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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58852	The answer of Sir William Scroggs, Kt., Lord Chief Justice of the King's-Bench, to the articles of Dr. Titus Oates and Mr. William Bedlow	Scroggs, William, Sir, 1623?-1683.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2121; ESTC R13287	1,934	2

THE ANSWER OF Sir Willam Scroggs Kt. Lord Chief Justice of the King's-Bench TO THE ARTICLES OF Dr. TITUS OATES and Mr. WILLIAM BEDLOW I. TO the first he saith That the Lord Brudenel was Bailed by the Court of the Kings-Bench in open Court and afterwards by the Court discharged with this That William Bedlow did importune the Lord Westmoreland to See the Rules of Court get the said Lord Brudenel discharged for that he had nothing to say against him as he said to the Lord Westmoreland II. To the second he saith That as to his omitting or misrepeating the Evidence at Sir George Wakeman's Tryal it is a Reflection upon the whole Court to suppose it true and that they should let it pass But he saith That Mr. Oates being ask'd at that Tryal why he did not charge Sir George Wakeman at the Council-Table with a Letter under his own hand concerning the Death of the King he answered He did not know but that he did To which it was replied It is plain he did not for then the Council would have committed him To which Mr. Oates replied That that Council would commit no body for the Plot. Which might be the cause of the Misdemeanour of Frowning in the Articles mentioned III To the third he saith He doth not remember that ever he express'd much concerning their Credit before that Tryal but that there were some passage at that Tryal which gave him great cause of doubt which he hopes he might do without making it an Article of Misdemeanour IV. V. To the fourth and fifth he saith That the Persons in the Articles mentioned were committed by him for publishing several libellous and scandalous Papers which were proved against them upon Oath Which Commitments even of a Feme Covert also notwithstanding Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow's Skill were according to Law though there is no Law for these persons to call me to account for Judicial Acts done upon other Men. VI. To the sixth which is an insolent Scandal he referreth himself to the Testimony of that Gentleman of Quality whoever he be VII To the seventh he saith That the persons in this Article were bailed and discharged by the Court where the Attorney General was first called but indeed Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow's Consent was not askt VIII To the eighth he saith He conceives himself not obliged to do all the business that Justices of the Peace may do and though without an offence he might have given such an answer as is mentioned yet he did not but a servant of his did IX To the ninth he saith That when the cause was tryed he told the Jury the matter was plain and so did the rest of the Court upon which he went away without any Compilment to Mr. Oates to try Causes in London X. To the tenth he saith that Osborne made onely two Affidavits before him the substance of one was That one Bowring a servant to Mr. Oates had said that he had heard Mr. Oates say That the Kingdom of England would never flourish until it became Elective and the Kings chosen by the People The other Affidavit was when he was sent to him by an Order of Council to be Examined wherein amongst other things he Swears That though at the Tryal of Knox and Lane it was asked where Osborne was and Mr. Oates his Counsel answered that he was fled yet Osborne swears that he at that time was at his Fathers House in the Country and that Mr. Oates knew it That he took his leave of him the day before he went and told whether he went and saw a Letter wrote by Mr. Oates to his Father to send for him notwithstanding it was carried at the Tryal as if he had been fled no man knew whither so that the Affidavit which the Article chargeth me for permitting to be made was not Sworn before me XI He saith it is more to be wondred how Mr. Oates should dare to Charge that as an Article of Misdemeanour which was said in the Kings presence and yet repeated false too XII That at Monmouth Assizes he did tell Mr. Bedlow that he was more unsatisfied about Mr. Langhorns Tryal than all the Rest and the rather for that he was credibly informed since the Tryal that Mr. Langhorns Study was so scituated that he that walked in his Chamber could not see Mr. Langhorne write in his Study which was Mr. Bedlow's Evidence XIII He saith the matter complained of is a meer Contract with other Men of which he thinks himself not bound to give Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow any other Account but that by the taking of Twenty Guinies he lost forty and that his backwardness to go into Court to Wakeman's Tryal makes it look as if he had not had Ten thousand pound to favour Wakeman in this Tryal If these ARTICLES shall appear to Your Majesty to be frivolous or scandalous or not true I humbly pray Your Majesty's just Resentment thereon in Honour to Your Courts and Government And that such an unknown Attempt may not go unpunished That the Promoters may be left to be proceeded against according to Law FINIS THe Articles of Dr. Titus Oates and Mr. William Bedlow against the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs were heard this 21th of January 1679. before the King and Council and upon the hearing of both sides Dr. Oates and Captain Bedlow are left to be proceeded against according to Law