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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78290	A horrible and bloody plot to murder Sir Thomas Fairfax, Sir William Brereton, Sir Thomas Middleton, Colonell Moore, and above one hundred more of the Parliament men, colonels, and other officers and gentlemen. With the names of the knights, esquires, gentlemen, and others that were chief actors therein. The copies of the severall indictments, bills, and other parchments and papers; and the names of the judges, justices, and grand iury; and their proceedings therein. With letters from the committee of Chester, and other gentlemen of the country sent up about the same. These are copied out by the originall papers, delivered into the committee at Goldsmiths Hall, and are printed and published according to order of Parliament.	S. C.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1646 (1646)	Wing C122; Thomason E345_20; ESTC R200998	13,915	34

A HORRIBLE AND BLOODY PLOT TO Murder Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir William Brereton Sir Thomas Middleton Colonell Moore and above one hundred more of the Parliament Men Colonels and other Officers and Gentlemen WITH The Names of the Knights Esquires Gentlemen and others that were chief Actors therein The Copies of the severall Indictments Bills and other Parchments and Papers and the Names of the Judges Justices and Grand Iury and their proceedings therein With Letters from the Committee of Chester and other Gentlemen of the Country sent up about the same These are copied out by the Originall Papers delivered into the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall and are printed and published according to Order of PARLIAMENT London Printed by B. Alsop for E. Griffin 1646. SIR YOu are desired to adde this to your former Labours for the Common-wealth to deliver the Packet herewith sent to the honourable Committee at Goldsmiths Hall London for Compositions Here are Copies of the Indictments preferred at the Assizes before the Judges at Chester in February 1642. whereby Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir George Booth Sir VVill. Brereton Sir Thomas Middleton Sir William Fairfax Col. Ashton Col. Moore Col. Mitton and hundreds more stand indicted of high Treason for taking up Arms and adhering to the Parliament in this warre together with the Indictments here is a List of the Jury that found these Indictments there is about 18 of this Jury that would never that it can be remembred appear upon any grand Jury before this which is very remarkable many of them now are compounding for their Estates And it doth appeare that divers doe compound without a Certificate hence of the nature of their delinquency c. Mr. Brereton of Ashley who was one of this Jury hath compounded already and his delinquency uncertified or tequired Here is a Copy of the Letter sent by the Committee here to the Committee for Compositions by which you may be satisfied of the proceedings when the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall are thus informed herein they know best what use to make hereof for the Common-wealth Here is also a particular Indictment against Col. Moore and the Exigent whereupon he was returned out-laawed Mr. Iohn Wilson gave judgment thereupon who is now compounding for his estate If the Processe Outlaries and Returns had been taken out it wou●d have taken up so much labour and time as I doubt they would not have been ready in any due time such hath been the care and industry of the adverse Party in all their proceedings You may observe what an inveterate hatred they have had against Sir William Brereton who is indicted in every Indictment And it may well be remembred they prepared an Engine or Instrument for him if they had prospered at Middlewich Battell when we took Sir Edward Moseley Col. Ellis and divers other Gentlemen of quality at which time Sir Thomas Aston fled away But I would not trouble you any further This is all at present herein my other Letter being so large onely I am Your faithfull Friend and Servant S. C. Chester July 4. 1646. SIR YOur Letter per Post I received whereby I understand you are informed That the Committee at Goldsmiths Hall doth compound with all men what ever Fact they have committed against the Commonwealth yea though they have been Instruments to burn Towns and houses to the destruction and ruine of whole Families and have had their hands in blood by whom many soules have suffered death And therefore you have forborn to deliver the Letter directed to Goldsmiths Hall and the Indictments therewith sent Notwithstanding which you are againe desired to take the pains to deliver them The Gentlemen here conceive they are bound in Conscience and by their late Nationall Covenant to doe their duty in their place to bring Delinquents to condigne punishment and can do no lesse right to themselves then to informe that Honourable Committee being a Committee of the Members of Parliament in the Premises who are Members in the making of the Law and can best judge of condigne punishment You may doe them a noble favour And therein you shall engage me to remain Yours to command S. C. Chester July 21. 1646. The Certificate from the Committee of Chester to the Committee of London concerning the Indictments against Sir Tho Fairfax Sir W. Brereton and many others Honourable Sirs AMongst such Delinquents as we the Committee for Sequestrations for the City of Chester in order to our proceedings finde most notorious in this County We cannot omit with respect to severall heads in the National Covenant by us taken and our duty to the Parliament to publish and make known unto you the nature and quality of the offences of certain Gentlemen transcendent in the eyes and judgment of the Body of this County far above others though in hostility against the Parliament In February Anno Dom. 164● after the Battell at Edg-Hill the Assizes or great Sessions was held at the Castle of Chester Judge Mellwood and Justice Pretherough being Judges Sir Richard Gravesnor high Sheriffe Sir Richard Floyd the Kings Attorney and Mr. Iohn Wilson one of the Coroners of the County At which Assizes there were indicted of high Treason Sir Thomas Fairfax Sir George Booth Sir W. Brereton Sir T. Middleton Col. Moor the present high Sheriffe of Chester and the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants of this County that stood for the Parliament The Committees for the county for Sequestrations and hundreds more of the well affected and faithfull to the Parliament in this county for taking up Armes and adhering to the Parliament in this Cause and Warre All which were afterwards outlawed in the year 1643. The severall persons whose names are in a Schedule here inclosed being of that grand Jury and did return upon the severall Indictments Billa vera Whereby so much as in them lay to bring these honourable persons and all the rest into a capacity subject to the greatest of punishment by death and perpetuall ignominy their blood stained and all their estates reall and personall forfeited which proceedings being under the colour and ground of a law many have been further hardned in their principles and proceedings against the Parliament All which Jury saving three or four it is not known have ever appeared or would serve upon any grand Jury before that time For your fuller satisfaction of the proceenings in the premises we have procured Copies of the said Indi ments which herewith we present unto you desiring your mature consideration thereupon in point of Composition if you shall think fit to compound with them who had determined if it had pleased God to have given them power through the county to have prosecuted these Indictments in the strictest Letter thereof wherein lay neither Pardon nor Reprieve And withall to adde this further to your indesatigable labours to make a report hereof with the said Indictments and Proceedings to the honourable House of Commons to the end order may be