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B17220	The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Sir John Friend, knight for high treason in endeavouring to procure forces from France to invade this kingdom, and conspiring to levy war in this realm for assisting and abetting the said invasion, in order to the deposing of His Sacred Majesty King William, and restoring the late king : at the sessions-house in the Old-Bayly, on Monday March 23, 1695/6 ...	Friend, John, Sir, d. 1696.; England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)	1695 (1695)	Wing A3759; ESTC R18506	64,554	47

I do appoint Samuel Heyrick and Isaac Cleve to Print the Tryal of Sir John Friend Kt. and that no other Person presume to Print the same Mar. 24. 1695 6. J. Holt. THE ARRAIGNMENT TRYAL AND CONDEMNATION OF Sir JOHN FRIEND Knight FOR High Treason In Endeavouring to procure FORCES from France to Invade this Kingdom and Conspiring to Levy WAR in this Realm for Assisting and Abetting the said Invasion in order to the Deposing of His Sacred Majesty King William and restoring the late King At the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayly on Monday March 23. 1695 6. And Perused by the Lord Chief Justice Holt and the King's Council who were present at the Tryal LONDON Printed for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn and Isaac Cleve at Serjeants Inn-Gate in Chancery-Lane 1696. Die Lunae Vicesimo tertio Martis 1695. Anno Regni Regis Gulielmi Tertii Octavo At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily this Day came on the Trial of Sir JOHN FREIND Knight for High-Treason in Compassing and Imagining the Death and Destruction of His present Majesty King William upon an Indictment found by the Grand-Jury for the City of London upon the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate on Saturday the 21st Instant Cl. of Arr. CRyer make Proclamation Cryer Oyez thrice All manner of Persons that have any thing more to do at this General Sessions of the Peace Sessions of Oyer and Terminer holden for the City of London and Goal-delivery of Newgate holden for the City of London and County of Middlesex Adjourned over to this day Draw near and give your attendance for now they will proceed to the Pleas of the Crown for the said City and County and God save King William Cl. of Arr. Make proclamation again Cryer Oyez You good men of the City of London summoned to appear here this day to try between our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoner that is to be at the Bar answer to your names as you shall be called every man at the first Call upon pain and peril that will fall thereon Then the Petty Jury were all called over and the Appearances of those that answered to the Call were recorded About Ten a Clock the Lord Chief Justice Holt the Lord Chief Justice Treby Mr. Justice Nevill and Mr. Justice Rokeby came into the Court and there being a great confluence of the Nobility and Gentry there present the Prisoner was ordered to be brought to the Bar which was done accordingly Cl of Arr. Sir John Freind Hold up thy Hand Freind My Lord I humbly move that I may have one William Courtney who is to be a principal Witness for me at my Trial and is now a Prisoner in the Gatehouse sent for L. C. Just Holt. Is he your Witness Sir John Freind Yes my Lord William Courtney is his name L. C. Just Holt. Sir John why did not you send and desire this before Freind My Lord I did not hear of him while last night and I humbly beseech your Lordship that you will please to let him be sent for The Judges consulted among themselves L. C. Just Holt. Look ye Sir John Freind I 'll tell you If you 'll appoint your Agent to come hither you shall have an Habeas Corpus ad testificandum But indeed you might have sent this morning and then the Writ might have been got ready Freind My Lord I did not know so much for it was last night before I understood that he was to be a Witness L. C. Just Holt. You might have sent last night or this morning and you should have had a Warrant for the Writ Freind I assure your Lordship I did not know so much L. C. Just Holt. Well Send your Agent or your Sollicitor and you shall have a Warrant for the Writ Freind I beseech your Lordship that he may be sent for and that the messenger may make haste L. C. Just Holt. Let your Sollicitor come to my Clerk and he shall have it Freind My Lord if you please to give a Rule of Court for it I suppose it may be done presently L. C. Just Holt. No no Sir John it must be by Writ the Keeper of the Gate-house else can't bring him Freind My Lord that will be a long time before it can be done I desire nothing but that I may have him here to give his Evidence for me L. C. Just Holt. It will be got ready presently I believe he will be here time enough for you to make use of his Testimony Freind But my Lord suppose he should not be here It would be a great hindrance to me and a greater injury in my Tryal L. C. Just Holt. No no Sir John you need not fear any thing of that nature we are not in such haste we will not spur you on But the Warrant shall be made and do you make what haste you can to get the Writ and your Witness brought The Lord Chief Justice gave order to Mr. Mason his Clerk to prepare a Warrant for an Habeas Corpus directed for the Keeper of the Gatehouse to bring William Courtney immediately hither to give evidence Cl. of Arr. Sir John Freind hold up thy hand which he did You stand Indicted in London by the name of Sir John Freind late of London Kt. for that whereas there had been for a long time and yet is an open and notoriously publick and most sharp and cruel War by Land and by Sea had carried on and prosecuted by Lewis the French King against the most Serene most Illustrious and most Excellent Prince our Sovereign Lord William the Third by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. All which time the said Lewis the French King and his Subjects were and yet are Enemies of our said Lord the King that now is and his Subjects You the said Sir John Freind a Subject of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is of this Kingdom of England well knowing the Premises not having the fear of God in your Heart nor weighing the Duty of your Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil as a false Traytor against the said most Serene most Clement and most Excellent Prince our said Sovereign Lord William the Third now King of England c. your Supreme True Natural Rightful Lawful and Undoubted Sovereign Lord the cordial Love and the true and due Obedience Fidelity and Allegiance which every Subject of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is towards him our said Sovereign Lord the King should and of right ought to bear withdrawing and intending utterly to extinguish and contriving and with all your strength purposing designing and endeavouring the Government of this Kingdom of England under our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is of Right duly happily and very well Established altogether to Subvert Change and Alter and his Faithful Subjects and the Freemen of this

Kingdom of England into intolerable and most miserable Slavery to the aforesaid French King to Subdue and bring the first day of July 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 London in the Parish of St. Peter Cornhill in the Ward of Limestreet falsely maliciously devilishly and traiterously did compass imagine contrive purpose and intend our said Sovereign the Lord the King that now is then your Supreme True Natural Rightful and Lawful Sovereign Lord of and from the Regal State Title Honour Power Crown Command and Government of this Kingdom of England to Depose cast Down and utterly to Deprive and our said Sovereign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction to put and bring and the aforesaid Lewis the French King by his Armies Soldiers Legions and Subjects this Kingdom of England to Invade Fight with Overcome and Subdue to move incite procure and help and a miserable slaughter among the Faithful Subjects of him our said Sovereign Lord the King throughout this whole Kingdom of England to make and cause and that you the said Sir John Friend to the aforesaid Enemies of our said Lord the King that now is then and there during the War aforesaid Traiterously were adhering and assisting and the same your most impious wicked and devilish Treasons and traiterous compassings intentions and purposes aforesaid to fulfill perfect and bring to effect and in prosecution performance and execution of that traiterous adhesion you the said Sir John Freind as such a false Traytor during the War aforesaid to wit the same first day of July in the year abovesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid and divers other days and times as well before as after there and elsewhere in London aforesaid falsly maliciously advisedly secretly and traiterously and with Force and Arms c. with one Robert Charnock late of High-Treason in contriving and conspiring the Death of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is duly convicted and attainted and with divers other false Traytors to the Jurors unknown did meet propose treat consult consent and agree to procure from the aforesaid Lewis the French King of his Subjects Forces and Soldiers then and yet Enemies of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is great numbers of Soldiers and Armed men this Kingdom of England to Invade and Fight with and to levy procure and prepare great numbers of Armed men and Troops and Legions against our said Lord the King that now is to rise up and be formed and with those Enemies at and upon such their Invasion and Entry into this Kingdom of England to join and unite Rebellion and War against him our said Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to make levy and wage him our said Lord the King so as aforesaid to Depose and him to Kill and Murder and moreover with the said false Traytors the same first day of July in the year abovesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid Traiterously you did consult consent and agree to send the aforesaid Robert Chernock as a Messenger from you the said Sir John Friend and the same other Traytors unknown unto and into the Kingdom of France in parts beyond the Seas unto James the Second late King of England to propose to him and desire of him to obtain of the aforesaid French King the Soldiers and Armed men aforesaid for the Invasion aforesaid to be made and Intelligence and Notice of such their Traiterous Intentions and Adhesions and all the Premises unto the said late King James the Second and the said other Enemies and their Adherents to give and exhibit and them to inform of other particular things and circumstances thereunto relating as also Intelligence from them of the said intended Invasion and other things and circumstances concerning the Premises to receive and the same to you the said Sir John Freind and the said other Traytors in this Kingdom of England to signify report and declare in Assistance Animation and Aid of the said Enemies of our said Lord the King that now is in the War aforesaid and to incite and procure those Enemies the more readily and boldly to Invade this Kingdom of England and the Treasons and Traytorous Contrivances Compassings Imaginations and Purposes of you the said Sir John Freind aforesaid to perfect and fulfil and all the Premises the sooner to execute manage and perform you the said Sir John Freind during the War aforesaid so as aforesaid continued to wit the same first day of July in the abovesaid Seventh Year of the Reign of our said Lord the King that now is at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid falsly and traiterously did procure and obtain to your self and did receive and accept of a certain Commission or Writing purporting it self to be a Commission under and from the aforesaid James the Second late King of England to constitute you the said Sir John Freind to be a Collonel of Horse in the Army by you and the other false Traytors against our said Lord the King that now is within this Kingdom of England to be levied and formed and in pursuance of the said pretended Commission by you the said Sir John Freind so obtained and accepted of and your Treasons and all your Traiterous Intentions aforesaid the sooner to execute perform fulfil and perfect You the said Sir John Freind afterwards to wit the same First Day of July in the Seventh Year abovesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid Falsly Maliciously Advisedly Secretly and Traiterously Divers Soldiers and Armed Men and ready to be Armed with Force and Arms c. To Raise and List and War and Rebellion against our said Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to make and wage And to and with the said Enemies of our said Lord the King Foreigners and Strangers Subjects and Soldiers of the said Lewis the French King being about to invade this Kingdom of England at and upon their Invasion and Entry into this same Kingdom then shortly expected to be made Themselves together with You the said Sir John Freind to join and unite and in Troops and Legions to form did Raise List and Retain and did procure to be Raised Listed and Retained And divers Sums of Money in and about the Raising Listing and Retaining of the aforesaid Soldiers and Men Armed and ready to be Armed upon the Account aforesaid upon the aforesaid First Day of July in the Seventh Year abovesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid Falsly Maliciously and Traiterously Did give and pay and cause to be paid And those Soldiers and Men for the Treasons Intentions and Purposes aforesaid then and there and long after you had in readiness As also the same First Day of July in the Seventh Year abovesaid at London aforesaid in the Parish and Ward

aforesaid Divers Horses and very many Arms Guns Carbines Pistols Swords and other Weapons Ammunition and Warlike Things and Military Instruments Falsly Maliciously Secretly and Traiterously You did Obtain Buy Gather and Procure and cause to be Bought Gathered Obtained and Procured and in Your Custody had and detained to that Intent to use the same in the said Invasion War and Rebellion against our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is Him our said Lord the King of and from the Regal State Crown and Command of this Kingdom of England to Depose Cast Down and Deprive and Him to Kill and Murder and all the Treasons Intentions Contrivances and Purposes of You the said Sir John Freind as aforesaid to fulfil perfect and fully to bring to Effect Against the Duty of Your Allegiance and against the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the King that now is His Crown and Dignity As also against the Form of the Statute in this Case made and provided What say'st thou Sir John Freind Art thou Guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or Not Guilty Freind Not Guilty my Lord. Cl. of Arr. Culpritt How wilt thou be Tryed Freind By God and my Country Cl. of Arr. God send thee good Deliverance Freind I don't know any thing of it I am as Innocent as the Child unborn The Warrant for the Habeas Corpus was Signed by the Lord Chief-Justice Holt and delivered to the Prisoner who sent it away to the Crown-Office by his Sollicitor to get the Writ sealed Freind My Lord I have something to move if your Lordship please to hear me and the rest of my Lords the Judges That if any matter of Law do arise upon my Trial I may be heard by my Councel that you may not destroy me without Law L. C. Just Holt. Look you Sir John Freind if any matter of Law do arise at your Trial and you will tell us what that matter of Law is and the Court see that it is a matter of Doubt we can and ought and no Question shall assign you Councel but that is time enough when such matter does arise Freind My Lord It is well known to your Lordship and all the Court that I am not a Lawyer but I hope as you are of Councel for the King as Judges of Law so you will be of Councel for me for I am not a Lawyer and cannot know whether any matter that arises be Law or no and therefore I humbly beseech your Lordship to be so just and kind as to tell me whether it be Law or not Law and I submit my self to your Lordship's direction L. C. Just Holt. Sir John Freind We are bound to tell you when any thing of that Nature appears before us and to let you have all the benefit of the Law that possibly you can have for we are obliged to be indifferent between the King and you Freind My Lord I don't question it I desire also I may have Pen Ink and Paper L. C. Just Holt. Yes yes by all means And he had them Cl. of Arr. Cryer Make Proclamation Cryer Oyez You good Men of the City of London summoned to appear here this Day to Try between our Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisoner that is at the Bar who have been called and made Default answer to your Names and save your Issues Then the Defaulters were call'd over Cl. of Arr. You the Prisoner at the Bar these Men that you shall hear call'd and personally appear are to pass between our Sovereign Lord the King and you upon Trial of your Life and Death If therefore you will challenge them or any of them your time is to speak unto them as they come to the Book to be sworn before they be sworn Cryer Call Thomas Clerk Freind Pray Sir How many may I challenge L. C. Just Holt. Look you Sir John you may challenge that is except against 35 without shewing any Cause If you don 't like them to be of the Jury you may refuse them and as many others as you have Cause to except against Freind My Lord I humbly beseech you that because perhaps I may mistake in numbring that I may have timely Notice before the 35 be excepted against or else it may occasion me a great deal of prejudice L. C. Just Holt. Sir The Clerk shall take care of that he shall inform you how Many you Challenge and you shall receive no prejudice of that kind or by any slip in point of Form Cl. of Ar. Cryer call Thomas Clark who appeared Fr. Pray Sir must not I see the Gentleman L. C. J. H. Yes yes by all means he was shewn to him Fr. You may Swear Mr. Clark I do not except against him I desire but Honest Gentlemen and I shall come off I warrant you I am as Innocent as the Child unborn L. C. J. H. Swear Mr. Clark Cl. of Ar. Hold him the Book which was done look upon the Prisoner you shall well and truly Try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and Prisoner at the Barr whom you shall have in Charge according to your Evidence So help you God Cl. of Ar. Nathan Green Fr. I except against him Cl. of Ar. Thomas Emms. Fr. I accept him for a Juryman I have nothing to object against him he was Sworn Cl. of Ar. Francis Byer Fr. Pray let me see him he was shewn to him I do except against him I Challenge him Cl. of Ar. Benjamin Dry. Fr. I except against him Cl. of Ar. James Demew Fr. I accept him I have nothing to say against him I would have him to be a Juryman Mr Demew My Lord I am not a Freeholder L. C. J. H. Sir John Do you Challenge him peremptorily or do you Challenge him for Cause Fr. My Lord I don't Challenge him at all I accept of him Mr. At. Gen. If he have no Freehold we that are for the King will except against him for I would not have any body that is a Freeholder serve upon the Jury Cl. of Ar. Henry Hunter Fr. Pray my Lord is this Gentleman that was called before laid aside He is not one that Challenge L. C. J. H. No no he is Challenged by the Kings Council as no Freeholder Fr. Then he is only set aside I suppose I speak it for this Reason I would not be mistaken in my number L. C. J. H. Care shall be taken of all that he is not to reckoned as one that you Challenged he is Challenged for want of Freehold by the King's Council Cl. of Ar. What say you to Mr. Hunter Fr. I accept of Mr Hunter let him be Swore which was done Cl. of Ar. John Cox Mr. Cox My Lord I have no Freehold in London Mr. At. Gen. Then let him be set aside Cl. of Ar. George Bodington Fr. I except against him Cl. of Ar. John Hedges Fr. I except against him Cl. of Ar. You Challenge him Sir do you Fr. Yes