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A43101	The perjur'd phanatick, or, The malicious conspiracy of Sr. John Croke of Chilton, Henry Larimore and other phanaticks against the life of Robert Hawkins, clerk, and late minister of Chilton, occasioned by his suit for tiths discovered in a tryal at Alisbury before the Right Honourable Sir Matthew Hale, then Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Lord Chief Justice of England.	Hawkins, Robert, 17th/18th cent.	1685 (1685)	Wing H1179; ESTC R21102	34,202	40

THE Perjur'd Phanatick Or the Malicious Conspiracy of Sr. JOHN CROKE of CHILTON HENRY LARIMORE and other PHANATICKS AGAINST THE LIFE of Robert Hawkins Clerk And late Minister of CHILTON Occasioned by his Suit for TITHS Discovered in a TRYAL AT ALISBURY Before the Right Honourable Sir MATTHEW HALE Then Lord Chief BARON of the EXCHEQUER AND Lord Chief JUSTICE OF ENGLAND Published by his Lordship's Command LONDON Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh Bookseller to his Royal Highness at the Black Bull in Cornhil 1685. TO THE READER THere are two Questions which every one that looks on this Tryal will be apt to put and expect a Resolution viz. Why was not this Published sooner and why now The answer to the former depends on matter of Fact so that as it can have no more credibility so it demands as much as the serious Protestation of a Christian and a Minister can give it and will be a fit introduction to the Reply to the second Query and I hope both together will give sufficient satisfaction A very good friend of mine and near Relation of Sir John Croke engaged me not to do it whilst he lived 't was hard to forbear so long and suffer my Innocence to be so publickly aspersed and not receive as publick a Vindication The Conspirators had their Agents abroad who published and very zealously heightned the Crimes they themselves had forged many years the Plot had been tontriving and endeavoured to be brought forth in most of the Courts in England My Credit defamed false Arrests and Excommunication procured violent Entrys made upon my Church and threats us'd barbarous Malice to those Women who came to assist my Wife in Travail But Justice prevailed against their Malice I had right upon my side and bafled their Contrivances Then the grand Roguery was brought upon the Stage and they took Counsel together to take off the Just Man because he was unprofitable to them They had heard that a dead Lion could not bite and resolved to make the Experiment on Me. Yet tho the Provocations were so great the Obligations my Friend had put upon me prevailed and I spared the Family that He might not see the Evil which they had brought upon themselves in his dayes Besides as to the neighbouring places Justice had done me Right and secured my Reputation both by the Acquittal and the encouragement it gave me the Lord Chief Baron himself directing the Process for special Baile to Prosecute several of the Conspirators A hearty submission and reasonable compositions were the easiest terms that could be allowed Larimore paid 30 l. Thomas Croxton 44 1. Tho. Beamsly 20 1. Mayn 15 l. Nicholas Sanders 12 l. The rest their Poverty secured and Sir John Croke lost his Commission So much in answer to the first question which might be partly applied to the Second and with what I shall farther add I hope make a just reply I have lately heard this Tryal more talked of than formerly some notable Evidences of the present times prompted several Mens Curiosity to look back into what had been formerly done and this Account convinc'd them that 't was no new thing for Fanatical Villains to Plot Contrive and be Perjur'd for less matters than Rule and Empire Beckly Nov. 13 1684. R. H. THE TRIAL UPon Tuesday being the 9th of March 1688. I went to Alisbury and got thither about four of the Clock in the Afternoon and about the same time came in the Reverend Judges viz. Sir Matthew Hale Knight then Lord Chief Baron of His Majesties Court of Exchequer but now Lord Chief Justice of England and Hugh Windham Serjeant at Law And upon Wednesday the tenth of March the Assizes began and in the afternoon of the same day Larimore by the advice of Sir John Croke who had then got leave to come to the Assizes carried his Bill of Indictment against me to the Grand Jury their names were as followeth John Hill Gent. Samuel Grange Gent. Richard Cokeman Gent. Jacob Sale Gent. Thomas Redding Gent. Thomas Berringer Gent. Clement Summerford Gent. John Winter Gent. John Burnham Gent. Ralph Rice Gent. Jonathan Tomlins Gent. William Barret Gent. John Butterfield Gent. William Pedder Gent. John Fosket Gent. John Sare Gent. John Merydale Gent. Robert Worrel Gent. George Wells Gent. In all Nineteen These were the Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest for the Body of the County of Buckingham and unto them the foresaid Larimore exhibited his Bill of Felony against me the Sum and Substance of it was as followeth The Grand Inquest for our Sovereign Lord the King upon their Sacred Oaths present that Robert Hawkins late of Chilton in the County aforesaid Clerk did upon the 18th of September in the 20th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the II. By the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. with Force and Arms c. at Chilton aforesaid in the County aforesaid two Gold Rings each of them at the value of ten shillings one white Holland Apron of the value of one shilling six pence two pieces of Gold each of them at the value of ten shillings and nineteen shillings in Silver of the Goods and Chattels of Henry Laurimore in the Parish and County aforesaid then and there being found Then and there Feloniously he did Steal take and carry away contrary to the Peace c. This Bill was Signed by the G●●nd Jury Bill● Vera and Returned to my Lord Chief Baron Hale who then sate on the Crowns side or upon Life and Death about six of the Clock at night Upon Thursday the 11th of March 1668. my Lord Chief Baron came to the Hall about eight of the Clock in the morning and the Court being set I rendred my self willing to be tryed according to the Laws of this Kingdom And when the Clerk of the Assizes saw me bow to the Court he then informed my Lord and said this is Mr. Hawkins who stands Indicted for Felony and then the Clerk of the Arraigns read the Bill which was Signed and Returned as beforesaid and then I was set to the Bar without any other Prisoners Clerk of the Arraigns said Robert Hawkins hold up thy hand which I then did and then the Clerk Read the Indictment against me as followeth YOu stand Indicted in Alisbury in the County of Bucks by the name of Robert Hawkins late of Chilton in the County aforesaid Clerke for that you the said Robert Hawkins not having the fear of God before your eyes upon the 18th of September in the 20th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the II. By the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. With Force and Arms c. at Chilton aforesaid in the County aforesaid into the dwelling-house of one Henry Larimore Feloniously did enter and two Gold Rings at the value of ten shillings each of them one white Holland Apron of the value

more Larimore Yes my Lord John Cox and Francis Lucy they being both Sworn John Cox said My Lord I being in Mr. Hawkin's Company not long since one asked him how he thought to come off at the Assizes Mr. Hawkins reply'd he cared not much for this Plot tho he should be Convicted for they could but burn him in the hand for it and that he could bite out Lucy being sworn said that he heard Mr. Hawkins confess that he owed Larimore 15s but because he had dealt so unjustly with him he would make it cost Larimore fifteen times 15s before he would pay him L. C. B. said this makes little to the purpose Come Larimore Have you any more Lar. I think not my Lord. L. C. B. If you have any more Witnesses call them and they shall be heard and do not say when I am gone that your Witnesses could not be heard Lar. My Lord I confess they have been fully heard and I have no more to say L. C. B. said to me Sir you have heard the Indictment against you and the Evidence to prove it you have the Charge now say what you can for your own Defence and you shall be heard Hawk I humbly thank your Honour and I hope my Lord because the Evidence is large I shall have the more time allowed me to make my Defence and if so I doubt not but fully to open this Conspiracy L. C. B. Do not fear that for as they have been heard at large so shall you likewise God forbid else Hawk I humbly thank your Honour and do promise to be as brief as conveniently I can and as I intend to offer nothing but the naked truth So I will say no more if I am not misinformed than I can prove to be true And my Lord because it may seem necessary for me to offer many things by way of Defence in answer to so great a Charge to save time I pray that it may not be expected by your Honour or the Jury that I should call Witnesses to prove every particular but when I offer such things as are most material if either your Honour or the Jury be not fully satisfied touching the truth of such material points I do humbly pray that I may be called upon to prove them for when I am not called upon for proof I shall under favour my Lord take it for granted that I am believed And for Method herein if I may have leave I do intend this 1. In General to shew how improbable it is that I should be guilty of this Robbery and also deliver some hints to move the Court and Jury to Question whether this Prosecutor Larimore was Robbed at all or no And 2ly More particularly to examine the Evidence as to matter of Fact L. C. B. Go on Sir to your Defence Hawk May it please your Honour and you of this Jury I begin with the first part of my Defence which is to hint how unlikely it is that I should be guilty of robbing this Larimore 1. Larimore is Generally known to be a notorious Anabaptist and an Enemy to the Church of England and a hater of the Ministry in General but more particularly he is most Envious and Malicious against my self because I sued him for Tyths and caused him to be Indicted for not coming to Church or Baptizing his Children for which reason his Malice against me hath appeared notorious several ways as amongst others 1. By disswading all that owed me any money not to pay me 2. By his inducing those to whom I owed mony to arrest and trouble me 3. By disswading those that I sued for Tyths not to agree with me he promising them that Sir John Croke and himself would force me to run the Country ere long 4. By his continual tormenting and vexing me with his false Arrests and illegal Indictments 5. By his constant endeavour to disswade my friends from any ways relieving me or mine in my greatest wants and necessities advising them to starve us My Lord and this Jury if you are nor fully satisfied in any of these particulars that I have alledged I am ready to prove them but if this be granted they are no doubt sufficient Arguments to prove the malice of his heart Again I say that it is no ways possible that Larimore was Robbed at all and of this opinion are most of his Neighbors round about him as may appear by this Certificate which followeth WE do humbly certifie that Henry Larimore of Chilton in the County of Bucks Labourer is a notorious Anabaptist an Enemy to the Church of England and a perfect hater of all Ministers of the same but in particular most Inveterate and Malicious against Robert Hawkins Clerk late Minister of the Church of Chilton aforesaid for that he doth not only seek and design utterly to ruin the said Mr. Hawkins himself but makes it his business and daily practice to instigate others to do the like and for no other cause as he hath often confessed himself but for that the said Mr. Hawkins hath caused him to be Indicted for not coming to Church and Sued him for Tyths And we do verily believe and are fully satisfied in our Consciences that the said Mr. Hawkins is not at all guilty of the pretended Felony in Stealing the Ring and piece of Silver which the said Larimore hath Charged him with but that it is a meer contrivance inehoated and set on foot by the said Larimore Sir John Croke and others on purpose to Revenge themselves And we do also believe that the said Mr. Hawkins is a very Honest Man and that he is a very able Minister and a true and faithful labourer in Gods word and never heard that he was ever suspected in the least of Felony till this Malicious Prosecution which is by the said Larimore and others whom the said Mr. Hawkins sueth for Tyths Witness our Hands March 8. 1668. Michael Read Gent. William Read Gent. Mrs. Bulstode Widow Mr. John Bulstrode John Turner Joseph Parsons Nicholas Faulkner Mr. William Bulstrode John Chilton The Widow Paverell Robert Sanders Christopher Hinton John Mortimore Sen. Mr. John Daniel Mr. John Clarke The Widow Clare William Landsdell William Bouden John Newman Thomas Coles The Widow Newman Robert Barlow Theophilus Sanders John Sanders John Mortimore Jun. Mr. Henry Golder Mr. Thomas Sanders Mr. Henry Lovell Mrs. Lovell Widow Owen Gibson Mr. Tho. Sanders Sen. Robert Casemore Edward Jarvice Thomas Green Edward Barker John Grace John Freeman Richard Carr. John Carr. John Acreman Thomas Whyte Thomas Ludet The Widow Meades Richard Toms Joseph Nero. Richard Low John Culledge Richard Waude Theophilus Hinton Edward Clarke Jeffery Hart. Richard Budd John Budd Thomas Higgs Roger Gye Robert Coxhead William Hitchcock John Powell Luke Turner Richard Badger John Golder John Newton William Collet John Beckley Richard Kenp The Widow Acreman Robert Flint William Beckly Robert Hicks John Barney Robert Steele Stephen Toms Robert Willet William neighbour