and some short time after the said Parties above-mentioned met at the Green Dragon Tavern where the said Goodenough declared he had employed several Persons from whom he hoped to have a good account in a little time and the next Week after the said Parties above-mentioned and one Mr. Zachary Bourn a Brewer whom the said Goodenough had employed in it met at the Salutation Tavern in Lumbardstreet but this Examinant came not thither till the company just broke up and did not hear what passed there And about a Week after the same Parties except Holloway who was gone to Bristol met again at the Green Dragon Tavern on Snow-hill where the said Goodenough reported that he had an account of 1300 Men out of Two of the Hamlets and that Southwark would yield more and Spittle-Fields a great Number but had no particular account of other places And this Examinant further saith That about Three Weeks since Richard Rumbald told this Examinant that he suspected Mr. Keeling had discovered all the Designs as well that of the intended Assassination from Newmarket as the other Design then on foot and that if he were sure of it he would take care to get him knock'd on the Head but was unwilling to do so till he were fully satisfied and about a fortnight since the said Rumbold told this Examinant that he had several Reasons to convince him that the said Keeling had made a Discovery and but that he made so many Protestations and Imprecations to the contrary he would kill him And this Examinant hath heard from Mr. William Rumbald that he lent the said Keeling an Hundred pounds on Saturday was Sevenight last least the said Keeling should be tempted by want of Money which he then pretended to labour under And on Monday was Sevenight last this Examinant was informed by the said Mr. William Rumbald that the said Keeling was with Persons that Afternoon some of whom he believed would have killed the said Keeling if he had not deceived them by many imprecations that he had made no Discovery And this Examinant further saith that this Examinant Colonel Romzey Mr. Wade Mr. Nelthrop Goodenough and Norton had notice on Sunday was Sevenight last by means of the said Keeling's Brother that the said Keeling had made a Discovery and thereupon they resolved to meet early the next morning in order to their Escapes and according to their appointment met in Goodmans-Fields where they endeavoured to hire a Boat for Holland whither all except this Examinant were resolved to go but by reason they could not get clear of Gravesend before five or six a Clock on Tuesday Night and so might be taken they laid aside that Design and every one shifted for himself And this Examinant further saith That when this Examinant was much dejected and refused to go for Holland most of the Company and particularly Colonel Romzey looked wistfully in this Examinant's Face as if they suspected Treachery in this Examinant Whereupon this Examinant told the said Col. Romzey this Examinant if he were taken would not save his Life unjustly and instanced that he had never spoke with the Duke of Monmouth and could say nothing against him and would not do Injustice to the Colonel but rather give his Right-hand to serve him which Complement the Colonel returned and so parted and there was no agreement between all or any the Parties above-named to favour one another and further this Examinant saith not The further Examination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple Barrister at Law before the Lord Keeper the 27 June 1683. THis Examinant further saith That Mr. Richard Rumbald and a party of his Friends about Ten years since designed and were prepared to have killed the King and Duke of York in their Journey to or from Newmarket and lay in Ambush for that end but the King and Duke went an unusual Road through the Forest that time which they never went before or since and so escaped them and the said Rumbald also told this Examinant that he once had a mind to have taken one of the Cellars under the Duke's Play-house and by placing Barrels of Powder there have Blown up the Play-house when the King and Duke were there but the consideration that a great number of other innocent People must have perished in it diverted him from it though a Friend to whom he communicated the design endeavoured to over-rule that objection by saying What have the Iack-Daws to do amongst the Rooks And this Examinant further saith That at some Meeting before or about Christmass last there was a discourse concerning Surprizing some Garrisons in case of an Insurrection and it was proposed for Portsmouth that some Gentlemen should go into the Town and Treat the Officers of the Garrison who in that bad Air were apt to accept of an Invitation and drink plentifully and that in the height of their drinking a party of Men who might be brought into Town on a Market-day in Country mens Habits should Surprize the Guards who likewise to that end should be Treated and it was thought the Townsmen who were uneasie under the Insolencies of the Garrison would be apt to close in and assist in the Enterprize Pendennis Castle was also mentioned as a place naked and easily seized and that might be of great use And this Examinant doth not remember any thing said about Hull but Mr. Ferguson lately told this Examinant that he had good assurances of having Newcastle And this Examinant further saith That after the intended Insurrection in November last was laid aside Ferguson to the best of this Examinants remembrance told this Examinant that the Lord Shafisbury had sent Mr. Walcot to Sir Wiliiam Courtney in Devonshire to engage him in an Insurrection and to joyn with some Person of Quality if it should be thought fit to send one thither but Mr. Walcot returned without any incouragement from Sir William Courtney And though this Examinant knew that the said Mr. Walcot took a Journey into Devonshire yet the said Mr. Walcot kept the business of it close from this Examinant and would own only making a visit to a Friend And this Examinant further saith That the Places usually resolved on for places of Rendezvous in case of an Insurrection in London were Saint Iames-Square Covent-Garden Lincolns-Inn-Fields Smithfield the Royal-Exchange St. Georges Fields in Southwark Goodmans-Field Spittle-Fields and Moor-Fields where the Arms in the Artillery Ground were to be Seized And this Examinant further saith That Mr. Roe told this Examinant That he had Discoursed with one Mr. Hicks a Tobacconist an Anabaptist Preacher a great Ringleader of the Anabaptists and that the said Hicks had told him that the Anabaptists could and he believed upon a good consideration would make up an Army of 20000 Men and 1500 of the 20000 would be Horse and though perhaps there would be a necessity of making use of some great Men at the beginning and this Examinant thinks he mentioned the
Brother of the said Richard Rumball to whom a Paper was offered but he would not meddle In each Division there was to be one Principal Man to take to his assistance eight or nine more as he thought convenient but he Named none of them to this Informant This Informant further saith That on Thursday last he going into the Salutation-Tavern in Lumbard-street was told there were above-Stairs some Acquaintance of his he going up found the said Goodenough there together with one Wade Nelthrop and the aforesaid West all Barristers at Law they called this Deponent in Jest by the Name of Gulick and he asking them what they meant by it they told him Gulick was a brave Fellow and headed the People at Cologne and they hoped to see this Informant do the same at Wapping and they asked how their Friends did in Wapping and what Strength they could make there The Informant answered They would do well enough there and concluded they were privy to the Design In this Company was one they called Captain Walcot who went over with the Earl of Shaftsbury and came back with his Corpse as also one they called Colonel whose Name this Informant does not know This Informant further saith That the said Richard Rumball in the Conversation above-mentioned with the said Burton Thompson and Barber and this Deponent affirmed That to take off the King and the Duke would be a Keeping of one of the Ten Commandments since it would prevent a Rebellion whereby abundance of Bloud must be shed This Informant further saith That he asking West and Goodenough on the Thursday above-mentioned what Care was taken for Arms he was answered That he need not take Care of that for there was Provision already made and that the said West recommended Secrecy above all things to this Deponent otherwise the present Design miscarrying they should never be able to Retrieve it West further told this Deponent on Easter-Eve That since the Design to be executed upon the King 's Return from Newmarket had failed they intended to take the King and Duke off between Windsor and Hampton-Court Iosiah Keeling 12 Die Junii 1683. Iosiah Keeling Iuratus fuit Coram me L. JENKINS The Ioynt Information of Josiah Keeling of the Parish of St. â—utolph without Aldgate in the County of Middlesex Salter and of John Keeling of the Parish of St. Anne Black-Fryers Citizen and Turner taken the 14th of June 1683. THese Informants being in Company with Richard Goodenough this 14th day of Iune between the hours of Twelve and One at the Dolphin-Tavern behind the Exchange and the said Iosiah Keeling asking him what account he had of those Twenty Divisions that he had made of the City or to that effect He answered That he had an account of Lee a Dyer in Old-street Middlesex and that he could raise him 500 Men And the said Goodenough being asked by the said Informants where those Men should have Arms and Ammunition and also where other men that were designed to be Raised should have the like It was Replyed by the said Goodenough That there were Twenty Thousand Pounds already promised which should be had upon Demand and that the said Money was to be distributed to the Twenty Principal Undertakers proportionably to the Lists of Men they brought in or the said Goodenough Replied to that effect The said Goodenough further adding That the Duke of Monmouth and all his Friends would be concerned in raising the said Money and that the said Duke would be at the Head of the said Party which they propounded to be Four Thousand in number and that many more would quickly fall in And the said Goodenough further said that a certain Colonel whom the Informant takes to be Colonel Romsey would advance Eight Hundred or a Thousand Pounds towards Paying for Arms. And the said Goodenough further said that Wade the Counsellor of Bristol or thereabouts kept in Town two or three hundred pounds towards paying for Arms. And the said Goodenough being asked what he would Contribute towards the carrying on of the said Design he being a Rich Man he answered that he had about threescore pounds in Plate and fifty or threescore pounds in Gold and had he more it should all go to the same use And the said Iosiah asking him what Provision of Horse there was the said Goodenough answered that there were a hundred ready and Men to Mount them and if occasion be there should be more in readiness and the said Informants further say that the said Iosiah being asked by the said Goodenough what Progress he had made upon those Papers he had entrusted with him and Iosiah shewing him the Paper of Number Three which Goodenough owned to have been delivered by him to the said Iosiah with two Papers more and telling him all was well enough with us but asking him withal what we should do for Arms and Ammunition he the said Goodenough answered that if there was Faith in Men Money should not be wanting to buy Arms and Ammunition and that he was to meet this night them that were principally concerned And these Informants say that the said Iosiah being desirous to pry into the secrets of their design against the Tower propounded to the said Goodenough that a Person with the Staff of a Constable should bring in a Man bound as an offender before the Lieutenant or Major Roe and that at the same time another Person should be brought in upon the same Coulour and by that means secure the Guard at the Gate till such time that a Body of Men which was to be lodged in the Corner-house of Thames-street or the next to it should come to their help For which proposal the said Goodenough applauded the said Iosiah very much clapping him upon the back And the Informant Iosiah asking what to satisfie our People we should do for a few Arms he answered that the said Iosiah should have Money to buy them Iosiah then askt him what Gun-smith he would recommend him to adding whether he had not best deal with Mr. West's meaning Mrâ— West the Lawyer 's Gun-smith Whereto the said Goodenough answered that Gun-smith was a very honest Fellow and that he need not distrust him The said Iosiah further askt him saying you must have some Arms Are those disposed that were to be sent to Rye Whereto Goodenough answered they were not Then the said Iosiah askt him if they were at West's House or at the Gun-smiths Whereto Goodenough answered they were at the Gun-smiths who lived in Sheer-lane on the left hand as one goes from Fleet-street And the said Iosiah asking the said Goodenough whether they went on with their Design of Killing the King and the Duke between Windsor and Hampton-Court he the said Goodenough replyed No because they did not usually go together but they would do it at the Bull-Feast in Lyon fields And these Informants further say Not. Iosiah Keeling Iohn Keeling 14 Die Junii 1683. Iurati Pradicti Iohan.
New-Iersey And this Examinant further saith that Richard Goodenough told this Examinant that he had spoken to one Mr. Grange a Brewer in Westminster to try what Men could be Raised in Westminster for carrying on the last Design of Raising three thousand Men out of the City and Subburbs and also spoken to one Barnes a Hatter in Fleetstreet to try what Men might be raised thereabouts but this Examinant never spake to either of the said Parties about it neither doth this Examinant know nor hath heard what other Persons were employed by Goodenough or any other Person in that Design and further saith not Rob. West The further Examination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple Barrister at Law THis Examinant upon further Recollection saith that when the Insurrection intended in November last was resolved on and Walcot agreed to engage in it the said Walcot desired this Examinant to lend him some of this Examinant's Suit of Silk Armour viz. a Back Breast and Head piece and afterward asked this Examinant to take some Command of Horse under him and to engage some young Men of the Temple telling this Examinant he could make this Examinant a sufficient Officer in two or three days time but this Examinant refused to engage himself or his Friends either though he offered the said Walcot the use of his Armour And this Examinant further saith That when the Arms in his former Examinations mentioned were ordered to be bespoke it was also proposed that Ferguson should provide the 600 l. he pretended to have ready for that purpose to buy Horses which should be kept at Livery-Stables in the names of private Gentlemen and be always in a readiness to be made use of as an opportunity for any Assassination or other Occasion should offer and the night or two before they were to be used should seemingly be brought out of the Livery-Stables by men to be employed for that purpose but Ferguson not bringing the Money no Horses were bought And this Examinant further saith That after the Treaty with the Sctos seemed to be at an end and the 10000 l. not like to be had Ferguson told this Examinant that the Duke of Monmouth was willing to speak with this Examinant and Goodenough to consider what ought to be done in the City and Suburbs and to leave the Lords and other people by which this Examinant supposes he meant the Lords Grey and Russel Sidney and Wildman but this Examinant refused to go to the Duke or to Sir Thomas Armstrong and knows not whether Goodenough went to the Duke though he did go to Armstrong And Ferguson likewise told told this Examinant That if the English would not agree to stir it was his opinion and the opinion of many of the Duke's Friends and of the Scotch Gentlemen that were here that the Duke should go to Scotland and head the Scots there whereupon Mr. Wade who was then present said If the Duke did go thither he would wait upon him in the Expedition as a Voluntier And this Examinant further saith That at some Meeting for the carrying on the intended Assassination Ferguson said the King went frequently in the night cross St. Iames's Park in a Chair without any Attendance and that it would be easie for Two Men with Swords barely to dispatch him and make their Escape whereupon Colonel Romzey said it was a strange thing to him that the great Men who were so desirous to have the business done should not make a Purse and buy some good Office at Court for some Man whom they could trust who should roar loud of the Duke of Monmouth and the Wiggs and by that means get into reputation and trust and should observe and give an account of the King 's and Duke's Walks and Hours and any Journeys they designed and the said Colonel said he had told Armstrong so and bad him tell his Lords And this Examinant further saith that about the time the Insurrection intended in November last was carrying on this Examinant observed the Lord Howard of Escrick and Walcot to be very intimate and often together and the said Walcot told this Examinant that the Lord Howard was as right as any Man for the business and as forward to engage but this Examinant doth not remember that he ever spoke with the Lord Howard himself about that Insurrection And further saith Mr Roe told this Examinant that Gibbons the Duke of Monmouth's Servant offered to be one to commit the Assassination of the King and Duke And further saith not Rob. West The further Examination of Robert West of the Middle-Temple Barrister at Law THis Examinant further saith That after Ferguson had told this Examinant that a Sum of Money for carrying on the Assassination of the King and Duke in October last was paid to a certain Person who never returned it of which the Lord Shaftsbury complained The said Ferguson at another time a little before the Discovery told this Examinant that Richard Goodenough was the person to whom that Money was paid and that he called Ferguson Fool for returning some Money he had received for the same purpose and Colonel Romzey told this Examinant that Mr. Charleton paid that Money And this Examinant further saith that when Mr. Goodenough told this Examinant that he would speak to Hone the Joyner to be one of the Assassinates he said he would first try him whether he would undertake an Attempt upon the Duke of York before he would break the whole Business to him and as he found him willing to that he would proceed And this Examinant believes Mr. Goodenough did accordingly for that the said Hone coming to this Examinants Chamber soon after and being asked by this Examinant whether he had lately seen Mr. Goodenough The said Hone answered he had and talked with him about a Jobb upon the Duke of York And this Examinant asking him whether they were agreed Hone replyed yes but this Examinant doth not remember that Hone then mentioned the King or any Name or description implying the King And about five or six weeks since the said Hone came to this Examinants chamber about a small alteration this Examinant designing to make in his Chamber and then the said Hone asked this Examinant Master will nothing be done To which this Examinant answering he believed not the said Hone replyed if this Duke of Monmouth would be true and appear openly I could bring fifty or sixty honest Fellows from our side of the Water meaning Southwark who would be ready for business as well as my self and this Examinant asking him what business Hone replyed any business either a brisk push by which this Examinant supposed he meant a General Insurrection or the other Trick or Jobb of taking off the two Brothers the Captain and Lieutenant which were two Names used for the King and Duke And this Examinant further saith that when the Discourse was had concerning the Killing the Ministers of State Colonel Romzey said the Lord Halifax