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A25171 An Account of the execution of Brigadier Rookwood, Major Lowick, and Mr. Cranburn, at Tyburn, April 29th, 1696 1696 (1696) Wing A287; ESTC R4987 4,640 2

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I am sorry that any that would be counted Members of it should be guilty of Usurpation and Rebellion ●nd I beseech God they may repent of the same I have had a soul Scandal cast upon me that I behaved ●y self very indecently before the Privy-Council which was never my Nature And I appeal to my Lord Shrewsbury who is a Person of Honour and I believe ●e will do me that justice as to acquit me of it I ●umbly beg Pardon of all I have injured and I freely ●orgive all and I would advise all to do as they would be done by Mr. Sheriff You speak of the Doctrine of the Church of England teaching you to abhor King killing what do you think of the Assassination of our King Will the Church of England allow it Mr. Cranburn As to the Assassination I gave you an account Mr. Sheriff Does the Word of God or the Doctrine of the Church of England allow of any Assassination Mr. Cranburn Neither the Law nor the Doctrines of the Church ever taught me to Depose my Lawful Sovereign Mr. Sheriff Did it ever teach you to Assassinate any private Man Were you not concern'd in it Or did you not know of it Mr. Cranburn I knew of it February the 22d between ●en and eleven and between eleven and twelve the whole Design was over Mr. Sheriff If you had had an opportunity would you have discovered it Mr. Cranburn I would never have discovered any Man ●f I would have been an In●ormer I might have been at●●iberty about the Town as well as others Mr. Sheriff Did you not know of the Design to Asassinate the King Mr. Cranburn I did know of it Mr. Sheriff Major Lowick I have seen that ingenuity ●n you that I hope you have some good Advice to the People Mr. Lowick I could never speak extempore Mr. Sheriff Do you deliver any Paper Mr. Lowick I have a Paper here but I doubt you cannot read it I humbly beg the good Prayers of all the ●ood People that are here Mr. Sheriff I only desire you to satisfy the People whether you come to Suffer justly or unjustly Mr. Lowick I am not guilty in that positive degree I ●ust own I did know of it and if the thing had gone ●●ward I do believe I had been ingaged In what I ●ave done in drawing in any into the Design I humbly ●eg their pardon I hope they will all forgive m●● and forgive every one Mr. Sheriff You do acknowledge you were concerned 〈◊〉 it Mr. Lowick I do acknowledge it and I do beg the ●ardon of every one that Suffers on my account Mr. Sheriff You beg pardon of God and of 〈◊〉 King Mr. Lowick I do so far as I was ingaged to do h●● injury And I forgive all People Mr. Sheriff The Lord grant you forgiveness Sir 〈◊〉 would not make any thing uneasy to you Mr. Lowick I believe you will not Mr. Sheriff Mr. Rookwood will you say any thing Mr. Rookwood I refer my self to the Paper which 〈◊〉 delivered to the Sheriff I acknowledge I was to a● concerned Mr. Lowick If I were to live again in the World 〈◊〉 would live by the Grace of God to better purpose 〈◊〉 People know I am a Roman-Catholick and was born 〈◊〉 Roman-Catholick Parents and so was brought up a●● I beg of you all your Prayers I humbly beg pardon● all the World and forgive all the World and am 〈◊〉 Charity with all men and I beg pardon of all th●● Suffer on my account Then the Executioner askt them severally forgiveness To which they answer'd That they did freely forgi●● him and all the World Mr. Sheriff You shall have your own time Mr. Lowick O Jesus receive me And then he severa● times kissed the Crucifix in his Book and delivered 〈◊〉 to one to give one of his Friends Mr. Lowick Shall we say some Pater Nosters more Mr. Rookwood We cannot have time Mr. Lowick Jesus Maria O Jesus Son of God ha● mercy on me I heartily beg pardon for all the thing that I denied that were true Mr. Sheriff You mean at your Trial Mr. Lowick In all places when I was examined i● all places I beg pardon of all the World in every thin● I have offended Mr. Sheriff I wish you had not given your self th●● cause to be troubled Mr. Lowick I wish so too O Jesus have mercy upo● me So I wish I am sorry with all my Heart and So●● that I ever did any thing like it sorry from my Soul● O Jesus Maria O Jesus look upon us Penitents give us one view of Heaven O Jesus Maria have merc● on me Holy Mary Mother of God! Our Father wh●● art in Heaven c. I desire the man to give me the Bo●● again Mr. Sheriff Give him the Book again which w●● done and he again kissed the Crucifix and gave ba●● the Book again to the man Mr. Lowick I humbly beg thee Dear Saviour to forgive me all my Sins Jesus who suffered for me and all mankind upon the Cross pardon all my Sins Executioner Tell me when I must draw away Mr. Lowick We must not be our own Executioners God be merciful to us Mr. Sheriff When the Executioner is withdrawn give a stamp with your Foot give your own Sign Executioner I hope you forgive me Prisoners We forgive thee and all mankind Mr. Lowick Jesus Maria have mercy upon us Mr. Cranburn Lord Jesus receive my Soul Then they continued in their private Ejaculations s●● some time after their Caps were over their Eyes and then the Cart was drawn away and having hung about half an hour they were cut down and quartered London Printed for Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick Lane 1696.
An Account of the Execution of Brigadier Rookwood Major Lowick and Mr. Cranburn at Tyburn April 29th 1696. WHEN the Prisoners came first up into the Cart. Mr. Lowick and Mr. Rookwood being Roman Catholicks kneeled down together and Mr. Lowick read ●ome Prayers for above half an hour out of a small English Book of devotion writ by an Abbot And Mr. Cranburn kneeling down by himself prayed to this effect O Lord Jesus forgive me all my Sins and forgive all my Persecutors Grant me true Repentance now I suffer for thy Cause Let me have thy assistance and support now I suffer for thy Cause Give stedfastness to thy Followers and Repentance to all their Persecutors Carry me to those Happy Mansions prepared for all those that suffer for mee and all I beg for Christ Jesus sake Our Father which art in Heaven c. Almighty and Most Gracious God support I pray thee thy unworthy Servant in this last and great business of laying down my Life Let me not dishonour the Cause and Truth that I suffer for It is not my 〈…〉 of the Righteousness of my Cause but the 〈◊〉 and Errors of my Life which makes me 〈…〉 appear before thy Righteous Bar. But cleanse 〈…〉 my Sins and then I shall meet Death with 〈…〉 I know when the Sting of Death is taken out there is an aversion in our nature but let the influence of thy Grace overcome it in my Spirit Possess my mind more and more with a sense of the Righteousness of the Cause I suffer for And whatever terror would otherwise strike into me let it arm my 〈…〉 with confidence that I dye for thee and thy Cause 〈◊〉 at I shall be received into thy rest Lord into thy 〈◊〉 I commend my Soul Mr. Sheriff Mr. Cranburn take what time you will we will stay for you Then the Hangman tyed the Rope about Mr. Cranburn Mr. Sheriff If you will retire again Mr. Cranburn we will wait for you Then Cranburn kneeled d●wn and prayed again And after a little the they all 〈…〉 up and kissed each other Mr. Sheriff 〈…〉 own time Mr. Lowick Mr. Lowick 〈…〉 you Sir Then Cranburn had the Rope put about his Neck 〈◊〉 Have you got a Cap Sir Mr. Cranburn Yes I have And the Executioner took it out of his Pocket and a Paper with it Executioner What is in this Paper Mr. Cranburn Nothing Executioner Do you deliver no Paper to the Sheriff Mr. Cranburn No. My Papers have been taken from me There is a Paper in my Bosom which I would have you take out open my Breast and you will see it Which the Executioner did and took it out and askt him it he should give it to the Sheriff Mr. Cranburn No. There is nothing in it but a Memorandum of what I would say My Papers were taken from me Mr. Sheriff Who took them from you Mr. Cranburn Tokefield Mr. Sheriff You made it with your own hand did you not Mr. Cranburn Yes Sir Mr. Sheriff We cannot read this it being Writ with a Pencil make your self as easie as you can Will you speak the Words your self Mr. Cranburn Yes Sir Mr. Sheriff Read it audibly and leisurely for you see there is one Writes for we would do you no wrong and we will command silence Mr. Cranburn Gentlemen I am in a few moment to appear before the Great and Righteous Judge of 〈◊〉 men to whom I am to give an Account of all my Actions I confess I have been a great and wicked Sinner but I hope to find Pardon by the Merits and Intercession of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I would advise all of you to be diligent and conscientious in your duty to God and whoever is so it will make him a good Christian and I am sure he that is a good Christian can never be a Rebel to his Lawful King As to the Assassination of the Prince of Orange I had notice of it on Saturday between the hours of nine and ten February the 22d Mr. Charnocke after I had carried the names of the Persons to him Mr. Sheriff Who had you the names from Mr. Cranburn From Captain Porter And after I carried the names to Mr. Charnocke he made an addition of six of his own and sent me back to Mr. Porter to acquaint him that it was necessary to come to him and they two to go to the Knight together Mr. Sheriff What Knight was it Mr. Cranburn That I cannot tell Mr. Sheriff Go on Mr. Cranburn The 22d I had knowledge of this Design between 10 and 11. Between 11 and 12 the time was over And when I came from Mr. Porter to Mr Charnocke he told me the Knight had altered his measures and he desired Mr. Porter would take care of him self and he would not have him make too much hast out for fear of surprizing any of the Gentlemen tha● were with him What was sworn against me by Mr. Porter Mr. Pendergrass and Mr. La Rue was true 1. That I sent a Sword to Mr. Pendergras● And 2. was at the Sun Tavern And 3. I did carry the Note But I did not know what it was for I wish they may have repentance for the same As I am to do justice t● all men so am I more especially to my Soveraign King James I believe he had no knowledge of the Design And I doubt not but God will restore him to his Ancien● and Rightful Kingdoms And as I am in duty boun● to pray for him then he kneel'd down I humbly beseech God to Bless Prosper and Keep him and giv● him Patience under all his Sufferings and a happ● issue out of all his Afflictions and to grant that ●n Plots against him may prosper Be a strong Towe against the face of his Enemies As for those tha● would not have him to reign over them let them 〈◊〉 cloathed with shame but upon himself let his Crow flourish Bless our Gracious Queen M●●y Kather● the Queen Dowager and His Royal Highness the Prin● of Wales Prosper them with all Happiness Inric● them with thy Heavenly Grace and bring them t● thine everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ o●● Lord. Then he stood up Mr. Sheriff Mr. Cranburn take your own time Mr. Cranburn I do believe that very few Persons kne● of this Design but those that were the principal Prom●●ters of it and I beseech God no more Blood may 〈◊〉 spilt I beseech Almighty God to open the Eyes of th● Nation that this Nation may not became a Pr●y to Foreign Power Mr. Sheriff You say you believe few Persons knew this matter and that you hope no more Blood will spilt Mr. Cranburn I do so Mr. Sheriff Do you mean that there may be no more ●lots against the Government Mr. Cranburn What I said I shall not unsay As to ●ny Religion I was born and baptized in the Church of England which Church always taught me to abhor ●hat damnable Doctrine of Deposing or Killing Kings ●nd