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An exact and true relation of the behaviour of Edmund Kirk, John Bennet, Morgan Keading [i.e. Reading] and Andrew Hill, during their imprisonment, and at the place of execution on Friday the 11th of this instant July 1684 with their last dying words and speeches at Tyburn.
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An Exact and True Relation of the BEHAVIOUR of EDMUND KIRK JOHN BENNET MORGAN KEADING and ANDREVV HILL During their Imprisonment and at the place of EXECUTION On Friday the 11th of this instant July 1684. With their Last Dying Words AND SPEECHES AT TYBURN AT the Sessions in the Old-Baily on the 2d and 3d. of July Nine Criminals received Sentence of Death of which number five were Reprieved and the other four Viz Edmund Kirk John Bennet Morgan Reading and Andrew Hill were this day Executed Andrew Hill and Morgan Reading were indicted for Felony and Burglary for breaking in to the House of his Grace the Duke of Ormond and of this Fact found guilty and received Sentence of Death John Bennet was indicted for stealing a Mare of the Goods of one Mr Saunders His Comerade was John Holtham who with him received Sentence of Death for the same Fact but hath since received his Majesties most gracious Reprieve Since the time of Condemnation they rather appeared concerned at the Punishment than Penitent for the Crime Till upon Sunday in the Morning they went to Chappell where after the Prayers of the Church Mr. Ordinary Preached to them upon the 33th of Ezek. the 11th Ver. Say unto them as I live c. In the Afternoon Dr. Hawkins Minister of St. Bartholomews whose Text was in Ezek. Chap. 16. Ver 25. Thou hast built the High place c. During the Sermon Bennet appeared very penitent and was observed to weep and often shaâ—â— his Head which were the outwards signs of his inward sorrow and contrition The other two sat very composed and the good effects they received from the pious discourses of the Preachers was more hoped for from their serious Meditation than by any publick Tokens or Expressions of it Edmund Kirk another of the Offenders who this day suffered was indicted for the Murther of his vvife Joan Kirk whose dead body was found in a Field near Paddington by a Mower her Throat was cut and her Head and Face miserably beat and bruised The Evidence at his Tryal was plain against him nor had the Prisoner any thing to say for himself that could give the Court or the Jury the least satisfaction to think him innocent All the time of his imprisonment he behav'd himself very Penitent but more especially after Sentence of Death as appears by those Prayers which were writ by his own hand and of his own expression with a full Account of his Life and Conversation â—u these following VVords O Lord I most humbly crave thy Assistance in the performance of this work I am about to begin to shew the World how the hopes of vain glory and the allurements of Sin and Satan have prevailed upon my unhappy self and that by declareing to all Christian People the several ways of my inticeing Sins which have brought me to this shameful death I may forewarn others from following those nicked courses which will certainly bring e'm to the same miserable end I was born at Fetcham in the County of Surry where my Father lived by name Edmund Kirk I was his third Son and he dying in the sixth year of my Age I was some time after put to Board with Mrs. Nelson of Mucklam in the County aforesaid where having been with her for the space of one year or there abouts I was removed to Mr. Gervis a Maltman at Easted with whom I continued the space of six years who coming to Kingston upon Thames I then went to the Free-School there to one Mr Rowel for two years of that time Being now near thirteen years of Age my Vncle who lived in London a Hatband-maker desired I should be with him with whom I lived a year or more but not fancying the Trade I then went to my Brother a Watch-maker where I was about half a year but not likeing that Trade I removed to my Vncle 's again as the place of my habitation and refuge when in any necessity I had not been there above the space of five Weeks but I fancyed the way or Calling of a Vintner and was first placed with Mr. Symmons at the Kings Head Tavern near Guild-Hall where I was five Weeks and then my Uncle and Brother became bound for me and I engaged my self for the space of seven years of which I served him very truly and honestly four years and after this time was expired I became a Servant at the Miter Tavern in Kings-street Westminster where I lived out two years and a half After I had been about half a year at the Miter I used to go to the Leg Tavern with some Friends to drink where Joan Green alias Kirk who was since my poor wiâ—e then lived going often thither I observed this woman and took the opportunity of being acquainted with her my frequent Visits having now made me familiar with her I began to feel in my self a more particular respect and affection for her which having discovered to her she accepted of my Love whereupon I made her a promise to Marry her which she very soon and willingly embraced After I had thus given her my promise to Marry her she used frequently to come to the Miter and was by her very oâ—ten inquiries for me very troublesome to me and taken notice of by my Master and Mistress who asked me for what reason this woman so continually haunted me that she took me off of my business and in the end would prove very prejudicial to me if I did not forsake her company which they both advised me to as my friends who wished me well Sometime after she left her Service at the Leg and my Mistress hired her into our house where we lived together for threequarters of a year and then she went into the Country and after her coming up to Town lived at a Merchants house in Thames street After I had stayed a twelve month longer at the Miter I went to the Swan at the upper end of Fanchurch Street where I had not been above three days but she followed me still urging and pressing me to Marry her as she had done before so often that I began to grow weary of her importunities and left that place and went to the Sun by Crâ—pplegate where I was a Fortnight but she found me out again and still urged me to Marry her I told her I could not do it yet with conveniencie to my self and my own business that I had some Mony in the Chamber of London which was sixscore Guinnys and siâ—teen Pound per Annum which was to come to me after my Mother in Laws Decease that if I could not raise enough to set up a Tavern I would keep a Victualling house These discourses did not give her that satisfaction I expected from her but she persisted in pressing me to Marry her presently so that I became discontented since I could not settle in any place but was still pursued by her and discomposed in my own thoughts and business I