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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26159	An Account of the tryal of Charles Bateman, chirurgeon, for high treason in conspiring the death of the late King and the subversion of government, &c., who was tryed and found guilty, at Justice-Hall in the Old Bayly, on the 9th of December, 1685 : the tryals of John Holland and William Davis, for conspiring against, violently assaulting, and without any warrantable cause, imprisoning William Chancey ... who were tryed and found guilty at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, on the 10th of December, 1685 : as also the tryals of John Holland, William Davis, and Agnes Wearing, for a notorious burglary and felony ... who were tryed and found guilty, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, on the 11th of December, 1685.	Bateman, Charles, d. 1685.; England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London)	1685 (1685)	Wing A415A; ESTC R35678	19,910	22

Maid down to see who it was and she returning told her it was a Gentleman would speak with her she then desired he would send up his Name and Business but the Maid replyed he had a Letter for her which he said he must deliver to her hand however she told her she would not see him till she knew his Name but whilst they were discoursing concerning it a Person came up Stairs with both ends of his Wig in his mouth and made as if he would present her with a Letter but she seeming shye and telling him he was a stranger to her he let go the ends of his VVigg and swearing a great Oath that he was a great stranger to her and clapped his hands upon her Throat and Neck saying he wanted money Commanded her on pain of Death not to make any Noise and whilst this happened he heard her maid cry out softly Thieves Thieves and then taking up her upper Coat he drew it over her Head and so tyed it vvith her hands in it calling as loud as he durst Jack Jack why don't you come up Jack but he making as if he stay'd belovv to secure the maid he cryed Damn her for a Bitch Shoot her Cut her Throat what is her Life worth Which Mrs. Gatford taking to be in earnest besought them For Gods-sake not to kill her maid hovvever Jack soon came up Stairs vvhereupon he that first seized Mrs. Gatford Commanded her to tell vvhere the money vvas vvho replyed She had none but what was in her Purse Then he asked vvhere her Purse vvas she said in her Pocket then pull it out said he but her Hands being vvithin her Coats she told him she could not vvhereupon he said he vvould take it out vvhich he doing and then laying her on her Face vvith dreadful threats that if she stirr'd They vvent directly to the place vvhere the money vvas altho' in a very private place as also to the Glass-Case of Plate The first they had some difficulty to find and vvere once about to go avvay vvithout it but one of them knocking a Board in the Closet that vvas to dravv up heard it chink and so by force vvrenching it up they took the money before-mentioned and other things not named Having gotten their Prey they told Mrs. Gatford She must go down into the Celler to vvhich she replyed She could not see the way then he that came up first lead her and vvhen she vvas on the Top of the Stairs bid her take her first step vvhich she did and immediately slipp'd dovvn to the Bottom and did the like on the Top of the Celler Stairs being belovv they bound her to a Partition and brought dovvn Agnes VVearing vvhom they bound likevvise and set her by her but so loose that she might easily have unbound her self near her likevvise they laid a piece of Red Damask vvherevvith VVearing pretended they had blinded her and so charging them not to stir for half an hour nor make any noise under the pain of being shot or run through for as they said they vvould stay half an hour to observe them and having plunder'd the House they departed vvith their Booty When as Mrs. Gatford hearing all still and imagining as much bid her maid vvho by this time had gotten her self pretty vvell at liberty to cry out which she feigned to do but vvith so lovv a Voice as she vvas sure she could be heard by none and therein excused her self through the fear she conceived of having her Throat Cut if they should happen to return hovvever she got so much her liberty that she untiy'd her mistress and then pretndned that her hands vvere tyed over her Head vvhich vvhen her Mistress vvent to help her she found the same vvas so loose that she could easily have untyed her self The Robery being thus Committed that Discovery might the better be made It vvas for some days kept a little private for vvho vvere the Robers was not as yet known to Mr. Gatford nor his Wife and because one Mr. Hamlin's Evidence on this occasion was rare and unusual corroberating and confirming that which was more possitive Mr. Hamlin being called and sworn for the King deposed that sometime before the Robery going with a French Merchant to a Musick-House near Moor-Fields to look for a Laundress who had pawn'd one of his Cravats that he might perswade her to tell him where it was and he thereby have the opportunity of Redeeming it Having sound the Party whilst his Friend was discoursing her he retired and went down into the Musick-Room and sat him down by Agnes Wearing whom he then knew not accompanyed only with an Old Woman which made him press himself into her Company and pass some Complements on her she being well habited and making such a suitable Return he earnestly desired to know what she was she thereupon told him He was mistaken in the Person he addressed himself to for that she was but a Cook-Maid and when he found she made some difficulty in believing it because she was better habited than might well consist with such an Employment she told him That he might go a long with her and be satisfied to this he consented and went with her and the Old Woman as far as Houndsditch where the latter turned off From thence Agnes Wearing went with him through Bishops-Gate and so to her Masters House in Lymestreet and shewing him the Kitchen and all its Furniture demanded If he was confirmed in what she said and some other words having passed she desired him not to stay at that time least Notice should be taken of it but if he would take any other opportunity to send for her either to Ale-house or Tavern she would come to him and so they parted About two days after the Robery was Committed Mr. Hamlin being one Evening upon the Exchange with a Scotchman a Friend of his his Friend asked him If he knew not where to spend an hour or two that dull Evening to which he replyed He had a new Mistress whose Conversation was very taking and who had invited him to pay her a visit and so proceeded to tell him the whole Story whereupon they agreed to go thither and it being somewhat dark Mr. Hamlin left his Friend at a distance and knocked at her Masters Gate holding to be the less known if any body else should open it the ends of his Periwig in his mouth the Posture the party came in that first seized Mrs. Gatford Scarce had he knocked twice when Agnes Wearing opening it and not being capable of discerning who he was but supposing him to be the Person he was not fell to pushing him back and as one in an extraordinary surprize cryed out though somewhat low O! Mr. Davis what do you do here will you ruin your self and me there is a great ado about the Robery and I would not have you appear here this Month Is the Plate secure Have you shared the Money Is

knoing to what it might tend and not being conscious of any thing of that Nature replyed He had never spoken any treasonable Words and that he knew not what he meant whereupon as probable it had been agreed Holland came in and demanded of Hays if that was the person meaning Mr. Chancey that had spoke the words to whom Hays replyed he was At which Holland told him He was his Prisoner and must go with him to White-Hall before the Secretary of State then Mr. Chancey demanding ing to see his Warrent he told him He was a Captain of the Guard and that a Captain of the King's Guard had power without a Warrant to seize any person for High-Treason with which he was charged then Mr Chancy desired to send for some friends but Holland would not hearken to that telling him he must instantly go with him out of the damn'd Factious City as he term'd it but withal that he would call at the Crown Tavern without Temple-Bar whereupon they stopping in Cheapside Mr. Chancey found an opportunity to send a person to his Brother to let him understand what had happened and that he was going to White-Hall but should stay at the Crown Tavern and thither he desired he would come to him and all the way as they were going Holland railed and cursed Hayes that he being one of his Majesties Servants should be such a Vilan as to conceal Treason but Holland understanding that Mr. Chancy had sent for his Brother and fearing the business might be discovered would not suffer him to stay at the Crown Tavern nor send word where they were gone but caused the Coach to drive to the Fountain Tavern in the Strand being nigh the Savoy where he said he could have several Files of Musquettiers to secure him if need required and there it was that after some threats of Soldiers Messengers and Imprisonment and Execrable Oaths that he would run him through if he offered to make an escape Hays began to tamper with him leting him know that the business yet might be hush'd up by stopping the Captain 's mouth with a Sum of Money since none but he could detect it but finding him absolutely a verse to it and whilst they were thus discoursing word was brought up to Holland that there were two of his Kinsmen that would speak with him and accordingly they were brought in and we were ordered to take no notice of the business in hand they discoursed of the Rebellion in the West he took them to be Welsh for the same time as he guessed they talked that Language they being gone and he not willing to give any money to White-Hall we must go but Mr. Chancey observed that Holland paid two Reckonings for a Company in the House then present beside their own when we came to VVhite-Hall-Gate Hays cryed and stamped and desired for God's sake we might not go in for if we should he and his family were certainly ruin'd for he had two places at Court worth Eight hundred pounds and he should loose them both besides being Pis'd upon by every body if this matter should come publick therefore desired we might go to the Swan Tavern in Westminster which accordingly we did there they both argued that it would be for both our Interest to comply with the Captain in his proposal beforementioned that is to give Holland Two hundred pounds for that it was in His Breast alone at present but if we should be carryed before a Secretary or put to the hands of a Messenger it would be then out of his power but Mr. Chancey still persisted that he would not give any thing whereupon to White-Hall we must go says Holland in order to be Examined and then the said Hays declared that I was the person which the Merchant should say spoke those Words however he was never brought before any body albeit he was carryed to several places in White-Hall for that Holland pretended the Secretary was busie but after some stay he said he would deliver us into the hands of a Messenger which he was informed was at the Fountain Tavern in the Strand whom as he pretended he had sent for when we were there before and accordingly thither he carryed us but there being no Messenger he then sayed he would send for one and accordingly Mr. Chancey thought that Halland had sent for one but Hays and he still continued their perswasions to give two hundred pounds but finding him unwilling to give any thing Captain Holland draws up a pretended Information of High-Treason against him only which being done word was brought that two of the Gentlemen that were in Company with them the last Night were in the house Holland desired them to come in Hays in the mean time called Mr. Chancey aside and strongly perswaded him to comply with the Captains demands saying that if he had not money enough he would prevail with the Captain to take his Bond and that he himself would be bound with him and then he would be no more than One hundred pounds out however the two persons being come in and as was afterwards inform'd one was Mr. William Davis and the other Mr. William Price whereupon Mr Holland reads the Information to them which he had just before written and told him that Price was a Barrister then Price did affirm that the words were High-Treason and perswaded him to comply saying it was the best hundred pounds that ever he parted with in his life adding if he were innocent that the delays the neglect of his business and the charges would amount to a greater sum likewise Davis that came in with him perswaded him to it also and Holland swore he would send him to Prison without carrying him before a Justice of Peace and added that one Delawne had been in Newgate for several Years and never knew for what and that he was like to lye there as long as he lived and that Cornish was hanged for only hearing a Treasonable DECLARATION read and that his Guilt was greater having spoken words at length finding by their Discourse they would stick at no Oath for interest or revenge and knowing it was Sunday Morning and not knowing what manner of men he had to deal with nor what they might swear falsely against him tired by hurrying him up and down as aforesaid and somewhat affrighted with their menaces at the reiterated importunity of Hays who pretended himself to be in the greatest Consternation imaginable for fear the business should come to light and in hopes to be rid of his dangerous Company that he might at leasure consider better what he had to do he consented to enter in to a Bond with Hays in the Penalty of 400l for the payment of 200 and the Bonds to be made to Holland but this would not be accepted till he farther consented to sign a Warrant of Attorney to confess Judgment upon the Bond. This being concluded upon Holland sent his Foot-boy to call up Mr.