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A63172 The tryal of Capt. Thomas Wallcot for high-treason in conspiring to compass the death of His Majesty, and to subvert the government who was tryed this 12th of July at the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayley, and there found guilty of the said high-treason : being an impartial relation of the most materials during the said tryal : as likewise what occured in relation to James Duke of Monmouth, Ford Lord Grey, and others. Walcot, Thomas, d. 1683.; England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex). 1683 (1683) Wing T2180; ESTC R25661 2,615 2

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