Mr Jennison Mrs. Fowler Which Jennison Oates Mr. Robert Jennison Mrs. Fowler Yes I do know him Oates Are you not a kin to him Mr. Fowler Yes but I am sorry to own I have such a Relation Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mr. Gifford Which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Did you see Mr. Ireland in Stafford-shire and when I pray you Mr. Gifford I saw him there at Wolverhampton the 17th of August 1678 and he continued there till the 26th I saw him there every day Oates Pray my Lord be pleased to ask this Gentleman whether he were at the Tryal of Ireland Mr. Gifford No I was not in Court nor examined as a Witness Oates Were you at the Tryal of the five Jesuites Sir Mr. Gifford I was there but was not examined L. C. Justice Was it every day say you that you saw him at Wolverhampton Mr. Gifford Every day L. C. Justice They say he was one day out of Town at Litchfield Mr. Gifford He was out of Town that day but I saw him Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mrs. Elizabeth Gifford which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. You hear the Question did you see Mr. Ireland in Stafford-shire in 78. and when Mrs. E. Gifford Mr. Ireland came to Wolverhampton the 17th of August and continued there till the 26th Mr. Att. Gen. How do you remember it Mrs. Gifford By a Wake that was just hard by that was at that time and he came to my Uncles House upon the Sunday following the Assumption of our Lady Mr. Att. Gen. Did you see him every day till the 26th Mrs. Gifford I remember I did see him every day but two days that I was abroad at the Wake Oates My Lord I desire to know whether She was examined at any of the former Tryals Mrs. Gifford Yes at the five Jesuites Tryal I was Oates Were you not at Ireland's Tryal Mrs. Gifford No I was not Oates There was one Gifford examined there Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mrs. Elizabeth Keeling which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Did you see Mr. Ireland at Wolverhampton and when Keeling Yes my Lord I did see Mr. Ireland at Wolverhampton Mr. Soll. Gen. Pray tell when it was Keeling It was the 17th of August he came to my Mistresses House Mr. Soll. Gen. What August Keeling August before the Plot. L. C. Justice Who was your Mistress Keeling Mrs. Harewell my Lord. Mr. Soll. Gen. How long did he continue there Keeling He came on the Saturday and I saw him there till the Monday When I was sent for to my Mothers Burying I left him and Madam Dormer at Dinner and came back on the Thursday And in his Chamber I heard him discourse but I did not see him Upon the Friday he went abroad and returned again that Night Upon the Saturday I faw him and he continued there till Monday Morning and then he went away and returned on Wednesday the 4th of September and stayed till Saturday the 7th and then went away from VVolverhampton Oates I desire to know what Religion this Woman is of Keeling I am a Roman Catholick God be thanked Mr. Att. Gen. Mrs. Keeling When did Mr. Ireland return again do you say after he went first to Wolverhampton Keeling It was the Wednesday seven night after Sir Mr. Att. Gen. That was the 4th of September L. C. Justice How long stayed he there then Keeling Till Saturday in the Forenoon Mr. Att. Gen. Whither did he say he was going then Keeling He said he went to Bellamour to Dinner L. C. Justice Did you see him at any time after Keeling No my Lord I saw him no more Mr. Att. Gen. Then swear Mr. Richardson which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Pray Sir will you give an Account when you saw Mr. Ireland and where in the year 78. Mr. Richardson My Lord I saw a Gentleman that I was informed was Mr. Ireland at Wolverhampton at a Wake which was Monday the 19th of August Mr. Att. Gen. Where did he lodg Mr. Richardson At Mrs. Harwells Mr. Att. Gen. What are you a Tradesman Mr. Richardson Yes an Apothecary in Wolverhampton L. C. Justice How many days did you see him at Wolverhampton Mr. Richardson I saw him onely one day in the Market-place L. C. Justice You did not know Mr. Ireland before Mr. Richardson But I was inform'd that was he L. C. Justice What became of that Ireland that you were informed was at Wolverhampton then Mr. Richardson I heard presently after that upon Mr. Oates's Plot he
my Nephew Biddolph did dine there As for the day of the Month I cannot so well tell it because when my Friends dine with me I do not use to note down the day particularly but it was I remember a pretty remarkable time for it was about Pancrass-Fair Mr. Gerrard of Hildersome came with him and Mr. Ireland being a Stranger I asked who he was and they told me it was Mr. Ireland He never was at my House before nor after he was a meer Stranger to me L. C. J. What day was it say you Mrs. Crompton It was the same day my Nephew Biddolph dined there L. C. J. Was it Munday the second of September do you remember Mr. Att. Gen. He says he was at her House at Millage that day and she says it was the same day he dined there Mrs. Crompton But I never note down the particular days when my Friends dine with me except I had particular occasion to do it as I had none at this time Oates My Lord I desire to know what Religion this old Gentlewoman is of Mrs. Crompton I am a Roman Catholick my Lord. Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mrs. Palmer Which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Mrs. Palmer where did you see Mr. Ireland Mrs. Palmer I was at dinner at Mrs. Cromptons at Millage where there was a Gentleman called Mr. Ireland that did dine there L. C. J. When was it Mrs. Palmer I cannot tell truly what day it was L. C. J. Who was there besides you at dinner that day Mrs. Palmer 'T is so long since I cannot remember L. C. J. Was Mr. Biddolph there Mrs. Palmer Not that I remember my Lord. L. C. J. What do you bring her for Mr. Attorney Mr. Att. Gen. She dined there that day it seems but if she cannot remember it I cannot help it L. C. J. But these kind of Witnesses do but slack your proof Mr. Soll. Gen. My Lord I think we do ever do our Business indeed Mr. Att. Gen. We have one Witness more to this point and that is Mrs. Mary Holmes Swear her Which was done Where did you see Mr. Ireland in the year 78. Mrs. Holmes I saw him at Millage my Lord. L. C. J. When Mrs. Holmes The first or the beginning of September I am sure Mr. Soll. Gen. What day of the week was it Mrs. Holmes Munday L. C. J. You have proof enough of this Mr. Attorney General Mr. Att. Gen. Truly I think so my Lord. Mr. Soll. Gen. Pray swear Mrs. Esther Gifford Which was done Mrs. Gifford when did you see Mr. Ireland Mrs. Gifford Upon the second of September 78 I saw Mr. Ireland above a hundred miles from this place Mr. Soll. Gen. Where Mrs. Gifford At Pancrass Mr. Soll. Gen. What time of the day was it Mrs. Gifford In the Afternoon about Four or Five a Clock Mr. Soll. Gen. Did he stay there all night Mrs. Gifford I cannot tell indeed Mr. Att. Gen. Swear Mr. Pendrel Which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Now my Lord we are come to the second of September in the Evening we shall prove where he was that night and the third and then we shall return to the fourth of September when Mrs. Harwel swears he came back to Wolverhampton Mr. Hanses When did you see Mr. Ireland Mr. Pendrel Mr. Pendrel I saw him upon the second of September Mr. Att. Gen. Where did you see him Mr. Pendrel At Boscobel at my House there he lodged with me that night Mr. Soll. Gen. In what year was it Mr. Pendrel In the year 1678. Mr. Att. Gen. Was it the September before the Plot and before Mr. Ireland was Executed Mr. Pendrel Yes my Lord it was L. C. J. Did you know him before Mr. Pendrel No I did never see him before as I know of L. C. J. How long did he stay there Mr. Pendrel He stayed that night and the next day all day and went away the 4th of September to Black Ladies Mr. Soll. Gen. Whose house is that Mr. Pendrell It is Mr. John Gifford's L. C. J. You say you live at Boscobel did you hear any thing of a Letter came to your house for Mr. Ireland Mr. Pendrell Not that I know of my Lord there was not any that I remember Mr. Att. Gen. Then swear Mrs. Pendrell which was done Mr. Soll. Gen. Pray Mistriss will you give an account where you saw Mr. Ireland Mrs. Pendrell I saw him at Boscobel at the Royal Oak he came there the second day of September Mr. Soll. Gen. Can you tell what year it was Mrs. Pendrell It was the first beginning of the Plot. Mr. Soll. Gen. How long did he stay there Mrs. Pendrell He staid Tuesday and Wednesday he went to Black Ladies and so away to Wolverhampton Mr. Soll. Gen. We have but one Witness more my Lord for Wednesday the fourth of September and then we have done Swear Mr. Charles Gifford which was done When did you see Mr. Ireland Mr. C. Gifford May it please your Lordship I saw Mr. Ireland at my Fathers house at Black Ladies Oates My Lord I would ask Mrs. Pendrell a Question before she goes Whether she was not a Witness at the five Jesuits Tryal Mrs. Pendrell I was in Court but they would not suffer me to swear Oates Did she not give Evidence there L. C. J. She was examined but she could not be sworn because she came to testifie against the King in a Capital Cause Mr. Att. Gen. Pray what say you Mr. C. Gifford Mr. C. Gifford My Lord I say I saw Mr. Ireland at my Fathers house at Black Ladies and he staid there an hour and a half and went thorough Chillington and said he would go to Wolverhampton Mr. Att. Gen. What day of the month was it Mr. C. Gifford I am morally certain it was the fourth of September and so he went to Wolverhampton as I am informed He came to our house to see a Lady that was there L. C. J. What Lady was it Mr. C. Gifford It was one Madam Wells Mr. Soll. Gen. Thus my Lord we have lodged him the fourth of September at Wolverhampton when Mrs. Harwell says he returned to her and so my Lord we have given an account where he was from the third of August to the 14th of September Mr. Soll. Gen. We have prov'd where he was every day in that time but onely the 8th of September and for that we must leave it to the Jury We have proved that he came away from Mrs. Harwell's the 7th and said he was to go to Tixhall and the ninth he did go from Tixhall in Sir John Southcoates company and came to London the 14th L. C. J. Well what say you to it Mr. Oates Oates Has Mr. Attorney done his Evidence my Lord Mr. Att. Gen. We shall call no more Witnesses unless you go about to support your own Credit and then we have other Witnesses to call Oates I do not value any Witnesses you can bring against my Credit Mr. Att.
Plot and will be enough to vindicate me My Lord I have one word more and then I have done and leave it to your Lordship and the Jury My Lord as they would now fling the Popish Plot upon me so there is an evident design to fling the Murder of Godfrey upon a Protestant Peer and because an Indictment was upon the Testimony of the Traytor Fitz-harris against that noble Lord they have resolved to have profligate Villains to take his Life for that Murder that is apparent and so they will go on step by step if they be let alone and think at length to wipe their mouths with Solomons Whore and say They have done no mischief My Lord I leave these things to the Consideration of the Court and Jury I will not detain you any longer I have called what Witnesses a could get but the distance of time has made it impossible for me to have those here now that did give Evidence in this matter before My Lord I have one favour to beg of the Court I had but a bad night last night and am now in great pain I desire that you would grant me one request that I may have Council assigned me to argue the Errours in yesterdays Indictment my Lord I am but a poor man and cannot be at the charges of feeing Councel L. C. J. We did assigne you Councel before you may have who you will for Councel Oates Will your Lordship be pleased to do me the favour to let me have some time to prepare and instruct Councel L. C. J. Ay what time would you have Oates A weeks time if your Lordship please L. C. J. Give him till this day seven-nights there may be no hurt in that Oates Till Munday come seven-night if your Lordship please let me have L. C. J. No no we cannot do that we give you a Weeks time which is more than ordinary for by the Rules of the Court there are but four days allowed and those would be out on Munday or Tuesday Oates I thank your Lordship for that time you have given me but I hope you will be pleased to take the particulars I have mentioned into your consideration and I desire I may have liberty to go home because I am not well L. C. J. Ay you may go if you will Mr. Soll. Gen. May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury the Question that you are to try is a Perjury which is charged on the Defendant Titus Oates for swearing that William Ireland was in Town upon the first or second of September 78. And likewise for swearing that he took his leave of him at his Chamber in Russel-street between the eighth and twelfth of August 78. And we do assigne the Perjury in both those points that he is forsworn in both and the Evidence of that Perjury is that it is impossible to be true what Oates did swear because Mr. Ireland was not in Town between the eighth and twelfth of August nor the first or second of September Gentlemen You have heard the Evidence that has been given and there has been no less than between forty and fifty Witnesses produced to show that it is really impossible what Oates did swear should be true he tells you that this matter is in a circumstance of Time wherein it is difficult for a man to be positive to a day and a man may be allowed some Latitude in such a Case Nay it is usual with Witnesses in points of time to swear with a Latitude but my Lord to show that if we should grant that false Doctrine to be true and false most certain it is and of mischievous consequence it would be if when things are charged upon men that depend upon circumstance of Time and Place the Witnesses should not be strictly kept to those circumstances yet I say granting that Position it is impossible it should do him any service in the Case before you For between the beginning of August and the fourteenth of September which includes both the times he swears to and the Latitude of above twenty days to boot there is not any one moment of time wherein his Oath could be true Gentlemen you observe what the Witnesses have said how they have given you an account of every particular day of both months from the third of August when he first left London to the fourteenth of September when he returned back again we did ask the Witnesses that it might appear to be plainly true what they swear if they had any particular circumstances that made them to remember it and they have given a great many and now it lies upon us to show you that it is demonstration that what they have said and testified must be true and that those days they speak of he was in the places they named For take the Periods of Time and you will find you have him from the third of August to the sixteenth with my Lord Aston going from London to Tixhall upon the seventeenth they give you an account of him at Mrs. Harwell's to the twenty sixth from the twenty sixth to the fourth of September There are others that give you a particular account by remarkable circumstances where he was every day in Stafford-shire from the fourth to the seventh you find him at Wolver-Hampton for the eighth indeed we do give no particular account where he was that day but we prove that upon the ninth he was at Tixhal and from thence he came away with Sir John Southcoat towards London and there you have a particular account where he was every day till the fourteenth when he returned to his Lodging And now Gentlemen I shall shew you that if you believe these Witnesses saw him in these Months that certainly it was upon those dayes they speak of that they did see him First That he went out of Town in August You have these Witnesses Anne Ireland Eleanor Ireland Mrs. Duddle Mrs. Quino and my Lord Aston Well How come they to remember it was upon the Third of August Why the four Women remembers it by this particular Remark Three dayes before there was a Holy-Day which they keep in memory of Ignatius and upon that day they remember Mr. Ireland went abroad to take a Recreation and came home again that night tho' the rest of the Company stayed there because he was to go out of Town Upon the Third day after which must be the Third of August For Ignatius day you hear is alwayes the last day of July And they do positively swear that upon the Third of August he took his leave of Anne Ireland and Eleanor Ireland Mrs. Duddle Remembers That he went out that day Mrs. Quino whose Husband was his Taylor sayes he did stay a little to have somewhat in his Cloaths mended And she saw him in his Boots and he said he was to go out of Town Mrs. Anne Ireland saies They took the liberty to Lodg a Gentlewoman in his Chamber and
saw him not again tell a fortnight before Michaelmas And that he did go out of Town upon the Third of August is further prov'd by my Lord Aston who noted it down in his Book at that time that Ireland came to his House at Standen in Hartfordshire so that here is as strong an Evidence as can be that he did go on the Third of August and that they remember it to have so been by all the Circumstances that can be imagin'd Well the Third of August he went out of Town The Fourth of August we give an account where he was He stayed that day with my Lord Aston at Standen The Fifth of August he set out with my Lord Aston's Company and went to St. Albans The Sixth he went to Northampton The Seventh to Coventry The Eighth to Tixhall and the Company that went with him proves it which was Sir Edward Southcoat and Mr. John Southcoat and Harrison and Hobson who saw him go in the Company and Mr. North who saies he saw him every day and Ingletrap the Coachman that drove the Coach all these remembers it positively and some of them speak of a remarkable pretty Horse which he rid upon Now when he comes from Tixhall for we have brought him hither by manifest proof by men that could not forget by men that saw him in the Company There he remained as they all testifie till the Thirteenth of August and that was the Tuesday after his Arrival at Tixhall and from thence he went that day a Journey into Flintshire to Holy-Well and that is proved by the Witnesses that were in his Company in that Journey They tell you the Thirteenth he lay at Nantwich The Fourteenth at Holy-Well The Fifteenth at Chester And the Sixteenth he came back again to Tixhall And so here you have abundance of Witnesses that give you a particular account where he was in what Company they say him from the Third of August to the Sixteenth If he were then in this Company from the Third to the Sixteenth he could not be in his Chamber in Russel-Stâ—…t between the Eighth and the Twelfth Then we came to the Seventeenth and then we find him to be at Wolverhampton where he continued to the Twenty-sixth and that it must be between the Seventeenth and the Twenty-sixth is plain For after that time which Mrs. Harwell speaks of the other Witnesses gives such Circumstances that it cannot be otherwise You find him on the Twenty-seventh at a Horse-Race which is a remarkable Circumstance And these are things that men do very well remember what dayes of the month they happen upon We then give you an account of the Twenty-nineth that at Tixhall he was seen in Company upon the Bowling-Green with Persons of Quality Sir Thomas Whitegrave and others So we give you an account where he Lodged The Twenty-eighth he was at Bellamore the Twenty-nineth he went to Mr. Hereninghams there he Lodged till the First of September and this is remembred by particular Circumstances that he went a Fishing and a Setting and a Hunting Then the next day which is the First of September and the next day after the Second of September they saw him at Mr. Gerrards he din'd upon the Second at Mrs. Cromptons and lay at Boscobel there he continued the Third and the Fourth he came to Wolverhampton again So that this shewes that what Mrs. Harwell did speak of was true for if Mrs. Harwell did see him as 't is not at all doubted but she did It must be in that interval of time between the Sixteenth and the Twenty-seventh where we give you an account of him by other undeniable Circumstances that he Lodged at other places and could not Lodge at her House in Wolverhampton Besides Gentlemen the particular Circumstances that they do remember him by proves it to be on those Days Mrs. Harwell gives her positive Oath That he did come there the Seventeenth and lay there every Night to the Twenty sixth which was on the Monday Seven-night after and that he came again the Fourth of September after and lay there till the Seventh Then there is Rushton another Witness that saw him at her House the Eighteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty first Twenty second and Twenty fifth And I say 〈◊〉 must be those Days because we have given an Account by other Witnesses of all the other Days And it must be that very Time that Oats speaks of For it was the Summer before Ireland was Apprehended and Executed for the Plot which was Michaelmas 1678. Mrs. Winford she remembers him at Wolverhampton the Eighteenth Ninteenth Twenty second and Twenty fourth Stanley remembers the Eighteenth and Ninteenth And if you ask him How he remembers it He tells you by a Circumstance that most Men would remember He buried his Child that Day and entertain'd Ireland with the Provision for the Funeral Now Men usually remark such Accidents as these for that is a thing a Man cannot forget that has any Concern in the World for those that are so nearly related to him And therefore such Circumstances must of necessity evince the Truth of what he speaks because it is brought to his Mind by an Accident that cannot be forgotten Mrs. Purcel which is the next Witness And she remembers to have seen him the Eighteenth Ninteenth Twentieth Twenty first Twenty second and Twenty third for she remembers the last of them was the Day before Bartholomew-Day which was a remarkable Day Then there is another Man that look't to his Horse whil'st he was there but his Memory will not serve him to speak to any particular Time He only evidences that he was there and the other Witnesses speak to the Time Mr. Stamford he remembers it to be at that Time because he saw him on the Sunday after the Assumption of our Lady which is always the Fifteenth of August And the like says Mrs. Gifford These Circumstances verifies her Testimony And Mr. Gifford remembers he came on the Seventeenth Day And he saw him every Day till the Twenty sixth Day And Mrs. Fowler who is Mrs. Harwell's Daughter She remembers he came the Seventeenth Day and she was in his Company every Day till the Twenty sixth except one Day when he went to Litchfield that was the Day before Bartholomew-Day which was Fryday Mrs. Keeling she swears That upon the Seventeenth Day he came there which was Saturday She saw him on the Sunday and on the Monday and went on the Monday in the Afternoon to the Funeral of her Mother Which is another Circumstance that she must needs remember and by that has the Remembrance of the Day of the Month when he was there And she return'd back again on Thursday and heard him that Day but did not see him But she saw him every Day after till he went away And she remembers his going away was upon the Twenty seventh And she remembers likewise that he return'd the Fourth of September after Mr. Richardson he proves That he saw him