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A84505	At the Council-chamber in Whitehall, Monday the 22th. of October, 1688 This day an extraordinary council met, where were likewise present, by His Majesties desire and appointment, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and such of the peers of this kingdom, both spiritual and temporal, as were in town. And also the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London, the judges, and several of Their Majesties Council learn'd, hereafter named.; Proceedings. 1688-10-22	England and Wales. Privy Council.; England and Wales. Privy Council. Proceedings. 1688-11-01.	1688 (1688)	Wing E821B; ESTC R229808	19,601	4

At the Council-Chamber in Whitehall Monday the 22th of October 1688. THis day an Extraordinary Council met where were likewise Present by His Majesties Desire and Appointment Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and such of the Peers of this Kingdom both Spiritual and Temporal as were in Town And also the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London The Judges and several of Their Majesties Council Learn'd hereafter Named The Kings most Excellent Majesty Her Majesty the Queen Dowager in a Chair placed on the Kings Right Hand His R. H. Pr. George of Denmark Lord Chancellor Lord President Lord Privy Seal Duke of Hamilton Lord Chamberlain Earl of Oxford Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Peterborow Earl of Craven Earl of Berkeley Earl of Rochester Earl of Moray Earl of Middleton Earl of Melfort Earl of Castlemain Viscount Preston Lord Bellasyse Lord Godolphin Lord Dover Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer Master of the Rolls Lord Chief Justice Herbert Sir Thomas Strickland Sir Nicholas Butler Mr. Titus Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Duke of Norfolke Duke of Graston Duke of Ormond Duke of Northumberland Marquess of Halyfax Earl of Pembroke Earl of Salisbury Earl of Clarendon Earl of Cardigan Earl of Ailesbury Earl of Burlington Earl of Litchfeild Earl of Feversham Earl of Nottingham Viscount Newport Viscount Weymouth Bishop of London Bishop of Winchester Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Chester Bishop of St. Davids Lord North Lord Chandos Lord Montagu Lord Herbert of Chirbury Lord Vaughan Earl of Carbery Lord Colepeper Lord Churchill Lord Waldegrave The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London Sir Robert Wright Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. Justices of the Kings Bench. Sir Thomas Powel Sir Robert Baldock Justices of the Common Pleas. Sir Thomas Street Sir Edward Lutwich Sir Thomas Jennor Barons of the Exchequer Sir Richard Heath Sir Charles Ingleby Sir John Rotheram His Majesties Serjeants at Law. Sir John Maynard Sir John Holt. Sir Ambrose Philips Sir Thomas Powis His Majesties Attorney General Sir William Williams His Majesties Solicitor Generall Sir James Butler Mr. North the Queens Attorney Mr. Mountagu the Queens Solicitor Sir Charles Porter To whom His Majesty Spake to this Effect My Lords I Have called you together upon a very extraordinary Occasion but extraordinary Diseases must have extraordinary Remedies The Malicious Endeavours of my Enemies have so poisoned the Minds of some of My Subjects that by the Reports I have from all hands I have Reason to believe That very many do not think this Son with which God hath blessed Me to be Mine but a Supposed Child But I may say that by particular Providence scarce any Prince was ever Born where there were so many Persons present I have taken this time to have the Matter Heard and Examined here Expecting that the Prince of Orange with the first Eastwardly Wind will Invade this Kingdom And as I have often ventured My Life for the Nation before I came to the Crown so I think My Self more obliged to do the same now I am KING and do intend to go in Person against him whereby I may be exposed to Accidents and therefore I thought it necessary to have this now done in order to satisfie the minds of My Subjects and to prevent this Kingdoms being engaged in Blood and Confusion after my Death desiring to do always what may contribute most to the Ease and Quiet of My Subjects which I have shewed by Securing to them their Liberty of Conscience and the Enjoyment of their Properties which I will always preserve I have desired the Queen-Dowager to give Her Self the trouble to come hither to Declare what she knows of the Birth of My Son and most of the Ladies Lords and other Persons who were present are ready here to Depose upon Oath their Knowledge of this Matter Whereupon the Queen Dowager was pleased to say THat when the King sent for her to the Queens Labour she came as soon as she could and never stirred from her till she was Delivered of the Prince of Wales Catherina R. And the following Depositions were all taken upon Oath Elizabeth Lady Marchioness of Powis Deposeth THat about the 29th of December last the Queen was likely to miscarry whereupon she immediately went unto her and offered her some effectual Remedies which are made use of on the like Occasion which the Queen ordered this Deponent to acquaint the Doctors with The Day following the Queen Dowager sent this Deponent to see how the Queen did who replyed She had a pretty good Night and did think she had Quickened but would not be positive till she felt it again That after this the Deponent did frequently wait on the Queen in the Morning and did see her Shift her several Days and generally saw the Milk and sometimes Wet upon her Smock That some time after this Deponent went into the Country and came not up till a few Days before the Queen was brought to Bed and from the time of this Deponents Return she saw the Queen every Day till she was brought to Bed and was in the Room a quarter of an Hour before and at the time of her Delivery of the Prince by Mrs. Wilks her Majesties Midwife which this Deponent saw and immediately went with the Prince carried by Mrs. Delabadie into the Queens little Bed-chamber where she saw Sir Thomas Witherly sent for by the Midwife who gave the Child Three Drops of something which came into the World with him which this Deponent saw done And this Deponent doth Aver this Prince to be the same Child which was then born and that she has never been from him one Day since Eliza. Powis Anne Countess of Aran Deposeth THat she went to the Queen from Whitehall to St. James's as soon as she heard that her Majesty was in Labour When she came she found the Queen in Bed complaining of little Pains The Lady Sunderland Lady Rescomon Mrs. Labadie and the Midwife were on that side of the Bed where the Queen lay and this Deponent with a great many others stood on the other side all the time till the Queen was Delivered Assoon as her Majesty was Delivered she said O Lord I don't hear the Child cry and immediately upon that this Deponent did hear it cry and saw the Midwife take the Child out of the Bed and give it to Mrs. Labadie who carried it into the little Bed-Chamber where she this Deponent followed her and saw that it was a Son and that likewise she the Deponent hath several times seen Milk run out upon the Queens Smock during her being with Child A. Aran. Penelope Countess of Peterborow Deposeth THat she was often with the Queen while her Majesty was last with Child and saw the Milk often upon her Majesties Smock when she the Deponent took it off from the Queen and often saw her Majesties Belly so as it could not be otherwise but that she was with Child That the said Deponent stood by the Bedside on

the Tenth of June last in the Morning while the Queen was Delivered of the Prince of Wales P. Peterborow Anne Countess of Sunderland Deposeth THat June the Tenth 1688 being Trinity Sunday The Deponent went to St. James's Chappel at Eight of the Clock in the Morning intending to Receive the Sacrament but in the beginning of the Communion-Service the Man which looks to the Chappel came to the Deponent and told her she must come to the Queen The Deponent said She would as soon as Prayers were done In a very little time after another Man came up to the Altar to the Deponent and said The Queen was in Labour and the Deponent must come to her Majesty who then went directly to the Queens Bed-Chamber As soon as the Deponent came in her Majesty told her this Deponent She believed she was in Labour By this time the Bed was warmed and the Queen went into Bed and the King came in The Queen asked the King if he had sent for the Queen Dowager He said he had sent for every Body The said Deponent stood at the Queens Bolster the Lady Roscomon Mrs. Delabadie and the Midwife on that side of the Bed where the Queen was Delivered After some lingring Pains the Queen said she feared she should not be brought to Bed a good while but enquiring of the Midwife she assured her Majesty that she wanted only one thorow Pain to bring the Child into the World Upon which the Queen said it is impossible the child lies so high and commanded this Deponent to lay her Hand on her Majesties Belly to feel how high the Child lay which the Deponent did but soon after a great Pain came on at past Nine of the Clock and the Queen was Delivered which the Midwife by pulling the Deponent by the Coat assured her was a Son it being the sign she told the Deponent she would give her the Queen having charged her not to let her Majesty know presently whether it was Son or Daughter As soon as the Midwife had given the Deponent the Sign the Deponent made a Sign to the King that it was a Son. When the Midwife had done her Office she gave the Child to Mrs. Delabadie which was a Son and she carried it into the little Bed-Chamber A. Sunderland Isabella Countess of Roscomon Deposeth THat on the Tenth of June last she stood by the Lady Sunderland in the Queens Bed-Chamber while the Queen was in Labour and saw the Prince of Wales when he was taken out of the Bed by the Midwife I. Roscomon Margaret Countess of Fingall Deposeth THat she waited on the Queen Dowager her Mistress into the Queens Bed-Chamber at St. James's when the Queen was in Labour and stood by the Beds Feet when her Majesty was Delivered of the prince That the Deponent saw the Prince carried away into another Room and soon after followed and saw him in that Room Marg. Fingall Lady Sophia Bulkeley Deposeth THat she was sent for on Trinity Sunday last past about Eight a Clock in the Morning to go to St. James's for the Man that came said the Queen was in Labour and he and others were sent to call every Body That this Deponent made as much haste as she could to rife and be drest but did not get to the Queens Bed-Chamber until a little after Nine a Clock and then this Deponent found the Queen in her Bed and the Queen Dowager there set upon a Stole and some of the Ladies about her After this Deponent having staid a little while and thinking the Queen in no strong Pain she this Deponent went out and being next to the Room where the Queens Linen was a warming heard a Noise and lookt to see what was the matter and finding no body there this Deponent ran and found the Lord Feversham in the Queens little Bed-Chamber who told this Deponent the Child was just born This Deponent askt him What is it His Lordship said he could not tell So this Deponent ran on to the Queens Bedside and heard the Queen say to the Midwife Pray Mrs. Wilks don't part the Child which signifies don't cut the Navel-String until the after Birth is come away And while the Queen was with Child this Deponent hath heard her Majesty command her Midwife not to do otherwise it being counted much the safest way But to what the Queen said just then to the best of this Deponents Remembrance Mrs. Wilks replyed Pray Madam give me leave for I will do nothing but what will be safe for Your self and Child The Queen answered Do then and then cried Where is the King gone his Majesty came immediately from the other side of the Bed from just having a sight of the Child and answered the Queen Here I am The Queen said Why do you leave me now The King kneeled on the Bed on that side where the Deponent stood and a little after the Midwife said All is now come safe away Upon that the King rose from the Bed and said Pray my Lords come and see the Child The King followed Mrs. Labadie and the Lords His Majesty into the little Bed-Chamber where this Deponent followed also and saw as well as they that it was a Prince and that Mrs. Wilks was in the right to desire to part the Child For the Princes Face especially his Forehead was blackish being stunn'd as I have seen some other Children when they have been just newly come into the World but God be thanked in two hours time that he was drest and washt which the Deponent staid by and saw done the Prince lookt very fresh and well This Deponent doth further add That all the while the Queen was with Child this Deponent had the honour to pay her Duty very often Mornings and Nights in waiting upon her Majesty in her Dressing-Room and Bed-Chamber and for the last three or four Months this Deponent hath oftentimes seen the Queens Milk as well as when this Deponent hath had the honour to put on her Majesties Smock S. Bulkeley Susanna Lady Bellasyse Deposeth THat on Trinity Sunday the Tenth of June last the Deponents Servant seeing the Queen Dowagers Coaches in St. James's at an unusual hour went and asked the Occasion and was told the Queen was in labour whereupon he came into the Deponents Chamber and awaked her That the Queen having come to Lodge at St. James's but the Night before they being in a great hurry forgot to call the Deponent as her Majesty had ordered That the Deponent made all the haste she could into her Majesties Bed-Chamber and found the Queen in Bed and Mrs. Wilks her Majesties Midwife sitting by the Bedside with her hands in the Queens Bed The Queen asked her the said Midwife what she thought Mrs. Wilks assured her Majesty that at the next great Pain the Child would be born Whereupon the King ordered the Privy Councillors to be called in That this Deponent stood behind the Midwifes Chair and immediately after the