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A35710
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Depositions taken the 22d of October 1688 before the Privy-Council and peers of England relating to the birth of the (then) Prince of Wales.
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1688
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Wing D1081; ESTC R31321
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Bed-chamber when she shifted herself and hath seen her Smock stained with her Milk that she was not at the Queen's Labour tho' sent to by one of her Ladies being Sick of a Fever but does in her Conscience believe Her Majesty was with Child both by her Belly and her Milk. A. Marischal George Lord Jeffreys Lord Chancellor of England Deposeth THAT he being sent for to St. James's on the Tenth of June last by a Messenger that left Word the Queen was in Labour soon after he this Deponent came to St. James's and was sent for into the Queen's Bed-chamber and to the best of his the Deponent's Apprehension the Queen was in Labour and had a Pain or Two to the best of the Deponent's Remembrance before the rest of the Lords were called in The Deponent stood all the Time at the Queen's Bed-side and heard her cry out several Times as Women in Travel use to do and at length after a long Pain it was by some of the Women on the other Side of the Bed said the Child was born The Deponent heard the Queen say she did not hear it cry the Deponent immediately asked the Lord President what it was he whispered that it was a Boy which the Deponent understood he had hinted to him by the Lady Sunderland Immediatly the Deponent saw a Gentlewoman who he hath since heard her Name to be Mrs. Delabadie carry the Child into another Room whither the Deponent followed and saw the Child when she first opened it and saw it was black and reaking so that it plainly seemed to this Deponent to have been newly come from the Womb. The Deponent doth therefor depose he doth stedfastly believe the Queen was delivered of that Child that very Morning Jeffreys C. Robert Earl of Sunderland Lord President of His Majesty's Privy Council and principal Secretary of State Deposeth THAT on Sunday Morning the Tenth of June last he was sent to to come to St. James's the Queen being in Labour the Deponent immediately went and found many of the Lords of Council there After having been some Time in an outward Room first the Lord Chancellor and then the rest of the Council were called into the Queen's Bed-chamber where in a short Time Her Majesty was brought to Bed the Deponent saw Mrs. Delabadie carry the Child into the next Room whither the Deponent followed with many more and saw it was a Son and had the Marks of being new born Sunderland P. Henry Lord Aruudel of Wardour Lord Privy Seal deposeth THAT on the Tenth of June last being Sunday he had Notice given him that the Queen was in Labour whereupon the Deponent repaired to St. James's betwixt Nine and Ten of the Clock in the Morning where he found several Lords of the Council in a little Time after they were all called into the Queen's Bed-chamber in less than a Quarter of an Hour after she sell into the Sharpness of her Labour her Crys were so Vehement and especially the last that the Deponent could not forbid himself the being concerned for her great Pain which the Deponent expressing to the Lord Chancellor he told the Deponent it was a Sign her Majesty would the sooner he delivered or Words to that Purpose which proved very true for presently after she was so the Deponent heard a Whispering up and down that it was a Prince for no Man was permitted to speak it aloud lest the sudden Knowledge of It might have discomposed the Queen the Deponent did not go in with some Lords when the Child was carried into the next Room which was the Occasion the Deponent did not see him when he was uncovered and drest Arundel C. P. C. John Earl of Mulgrave Lord Chamberlain of His Majest's Houshold saith it is not to be expected one of his Sex should be able to give full Evidence in such a Matter but deposeth THAt he was just at the Bed's Feet and heard the Queen cry very much then the Deponent followed the Child into the other Room and it seemed a little black the Deponent also saw it was a Boy Mulgrave William Earl of Craven deposeth THat he attending the King at St. James's the Tenth of June last in the Morning to receive the Word of His Majesty the King had Notice brought him that the Queen was upon the Point of falling into Labour upon which the King commanded this Deponent's Stay and Attendance and after the Space of one Hour and something more this Deponent was with some other Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council called into the Queens ' great Bed-chamber to be present at her Delivery and as near as this Deponent can remember the Queen made three Groans or Squeeks and at the last of Three she was delivered of a Child the which was carried out into the little Bed-chamber and there by the Fire this Deponent saw it cleansing And this Deponent further saith That he took that particular Mark of this Child that he may safely aver that the Prince of Wales is that very Child that then was so brought out of the Queen 's Great Bed-chamber where this Deponent and others were present as aforesaid at Her Majesty's Labour and Deliver Craven Lewis Earl of Feversham Lord Chamberlain to Her Majesty the Queen Dowager Deposeth THat being in Bed upon the 10th of June betwen 8 and 9 a Clock in the Morning Mr. Nicolas one of His Majesty's Grooms of His Bed-chamber came into this Deponent's Room and told him that the King had sent him to tell the Queen Dowager that the Queen was in Labout and told him further that the Queen Dowager had given Order for Her Coach as soon as she heard the News of the Queen's Labour The Deponent dressed himself with all Speed and came to wait upon the Queen Dowager who was ready to go into heer Coach as she did the Deponent went into one of her Coaches to wait upon Her Majesty as he used to do having the Honour to be Her Lord Chamberlain We went to St. James's and then led Her Majesty into the Queen's Bed-chamber and finding the Queen in Pain the Deponent went into the next Room where were several Lords of the Privy Council from whence the Deponent heard the Queen cry out several Times and a very little after the Lords of the Council were called in and the Deponent followed them into the Bed-chamber and a very little after the Queen cried louder and then said Pray do not tell me what it is yet The Deponent went out of the Room to tell the News that the Queen was brought to Bed and when the Deponent came in agai the News was That it was a Prince and immediatly the Deponent saw Ms. Delabadie with the Child wrapt up in her Hands and in the Crowd upon which the Deponent desired to make Room for the Prince and followed her into the little Bed-chamber where the Deponent saw the Prince as a Child newly born as he believed it Feversham Alexander Eorl of