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death_n	body_n	life_n	rise_v	4,755	5	7.4209	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51322	A true relation of the murders committed in the parish of Clunne in the county of Salop by Enoch ap Evan upon the bodies of his mother and brother, with the causes moving him thereunto. Wherein is examined and refuted a certaine booke written upon the same subject, by P. Studley, entituled the Looking glasse of schisme. Also an appendix in further defence of this relation, wherein are examined the most material passages added in the second edition of the said Looking-glasse, wherby the author, vainely sheweth his desire to maintaine and excuse his erroneous reports in the former edition of his booke. By Richar [sic] More Esquire. Printed by order of a committee of the Honourable House of Commons now assembled in Parliament.	More, Richard, d. 1643.	1641 (1641)	Wing M2685; ESTC R214234	36,623	178

falling into this sinne of murder And likewise to shew that Sathan working upon his predominant humour of melancholy tempted him to commit these murders or as he in the Gaole confessed to many before named to the judges at his arraignment and at the time of his death it was the strong temptation of sinne that moved him to commit them And that he was not seduced into the poynts of Puritanisme by any of the Clergy or laity about Bishops Castle or Clunne land for there were none such to perswade or seduce him as hath been shewed And for more confirmation thereof I referre it to the better knowledge and testimony of the present Chancellor of the Diocesse of Hereford Master Doctor Skinner who hath continued that place under the three last Bishops of that Diocesse and who by presentments and other meanes for his information is likeliest to know the state of the country in that behalfe Sect. 21. Though in this narration we are come to Enochs death yet death the end of life giveth not an end to the stirres and rumours about him from this Puritanicall Phoenix hatcht by Master Studley in this part of the Country others have risen out of the ashes for saith he pag. 164. the dead body of this Enoch hanging forth waving in the ayre more then a fortnight and lesse then three weeks some brethren of his owne disposition and faction who are restlesse in wilfulnesse that he say not wickednesse contrived a device by rearing up a Ladder in the night a worke of darkenesse to saw off that part of the Gibbet where his body hanged and tooke it away c. and these he tearmeth saucy rebells under the visard of Puritanisme Sect. 22. The act of taking downe his body and that in the night is not denyed The question in this also wil be who and what manner of persons the actors were and thesewere brought to light before Master Studleys book came to publik view and there was great care taken for the discovery of so great an affront to publik justice For the next day after this act committed Master Walcot a justice of peace dwelling neare Bishops Castle and my selfe met there we fell into consideration what meanes was to be u●ed to discover the offen●ers It was considered that if any warrants were directed for the apprehension of any that might be suspected the feare of punishment might cause a more close concealement and therefore we purposed by private meanes to informe our selves and to communicate each with other what we could discover But Sir Robert Howard living then at Clunne presently granted out warrants and thereby amongst other things required a search to be made in all lakes of water pits and other places where in likelihood the putrified body might be cast or drowned And although this were a probable course being carefully mannaged as indeed it was for finding of the body yet neither was it found nor any person thereby discovered for the fact Then we all joyned our best endeavours in this discovery knowing that the delinquents being once manifested the body would soone be found Having therefore received some private intelligence of some persons who had commended the actors in this work of darknesse and some also who had offered for some consideration to effect it we at length brought those parties to examination though therein we used the helpe of Sir Robert Harley a justice of peace of Hereford Shire for the apprehending of one of them who indeed proved innocent Sir Robert Howard and my selfe meeting at Bishops Castle examined another named Lewis Owen upon whose examination and testimony of witnesses there was evidence from his owne mouth that he at least had knowledge of those that had taken down the body though in truth as it proved afterwards in his drinke hee had spoken more then was true but w … before the full truth appeared bound him over to the then next assises Master Walcot and my selfe proceeded Sir Robert Howards occasions then calling him to London and upon examination we bound over another by name Richard Williams who had offered to Edward ap Evan the father of Enoch that he would take downe his sonne from the Gibbet if hee would consider his paynes Sect. 23. By this time the judges of our circuit Sir William Iones and Sir Thomas Trever had heard of the taking down of the body of Enoch and they directed their letters dated the eleventh day of October 1633 to the high Sheriffe of the County and us the forenamed Iustices requiring us to make diligent search and enquiry by our selves and all others whom we thought fit to be imployd therin whoare the Malefactors and by whose abetment and privity the same was done and to informe them of our proceeding therein with all convenient speed because as they expressed they were to give an account of our proceedings Although we were not conscious to our selves of any want of diligence yet here is a further tye upon us unto which we give all dutifull regard and therefore having by the former proceedings observed that the actors were like to be such as for money or some such respect performed the worke we proceed to the examination of such neare friends of Enoch as were likeliest to give some reward And in this number on Meredith ap Reece who married Enochs sister tould us that his wife had intreated him to let her make ten Shillings of something that might bee spared to pay her Sister Margaret according to her promise to give to them that had taken downe her brother Enoch from the Gibbet This being so far made knowne unto us we often pressed the friends of Enoch to discover the truth to the end there might neither suspition nor suffering light upon innocent parties and called to their remembrance the judgements of God already fallen upon their family and which were likely to proceed further if they or any of them being actors or abettors in this offence by their concealing of it should cause others to suffer for it Hereupon this being Saterday we were intreated to stay our further examination untill munday following upon which day it was promised the three Sisters of Enoch should discover the whole truth And according to this promise they came The eldest Sister being Margaret the wife of Iohn Howells of Spoade did then upon her examination confesse unto us that shee being grieved and afflicted not onely for the lamentable losse of her deere mother and her only two brethren but also because her brothers body hanged upon the Gibbet being ignorant as she said that it was an offence against the law procured and perswaded her two other Sisters to contribute with her in hiring a young man named Hugh Meredith whom shee conceaved fit for that purpose being of an able body and a trayned Souldier in the band of Captaine Scriven before named to take downe the said body of Enoch from the Gibbet which the said Hugh Meredith having procured another