Doors and Windows after the modern mode putting up larger and higher new Doors with a large oval window below laid the Hearths above stairs with marble putting up stately Chimney pieces and in all things made it fit for the entertainment of any person of quality but the poor Workmen who thought him by his garb to be some great person when indeed a Prisoner in the Kings Bench at Chambers Sute were never paid one penny for either labour or stuff When the House was fitted he was upon some old account put in the Fleet but removed himself again to the Kings Bench But he quickly had a Customer for his House and let it to a very honest man for a good fine and convenient rent pretending a Leafe Parol from the head Landlady and doubtless he had those would have prov'd it or ruin'd her if he had been at liberty But now being dead I think she is well clear'd of a quarelsome Customer Now getting again his liberty he grew so confident that whereas his former attempts were most of them upon such from whose weakness or obnoxiousness he might hope for success but now he slies high and sets upon one where he was sure not to meet with any such advantage I mean Mr. Johnson an Attorney of Cliffords-Inn to whom he brought a Bond of 200 l. for payment of 100 l. to be put in Sute and as they say 't is usually done by wary men desired his note of the recept of it So when Mr. Johnson was intent upon his business and looking over his Papers Farr pilfer'd away the Bond and in order to his father design Mrs. Chadwick and another make affidavit that Mr. Johnson had falsely and treacherously sold the said Bond to the Defendant the person therein concerned and so commenced his sute against him and had he lived this Term it had come to Tryal When Farr was Convicted and his papers look'd over this very Bond and the foresaid affidavit about it were found wrapt up together There was also found near 40 Warrants for Judgements against several men amongst the rest two were there in pickle against his old friend Chambers but they were by special order of the Lord Ch. Justice all secured And now I come to the business of Madam Stanier the last and indeed deepest and most presumptuous undertaking of his life and such an one as I think was scarce ever acted under colour of Law wherein if desiring to be particular I be also large I hope for the matter sake I shall not seem tedious He had without doubt long designed an attempt upon her but set it not on foot till August 1664. And then he caused his Mother Eliz. Farr to seal a Lease to him of the house wherein Mr. Stanier lived in St. Martins-lane in the Fields to which house the said Eliz. Farr had not the least title or any colour thereof In Michaelmas Term following Mrs. Chadwick got S. S. Clerk to Mr. Jobson Attorney in the Common-Pleas to draw a Declaration against one Richard Pelar as a casual Ejector pretending it was only to eject an ill Tenant that Mr. Farr had in a small Tenement of his in St. Martins-lane of about 4 l. per. an for non-payment of Rent A true Copy of which Declaration ought to have been left with Mrs. Stanier but that would have spoyled the plot Therefore Mrs. Chadwick by Farrs direction falsely made affidavit before Judge Tirrel that she had left a true Copy of the said Declaration at the said House and that on the 11 th of February she went to the said Robert Stanier to know if he would defend the title of the said House and that he answer'd he had notice of the said Declaration but would not make any defence thereto Upon this Farr by a Motion in the Court of Common Pleas obtain'd a Rule That unless Mr. Stanier the present Possessor of the said House or some other did shew cause within 14 days why Judgement should not pass it should be entered Mr. Stanier having no knowledge nor notice hereof made no defence and so Judgement was obtained by default and thereupon a Writ of Possession made by the said S. S. directed to the Sheriff of Midd dated Feb. 13.1664 On the 6th of March following Farr with one Auson a Bayliff and 3 or 4 of his followers did by vertue of this Writ break open and forcibly enter'd the said House and the better to accomplish his intended Villany arrested Mrs. Stanier by Bill of Midd. in an action of 100 l. debt whereas she owed him not a farthing and violently forced her out of her House into a Coach and so-carried her away to Newgate They also turned out of the House one Mrs. Plummer who lodged there At night Farr fell to his work sending away all the Money Jewels Plate Rings and other things of value and small bulk by Mrs. Chadwick the Beds Hangings Pewter and other more bulky goods by a Porter whom afterwards they accidentally met withall and he was an usefull witness in the case to the value of I 100 l. and and in Bonds Bills and other writings to the value of 2000 l. Mrs. Stanier was deteined in prison all night but in the morning came to her one Mr. Messarvy her Kinsman with a friend or two more and bailed her out And then as it was but high time went about securing the goods that were in the House out of Farrs hands And by Petition to the Lord Chief Justice Hide setting out the whole matter of fact obtained from his Lordship on the 8th of March to send Mr. Cheiny one of his Tipstaffs for Farr who still continued in the House to come before him Farr would not open the Door nor be perswaded to come to the Tipstaff upon pretence that 't was but a Trick to get him out of Possession Whereupon Mr. Cheiny went and fetch'd my Lords Warrant and a Constable to execute it Upon sight whereof Farr came down and opened the Doors but would not let any one goe into the House for fear as he pretended they should re-enter and keep Possession but indeed his fear was lest it should be discovered how he had robb'd the House Coming before my Lord Chief Justice he told his Lordship That he had a good Title to the Hotse and had by Law obtained Possession My Lord told him He would not dispute that then but he was sure he had no colour of right by Law to the Goods and therefore he would not trust them in his hands VVhereupon Farr told his Lordship That there was not a farthing worth of the Good touch'd His Lordship then made him this Proposition viz. That he should let Mrs. Stanier goe again into the House and have all her Goods and he should have security that Possession of the House should be re-delivered to him at the end of one VVeek after the beginning of Easter Term next in case the Judgement obtained by default should be by
game before him press'd forward towards a nearer acquaintance she for fear of him of whose pranks she had heard some whispers as industiously shunning it insomuch that she resolved and did remove her lodging He had his Spies upon her who observed amongst other things a large and heavy Trunk to be removed and since she would not come to hand he resolved to try another way laying his foundation upon this Trunk Having found our her new Lodging he took out a Warrant against her and being apprehended carryed her before a Iustice swearing against her that she had feloniously stoln out of such a house her former Lodging a Trunk worth 500 l. belonging to him whereupon she was committed She thereupon sent to a Brother-in-law of hers one Mr. Betts a Broad-weaver in Spittle-fields who intreating the company of his Friend and Neighbour Mr Chambers they went to the Iustice and informing him of the truth of the matter prevailed with him to accept of Bail so they bailed her Farr prosecuted her by way of Indictment upon a Trespass at Hicks's Hall where the Trunk being produced in Court and she proving her property to it and the goods within it the Court ordered them to be re-delivered her Upon this Farr though the Gentlewoman owed him nothing upon pretence of a Debt resolv'd to lay an Attachment upon the Trunk as they were carrying it away and to this purpose had his Officers ready at the Hall-Gate This being understood by the Gentlewomans Friends they procured another Trunk as like the real one both in size and shape as they could get and conveyed it into the House by a back-Door where they filled it with Raggs Straw Brick-batts and such like Lumber and for garnish put in a Pair of Hornes and a Rope and Butter corded it up and sent it out by a Porter Farr standing ready with his Officers seized the Trunk laying his Attachmnet on it so it was deposited into the hands of an Officer belonging to the Court till Judgement should be passed upon it which no defence being made by the other side was soon obtained and then the Trunk was opened A goodly sight to see The real Trunk was at Night conveyed a way in a Coach This Disappointment with the Affront in the manner of it so desperately enraged Farr that he let fly freely at them all and first for Mr. Chambers whose youthful and sprightly activity he thought to have been chiefly instrumental in this Affair And as Mr. Chambers hath cause enough to wish he had never seen Farr 's face so had Farr no cause of triumph over Mr. Chambers For though this last Prank against Mrs. Staneir hang'd him yet was he finely prepared and fitted for it by Mr. Chambers And first he arrested Mr. Chambers and sued him in the Name of one George Farebanck for 80 Pieces of Gold pretended to be left in the hands of Mr. Chambers by the said Farebanck as his Security for being Bayl for Mrs. Reynolds This though Mr. Chambers neither knew the man not to his knowledge ever-saw him or had one Penny-left with him upon that account by any one whatsoever was sworn by Farr Chadwick and his Wife and Mr. Chambers cast in 90 Pound besides Costs of Sute and was forced to pay it every farthing Then he brought an Action of Trover against him in the Exchequer for the Trunk and 1000 Pounds worth of Goods in it at the Sute of the said Farebanck The two Chadwicks swore his having confessed That he had once the Trunk in his Possession Whereupon Mr. Chambers not denying it pleaded Justification and proved the right and propriety to the Trunk and Goods to be in Mrs. Reynolds by 65 Witnesses and so the Verdict went for him against the Plantiff Next he sued him by Bill of Mid. upon a forged Bond of 300 Pound The Witnesses were H. Smith T. Sandys and L. List At the Tryal Chambers proved by the Keepers of Newgate that Smith had been convicted for Fellony and that Sandys had been a Prisoner there He also prov'd That he never had had any Dealings with Farr So that the Witnesses being look'd upon as insufficient and the Circumstances looking strongly towards Forgery the Jury found now also for the Defendant The like did they afterwards when he was sued upon a forged Bond for 500 Pound To which were Witnesses Chadwick his wife and Sandys Mr. Chambers encouraged by these Successes and finding thereby that his Adversary was mortal and having hit him in the very Vitalls by invalidating the testimony of his Swearers set upon him in the Offensive and brought his Action of 500 Pound against him for wrongs and injuries done to him for Farr had omitted no means whereby to undoe him He also industriously and diligently made enquiry into the manner of his pass'd Life and made re-search into the nature and quality of those Persons he used for his Witnesses and thus provided brought his Business to Tryal and obtained a Verdict for 400 and odd Pounds Then Farr upon his own Mrs. Chadwicks and Smith's Affidavit That he had not sufficient notice of the Tryal moved for a second Tryal which was granted and he thereupon cast as in the former Then he moved upon many Affidavits That he was surprized and his Witnesses not ready for a third Tryal but could not obtain it so Judgement was entered up But he had a Salvo for that for he forged a Release under the hand and Seal of Mr. Chambers which cost much time and charge to disprove but at last 't was done and so the Judgement confirmed Therefore to counterpoise this Judgement he sets up a new Engine by forging a Warrant of Attorney to confess Judgement for 300 Pound And this being a matter of so great danger and a thing whereby an evil-minded Rogue may undoe an honest Man before he is aware of him And this very Particular having been prevented not without extreme diligence and indefatigable industry when 't was then upon the brink of Execution It being also full of delightful and useful variety through the whole menage of it And lastly the very Business that brought him to the Pillory and made his Followers and Partakers use their Heels to save their Ears I shall give you as full and particular account thereof as the designed brevity of this Discourse will allow Farr brought with him one who said his Name was John Chambers to Mr. Smith a Scrivener in Sea-Cole-Lane and desired to have a Warrant of Attorney for a Judgement for 300 Pound from the said John Chambers to Richard Farr drawn up Mr. Smith drew it and the pretended John Chambers sealed and delivered it It was witnessed by Mr. Smith's Man T. Lane and two others The Judgement was confess'd by one Mr. Birch and enter'd by one Mr. Leyton of the Common-Pleas Execution was made out and carried to the Office for Seal Mr. Woodruff one of the Clerks of the Office knowing Mr. Chambers and so much of the
the Court of Common-Pleas upon Examination confirmed and allowed To this he consented but when he should have performed it took the Key of the Door with him and went his way Upon the Oaths of several of the Neighbours that the Goods were carried away by Night the House was ordered to be broke open and was found empty VVhereupon my Lord issued out his VVarrant for the apprehension of Farr and being brought before him and examined by him was by his VVarrant committed to Newgate His Lordship also granted his VVarrant for the searching of Farr 's House in Turnagen-Lane near Snow-Hill where Mrs. Chadwick was and denied entrance VVhereupon the Constable Mr. Audley broken open the House and apprehended her who was also committed to Newgate And here were found many of Mrs. Staniers Goods as 13 rich Stone Rings Linnen Hangings c. and many of her VVritings Her Pewter mark'd with a Coat of Armes Farr had chang'd and sold at one Mr. Griggs pretendingn to him that he had it for a Debt The Goods thus found were by order of the Lord Chief Justice inventory'd and at the Tryal where Mrs. Stanier did by clear Evidence prove her property to them were by Order of Court restored But there is yet wanting about 150 Pound in Money about 110. Pound in Plate a Neck-lace of Pearl valued at 350 Pound with some Rings and other Goods Mr. Messarvy before mentioned being by the Lord Chief Justice bound in a Recognizance of 40 Pound to prosecute had by advice of a Council an Indictment drawn against Richard Farr and Eleanor Chadwick for having on the 6th of March c. felloniously broken and forcibly entered the Mansion House of Robert Stanier Esquire his VVife being then within and put her in fear of her Life and stealing the Goods c. according to the Inventory of them in Court produced VVhich being sufficiently proved Farr would fain have made it to have been but a Cheat but being not able to make out any Title either to House or Goods but the Right to both prov'd to be in Mrs. Stanier Judgement pass'd upon him and Mrs. Chadwick according to the Indictment without benefit of Clergy Farr begg'd heartily and pathetically to be Transported or otherwise disposed of and not to be so severely dealt withall as to be cut off for this his first Fault as he call'd it My Lord told him That he had had warning enough by the Pillory c. but he would take no warning that he deserved this long agoe but now must not hope to escape it Mrs. Chadwick laid claim to a great Belly but by a Jury of VVowmen 't was found otherwise One thing I shall here observe that 't was at this very Sessions 7 years agoe that Farr indicted Mrs. Stanier in the same place for her life himself swearing against her that she had spoken treasonable words against the then powers But let us now follow him to his journeys end after he was condemned he was much press'd to confess where the rest of Mrs. Staniers things were but could not be prevailed with Nay to one who discoursing with him as to his future condition urged the Doctrine of Restitution he answered they needed not to grudge him those things which he must pay so dear for When the Ordinary or Minister came to perform his Office he seemed very penitent and did receive the Sacrament and upon the motion of one of the Keepers he desired his Wife might be sent for for a reconciliation when she came he asked her forgiveness which she willingly granted but withall said that that vile woman Mrs. Chadwick she thought was the chief instrument of estranging his affections from her and was hardly hardly brought to forgive her but at last she was perswaded to do it Farr Wife brought down her Son with her and desired her Husband to remember him and do something for him he answered he was poor and had nothing to leave only he pull'd off a small gold Ring from his finger and gave him that He was very willing to have saved Mrs. Chadwick for the next day after sentence he desired that a skilfull Midwife or two might be sent for alleging that he was sure Mrs. Chadwick was with Child for he had that morning laid his hand upon her Belly and felt the Child move but the Midwife when she came found her not with Child He left with Mr. Jackson the Keeper 5 l. to be disposed of as he directed viz. 50 s. in a Supper 20 s. to be drank among the under-Keepers 10 s. to the Ringers and 20 s. he left the Ordinary to preach a Sermon at his interment And being ask'd what Text He first named Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord. The Ordinary thinking that not a suitable Text He named 2ly Lord lay not this sin to their charge Or 3ly Except yee repent yee shall all likewise perish He also left with the Ordinary 20 s. for the Executioner in lieu of his cloaths for he had nothing under his Gown but a vermilion Wastcoat and a pair or linnen Drawers When they went to Execution many thousands from all parts of the City coming to see them Farr and Chadwick were put in a Cart together he was in a purple colour'd shagg Gown she in a black Gown a black hood with a white Sarcenet hood under it Near St. Giles's Church she was observed to give away a couple of Rings which she had in her Bosome And a while after he espyed his old Adversary Chambers following the Cart on Horseback at which he fell into passion and desired he might be taken out of his sight taxing him as the chief instrument of his death so Chambers rid forward out of his sight When he was under the Gallows and tyed up he repeated over again how he would have his Legacies disposed and then turning to Mrs. Chadwick he said My Dear dost thou forgive me she answered Yes I do forgive thee with all my heart though thy acquaintance hath cost me very dear With that he reached to have kissed her she also bending forward to meet him but the Halters Chambers asking Farr some Questions about himself Mrs. Chadwick pull'd him by the Arm and would not let him enter into discourse so careful was she of him even to the last When the Cart was ready to be drawn away Farr crying out Lord Jesus receive my Spirit Oh give me of the Water of Life Oh gixe me of the Water of Life He pull'd up his Leggs from the Cart hanging himself some little space before the Cart drew away VVhen they were dead they were cut down and put in two very compleat Elm Coffins full of Hinges and so in a Coach which by the Coachman and a Footman being in Livery appeared to be some Gentlemans they were brought to Newgate Lodge and from thence carried to Christ Church where they had appointed themselves to be interred close by each other But there being gathered together so great a Multitude and confused Rabble the Ordinary thought not fit to preach giving the 20 s. to his VVife who I think poor VVoman had need enough of it But as things have happened I think she hath no great cause of sorrow for his former unkindness And now having brought them to their Graves by a bare Relation of Matter of Fact I shall leave them there quietly to rest covered with the Dust without any railing Reflections Only Disce tu Lector Rarò antecedentem scele stum Deseruit pede paena claudo FINIS There is now newly Published an ingenous Book written by a Person of Quality Entituled Europae Modernae Speculum Or a View of the several Empires Kingdoms Principalities Seigneuries and Common-wealths of Europe in their Site Government Policy different Interest and mutual Aspect one towards another from the Munster Treaty in the Year 1684. to this present 1665. 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