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A56231	The vvhole triall of Connor Lord Macguire with the perfect copies of the indictment, and all the evidences against him : also the copie of Sir Philome Oneales commission, the Popes bull to the confederate Catholikes in Ireland, with many remarkable passages of the grand rebellion there, from the first rise thereof to this present : his plea of peerage, and severall answers : with the severall replies made to him / by the King's Sergeant at Law and Sergeant Roll. William Prynne, Esquire, and M. Nudigate ; and the copies of the severall testimonies brought in against him at his triall at the Kings Bench Barre ...	Enniskillen, Connor Maguire, Baron of, 1616-1645, defendant.; Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Nudigate, M.; O'Neill, Phelim, Sir, 1604?-1653.; Catholic Church. Pope (1623-1644 : Urban VIII); England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1645 (1645)	Wing P4130; ESTC R212207	30,382	52

Bramstone Thomas Malet In the presence of John Conyers VVilliam Ayloffe Nathanael Finch 24. June 1642. The examination of Connor Lord Macguire Baron of Eniskillin taken before Sir John Bramstone Knight Lord chiefe Justice of the Kings-Bench Who saith That he is of the age of ●…6 yeares and upwards and that he was borne in the County of Fermanagh in Ireland and saith that his Examination taken at Dublin the 26. day of March 1642 before Charles Lord Lambert and Sir Robert Meredith with his acknowledgment thereof the 22. of June before Judge Bramstone and Justice Mallet is true in such manner as in the said Examination and acknowledgement is expressed Connor Macguire The Examination of Cornelius Macguire Lord Baron of Eniskillin in Ireland taken before Isaac Pennington Esquire Lievtenant of the Tower of London and Laurence Whitaker Esquire 2. of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first day of October 1644. He denieth the receiving of any Letters or Messages out of England before the rebellion nor did he ever heare of any He saith he was but a meane Instrument in the designe in Ireland he confesseth he intended to seize upon the Castle of Dublin and the Magazine there and keep it till they had redr●…sse of some grievances which they purposed to propound to the Pa●…liament there one whereof was to have a tol●…ration of the Roman●… Catholike Religion Hee confesseth that he c●…me accidentally to Philip O Relyes house as he came up to Dublin and as he remembreth M●…mahon was then there and that his intention of coming up to D●…lin was to put the aforesaid designe in execution and that then and there t●…ey had speech about that designe but he remembreth not the particulars which designe was to be put in execution the 23. day of October in that year and that he was taken there that very day being Saturday upon search made for him carried before the Lords Justices examined committed and sent over into England He saith further that he made his escape out of the Tower of London upon Sunday the 18. of August l●…st about foure of the clock in the morning Laurence Whitaker Isaac Penningter Iohn Carmicks Testimony That upon the 21. of October 1641. Fergus O Howen one of the Followers of Brian Macguire Esquire came to his chamber in the castle of Eniskil●…in and after he indeavoured to bind him to keep secret a matter of great concernment which Fergus said he had to disclose and particularly to conc●…ale it from Sir William Cole and all other Englishmen This Examinate told him he would be secret so farre as it went with his Allegiance and conscience He discovered unto the said Examinate that the L. Macguire and Hugh Oge Macmahon accompanied with severall Irish-men of the Counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan did take their journeyes out of the said Counties upon the 19. and 20. dayes of October 1641. to the city of Dublin with resolution and intent to murther and kill His Highnesse Lords Justices and Coun●…ll of the Kingdome of Ireland and the rest of the Protestants there and also to Poss●… t●…emselves of the city of Dublin and to p●…t all the Protestants there likewise to the sw●…rd and that to that effect there wer●…●…ther great m●…n ●…nd others of the Papists of that Kingdome to repaire unto and meet them in Du●…lin on Saturday 23. Octob. 1641. or thereabouts and that all the Castles Fo●…ts Sea-Ports and Holds that were in the possession of the Protestants in the severall Counties and Provinces in the Kingdome of Ireland were then also designed and resolved to be surprized and taken by the Irish Papists and the Protestan●…s in every of those castles Forts Sea-ports and Holds to be then also put ●…l to the sword by the Irish Papists in Ireland in their owne severall parts and limits by men thereunto chiefly and particularly appointed by the contrivers thereof and that especially the town and castle of Eniskillin with the rest would be taken and all the Protestants in it put to the sword and therefore advised the Examinate to get himselfe and goods out of towne whereat the Examinate smiling Fergus bid him not to sleight it for he could assure those things would come to passe in seven dayes or els he would be bound to lose his head Whereupon the said Fergus O Howen departed and the Examinate acquainting Sir William Cole with it there came one Flartagh Mac Hugh a Gentleman and Freeholder of that county and affirmes to the same effect to Sir William Cole that the Plot for the surprizing of the city and castle of Dublin the castle of Eniskillin and all the castles and strengths in Ireland was to be put in full execution by the Papists October 22. and 23. 1641. throughout the said Kingdome and that Brian Mac Conaght Macguire Esquire did send him the said Flartagh Mac-Hugh to give notice and warning thereof to the said Sir William Cole whom he earnestly desired to be upon his Guard upon Friday the 22. and Saturday the 23. of October for the L. Macguire was gone with Macmahon and others that week with purpose to possesse themselves of the castle and city of Dublin and the L. Macguire had written his Letters to Con OBourke Owen O Roreicke Martagh Oge O Fantagen and others to go on with that plot in those parts and had appointed his brother Rori Macguire in his absence to command the Irish Papists of the county of Fermanagh for the surprizing of the castles and houses of the Protestants of all which Sir William advertised the Lords Justices and Councell of Ireland the same day And this Examinate ●…aith that Captain Mac-Hugh seven or eight dayes before the Rebellion ●…rke forth declared That the L. Macguire posted Letters and r●…de ●…p and downe to divers Gentlemen and others of that County to be very active in the businesse That it was averred upon the oaths of Flart●… Mac Hugh John Oge Mac Hugh a●…d Terlagh Oge Mac Hugh before the said Sir William Cole that 150 men were appointed to surp z the Castle of Enis●…n under t●… leading of D●… M●…cguire 〈◊〉 R●… M●…uire who were to murther the said Sir William Cole and his wi●… children and servants and throw them over the wall into the river and then to do the like unto the Protestants in the Towne and Corporation of Eniskillin for which service they were not on●…ly to have the spoile and riches of the said castle and town but to have also the Barony of Clanawley gr●…ted and confirmed in Fee to th●…m and their h●…ires from the said Lord Macguire and his heires The Examinate th●…n also produced a Letter written in Irish from the L. Macguire to his cosin Brian Macguire wherein taking notice that he was abundantly inclined to the English which did very much trouble him and therefore desired him to banish such thoughts out of his minde and not to pursue those resolutions which in the end might