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A25872 The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Ambrose Rookwood, for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His Sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason before His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, at Westminster on Tuesday the 21st of April 1696, and received sentence the day following, and was executed at Tyburn on the 29th day of the said month : in which tryal is contained all the learned arguments of the King's council and likewise the council for the prisoner, upon the new act of Parliament for regulating tryals in cases of treason. Rookwood, Ambrose, 1664-1696, defendant. 1696 (1696) Wing A3755; ESTC R4588 88,215 80

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JVNE 8. 1696. I Do Appoint Samuel Heyrick and Isaac Cleave to Print the Tryal of Ambrose Rookwood and that no other Person Presume to Print the same J. HOLT THE Tryals of Charnock King and Keys and likewise of Sir John Friend and Sir William Parkins are all Printed and Sold by Samuel Heyrick and Isaac Cleave THE Arraignment Tryal and Condemnation OF Ambrose Rookwood For the Horrid and Execrable CONSPIRACY TO Assassinate His Sacred Majesty King WILLIAM In Order to a French INVASION of this Kingdom Who upon full Evidence was found Guilty of High Treason before His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer at Westminster on Tuesday the 21 st of April 1696. and received Sentence the day following And was Executed at Tyburn on the 29 th day of the said Month. In which Tryal is contained All the Learned ARGUMENTS of the King's Council and likewise the Council for the Prisoner upon the New Act of Parliament for Regulating Tryals in Cases of Treason LONDON Printed for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate Holborn and Isaac Cleave at the Star next Serjeants-Inn-Gate in Chancery-Lane MDCXCVI Die Martis Decimo Quarto Aprilis Anno Regni Regis Willielmi Tertii Octavo Annoque Domini 1696. THE Court being sat at which were present the Lord Chief Justice Holt the Lord Chief Justice Treby Mr. Justice Nevil Mr. Justice Powell and Mr. Justice Eyres the Court proceeded in this manner Cl. of Arr. Cryer Make Proclamation Cryer Oyez Oyez Oyez All manner of Persons that have any thing more to do at this Sessions of Oyer and Terminer holden for the County of Middlesex draw near and give your Attendance God save the King Then the Grand Jury were called over and the appearances mark'd and Witnesses being Sworn in Court to give Evidence to them upon a Bill of Indictment against Alexander Knightley they in a little time after withdrew to hear the Evidence Then the Keeper of Newgate was ordered to bring his Prisoners to the Bar which he did to wit Robert Lowick Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne Who were there thus Arraigned Cl. of Arr. Robert Lowick hold up thy Hand Which he did Ambrose Rookwook hold up thy Hand Which he did Charles Cranburne hold up thy Hand Which he did You stand Indicted in the County of Middlesex by the Names of Robert Lowick of the Parish of St. Paul Covent-Garden in the County of Middlesex Gentleman Ambrose Rookwood of the same Parish Gentleman and Charles Cranburne of the same Parish and County Yeoman for that you together with one Christopher Knightley of the same Parish and County Gentleman not yet taken not having the fear of God in your hearts nor weighing the Duty of your Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil as false Traytors against the most Serene most Illustrious most Clement and most Excellent Prince our Sovereign Lord William the Third by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. your Supreme True Rightful Lawful and Undoubted Lord the cordial Love and true and due Obedience Fidelity and Allegiance which every Subject of our said Lord the King that now is towards him our said Lord the King should bear and of right ought to bear withdrawing and utterly to extinguish intending and contriving and with all your strength resolving designing and conspiring the Government of this Kingdom of England under him our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is of Right duly happily and well established altogether to subvert change and alter as also our said Lord the King to death and final destruction to put and bring and his faithful Subjects and the freemen of this Kingdom of England into intolerable and most Miserable Servitude to Lewis the French King to Subjugate and Inthral the 10th day of February in the Seventh year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is and divers other days and times as well before as after at the Parish of St. Paul Covent-Garden aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly maliciously devilishly and traiterously did compass imagine and contrive resolve design and intend our said Lord the King that now is to kill slay and murther and a miserable slaughter among the faithful Subjects of our said Lord the King throughout this whole Kingdom of England to make and cause and the same your most impious wicked and devilish Treasons and Traiterous compassings contrivances and purposes aforesaid to fulfil perfect and bring to effect you the said Robert Lowick Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne together with the said Christopher Knightley and very many other false Traytors to the Jurors unknown afterwards to wit the same 10th day of February in the year abovesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid and divers other days and times as well before as after there and elsewhere in the same County falsly maliciously advisedly secretly and traiterously and with force and arms did meet together propose treat consult consent and agree him our said Lord the King that now is by lying in wait and guile to Assassinate Kill and Murther and that execrable horrid and detestable Assassination and Killing the sooner to execute and perpetrate afterwards to wit the same day and year and divers other days and times at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid traiterously did treat propose and consult of the ways manner and means and the time and place where when how and in what manner our said Lord the King so by lying in wait the more easily you might Kill and did consent agree and assent that forty Horsemen of thereabouts whereof the said Christopher Knightley you the said Robert Lowick Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne should be four and every one of you traiterously took upon himself to be one with Guns Muskets and Pistols charged with Gunpowder and leaden Bullets and with Swords Rapiers and other Weapons being Armed should lie in wait and lie in Ambush our said Lord the King in his Coach being when he should go abroad to Invade and that a certain and competent number of those men so Armed should set upon the Guards of our said Lord the King then attending him and being with him and should fight with them and overcome them whilst others of the same men so Armed our said Lord the King should Assassinate Slay Kill and Murther and you the said Robert Lowick Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne together with the said Christopher Knightley the Treason and all the Trayterous Intentions Designs and Contrivances aforesaid to execute perform fulfil and bring to effect afterwards to wit the aforesaid Tenth day of February in the Seventh year abovesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid divers Horses and very many Arms Guns Pistols Swords Rapiers and other Weapons Ammunition and Warlike things and Military Instruments falsly maliciously secretly and traiterously did obtain buy gather together and procure and cause to be bought obtained