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A63228	The tryals of VVilliam Ireland, Thomas Pickering, & John Grove, for conspiring to murder the King who upon full evidence were found guilty of high treason at the session-house in Old-Bailye, Dec. 1, 1678, and received sentence accordingly.	Ireland, William, 1636-1679.; Pickering, Thomas, d. 1679.; Grove, John, d. 1679.; England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex).	1678 (1678)	Wing T2269; ESTC R33696	62,044	58

false Traytors of the most Illustrious Se●●ene and most Excellent Prince Our Soverign Lord Charles the II. by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Their supreme and natural Lord not haveing the Feare of God in their hearts nor the Duties of their Allegeance any ways weighing but being moved and Seduced by the instigation of the Devil the cordial love and true due and natural obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards our said Soverign Lord the King should and of Right ought to bear altogether withdrawing endeavouring and with their whole strength intending the peace and common tranquillity of this Kingdom of England to disturbe and the true worship of God within this Kingdom of England used and by Law established to overthrow and to move stir up and procure Rebellion within this Kingdom of England and the cordial love and true and due obedience which true and saithful Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards our said soveraign Lord the King should and of Right ought to bear wholly to withdraw vanguish and extinquish and our said Sovereign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put the 24th day of April in the year of the Reign of our said Sovereign L Charles the II by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the saith c. the 30th at the Parish of St. Gyles in the Fields aforesaid in the County of Middlesex aforesaid falsly maliciously deceitfully advisedly and Trayterously they did propose compa●●e imagine and intend to stir up move and procure sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England and to procure and Cause a miserable slaughter among the Subjects of our said Sovereign L. the King and wholly to deprive depose throw down and disinher it our said Sovereign Lord the King from his Royal State Title Power and Government of this his Kingdom of England and him our said Soveraign Lord the King to put to death and utterly to destroy the Government of this Kingdom of England and the sincere Religion worship of God in the same Kingdom rightly and by the Laws of the same Kingdom established for their will and pleasure to change and alter and wholly to subvert and destroy the state of the whole Kingdom being in all parts thereof well instituted and ordered and to Levy War against our said Soveraign Lord the King within this his Realm of England And to fulfil and bring to pass these their most wicked Treasons and Trayterous designs and purposes aforesaid they the said Thomas White allas Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering John Grove and other false Tr●●ytors unknow●● the said so ●● and Tweentieth day of April in the said 30th year of the Reign of our said Lord the King with force and arms c. at the parish of St. Giles in the Fields aforesaid in the County of Midelesex aforesaid falsly maliciously deceitfully advisedly devillish●●y and traiterously did assemble unite and gather themselves together and then and there falsly maliciously deceitfully advisedly devillishly and traiterously they did consult and agree to put and bring our said Soveraign Lord the King to death final destruction and to alter and change the Religion rightly and by the Laws of the same Kingdom established to the superstition of the Church of Rome and that sooner to bring to pass and accomplish the same their most wicked Treasons and traiterous imaginations and purposes aforesaid they the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering John Grove and other false Traitors of our said Sovereign Lord the King unknown afterwards to wit the said 24th day of April in the said 30th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King at the said parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Midlesex aforesaid falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously they did consult and agree that they the said Thomas Pickering and John Grove should kill and murther our said Sovereign Lord the King And that they the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread William Ireland John Frenwick and other false Traitors unknown should therefore say celebrate and perform a certain number of Masses then and there agreed on among them for the good of the soul of the said Thomas Pickering and should therefore pay to the said John Grove a certain sum of money then and there also agreed on among them And further that the said Thomas Pickering and John Grove upon the agreement aforesaid then and there falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly traiterously did undertake and to the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick and other false Traitors of our said Sovereign Lord the King unknown then and there falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously they did then and there promise that they the said Thomas Pickering and John Grove our said Sovereign Lord the King would kill and murther And further that they the said Thomas White otherwise Whitbread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering and John Grove and other false Traitors of our said Sovereign Lord the King unknown afterwards to wit the said 24th day of April in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Soverign Lord the King at the said parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex aforesaid falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously did severally plight their Faith every one to other of them and did then and their swear and promise upon the Sacrament to conceal and not to divulge their said most wicked Treasons and traiterons compassings consultations and purposes aforesaid so among them had traiterously to kill and murther our said Sovereign Lord the King and to introduce the Roman Religion to be used within this Kingdom of England and to alter change the true Reformed Religion rightly and by the Laws of this Kingdom of England in this same Kingdom of England established And further that they the said Thomas Pickering and John Grove in execution of their said Traiterous Agreement afterwards to wit the same 24th day of April in the said thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King and divers other days and times afterwards at the said parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the said County of Middlesex falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously they did prepare and obtain to themselves and had and did keep Musquets Pistols Swords Daggers and other offensive and cruel weapons and instruments to kill and murther our said Sovereign Lord the King And that they the said Thomas Pickering and John Grove afterwards to wit the said four and twentieth day of April in the said thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King and divers days and times afterwards with force and arms c. at the said

THE TRYALS OF VVILLIAM IRELAND THOMAS PICKERING JOHN GROVE For Conspiring to Murder the KING Who upon Full Evidence were found Guilty of High Treason At the SESSION-HOUSE in Old-Bailye Dec. 17. 1678 and received Sentence accordingly Reprinted at Dublin M DC LXXVIII The TRYALS of William Ireland Thomas Pickering and John Grove ON Tuesday the Seventeenth day of December One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy and Eight Thomas White alias Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Picker●●ng ●●nd John Grove were brought from his Majesties Gaol of Newgate to the Sessions-house ●●t ●●stice-Hall in the Old-Baily being there Indicted for High Treason for contriving and ●●ot ●●iring to Murder the King to receive their Tryal and the Court proceeded thereupon ●●s ●●lloweth The Court being Set Proclamation was made for Attendance Thus. Clerk of Crown Cry●●r make Proclamation Cryer O yes O yes O yes All manner of Persons that have any thing to do at this General Sessions of the Peace holden for the City of London Sessions of Oyer and Termi●●er and Gaol Delivery of Newgate holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex draw near and give your attendance for now the Court will proceed to the Pleas of the Crown for the same City and County God Save the King Clerk of Crown Cryer make proclamation Cryer O yes All manner of Persons are commanded to keep Silence upon pain of impri●●onment Peace about the Court. Clerk of Crown Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O yes You Good men of the County of Middlesex that are Summoned to appear ●●ere this day to Enquire between our Soveraign Lord the King and the prisoners that are 〈…〉 shall be at the Bar. Answer to your names as you shall be called every one at the first ●●all and Save your issues The Jurors being called and the Defaults recorded the Clerk of the Crown called for ●●he Prisoners to the Bar viz. Thomas White alias Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering and John Grove and Arraigned them thus Clerk of Crown Thomas White alias Whitebread hold up thy hand Which he did William Ireland hold up thy hand Which he did John Fenwick hold up thy hand Which he did Thomas Pickering hold up thy hand Which he did John Grove hold up thy hand Which he did You stand indicted by the names of Thomas White alias Whitebread late of the Parish of St. Giles in the fields in the County of Middlesex Clerk William Ireland late of the same Parish and County Clerk John Fenwick late of the same Parish and County Clerk Tho●●● Pickering late of the same Parish and County Clerk and John Grove late of the same ●…h and County Gent. For that you five as false Traitors c. against the peace of our So●●raign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the Form of the Stature in ●●hat Case made and Provided How sayst thou Thomas VVhite alias Whitebread art thou Guilty of this H●●gh Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or not Guilty Whitebread Not Guilty Clerk of the Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Whitebread By God and my Country Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How sayst thou William Ireland a●● thou Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Ireland Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be tryed Ireland By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good Deliverance How saist thou John Fenwick a●● thou guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Fenwick Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Fenwick By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How saist thou Thomas Pickering a●● thou Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Pickering Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Pickering By God and my Country Clerk of Crown God send thee a good deliverance How saist thou John Grove art tho●● Guilty of the same High Treason or not Guilty Grove Not Guilty Clerk of Crown Culprit how wilt thou be Tryed Grove By God and my Countrey Clerk of Crown God send thee a good Deliverance You the Prisoners at the Bar those men that you shall hear called and do Personally appear are to pass between o●● Soveraign Lord the King and you upon Tryal of your several Lives and deaths if therefore you or any of you will Challenge them or any of them your time is to speak unto them as they come to the Book to be Sworn before they be sworn Sir Philip Mathews to the Book Sir Philip Mathews I desire Sir William Roberts may be called first Which was granted Clerk of Crown Sir William Roberts to the Book Look upon the Prisoners you shall wel●● and truly Try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and th●● Prisoners at the Bar whom you shall have in your charge according to your Evidence S●● help you God The same Oath was administred to th the Rest the Prisoners challenging none and thei●● Names in Order were thus JURY Sir William Roberts Baronet Sir Philip Mathews Bar Sir charles Lee Knight Edward VVilford Esq John Foster Esq Joshua Galliard Esq John Byfield Esquire Thomas Egglesfield Esq Thomas Johnson Esq John Pulford Esq Thomas Earnesby Esq Richard VVheeler Gent. Clerk of Crown Cryer count these Sir VVillam Roberts Cryer One c Clerk of Crown Richard VVheeler Cryer Twelve Good Men and True stand together and hear your Evidence Clerk of Crown Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Justices the Kings Serjeant the Kings Attorney or this Inquest now to betaken between our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoners at the Bar let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoners stand at the Bar upon their deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give Evidence against any of the Prisoners at the Bar let them come forth and give their Evidence●● or else they forfe●●t their Recognizance And all Jury men of Midd●●esex that have been summoned and have appeared are not sworn may depart the Court and take their eases Cl of Crown Make proclamation of Silence Cryer O yes All manner of Persons are commanded to keep Silence upon pain of imprisonment Cl of Crown Thomas white alias Whitebread hold up thy hand which he did and so of the rest You that are sworn look upon the Prisoners and harken to their Cause You shall understand that they stand Indicted by the names of Thomas White otherwise Whitebread late of the Parish of St. Gyles in the Fields in the county of Middlesex Clerk William Ireland late of the same Parish in the County aforesaid Clerk John Fenwick late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Clerk Thomas Pickering late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Clerk and John Grove late of the same parish in the County aforesaid Gentleman For that they as

as that of the Gunpowder-Treason I can resemble it to no other Plot or Design or Treason in any other time and truely it does resemble that in many particulars I may say it doth at least equal it if not exceed it I shall mention two or three particulars in which this Plot doth resemble that First that horrid Design was to take away the Life of the then King to subvert the Government to introduce the Popish Religion and to destroy the established protestant Religion in England and so Gentlemen we think our prooff will make it out that in each of these particulars this design is the same that that was Secondly the great Actors in that design were Preists and Jesuits that came from Valedolid in Spain and other places beyond the Seas And the great Actors in this Plot are Priests and Jesuits that are come from St. Omers and other places beyond the Seas nearer home then Spain Thirdly That plott was chiefly Guided and mannaged by Henry Garnett Superiour and provincial of the Jesuits then in England and the great Actor in this design is Mr. Whitebread Superiour and provincial of the Jesuits now in England so that I say in the several particulars it does resemble the Gun Powder plot Gentlemen In this plot of which the Prisoners now stand Indicted several Persons have several parts some of these persons are imployed to keep Correspondence beyond the Seas of which more hath been said in another place and so I shall not speak of it here Others were to procure and prepare Aid and Assistance here in England who were to be ready when there should be Occasion to use it But the great part these persons the prisoners at the Bar were to Act in this conspiracy was to take away the life of our Soveraigne Lord the King on whose preservation the safety and welfare of three nations and Millions of men does depend Now the facts for which the five prisoners stand Indicted I shall open thus First they are here Indicted for Conspireing the Death of his sacred Majesty They did agree to take away the Kings life and entring into such an agreement They hired some persons amongst them to doe it and this Agreement was made the 24th of April last 1678. Secondly There is another fact they likewise stand Indicted for That they did Endeavour and contrive to change and alter the Religion Established in the Nation and introduce P●●pery in tho room of it The manner how to Effect this was thus if my information be right you shall hear that from the Evidence Mr. Whitebread being resident here in England and superiour of the Jesuits did in February last think fit being impowred by Authority from Rome to give summons to the Jesuits abroade at St. Omers and other places beyond the Seas That they should come over here into England to be ready at London on the 24th of April the day laid in the Indictment and which is the day after St. Georges day and their design was as will appear by the proof to contrive how they may take away the life of the King for if that were once done they thought in all other things their design would easily be accomplished after the summons were out they were so Officious for the Accomplishing of this great end that between 40. and 50. Jesuits did appear here at London at the time for thither they were summoned and there the meeting was appointed to be at the White-horse Taverne in the strand they were to meet first but being so great a number that they were likely to be taken notice of if they came all together it was so Ordered they should come but a few at a time and go off in small numbers and others should succeed them till the whole number had been there And there were directions given and a Course taken that there should be some person to tell them whither they should go from thence After they had met there at several times in the same day they were appointed and adjourned to be at several other places some of them were appointed to be at Mr. Whitebreads Lodging and that was in Wild-street at one Mr. Sanders house Others were appointed to go 〈…〉 Lodging which was in Russelstreet and this Mr. Ireland was Treasurer of the Society an●● others were to meet at Mr. Fenwicks Chamber in Drury-Lane and he was at that time Procurator and Agent for that Society Others were appointed to meet at Harcourts Lodging and others at other places When they came there they all agreed to the general design of the first meeting which was To kill the King Then there was a paper or some instrument to be subscribed This was done and the Sacrament was taken for the concealment of it After that Whitebread Ireland Fenwick and others did agree that Mr. Grove and Mr. Pickering should be imployed to Assassiaate the King One of them Mr. Grove being a lay Brother was to have 15 hundred pounds a great sum the other as a more suitable reward for his pains was to have 30. Thousand Masses said for his Soul Mr. Whitebread Mr. Ireland and Mr. Fenwick were all privy to this design this was the 24th of April In August after they being appointed to kill the King but it not taking effect either their Hearts misgave them or they wanted opportunity there was another meeting at the Savoy where the Witnesses will tell you ●●our Irish persons were hired for to Kill the King And this was ordered in case the other design took not Effect There was fourscore pounds sent down to them to Windsor where they were to have done the fact After this other persons were appointed to do the Execution and they were to take the King at his Mornning Walk a●● New-Market These persons are all disappointed in their design But you shall hear what was the Agreement how it was carried on and what rewards were given to carry it on We shal acquaint you likewise that for the bottom of this design when so many Jesuits should come over when they should have so many Consultations and when they should resolve to Kill the King there could be no less then the altering of Religion and introduction of Popery here in England And that time at the first meeting they had Ordered that Mr. Cary a Jesuit as their Procurator and Agent should go to Rome to Act their concern there All which things and more will be made out to you by Witnesses produced There are likewise some other Circumstances that will be material to confirm those witnesses We shall produce to you a letter written in February last about that time that Mr. Whitebread sent over his summons for the Jesuits to appear here This letter was written by one Mr. Peters a Jesuit now in Custody and t is Written to one Tunstall a Jesuit to give him notice that he should be in London about the 21th of April and be ready on th●● 24th of April That he

parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex aforesaid and in other places within the said County of Middlesex falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously and traiterously did lie in wait and endeavour to kill and murder our said Sovereion Lord the King and further that they the said Thomas White otherwise Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick and other false Traitors unknown afterwards to wit the said 24th day of April in the said thirtieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord the King at the said parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex aforesaid falsly deceitfully advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously did prepare perswade excite abet comfort and counsel four other persons unknown and subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King traiterously to kill and murder our said Sovereign Lord the King against the duty of their allegiance against the peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute in that behalf made and provided Upon this Indictment they have been arraigned and thereunto have severally pleaded Not guilty and for their Tryal have put themselves upon God and their Country which Country you are Your Charge therefore is to enquire whether they or any of them be guilty of the High Treason whereof they stand indicted or not guilty If you find them guilty you are to enquire what Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements those you find guilty had at the time of the High Treason committed or at any time since If you find them or any of them not guilty you are to enquire whether they did flee for it if you find that they or any of them fled for it you are to enquire of their Goods and Chattels as if you had found them guilty If you find them or any of them not guilty nor that they nor any of them fled for it say so and no more and hear your Evidence Make Proclamation for silence on both sides Which was done Then Sir Creswell Levings one of the Kings learned Council in the Law opened the Indictment thus Sir Cresw Levings May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury These Prisoners at the Bar Thomas White alias Whitebread William Ireland John Fenwick Thomas Pickering and John Grove do all stand indicted of High Treason for that whereas they as false Traytors meaning and designing to disturb the Peace of the Kingdom to levy War within the Kingdom to make miserable slaughter amongst the Kings Subjects to subvert the Religion established by the Law of the Land to introduce the Superstition of the Church of Rome and to bring to death and final destruction and to murder and assassinate our Soveraign Lord the King they did to effect these things the four and twentieth of April last assemble themselves together with many other false Traytors yet unknown in the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex and there being so assembled the better to effect these designs did make agreements and conspire together first that Pickering and Grove should kill the King and that White and the rest of the persons that stand indicted with many other Traytors should say a great number of Masses for the soul of the said Pickering I think thirty thousand and they did further agree there that Grove should have a great sum of mony and upon this agre●●ment Grove and Pickering did undertake and promise they would do this fact and did then and there take the Sacrament and an oath to one another upon the Sacrament that they would conceal these their Treasons that they might the better effect them and that in pursuance of this Grove and Pickering did divers timesly in wait to murder the King and did provide Arms to do it and the Indictment further sets forth that White and Ireland and Fenwick and many other Traytors yet unknown did procure four other persons yet also unknown for to kill the King against the pea●●e of our Sovereign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute These are the heads of those facts for which they stand indicted they have all pleaded not Guilty if we prove them or any of them Guilty of these or any of these facts according to the Evidence you shall have we hope you will find it Sir Samuel Baldwin one of his Majesties Serjeants at Law opened the Charge as followeth Sir Samuel Baldwin May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury the persons here before you stand indicted for High Treason they are five in number three of them are Jesuits one is a Priest the fifth is a Layman persons fitly prepared for the work in hand Gentlemen it is not unknown to most persons nay to every one amongst us that hath the least observed the former times how that ever since the Reformation there hath been a design carried on to subvert the Government and destroy the Protestant Religion established here in England for during all the Reign of Queen Elizabeth severall attempts were made by several Priests and Jesuits that came from beyond the Seas though the Laws were then severe against them to destroy the Queen and alter the Religion established here in England and to introduce Popery and the Superstition of the Church of Rome But the Conspirators from time to time during all the Queens Reign were disappointed as Edmond Camtion and several other Jesuits who came over in that time and were executed did suffer for their Treasons according to Law at length about the lat●●erend of the Queens time a Seminary for the English Jesuits was founded at Valled●●lid in Spain and you know the emyloyment such persons have And soon after the Queens death in the beginning of the Reign of King James several persons came over into England from this very Seminary who together with one Henry Garnet Superior of the Jesuits then in England and divers other English Papists hatched that hellish Gunpowder-plot whereby what was designed you all know but as it fell out these persons as well as those in Queen Elizabeths time were likewise disappointed for their execrable Treasons in the third year of King James were executed at Tyburn and otherplaces This is evident by the very Act of Parliament in 30. Jacobi in the preamble whereof mention is made that Creswel and Tesmond Jesuits came from Validolid in Spain to execute this Gunpowder-Treason with the Poplsh party here in England And Gentlemen after this Treason so miraculously discovered was punished one would not have thought that any future age would have been guilty of the like Conspiracy but it so falls out that the Mystery of Iniquity and Jesuitism still worketh for there hath of late been a sort of cruel bloody minded persons who in hopes to have better success than they had in fo●●mer times during the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James have set on foot as horrid a Design

Serj. Baldwyn What do you know of the Ruffains that went down to Windsor what success had they Mr. Oates I can give no Account of that because in the beginning of September this Gentleman that had been in England some time before was come to London and the business had taken Air and one Beddingfield had written to him that the thing was discovered and that none but such a one could do it naming me by a name that he knew I went by Whitebread When was that Sir Mr. Oats In the month of September last I came to the Provincial's chamber the 3th of September when I came I could not speak with him for he was at supper but when he had surp'd I was admitted in and there he shewed me the letter that he had received from Beddingfield Whitebread Where did you see it Mr. Oats You read it to me when you chide me and beat me and abused me L. C. J. What did he chide you for Mr Oates He did charge me with very high language of being with the King with a minister and discovering the matter I was so unfortunate that the Gentleman who was with the King did wear the same colour'd cloathes that I did then wear And he having given an Account that the party wore such cloathes the suspicion was laid upon me Now my Lord I had not then been with the King but another Gentleman had been with him from me with the draught of some papers concerning this Business which I had drawn up and I was ready to appear when I should ●●e called to justifie them only I did not think fit to appear immediately And my Lord this Beddingfield he had gotten into it that it was discovered and writ the Provincial word he thought it was by me When he had received this letter he asked me with what Face I could look upon him since I had betrayed them so my Lord I did profess a great deal of innocency because ●● had not then been with the King but he gave me very ill language and abused me and I was afraid of a worse mischief from them for I could not but conclude that if they dealt so cruelly with those that only writ against them I could scarce escape of whom they had that Jealousie that I had betrayed them And my Lord though they could not prove that I had discovered it yet upon the bare suspition I was beaten and affronted and reviled and commanded to go beyond Sea again nay my Lord I had my lodging asaulted to have murthered me if they could Whitebread By whom Mr. Oats By Mr. Whitebread and some of them Whitebread Who beat you Mr. Oates Mr. Whitebread did Mr. Serj. Baldwyn Was it Pickering or Grove that had the Flint of his Pistol loose Mr. Oates Pickering Pickering My Lord I never shot off a pistol in all my life L. C. J. What say you to the fourscore pounds Mr. Oates My Lord I will speak to that that was given to the four Ruffians that were to Kill the King at VVindsor Now my Lord that money I saw L. C. J. Where did you see it Mr. Oates at Harcourts Chamber L. C. J. Where is that Mr. Oates In Dukestreet near the Arch L. C. J. Who was it given by Mr Oates VVilliam Harcourt L. C. J. did you see the four fellows Mr. Oates No my Lord I never did nor never knew their names L. C. J Who was the money given to Mr. Oates A messenger that was to carry it down to them L. C. J. VVho was that messenger Mr. Oates One of theirs that I do not know and I durst not be too inquisitive my Lord for fear of being suspected L. C. J. VVho was by when the money was paid Mr. Oates Coleman that is executed and my Lord there was this Mr. Fenwick by that is the Prisoner at the Bar Fenwick VVhen was this Mr. Oates In the month of August Fenwick VVhere Mr. Oates At Harcourt's chamber Fenwick I never saw you there in all my ●●●e Are you sure I was by when the money was there M. Oates Yes you were L. C. J. Mr. Fenwick You shall have your time by and by to Ask him any question Mr. Oates let me ask you once again when there was the appointment made for Grove and Pickering to Kill the King who s●●gn'd it Mr. Oates At least forty signed it L. C. J. Did the other three sign it Mr. Oates Yes my Lord all of them L. C. J. Name them Mr. Oates There was VVhitebread Fenwick and Ireland L. C. J. And you say you went from place to place and saw it signed Mr. Oates Yes my Lord I did L. C. J. Were you attendant upon them Mr Oates My Lord I ●●ver was since the year 1666. L. C. J. At whose Lodging did you use to attend upon the Consultation M. Oates At the Provincials chamber Mr. VVhitebread L. C. J. Where was it first signed Mr. Oates at the Provincials chamber Sir Cr. Levings Who carried it from Lodging to Lodging Mr Oates I did L. C. J. When was it Mr. Oates The 24th of April Mr. J. Bertue You say you carried the result from place to place pray tell us wh●● that result was Mr. Oates They knew what it was for they read it before they signed it Mr. J. Atkins But tell us the contents of it Mr. Oates The contents of that Resolve was this I le tell you the substance though●● cannot tell you exactly the words that Pickering and Grove should go on in their attemp●● to Assassinate the Person of the King as near as I can remember it was so that the form●● should have 30000 Masses and the Latter 1500 pounds and the whole consult did consent to it and signed the agreement that was made with them and did resolve up●● the Kings death all in one resolve L. C. J. Where was this agreed upon at the White-horse Tavern Mr. Oates No my Lord after they had agreed at the VVhite Horse Tavern that Mr. C●● should go procurator to Rome and some other small particulars which I cannot now ●● member they did adjourn from the VVhite-Horse-Tavern and met at several Chamber some at one place and some at another L. C. J. But you say Mico did draw up the resolution where was that M. Oates At Mr. VVhitebreads chamber for he was Socius and Secretary to the Provicial L. C. J. Were Ireland and Fenwick present when Mico drew it up Mr. Oates No my Lord but they were at their own chambers after it was drawn ●● there and signed by Mr. VVhitebread and those of the consult in his chamber it was caried to the several consults L. C. J. What all the same day Mr. Oates Yes my Lord. L. C. J. And you went along with it Mr Oates Yes my Lord I d●● Mr Just Bertue I only ask you were all the five Prisoners privy to it or do you dis●●guish of any of them and which Mr. Oates They were all privy to

he hath done you very great service you would have had him te●●●fied against Mr. Oates he saith he hath known him ever since he was a Child and that then he had not so much Credit as now he hath And had it been upon his single Testimony that the discovery of the Plot had depended he should have doubted of it but Mr. Oates his Evidence with the Testimony of the Fact it self and all the concurring Evidences which he produces to back his Testimony hath convinced him that he is true in his Narrative Sir D. Ashburnham Your Lordship is right in what I have spoken L. C. J. Have you any mo●●e Witnesses or any thing more to say for your selves Ireland If I may produce on my own behalf Pledges of my own Loyalty and that of my Family L. C. J. Produce whom you will Ireland Here is my sister and my mother can tell how our Relations were plundred for siding with the King L. C. J No I will tell you why it was it was for being Papists and you went to the King for shelter Ireland I had an Uncle that was killed in the Kings Service besides the Pendrels and the Giffords that were instrumental for saving the King after the fight at Worcester are my near Relations L. C. J. Why all those are Papists Pi●●kering My Father my Lord was killed in the Kings party L. C. J. Why then do you fall off from your Fathers virtue Pickering I have not time to produce Witnesses on my own behalf Ireland I do desire time to bring more Witnesses Grove As I have a Soul to save I know nothing of this matter charged upon me L. C. ●● Well have you any thing more to say Ireland No my Lord. L. C. J. You of the Kings Council will you sum up the Evidence Mr. Serj. Baldwin No my Lord we leave it to your Lordship C. of C. Cryer make Proclamation of silence Cryer O yes All manner of persons are commanded to keep silence upon pain of imprisonment Then the Lord Chief Justice directed the Jury thus L. C. J. Gentlemen you of the Jury As to these three persons Ireland Pickering Grove the other two you are discharged of One of them Ireland it seems is a Priest I know not whither Pickering be or no Grove is none but these are the two men that should kill the King and Ireland is a Conspirator in that Plot. They are all indicted for Conspiring the Kings Death and endeavouring to subvert the Government and destroy the Protestant Religion and bring in Popery The main of the Evidence hath gone upon that soul and black Offence Endeavouring to kill the King The utmost end was without all question to bring in Popery and subvert the Protestant Religion and they thought this a good means to do it by killing the King that is the thing you have had the greatest evidence of I will sum up the particulars and leave them with you 'T is sworn by Mr Oates expresly that on the 24th of April last there was a Consultation held of Priests and Jesuits They are the men fit only for such a mischief for I know there are abund●…●● 〈…〉 Gentlemen of that Perswasion who could never be drawn t●● do a●●y of these things unless they were seduced by their Priests that sticke at nothing 〈…〉 own ends he swears expresly that the ●●onsult was begun at the White-horse-Tavern in the Strand that they theee agreed to murther the King That Pickering and Grove were the men that were to do it who went afterwards and subscribed this holy League of theirs and signed it every one at his own lodging Whitebread at his Ireland at his and Fenwick at his two of which are out of the Case but they are repeated to you only to shew you the Order of the Conspiracy That afterwards Pickering and Grove did agree to the same and they received the Sacrament upon it as an Oath to make all sacred and a Seal to make all secret Mr. Bedlow hath sworn as to that particular time of killing the King by Pickering and Grove though they were not to give over the Design but there were four that were sent to kill the King at Windsor Mr. Oates swears there was an attempt by Pickering in March last but the Flint of the Pistol happening to be loose he durst not proceed for which he was rewarded with Pennance He swears there were Four hired to do it That Fourscore pounds was provided for them He saw the money and swears he saw it delivered to the Messenger to carry it down Ireland At what time was that Lord Chief Just In August there was an attempt first by Pickering and Grove they then not doing of it four other persons Irishmen were hired to do it and ten thousand pounds profered to Sir George Wakeman to poison the King Thus still they go on in their attempts and that being too little five thousand pounds more was added This is to shew you the Gross of the Plot in general and also the particular Transactions of these two murtherers Grove and Pickering with the Conspiracy of Ireland Bedl●●w swears directly that in August last these Three and Harcourt Pritchard and Le Faire being altogether in a Room did discourse of the Disappointment the Four had met with in not killing the King at Windsor And there the Resolution was the old stagers should go on still but they had one Conyers joyned to them and they were to kill the King then at Newmarket He swears they did agree to do it that Ireland was at it and that all three did consent to that Resolve So that here are Two Witnesses that speak positively with all the Circumstances of this Attempt of the Two to kill the King and the Confederacy of Ireland all along with them N●●w I must tell you there are no Accessaries but all Principals in Treason It may seem hard perhaps to convict men upon the Testimony of their fellow Offenders and if it had been possible to have brought other Witnesses it had been well but in things of this nature you cannot expect that the Witnesses should be absolutely spotless You must take such Evidence as the nature of the Thing will afford or you may have the King destroyed and our Religion too For Jesuits are too subtle to subject themselves to too plain a proof such as they cannot evade by Equivocation or a flat d●●nial There is also a Letter produced which speaking of the Consult that was to be the 24th of April proves that there was a Conspiracy among them And although it is not Evidence to convict any one man of them yet it is Evidence upon Mr. Oate's Testiny to prove the general Design It is from one Petre to one of the Confederates and taken amongst Harcourt papers after Mr Oates had given in his Te●●imony and therein it is mentioned th●●t the Superior had taken care that there should be a meeting the 24th of April the