our Countries good and our owne confident perswasion that these will much advance the glory of Almighty God the everlasting honour of your Majesty the safety of your Kingdomes and the encouragement of all your good Subjects we doe most humbly beseech your Majesty to vouchsafe a gracious answer This Petition being presented to the King by a Committee of both Houses the King after some deliberation gave this Answer to it That the lawes against Iesuits and popish Recusants should be put inâ—due execution from thenceforth c. Whereupon the Commons soone after sent another Petition to the Lords desiring their concurrence with them in presenting it to his Majesty for removing popish Recusants and those whose Wives were Papists from offices of trust which by law they were disabled to execute which the Lords taking into consideration It was after reported to the Lords and entred in their Journall in this manner Die Iovis viz vicessimo die Maij 1624. The Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury reported that at the meeting this day with the Commons they presented an humble Petition to the King desiring this House to joyne with them therein as heretofore The which Petition was read in haec verba viz. WE your Majesties loyall and faithfull Subjects the Commons by your royall Authority and commandement called to and Assembled in this present Parliament out of all the parts of your Kingdome of England and Dominion of Wales doe in all humility give your Majesty most humble thanks that you have so religiously and openly published that your lawes and acts of State against popish Recusants shall be put in due execution and now we hold it our bounden duty amongst other important affaires of your Realme to informe your Majesty of the growth of this dangerous sort of people in this your Kingdome and of their insolency and boldnesse in all the parts thereof insomuch as many of them unknowne to your Majesty have crept into offices and places of government and authority under you to the disheartning of you good Subjects and contrary to your Majesties lawes and acts of State whose names in discharge of our allegiance and duty without respect of persons we in all humblenesse present to your Majesty c. Now in consideration of the great countenance hereby given unto popery the greaâ— griefe and offence to all your best affected and true and loving subjects the apparant danger of the whole Kingdom by putting the power of Arms into such mens hands as by former acts of your Majesties counsell are adjudged persons justly to be suspectedâ— and fit themselves to be disarmed your sayd royall and faithfull subjects doe most humbly beseech your Majesty graciously to vouchsafe that the sayd Lords and Gentlemen hereunder named for this important reason and for the greater safety of your Majesty and of this your Realme and dominion may be removed from all your Majesties commissions of great charge and trust commissions of Lieutenancy Oyer and Terminer and of the peace and from all other offices and places of trust The names of all such persons as are certified to have places of charge or trust in their severall Counties and are themselves Popish Recusants or Non-communicants that have given over suspicion of their ill affection in Religion or that are reported or suspected so to be THe right Honourable Francis Earle of Rutland is certified to be Lord Lieutenant in the County of Lincolne and a Commissioneâ— of the peace and Custos Rotulorum in the County of Northampton and a Commissioner of the peace and of Oyer and Terminer in Yorkeshire and in other counties and that he and his wife are suspected to be popish recusants The right honourable the Earle of Castlehaven is certified to be a Commissioner of the peace and of Oyer and Terminer in Wiltshire and to be suspected to be ill affected in religion and that some of his family either are or lately were recusauts Sir Thomas Compton Knight is certified to be a Commissioner of the peace and of Oyer and Terminer in Warwickeshire and he and the Countesse his wife are certified by same to be suspected to be popish recusants The right honourable Henry Lord Herbert is certified to be a Commissioner of the peace in Monmouthshire and to favour the popish religion and to forbeare the Church The right honourable the Lord Viscount Colchester is certified to be a Commissioner of the peace in Essex and by report that he commeth not to the Church nor receiveth the communion The right honourable the Lord Peter is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Essex and by report that he commeth not to the church nor receiveth the communion and that his wife and family are generally suspected to be popish recusants The right honourable Henry Lord Morlay is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Lancashire and to be suspected to be a popish recusant The right honourable the Lord Windsor is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Buckinghamshire and by common fame to be a popish recusant The right honourable William Lord Evre is certified to be a Justice of the peace in the county of Durham and to be a popish recusant convicted The right honourable the Lord Wooten is certified to be in place of authority in Kent and that he and his wife doe forbeare the church and are justly suspected to affect the Roman religion The right honourable the Lord Teynhani is certified to be a commissioner of the peace in Kent and by common report to be a popish recusant The right honourable the Lord Scroope is certified to be a Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Yorke of the City of Yorke and of Kingston upon Hull and to be a Commissioner of the peace and of Oyer and Terminer in the said Counties and in sundry other Counties and that his Lordship hath not received the Communion once every yeere in the last three or foure yeeres and that his Lordship hath given overt suspicion of his ill affection in Religion by his departure from the Communion on sundry dayes when his Majesties Counsell there resident and others of the Congregation staid behind to receive the same sometimes on Easter-day and sometimes on the fifth day of November and it is testified by witnesse that the Lord Archbishops grace of Yorke and others of his Majesties Counsell there resident were present did receive the Communion once when his Lordship went away and that his Lordship doth rarely repaire to the Church on Sundayes and Holy-dayes in the forenoon and not above twice to the afternoone Sermons whereunto former Lord Presidents with his Majesties Counsell there residing have frequently repaired and whereunto the Counsell now there resident doe ordinarily repaire since he was made Lord President whereof notice is taken by all his Majesties Subjects in those parts to the great griefe of such as are truly affected in Religion Sir VVilliam Courtney Knight is certified to be a Commissioner of the peace and
I am now in your hands use me as you will Note I am sure I shall be shortly Revenged And being demanded whither the Lord Maguire was one appointed to this businesse he at last said he thought he was William Parsons R. Dillon Ad. Loftus I. Temple Tho Rotherham Robert Meredith Hugh mac Mohone his Examination the 22. of March 1641. HE saith that Sir Phelim ô Nâ—ale the Lord Maguire and Philip mac Hugh ô Relli were the first complotters and contrivers of the late Rebellion in Ireland He further saith that the said Sir Phelim the said Lord Maguire and the said Philip mac Hugh ô Relli Note did tell him this Examinant that all the parties who were * * See the good effects of the Loâ— Straffords ballancing the Irish Pâ—oteâ— stants with Papists in Parliaments here p. 117 118. Parliament men at the Session of Parliament holden about May last that were Papists did know of the intended Rebellion in Ireland and did approve of the said Rebellion He further saith that Philip mac Hugh ô Relly did tell to this Examinant about May last at Dublin that the Committee or Agents who were imployed into England by the Parliament would procure an Order or Commission from the King to Auâ—horize the Papists of Ireland to proceed in their Rebellious courses and that the said Philip mac Hugh ô Relly did also tell him the same again in October last in the County of Monoghan a little before the 23. of October at which time this Examinant came to this Town He also saith that Col Mac Bryan mac Hone upon a Wednesday being the 20. of October last did at his own house tell to this Examinant that the King had given a Commission to the Papists of Ireland to seize upon all the Garrisons and strong holds in Ireland Note and that this Examinant should see the said Commission at his coming to Dublin and that Captain Bryan ô Neale Grandchild to Sir Turloe mac Henry should bring this Examinant to the Agent who was one of the Committees that did bring the Commission out of England but the Agents name the said Col mac Bryan did not or could not tell him He further saith that his Nephew Philip mac Hugh O Relli about six dayes before the 23. of October last being at his own house of Ballanecarrick did tell this Examinant that the Lord Maguire would be at Dublin upon the 23. of October last to take the Castle of Dublin and this Examinant did then promise to be there at the same time to the same end and purpose if he did see the Commission He further saith that Captain Brian O Neale meeting with this Examinant at Finglas neer to Dublin upon the 22. of October did tell this Examinant that there would be twenty persons out of every county in the Kingdom to assist in the taking of the Castle of Dublin He saith further that Art mac Hugh Oge mac Mohone came in the company of this Examinant to this city of Dublin to assist in the taking the Castle of Dublin He further saith that Collo mac Brian mac Mohone did procure Rory Oge mac Patrick mac Mohone to perswade Patrick mac Art mac Mohone and Patrick maâ— Owen mac Mohone Ardell mac Patrick mac Mohone and two other mac Moâ—ones whose names he knoweth not and Donogh ô Finely to come to Dublin to assist in the taking of the Castle of Dublin who were all apprehended in the house in Dublin together with this Examinant Fr. Willoughby Concordat cum originali Exam. Paul Harris The said Hugh mac Mohone having heard this his Examination taken in Ireland the 22. of March last now read unto him he doth acknowledge the same to be true in all parts Note as the same is therein set down save onely that by the Rebellion in Ireland mentioned in the third line thereof he meant and intended the Rebellion in Ulster and the intent and attempt to take the Castle of Dublin And saith that Sir Phelim O Neale and the Lord Maguire did not tell him that the parties who were Parliament men did know of the intended Rebellion in Ireland or did approve thereof but saith that Philip mac Hugh O Rely first in May 1641. covertly and afterwards on Munday next before the 23. of October last did tell this Examinant in expresse words and that the matter of the Rebellion did first begin and proceed amongst the Parliament men in Ireland Note in the last Parliament there And this Examinant saith he is Grandchild to Hugh late Earl of Tyrone and that this Examinant is of the age of 35. yeares or thereabouts and was born at Rusleigh in the County of Monaghan in Ireland And this acknowledgement he made 24. Iunii 1642. before us Iohn Bramstone Tho Malet Hugh Macmahone In the presence of Io. Conyers W. Ayloffe Ralph Whitsell Nath Finch Io. Glanvill William Constantine The Examination of Hugh Macmahone taken before Isaack Pennington Esquire Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Laurence Whitaker Esquire two of His Majesties Iustices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first day of October 1644. HE saith that one Philip O Relly told him there was a Commission from the King sent into Ireland Note and that their designe was to assure themselves of the Castle of Dublin till things were setled and that 20. out of every Shiere in Ireland should joyne to seaze upon the Castle and Magazine of Dublin and the other strength of that Kingdome till they might bring their designe to effect which was to be assured of some demands which they were to make to the Parliament there Note and that O Relly told him they had a Commission from the King to seaze as he hath said and told him also he saw a Warrant pretended to be under sir Maurice Eustace Speaker of the Parliaments hand to that purpose and that it was an agreement amongst them that this seazing should be generall throughout the Kingdome as he was told He saith that it was one of his businesses that brought him to Dublin to put this matter in execution if it could be done in a faire way and that O Relly told him all he hath said in the May before and saith that O Relly being then in the County of Cavan directed twenty to come up out of the County of Monoghan to put this designe in effect whereof this Examinant was one and of that County only seven or eight came up to him and saith that the Lord Magwire came up to Dublin about the same time about the same designe and that five nights before he met with the Lord Magwire at Philip O Rellyes house at which time Philip O Relly related all this to this Examinant and the Lord Magwire told him he was to goe to Dublin about that designe He saith that the 18th of August last being Sunday about four of the clocke in the morning he did saw in pieces the
Doore of his Lodging in the Tower and with a bed-cord let himselfe downe and having gotten over two walles waded through the ditch and so escaped Lawr Whitaker Isaaâ—k Pennington The Examination of Hugh Mac Mahone taken the 20. day of Octob. 1644. I. HE saith that the Warrant which Philip O Neale told him of was for the seazing of some strong Holds in his Country Note which was the County of Cavan remembreth not whose hand or hands were subscribed to it besides Sir Maur Eustaces and that the intention of that Warrant was that the strong Holds of that County should be seized upon untill they of that County had satisfaction unto their demands and grievances which were to be presented to the Parliament He remembreth not the date of that Warrant nor how long it did beare date before the discovery of the Plot remembreth not who wâ—re acquainted with the Warrant besides Orelly and himselfe saving only one Hugh Orelâ—y who was then present when Philip Orelly shewed it to this Examinant and Philip Orelly told him that the like Warrant was to goe into all Shieres of that Kingdom and that it was to be accompanied with a Commission from the King or with other Copies of it which he saith he hath * * That is by some Oxford cavalliers sinâ—e his escape out of the Tower Sâ— he twice confessed it herâ—tâ—fore p. 238 239. since heard to be false II. He confesseth he was at Philip Orellyes house five nights before the discovery of the Rebellion and that he told him this except that the designe thereof was resolved upon in the May before and that the matter touching the seazing of the Castles of the Kingdome was referred to a Committee of Parliament to be considered of and saith that the Lord Magwire met him that night at Orellyes house with his wife and children but denyeth that the Lord Magwire heard any of the conference which this Examinant had with Philip Orelly but only at this Examinants departure from thence in the morning he said he should meere this Examinant in Dublin but upon better advertisement this Examinant saith that at his taking leave of the Lord Magwire this Examinant said to him What if the matter be as Orelly said and that we seaze upon the Castle at Dublin how if the City stir The L. Magwire answered What should they stir for when we * * This he feined since his appâ—ehension after his escape the carriage of the Rebels in all other parts and the Testimonies p. 241 242 24â— contradicting it wil do no body no hurt perhaps we may shoot off a warning-piece when we have taken the Castle in some voyd place or some Chimnies to make a noise III. He knoweth not any thing IV. V. He saith he did discourse about that Plot with one Rory Mac Mahone and Kedman Mac Mahone but did not consult with them about it otherwise then by telling them what Philip Orelly had told him and that he was the first and last that ever told him of it and he thinketh Rory Mac Mahone and Redman are still living but where he knoweth not VI. He saith that one Art Mac Mahone and two Boyes did accompany him to Dublin the 22. of October of which boyes one was 24. or 25. yeares old and the other 16. or 17. which Art was also taken there and put in prison and for the two boyes he knoweth not what became of them and saith that 8. persons came up after him out of the County of Monaghan which were part of the twenty that were to be sent up out of that County but remembreth not the names of any of those eight persons and he spake not with any of them VII He saith that Ockonelly as he remembreth told him of the taking of Charlemonâ— or of some stir about it but by whom it was taken or seazed upon he knoweth not if it were taken nor knowes who was at the taking of it VIII He knoweth the L. Blanyes house in the County of Monaghan but knoweth nothing of the Fort of Mont-Ioy nor whether there be such a place or no. IX He knoweth not what Forts or places were taken in this rebellion X. He knoweth most of the parties named in this Inter but denyeth that ever he had any discourse with any of them about the rebellion more then that he told two or three of them what Philip Orelly had told him XI He had speech with Con Mac Bryan Mac Mahone so far as to tell him what Orelly had told him but with the other man no speech at all XII No speech with any of them XIII He knoweth of no other encouragement given to him but that Orelly told him that the King did say to Pluncket sticke you to me and I will sticke to you and the Commission formerly mentioned which the Lord * * Since his escape here but confesseth it here before p. 231. Magwire said was not true XIV Knoweth no more then he hath said but that Mackennay should come up from the County of Monaghan with twenty men to be of the number of those that should seaze the Castle Isaack Penington Lawrence Whitaker To these Examinations I shall adde this ensuing Testimony which will more fully discover the bloody intentions of those Conspirators against the Protestants and English in Ireland Iohn Carmicks Testimony upon Oath to the Iury in Court at the Kings Bench in Westminster Hall upon the triall of Hugh Oge Mac Mahon Esquire the 18. of November 1644. THat upon the 21. of October 1641. Fergus O Howen one of the followers or servants of Bryan Mac Gwire Esquire came to my Chamber in the Castle of Eniskillin in the County of Fermanagh in Ireland and after he indeavoured to bind me to keepe secret a matter of great concernment which he said he had to disclose unto me and particularly to conceale it from Sir William Cole and all other English-men He discovered unto me that the Lord Magwire and the above named Hugh Oge Mac Mahon accompanied with sundry Irish-men of the Counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan did take their Iournies out of the said Counties upon the nineteenth and twentieth daies of October 164â— to the City of Dublin with resolution and intent to surprise and seaze upon his Majesties Castle of Dublin and to murther * * Note and kill his Highnesse Lords Justices and Councell of the Kingdome of Ireland and the rest of the Protestants there and also to possesse themselves of the City of Dublin and to put all the Protestants there likewise to the Sword and that to that effect there were other great men and others of the Papists of that Kingdom to repaire unto and meet them in Dublin on Saturday 23. Octob. 1641. or there abouts And that all the Castles Forts Seaâ—ports and Holds that were in the possession of the Protestants in the severall Counties and Provinces in the Kingdome of Ireland were then also designed and
resolvâ—d to be surprised and taken by the Irish Papists and the Protestants in every of those Castles Forts Sea-ports and Holds Note to be then also put all to the sword by the Irish Papists in Ireland in their owne severall parts and limits by men thereunto chiefly and particularly appointed by the contrivers thereof And especially this Castle and Towne of Eniskillin with the rest will also be taken Note and all you that be Protestants in it put to the sword whereof I give you this notice advising you to get your selfe and goods out of this Towne and Castle with all expedition and sell your stocke of Cattle and whatsoever else you have in the Country for any money that you can get for them for I assure you these things that I tell you will come to passe before it be seaven daies next after this day and this Castle and Towne will be no place of refuge or safety for you wherefore I desire and advise you againe to get you hence with all speed Note for the warre against the English and Protestants will be universally raised throughout the Kingdome of Ireland which if you finde not to be true as I say before it be full fourteen daies to an end then I will give you leave to cut off my head Whereupon I presently acquainted Sir William Cole with this and even then also one Flartagh Mac Hugh a Gentleman and Free-holder of that County came to the said Sir William the said one and twentieth of October in Anno 1641. declaring upon Oath that the Plot for the surprising of the Castle and City of Dublin the Castle of Eniskillin and all the Castles and strengths in Ireland which were in the possession of Protestants in that Kingdome Note together with some further mischiefe to be done to the Protestants in generall was to be put in full execution by the Papists upon the 22. and 23. of October 1641 throughout the said Kingdome And that Bryan Mac Coconnaught Mac Gwire Esquire did send him the said Flartagh Mac Hugh to give notice and warning thereof to the said Sir William Cole whom he earnestly desired to be upon his Guard upon Friday the 22. and Saturday the 23. of October 1641. For the Lord Magwire who is gone with Mac Mahon this Prisoner now at the Baâ— and others to Dublin this weeke with purpose to possesse themselves of thâ— Castle and City of Dublin hath written his letters lately to Conn O Rourke Owen O Rourke Murtagh Oge O Flumagon and others to goe on with that Plot in these parts and hath appointed his Brother Rory Mac Gwire in his absence to command the Irish Papists of this County of Fermanagh for the surprising of the Castles and houses of the Protestants and especially this Castle and Towne of Eniskillin And after he had ended this Relation he requested the said sir William Cole and me that his name should not be used as in discovering of the said evills least it should prove his ruine and destruction amongst his Country men and thereupon he departed promising to returne with further Intelligence of the progresse of that matter unto the said Sir William Cole Of all which the said Sir William dispatched letters of notice unto the Lords Iustices and Councell of Ireland the same day and also gave notice by severall other letters and Messengers to his Neighbours the undertakers and other Protestants in the severall parts next adjoyning to him And yet upon the 23. of October 1641. Redmond Mac Rory Mac Mahon cousen German of the prisoner at the Bar with armed multitudes and Collours displayed did enter into the Town of Clownis in the county of Monaghan and possessed themselves of the Castle and all other houses there and did rob and spoyle the Protestants viz. Edward Aldrith Esquire and others of all their money plate houshold-stuffe goods and chattels within and without doores as Robert Aldrith Gentleman Iohn Mac Reavy and others affirmed upon Oath before the said sir William Cole And upon the 23. of October 1641. or there abouts Art Roe Mac Mahon Esquire kinsman of the prisoner at the Bar did surprise and seaze upon the Castle Fort and Towne of Monaghan in the County of Monaghan did rob strip and dispoile hang and kill the Protestants there as namely Richard Blayney Esquire a Parliament man Luke Ward Gentleman and others and did then also imprison the Lady Blayney wife of Henry Lord Blayney and some of her servants and others Protestants as was also affirmed upon Oaths of the persons afore-said before the said sir William Cole And Colonell Mac Bryan Mac Mahon of Fearney being the Earle of Essex his Lands in that County another kinsman of the prisoner at the Bar did break out the same time into open Rebellion in the said County of Monaghan he being a Papist and a Member of the Parliament then in Ireland as was also affirby the persons afore-said upon Oath before the said sir William Cole And Neill Mac Kennay of the Troogh Esquire another kinsman of the prisoner at the Bar did rebell the day aforesaid in manner aforesaid in the said County of Monaghan and did seaze upon the Castle of Glosslogh and imprison Mr. Robert Barkclay a Protestant Minister and his wife after he had robbed them of all their goods he the said Minister and others did upon Oath also affirme before the said Sir William Cole and Redmond Mac Mahon cousen German of the prisoner at the Bar with Colours displayed and armed multitudes did upon the 18. day of December 1641. or there abouts come with Rory Mac Gwire with armed men in all to the number of 1500. or there abouts before the Castle of Lisgoole in the County of Fermanaugh in Ireland where they murthered and burned Thomas Grahum Gentleman Matthew Moore a Protestant Minister Richard Peasant Richard Rainebow and others to the number of one hundred thirty and one protestants or there abouts And also the same Rebells afterward viz. upon the 25. of December 1641. or there abouts after quarter given unto Tho. Trotter Francis Trotter Alexander Bell and other Protestants to the number of 152. persons or there abouts which for safety of their lives fled into the Castle of Tully in the County of Fermanagh belonging to sir Geo Hume Baronet Note did murther them all then burned the said Castle the same day which was done by the coÌ„mand or permission of the said Rory Mac Gwire brother of the said Lord Mac Gwire by the aggravation and councel of one Patrick O Cassedie a papist Fryer who concluded his invective Exhortation in these or the like words Note I will take the sin and guilt of the bloud of these Heretiques upon my Soul and do absolve you all thereof and therefore spare not one of them This proved upon Examination of Edmond Grace Rich Fawcet and divers other English Protestants that were then present upon oath before the said Sir William Cole whose
may be considered that though they be many in themselves yet are they but few being compared with the rest and that their proffers seem probable to be for their owne ends which will be a meanes to weary the Plantators 8. That those who now make these propositions were the chiefe opposerâ— of the payment of the late contribution into the Exchequer least it should grow to be esteemed a revenue of the Crowne and be required of Posterity whereby it may appeare it is for their owne ends 9. That as in the former contribution his Majesties graces did solely redound unto the Recusants so it is now sought in like manner NOTE that they may have all the ease and thanks though the burden lye as heavy on others as on them All which much tending to the disheartning of good and conformable Subjects we desire your Honours by your mediation to his Majesty to prohibit Doctor Bedle Bishop of Kilmore with two more Bishops among others subscribed this Petition at the request of the Gent of that County and as appears by his Letters to the Lord a Dated Novemb. 5. 1633. Deputy and Arch-bishop of Canterbury did very much qualifie the complaints and grievances therein contained by altering the first draught presented to him from a smart Letter unto an humble Petition yet notwithstanding he was specially complained of to the King for setting his hand to this Petition and opposing his Majesties service in Ireland touching the levy of moneys upon Recusants and others to maintain the Army The like accusation of him came to the now Arch-bishop of Canterbury who thereupon writ a sharp Letter of reproofe to him concerning it dated October 13. 1633. to which this Bishop returned an answer on the 5. of November following relating the truth of the fact and justifying his action and withall he writ another Letter of the same date to the Lord Deputy of Ireland a â—opy whereof he sent the Arch-bishop inclosed in his Letter to him to excuse and justifie what he herein did in which Letter there are these memorable passages touching the extraordinary increase and boldnesse of the popish Bishops Priests Monks Recusants in Ireland at that time the copy of which Letter under this Bishops owne hand and Seale I found in the Arch-bishops Study thus indorsed with Master Dells owne hand Receâ—â— December 24. 1633. The Lord Bishop of Kilmore William Bedle his letter to the Lord Wentworth Lord Deputy of Ireland about the maintainance of the Army and the Cavan Petition Right Honourable my good Lord c. IN the midst of the midst of these thoughts I have been advertised from an honourable friend in England that I am accused to his Majesty to have opposed his service and that my hand with two other Bishops onely was to a writing touching the moneys to be levyed on the Papists here for maintenance of the men of warre c. Indeed if I should have had such an intention this had been not onely to oppose the service of his Majesty but to expose with the publike peace mine owne necke to the scâ—ans of the Romish Cut-throats I that know that in this Kingdome of his Majesty NOTE the Pope hath another Kingdome farre greater in number and as I have heretofore signified to the Lords Iustices and Counsell which is also since justified by themselves in print constantly guided and directed by the order of the new Congregation de propagandâ—â—ide lately â—rected at Rome transmitted by the meanes of the Popes Nuntioes residing at Bruxels or Paris that the Pope hath here a Clergy if I may guesse by mine own Diocesse double in number to us the heads whereof are by corporall Oath bound to him to maintaine him and his Regalities contra omnem hominem and to execute his Mandates to their uttermost forces which accordingly they doe stiling themselves in print Ego N. Dei c. Apostoliâ—ae Sedis gratia Episcopus Fermien Oâ—â—orien c. I that know there is in this Kingdome for the moulding of the people to the Popes obedience a rabble of irregular Regulars commonly younger brothers of good houses who are growne to that insolency as to advance themselves to be Members of the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy in better ranks then Priests insomuch as the censure of the Sorbon is faine to be implored to curbe them whâ—ch yet is called in againe so tender as the Pope of these his owne creatures I that knâ—w that his Holinesse hath erected a new University at Dublin NOTE to confront his Majesties Colledge there and to breed up the youth of this Kingdome to his devotion of which University one Paul Harris the Author of that infamous libell which was put forth in print against the Lord Primates Waâ—sted Sermon stileth himselfe in print to be Deane I that know and have given advertisement to the State NOTE that these Regulars dare erect new â—râ—erâ—es in the Country since the dissolving of those in the City that they have brought the people to such a sottish senslesnesse as they care not to learne the Commandements as God himselfe spake and writ them but they â—lock in great numbers to the preaching of new superstitious and detestable doctrines such as their owne Priests are ashamed of and as these they levy collections three foure five six pound at a Sermon shortly I that know that this Clergy and these Regulars have at a generall meeting like to a Synod as themselves stile it NOTE holden at Drogheda decreed that it is not lawfull to take the Oath of Alleagiance and if they be constant to their owne doctrine doe account his Majesty in their hearts to be King but at the Popes discretion In this estate of this Kingdome to think the bridle of the Army may be takeâ—away it should be the thought not of a brain-sick but of a brainlesse man But though I think strong for the establishment of the Army perhaps I would have had it maintained onely by the Recusants sines and mistake that they are gratified by the not exacting of them NOTE let my letters of the 23. of March 1629. to the Lords Justices commanding me to give them ample advertisements in any particular that might further the establishment of true Religion in this Kingdome Let those Letters I say of mine be seen it will be found that I use these formall words Forasmuch as the people are generally very poore and therefore discontented very ignorant and strongly perswaded by their Priests in their owne way and the Recusants for their number farre exceeding the better part I leave it to the Lords wisdome to consider how safe it may be to urge them to come to Church at once by exacting the fines for Recusancy unlesse something doe sound there first which they themselves doâ— conceive they doe not well to refuse to heare c. And to an honourable friend of mine in England not long after touching this very poynt that unlesse impediments were
This Petition it seems was not presented whereupon Master Read writ thus 〈◊〉 Master Tho. Windebanke SIR SInce this opportunity of setting our businesse on foot is 〈◊〉 there is no more to be done but to hope that it will not be called upon till the Kings returne in the 〈…〉 it is a great comfort to my Uncle to see the continuance of his Majesties 〈…〉 him c NOTE Sir Yours c. Ro Read Paris 23. Aug. 1641 After this Secretary Windebanks Lady and his Sonne arrived in France and lived in Paris but his Sonne returning shortly after 〈…〉 to Court he writ thus to him concerning the English Fugitives not Parliament proofe here and the generall favour there indulged to him TOM c. Since your departure hence the Cardinall hath been moved by Monseiur de â—eneterre at the solicitation of Master Foster that The English now here and fled hither to avoid the storme in England might be freed from that law of confiscation of their Estates in case they come to dys here which we and other strangers are liable unto here and hath left it to those of the Nation to settle by what meâ—â—es themselves shall thinke best NOTE assuring that the King shall grant it in any ample manner aâ—dwithall the advantagious and firme conditions that can be desired This is a very greâ—s priviledge to the Nation and hath been granted with so much cheerfulnesse and expression of resentment of our condition that I wish her Majesty will be pleased in those letters which shee will vouchsafe to honour me to the King her â—rother to take notice of it and to acknowledge it and if her Majesty shall likewise please in a word or two to Monseiur de Seneterre to give him thanks for his readinesse in it and to honour me with the Commission of delivering it I shall hold it a very great favour and it will be a powerfull motive to him to 〈◊〉 his good Offices to the Nation which I assure you are very much to be valued considering his interest in the Cardinall What else her Majesty shall please to adde to him concerning my selfe NOTE I most humbly submâ—t to her wisdome and goodness If you shall have delivered my letters to her Majesty before these come to your hands you may take some occasion to wait upon her Majesty againe and with presentation of my most humble services so acquaint her Majesty herewith YOURS c. Francis VVindâ—banke Paris 8. November 1641. TOM c. Before his departure I made meanes to Mâ—â—seiur de Chavigâ—y for Monseiur Seneterre is not yet returned to be presented to the King and to deliver her Majesties letters NOTE he seemed to entertaine the motion with extraordinary readiness and desire to â—â—rve the Queen and to doe me that honour c. But I doe make account to take some time to wait upon the Queen here at Saint Germanes and deliver the letter into her owne hands This you may make knowne to her Majesty there when occasion shall be presented YOURS c. FRAN. WINDEBANKE Paris 31. January 1642. Many such passages I find in Secretary Windebanks and Reads letters to his Sonne at Court over-tedious to recite conveied hither for the most part under the Earle of Leicesters and Burlamachies cover and some others but by these forementioned you may discerne what favour and respect this Secretary hath found both abroad and at home for his releasing protecting Priests Jesuits Papists and by whose commands he justifies he did it who have bin very indulgent to him for it if those Letters under his owne hand may be credited And thus much for the releasing onely of Priests and Jesuits charged in Parliament on this Secretary whose correspondency with Rome and the Popes Nâ—â—eâ—oes you shall heare of further ere long How many letters of grace were granted to the most noted Recusants to stay all prosecutions and proceedings against them before and after their Inditements you may read in my Royall Popish Favourite where many of them are recorded and in Master Glins report 1 Dec. 1640. in the Commons Journall who reported to the Commons House from the Committee concerning Secretary Windebanke that there were 64 Letters of grace to stay prosecution against Papists directed to severall Officers and Iudges short entries whereof were made in the Signet-Office and that his house was the place of resort for Priests and Iesuits Many of these letters of grace and discharges of Priests were gained upon petitions to the King or Queene presented to them by this Secretary in whose Trunks they have since been found Among others I find a petition of the Lord Viscount Mountgarret now one of the principal Rebels in Ireland and of his Ladies with a draught of a letter of grace inclosed therin for the discharge of all proceedings against them upon an inditement for Recusancy found against them both at Coventry with other petitions of Recusants as namely of Master Richard Foster Master Tankred and others for the abatement of their compositions made with the King for Recusancy in the North where the compositions of the Lord Viscount Dunbarr Master Anthony Metcalfe and William Green had formerly been abated Besides those Recusants who compounded at low rates in the North as you have seen got them abated lower afterwards and obtained speciall protections from the Commissioners against all future prosecutions of which I shall give you but one president at large in the case of Sir Henry Merry â—OM DERBY WHereas Sir Henry Merry of Barton in the Country of Derby Knight being a convicted Recusant hath personally appeared before his Majesties Commissioners authorized to compound for the forfeitures of the lands and goods of Recusants convicted within this and other Counties at the Mannour of Saint Mary neare the wals of Yorke the 15. day of August instant and hath made composition for an annuall rent to be paid unto his Majesty for all his Mannours Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances within the severall Counties of Derby and Leicester and for all arrerages due for the same and therefore by his Majesties instructions is no further to be disquieted or troubled with vexatioâ—s informations upon any lawes made against Recusants for his Recusancy onely so long as he shall duly pay unto his Majesty the rent so compounded for therefore his Majesties said Commissioners by force of the said composition aforesaid doe herby require you to take notice of the composition aforesaid and of his Majesties pleasure in that behalfe Dated at the Mannour aforesaid the said 15. day of August 1634. per Warrant Commissionar Cha. Radcliffe Clericus Commiss To the Sheriffs of the County of Derby and Leicester and to his Majesties Commissioners of inquiry of lands and goods of Recusants convicted within these Countâ—es to all other his Majesties Officers and Ministers whom the premses may concerne and to every of them For staying proceedings upon inditements I shall give you but
Roles 2000. l. Sir Edward Leech 2000. l. The six Clearks 6000. l. The Lady Cambden 5000. l. Baron Westoâ— 500. l. Baron Trevor 4000. l. Baron Hendon 3000. l. Sir Thomas Fanshew 1000. l. Sir Peter Osborne 1000. l. Sir Robert Pye 2000. l. Sir Edward Sawyer 500. l. Sir Charles Herbert 1000. l. Sir Edward Powell 2000. l. Sir Sidney Mountague 2000. l. Sir Ralph Freemaâ— 2000. l Mr. Iohn Packer 1000. l. Morley 2000. l. Massam 4000. l. Surveyor of the Works 1000. l. Sir Richard Wynne 3000. l. Iames Maxwell 2000. l. Patrick Mall 20â—0 l. Iames Leviston 1000. l. George Kirk 2000. l. William Murrey 1000. l. Henry Murrey 2000. l. Eâ—dymion Porter 1000. l. Sir Henry Mildmay 2000. l. Sir William Vdall 1000. l. Sir Edward Varne 1000. l. Sir Richard Younge 1000. l. Mr. Audley 4000. l. Sir Miles Fleetwood 1000. l. Sir Benjamin Rudiard 500. l. The Attorny of the Wards 1000. l. Mr. Chamberlin 1000. l. The Attorny of the Dutchy 500. l. Mr. Cofferor 3000. l. Sir Thomas Merry 2000. l. Mr. Fenner 1000. l. Sir Richard Manley 500. l. Mr. Comptroler of the Works 500. l. Lord Chief Iustice Branstâ—n 500. l. Mr. Iustice Barkley 1000. l. Mr. Iustice Crook 1000. l. Sir Thomas Hatten 1000. l. Sir Iohn Winter 1000. l. Mr. Attorny Ball 500. l. Mr. Sollicitor Winne 500. l. Serjeant Whitfield 500. l. Mr. Iustice Iones 500. l. Mr. Henly 5000. l. Lord Chief Iustice Litleton 1000. l. Sollicitor Lane 500. l. In this Schedule there weâ—â— divers names of Noblemen and others inserted with blanks left for the sums they were to lend And the Officers of Star-chamber Chancery other Courts here omitted were likewise therein ordered to be sent for under which the Archbishop with his own hand writ these directions To cal upon the Lord Keeper for these Names Call for Names Which cleerly manifests this sending for all these to lend the sums here specified to be his project and that he was the chief Actor in these Assessments of them The most of whom were enforced to lend 38000. l. being subscribed before the Lords of the Councell by some of these persons in one day and 10000. l. another day as appears by a Note under Windebanks hand Moreover I found this ensuing List of Names and Sums under Windebanks hand 6. March 1639. Kings Servants to be warned on Friday These in this Paper now absent to be sent for against Wednesday to Mr. Solicitor Herbert gr Sir Gdward Griffin 1000. l. gr Sir Edward Savage 500. respect â—Sir Iohn Trevor 1000. Mr. Iohn Frecheville 500. gr â—Sir Iohn Maynard 500. Sir Henry Herbert 1000. Sir Francis Vincent 500. Sir Iohn Smith 500. Sir Thomas Walsingham 500. Mr. Solicitor 500. Sir Lionel Palmage 2000. gr Mr. Thomas Fotherley 500. refus Sir William Ashton 500. Sir Thomas Richardson 1000. gr Mr. Edmund Windham 500. gr Mr. Pye 3000. Mr. Ioh Mannors of Hadden 2000. Massam 2000. He will give his own Bond the Lords will bring it down to 1000. l. Mr. William Walter 500. Mr. Edmund Dunch 500. gr Capt. Richard Crane 500. Sir Thomas Ashton 500. Mr. William Corytâ—n 500. gr Sir Iames Thynne 3000. gr Sir Henry Newton 1000. resp â—Mr Henry Frederick Thynne 2000. Sir Ralph Hopton 500. Sir William Savile 1000. gr Mr. Iames Maxwell 2000. Mr. Patrick Mawle 2000. He is to do what he can gr Mr. Iames Levingston â—000 gr Mr. George Kirk 2000. gr Mr. William Murray 1000. gr Mr. Henry Murray 1000. gr Mr. Endymion Porter 1000. How much of these sums were lent or contributed I cannot certainly define but on April 13. 1640. the Parliament called about the Scots assembled wherein many Subsidies were demanded to be presently granted and levied before any grievances redressed in conclusion after much debate the Parliament on the 5. of May was suddenly dissolved and no Subsidies given but then the Convocation was continued by the Archbishops means who granted the King a large Benevolence to continue for 3. whole years in nature of 3. intire Subsidies to maintain this war against all Law to be paid in and levied under severest penalties of which more in due place and made 17. Canons exceeding prejudiciall to the Kings Prerogative the Parliaments Subjects Liberties in justifying and establishing divers Popish Innovations in Religion in affront of the Parliament upon whose dissolution divers illegall means were set on foot by Canterbury and his Confederates to raise moneyes to support this war as forced Loans divers Aldermen of London being imprisoned in the Tower for refusing to certifie names of Persons within their severall Wards for to lend by enforcing Shipmoney Coat and Conduct money in the Countries more then ever By Commanding by a speciall Proclamation Aug. 20. 1640. all the Nobility Knights Gentlemen and those who held Lands of the King to attend him at the Army with horses men and arms in this service according to their abilities and estates Hereupon a great Army was raised in the North and a bloody war likely to have ensued but that God by his overruling Providence happily appeased it without bloodshed by a Treaty first and then by an Act of Pacification and Oblivion passed in the Parliaments of both Kingdoms What Tumults and Libels the Archbishops breaking the first Pacification with the Scots and after that the Parliament occasioned to the endangering of his Person you may read out of his own Diary in the Breviate of his life pag. 22 23 which I will not repeat That he had the principall hand in exciting and directing these wars will appear by the Lord Conwayes Letters to him who had then the Command of the Northern forces the extracts of some whereof out of the very Originalls I shall here present you with The first is thus Endorsed with the Archbishops own hand Received Iunij 12. 1640. my Lord Conway his Iudgement concerning popular Tumults now in England May it please Your Grace I Have received two Letters from you Note the one by Mr. Treâ—orers conveyance wherein you were pleased to let me know what the disorder at Lambâ—eth was the mutinies of the base multitude are not to be feard nor to be neglected the chief inciters are to be castigated and that quickly if there were persons fitting to be Heads to a discontented multitude there were some danger if those men could not be secured but he that feares any Head that can be given to any discontented Body here in England will be afraid like boyes and women of a Turnep cut like a deaths head with a candle in it All these accidents must be overcome with patience dexterity and courage If the end whither one would go cannot be attained with that speed is desired learn of Seamen to lye by a wind and gain ground by boarding I do assure my self that if wise thoughts be with courage put in execution all difficulties will be overcome there must not be any fainting by the way if the heart fail the legs will never leap over the dâ—â—ch
and to be sent by him to begin the correspondency betwixt his Holines and the Queene for in all this businesse the King must not bee mentioned from whom with many Letters this Gentleman goes to the Court of France where after few dayes hee is dispatcht by the said Cardinall with money to make his journey and beare his charges at Rome where gratiously hee is accepted of the Pope his Nephew and others of the Popes Cabinet Councell There hee remained above one yeare and after a good viaticke was dismist and returned to London with a few gifts but small ones to her Majestie Father Philips and others of that Function As some Meddulls Roscerâ—es Agnus Deus and Pictures After this Gentlemans departure from Rome was presently sent hither an Oratorian Priest called Signior Georgio * See the Popes Nuncio Panzano under pretence with a Breve from his Holinesse addrest to the Clergie secular and regular and Lay-Catholikes of the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland The substance of that Breve was That his holinesse was verry sorry for such jarres and divisions * See here p. 100. 106. to 110. between the secular and the Clergy to the great prejudice of the Catholike Church and for that respect having a â—atherly care of Soules in these Kingdomes of England and Scotland he had sent expressely that Reverend Father Georgio Pansano one of his Family to compose and reconcile them if he could This man at Paris quits his Priests Robes and drest himselfe in secular Apparell his shaven Crowne is covered with a monstrous Periewig he writes to Father Philips who is to bee the primum mobile and director of all who sends to him at Paris as to an Italian Gentleman desirous to see the Kingdome A passe was delivered him to Gallie where he hires a baryne and brings with him two Raggamuffian young boys and one Interpreter who was presently sent backe to save charges At his first comming to London he lodged at the Italian Ordinary in the Strand but shortly being disturbed by much resort of peâ—â—ons of great qualitie which repaired to him he tooke Chambers in one Signior Germynes House a Lombard by Nation living then neere to the New exchange as you passe to the Covent Garden this Agent had sundry meetings with the superiours of the Regular Order but to those meetings the Iesuites would not come though called and oft desired by the Popes Agent At last it was concluded they should not meddle with any Court businesse they should speake honourably of the King and Queene and be sparing to discorse of the Oath of Allegiance yet never to undertake that it was altogether unlawfull This Agent returned having negotiated his principall businesse which was to have * See the Popes Nuâ—cio Signior Georgio the Popes best friend to bee sent hither which her Majestie obteyned of the King with great importunitie Pansano having remained here about two yeares and having had his Viaticum and good presents from her Majestie and Catholikes of the better sort went away In whose place succeeded Signior Georgio bringing with him a great Breve declaring him to be Apostolicall Nuntio and in his company the Lord Don Luces brother and his Pedagogue one Connigham Nephew to Sir David Connigham his Majesties receivor in Wales This Nuntio but styled after inter-Nuntio for not incensing the States comes hither in May See the Pops Nuncio and Romes Master-peece and finding her Majestie at Homeby in Northamptonshire repayring thither he was presently admitted and then likewise gained audience of the King To the Queene hee presents rare gifts some reliques of Saints meddalles a few of Gold and Silver with the Popes picture stampt on them and other trifles of small valew In 〈◊〉 whereof shee sends to the Pope a great quantity of scarlett to vest his Holinesse his Nephew and the other Cardinalls of the English Faction Hee receives an hundred for one Here he visits the great Ladyes and Gentlewomen of the Court Hee stayes all the Progresse at Northampton returning to London t is worthy of consideration to observe his carriage day and night courting of Ladyes and Gentlewomen In Terme time all the Gentry of both Sexes yea and poore women of any fashion that had scarse means to bring them to London and were come thither to bee cured of the Kings evill must likewise visit him Such were his compoâ—â—ments here that I am ashamed to relate them His nightlie See Romes Master pecce Conversation abroad and Conventicles with Ladyes Sir John Winter Her Majesties Secretarie Sir Toby Matthew Sir Kenelme Digby and Master Walter Mountague were his Cabinet Councell This last aspyring to bee Cardinall after Signior Georgio's death Yea hee was so impudent and shamelesse as to visit one of the greatest Ladyes of the Kingdome alone who being found by her Husbond and demanded by him what made him so bold he was in feare to have beene precipitated out of the Window This his own Secretary told me Two houres before day In Winter his manner was to visit Ladyes and Gentlewomen and to enquire of them how they slept that night After three yeares and two months impatient to stay any longer aspyring to a Cardinalls Hatt loaden with great store of Iewells and Gold which he got partly of the monyes which Recusants lent to the King Note to assist him in his Northern expedition and partly given him by Ladies and Gentlewomen amounting to above ten thousand pounds he returned to Rome spitting his lungs But the truth is he was soundly payd with the French disease A brave instrument to reduce this Realme to the Roman Religion Hee was very lavish and prodigall in his gifts spending many thousand pounds fitter to have beene bestowed on his poore kindred and beggerly Parents in Scotland who had scarsely to nourish them The Iesuites likewise collected from their Penitents Note and got at least two parts of that money to themselves To returne to the Pope so soone as he had Intelligence that his Ganymede and Creature was received with such honour he thought he had got already the temporall Monarchy of great Britâ—aine making his Eldest * See Romes Master-peece Nephew Francisco protector of England Scotland and Ireland and erecting a particuler Congregation for the matters of these Kingdomes whereof his said Nephew was President and two other Cardinalls joyned with him See Romes Master peece and a new Secretary and other Prelates of that Court his Councellours Hee gratiously entertained Master Walter Mountague keeping him in his Pallace and sending him abroad in his Nephewes Coach And others of any note as my Lord of West-Meath an Irish Baron and others Hee made Signior Georgio Patâ—iarch of Jerusalem an Honour without any Revenew No lesse was his pride puft up when Sir William Hamilton brother to the Earle of Abercorue and Cozen to the Marquesse Hamilton was sent Ambassadour from our Queen to that Court whose carriage was like to
Examinations I did write and did see and hear the several examinants depose the same And I did see the said Castles on fire about the times aforesaid And further I say that I have heard sundry credible persons in Ireland relate that the Roman Catholiques in that Kingdome Note did brag and report that they did destroy 152000. Protestants in the province of Ulster in the beginning of this late Rebellion and the Examinations of sundry English and Scotch men protestants taken upon Oath at severall times by Sir William Cole a Iustice of Peace in the County of Fermanagh in Ireland doth particularly shew the number of 764 Protestants hanged kild burned and drowned in that County by the Rebells there in that Rebellion besides many that were cut off touching whom no evidence could appeare And it was averred upon the Oaths of Flartagh mac Hugh Iohn Oge mac Hugh and Terlagh Oge Mac Hugh before the said Sir William Cole that 150. men were appointed to surprise the Castle of Eniskillin under the leading of Don Magwire and Bryan Mac Rory Mac Gwire Note who were to murther the said Sir William Cole and his wiâ—e children and servants and throw them over the wall into the River and then to doe the like unto the Protestants in the Town and Corporation of Eniskillin for which service they were not only to have the spoyle and riches of the said Castle and Town but to have also the Barony of Clanawley granted and confirmed in Fee to them and their Heires from the said Lord Mac Gwire and his Heires And the said Don Mac Gwire was for the same taken in February or March last or there abouts by the said Sir William Cole to whom he confessed upon his Examination that he was to have surprised and taken the Castle and Town of Eniskillin the 23. of Octo. 1641. but denyed that he had any intent to kill the said Sir William or his wife or children wherefore the said Sir William did commit him to prison in his Majesties goal at Eniskillin about February or March 1643. where he remained the 18. of May 1644. when the said sir William and my self came on his Iourney hither into England and where I beleeve he yet continueth in safe custody and so will until he be brought to Iustice. Iohn Carmick The like was then attested by Sir William Cole Sir William Hamilton Sir Arthur Loftus Sir Charls Coâ—t and others upon oath at this Triall and that the Irish Rebels did rip up divers Irish womâ—ns bellies great with childe and tosse their Infants upon their pikes and throw them to their dogs to eat ravished some to death buried others alive drowned others after quarter and used unheard of cruelties of sundry kindes without provocation And yet now they must be reputed the Kings good subjects and sent for over into England to commit the like cruelties on us here which should cause all English mens hearts and bloods to rise up for vengeance against such blood-sucking Villains The manner of the discovery of that Conspiracy and apprehension of some of the Conspirators who were to surprise Dublin last is thus expressed by the Lords Iustices of Ireland in a Letter to the Earl of Leicester then Lord Deputy extracted out of the Originall The Lords Iustices of Irelands Letters to the Earl of Leicester c. Octob. 1641. MAy it please your Lordship On Friday the 22. of this Moneth after nine of the clock at night this bearer Owen Connelly servant to Sir Iohn Clotworthy Kt came to me the Lord Iustice Parsons to my house and in great secrecy as indeed the case did require discovered unto me a most wicked damnable Conspiracy plotted and contrived and intended to be also acted by some evill-affected Irish Papists here The Plot was on the next morning Saturday the 23. of Octob. being Ignatius day about nine of the clock to surprise his Majesties Castle of Dublin his Majesties chiefe strength of this Kingdom wherein also is the principall Magazine of his Majesties Armes and Ammunition and it was agreed it seemes amongst them that the same houre all other his Majesties Forts and Magazins of Armes and Ammunition in this Kingdome should be surprised by others of those Conspirators and further Note that all the Protestants and English throughour the whole Kingdom that would not joyn with them should be cut off and so those Papists should then become possessed of the government and Kingdom at thesame instant As soone as I had that Intelligence I then immediatly repaired to the Lord Iustices Palace and thereupon we instantly Assembled the Councell and having sate in Councell all that night as also all the next day the 23. of October in regard of the short time left us for the consultation of so great and waighty a matter although it was not possible for us upon so few houres warning to prevent those other great mischiefes which were to be acted even at that same houre and at so great a distance as in all the other parts of the Kingdome yet such was our industry therein having that night caused the Castle to be that night strengthned with armed men and the City guarded as the united councells of those evill persons by the great mercy of God to us became defeated so as they were not able to Act that part of their Treachery which indeed was principall and which if they could have effected would have ended the rest of their purposes the more easie Having so secured the Castle we forth-with laid about for the apprehension of as many of the offenders as we could many of them having come to this City but that night intending it seemes the next morning to Act their parts in those treacherous and bloudy crimes The first man apprehended was one Hugh Mac Mahone Esquire Grand-soâ—n to the Traytor Tirone a Gentleman of a good fortune in the County of Monoghan who with others was taken that morning in Dublin having at the time of their apprehension offered a little resistance with their swords drawn but finding those we imployed against them more in number and better armed yeilded He upon his Examination before us at first denyed all but in the end when he saw we laid it home to him he confessed enough to destroy himself and impeach some others as by a Copy of his Examination herewith sent may appeare to your Lordship We then committed him untill we might have further time to examine him againe our time being become more needfull to be imployed in Action for securing this place then in examining This Mac Mahon had been abroad and served the King of Spaine as a Lieutenant Colonell Upon conference with him and others and calling to mind a Letter we received the weeke before from sir William Cole a Copy whereof we send your Lordship here inclosed we gathered that the Lord Magwire was to be an Actor in surprising the Castle of Dublin wherefore we held it necessary to
PROVERBS 11. 8. The Righteous is delivered out of Trouble and the wicked commeth in his stead A. The Arch-bishop of Canterbury B. The Gentleman Usher with his Black-Rod C. The Lieutenant of the Tower D. The Bishops Councell E. The Clarke that reads the Evidence F. The Table where the Books and Papers given in evidence lay G. The Members of the House of Commons and Mr. Prynne standing in the midst of them H. Mr. Henry Burton I. I. I. The Witnesses Mistris Bastwick Mr. Baker the Messenger K. K. K. The People and Auditors within and without the Barre L. L. The LORDS M. M. The Judges and Assistants N. The Speaker of the Lords House T. The Hangings of 88. S. Mich. Spark HIDDEN WORKES OF DARKENES Brought to Publike Light OR A NECESSARY INTRODVCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBVRIE'S TRIALL Discovering to the WORLD the severall secret dangerous Plots Practises Proceedings of the POPE and his Confederates both at Home and in Forraigne Parts to undermine the Protestant Religion usher the whole Body of Popery into our Church and reduce all our REALMS to their ancient Vassalage to the Sea of Rome by insensible steps and degrees from the first Marriage Treaty with Spaine Anno 1617. till this present Together with the true Originals of the late Scottish Troubles Irish Rebellion and English civill Warres Manifested by sundry Instructions Articles Letters Intelligences Warrants Buls of Popes Petitions of Parliament Proclamations Examinations and other Papers found among Secretary Windebankes Master Thomas Windebankes the Lord Cottingtons and Arch-bishop of Canterburies Writings and some late intercepted Letters from Forraigne Parts By WILLIAM PRYNNE of Lincolnes-Inne Esq. DAN 2. 22 23 28. There is a God in Heaven that revealeth secrets he revealeth the deep and secret things he knoweth what is in the darknesse and the light dwelleth with him I thanke thee and praise thee O thou God of my Fathers who hast given me wisdome and might and hast made knowne unto me what we desired of thee for thou hast made knowne unto us the Kings matter It is Ordered by the Committee of the house of Commons concerning printing that this Booke intituled Hidden works of Darknesse brought to publike light be printed by Michael Sparke senior IOHN WHITE LONDON Printed by Thomas Brudenell for Michael Sparke senior dwelling in Green-Arbour in the Old-bailey at the signe of the blew Bible 1645. TO THE HIGH AND HONORABLE COVRT OF PARLIAMENT HAVING not long since presented your Honourable Assembly with A Breviate of the Arch-bishop of Canterburie's Life extracted out of his owne Diary and Writings I have been since much importuned by divers Members of both Houses to set forth a compleat History of his Crimes and Tryall with all needfull Ingredients thereunto Whereupon I deemed it very expedient by way of Prologue or necessary Introduction to that Work first to compile and publish this following Peece which here I humbly tender to your honourable Patronage the materials whereof could not be conveniently inserted into the Passages of his Tryal though much conducing to the cleering of your Exemplary Iustice in your equitable Proceedings and righteous Judgement against him newly executed on his person Your Honours in these my rude Collections faithfully extracted out of many thousand scattered papers the perusall and digesting whereof into order hath cost me no little pains may behold as in a Mirrour many hidden or forgotten Romish Plots of darknes brought to Publike Light and Memory from the first Marriage Treaty with Spaine in the yeere 1617. till this present to undermine our Protestant Religion reduce both us and all our Dominions back to Rome by insensible degrees together with the severall Policie Aâ—â—ifices Negotiations Conspiracies used and Instruments imployed between the Pope his Confederates and Us to accomplish this long-agitated Designe and hereby cleerly discover the true Originals the Principall Contrivers of all the late unhappy Commotions Warres Massacres Desolations within our three distracted Kingdomes now weltring in their owne blood with those mutuall Negotiations we have held with Rome not onely of late yeers but continued till this very instant even for Cardinals Capâ— and such like Pontifician Wares His Majesty and your Honourable Assembly are blessed be God now at last after three yeeres bloody intestine Warres upon a desirable Treaty of Peace which I shall cordially implore the a Heb. 13. 20. God of Peace effectually to crown with a most happy issue towards the reall atchievement wherof I humbly conceive these seasonable Collections may contribute some assistance One of the neerest wayes to procure a settled lasting Peace on Earth being first by sincere Repentance and Reformation to make our peace with Heaven and then to provide effectuall Remedies against the various Treacheries Conspiracies Policies of the common Enemies of our Peace on Earth and principall Contrivers of all our present Combustions to wit the Pope and his Confederates which I have here apparently detected to the end they may with more facility be prevented by your honourable Vigilancy for the future As we must have b See Bishop Hals No peace with Rome no peace with Rome so we cannot possibly expect any peace from her Yea the more we endeavour Reconciliation with this Babylonish Sâ—rumpet the grand Designe of many late past yeers and now the remoter shall we be from any reall Peace and Unity among our selves as we have seen by dear-bought experience and it must necessarily be so since c 2 Cor. 6. 14 15 16. Light and Darknesse Truth and Errour Christ and Antichrist the Sonnes of God and Children of Belial can never be cordially reconciled by all the Policies or Contrivements of men d Gen. 3. 15. Gal. 4. 29. Prov. 29. 27. God himselfe having put an everlasting irreconcileable Enmity Antipathy between them If therefore your Honours ever hope to enjoy a sincere solid durable Peace in our Churches or Realmes you must now use all extraordinary Care and Vigilancy to provide sufficient remedies against all the Popes and his Confsederates Devices stratagems Engines Instruments who else will perpetually embroile us with fresh Conspiracies Treasons Rebellions Powderplors Warres till they have wrought their owne or our utter ruine as many late Experiments under which our whole three Kingdomes now bleed and languish abundantly demonstrate It therefore much concernes your Honours and our Realms in your intended Treaty as much as in You lyes to provide the surest and most effectuall Remedies against this viperous Generation of Romish Incendiaries without which we can neither expect any substantiall Peace for the present nor enâ—oy any lasting Tranquility for the future and blessed be God who hath long since put it into your zealous pious hearts to endeavour to effect it It may be some Court-Sycophants Object may deem these Discoveries very unseasonable yea perchance dishonourable in some particulars to his Majesty in his fore-past Proceedings and suggest so much to his Highnesse or your Honours To
forthwith to depart out of this Realme and all other Your Highnesse Dominions and neither they nor any other to returne or come hither againe upon perrill of the severest penaltie of the Lawes now in force against them And that all your Majesties Subjects may hereby also be admonished not to receive entertaine comfort or conceale any of that viperous brood upon the penalties and forfeitures which by the Lawes may be imposed upon them 2. That your Majesty would be pleased to give streight and speedy charge to the Justices of Peace in all parts of this Kingdome that according to the Lawes in that behalfe made and the orders taken by Your Majesties Privie Councell heretofore for policie of State they doe take from all Popish Recusants legally convicted or justly suspected All such Armor Gunpowder and Munition of any kinde as any of them have either in their owne hands or in the hands of any other for them and to see the same safely kept and disposed according to the Law leaving for the necessary defence of their House and persons so much as by the Law is prescribed 3. That Your Majestie will please to command all popish Recusants and all others who by any Law or Statute are prohibited to come to the Kings Court forthwith under paine of your heavie displeasure and severe execution of your Lawes against them to retire themselves their wives and families from or about London to their severall dwellings or places by your Lawes appointed and there to remaine confined within five myles of their dwelling places according to the Lawes of this your Realme And for that purpose to discharge all by-past Lycences granted unto them for their repaire hither And that they presume not any time hereafter to repaire to London or within tenne myles of London or to the Kings Court or to the Princes Court wheresoever 4. That Your Majesty would forbid and restraine the great resort and concourse of your owne Subjects for the hearing of Masse or other exercise of the Romish Religion to the houses of Forreigne Ambassadors or Agents residing here for the service of their severall Princes or States 5. That where of late in severall Counties in this Realme some have bin trusted in the places of Lord Leiutenants deputies Leiutenants Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer Justices of Peace and Captaines in their Countries which are either popish Recusants or non-Communicants by the space of a yeare now last past or which do not usually resort to the Church to Divine service and can bring no good certificat thereof that your Majesty would be pleased to discharge them from those places of trust by which they have that power in the Country where they live as is not fit to be put into the hands of persons so affected 6. That your Majesty would be pleased generally to put the Lawes in due execution which are made and stand in force against Popish Recusants and that all your Judges Iustices and Miniisters of Iustice to whose care these things are Committed may by your Majestyes Proclamation be Commanded to doe their duty therein 7. That seeing we are thus happily delivered from that danger which those Treaties now dissolved and that use which your ast; ast; NOTE ill affected Subjects made thereof would certainly have drawne upon us and cannot but foresee and feare least the like may heareafter happen which would unevitably bring such perill to your Majesties Kingdomes We are most humble suiters to your Gracious Majesty to secure the hearts of your good Subjects by the engagement of your Royall word unto them that upon no occasion of Marriage or Treaty or other request in that behalfe from any foraign Prince or state whatsoever you will take off or slacken the execution of your Lawes against the Popish Recusants To which our humble Perions proceeding from our most Loyall and dutifull affections towards your Majesty our care of our Countries good and our confident perswation that this will much advance the Glory of Almighty God the everlasting honour of your Majesty the safety of your Kingdome and the encouragment of all your good Subjects We do most humbly beseech your Majesty to vouchsafe a gratious Answer This Petition of the Commons after some debate and Conference between both Houses was reduced to this ensuing forme and so presented to King â— Iames. * See the Lords parchment Iournall on this day Die Sabbathi viz decimo die Aprilis 1624. May it please your most excellent Majesty IT having pleased you upon our humble suit and advise to dissolve both the Treaties to our great joy and comfort We your Majesties most faithfull and Loyall Subjects the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament doe in all humblenesse offer unto your sacred Majesty these two Petitions following 1. That for the more safety of your Realmes and better keeping your Subjects in their due obedience and other important reasons of state your Majesty would be pleased by some such course as your Majesty shall thinke fit to give present order that all the Lawes be put in due execution which have beene made and do stand in force against Iesuits Semenary Priests and all others having taken orders by Authority derived from the Sea of Rome and generally against all Popish Recusants And as for disarming that it may be according to the Lawes and according to former Acts and directions of state in that Case and yet that it may appeare to all the world the favour and clemency your Majesty useth towards all your Subjects of what condition whatsoever And to the intent the Jesuits and Priests now in the Realme may not pretend to be surprised That a speedy and certaine day may be perfixed by your Majesties Proclamation before which day they shall depart out of this Realme and all other your highnesse Dominions and neither they nor any other to returne or come hither againe upon perill of the severest penalties of the lawes now in force against them And that all your Majesties Subjects may thereby also be admonished not to receive entertaine comfort conceale any of them upon the penalties and forfeitures which by the lawes may be imposed on them Secondly seeing we are thus happily delivered from that danger which those Treaties now dissolved and that use which your ill affected Subjects made thereof would certainly have drawne upon us and yet cannot but foresee and feare least the like may hereafter happen which would inevitably bring such perill upon your Majesties Kingdomes We are most humble Sutors to your gracious Majesty to secure the hearts of your good Subjects by the engagement of your royall word unto them that upon no occasion of marriage or treaty or other request in that behalfe from any forreigne Prince or State whatsoever you will take away or slacken the execution of your lawes against Jesuits Priests and popish Recusants To which our humble Petitions proceeding from our most loyall and dutifull affections towards your Majesty our care of
may be this our protestation and appeale unto the See Apostolik and the God of peace and love long preserve your Reverend Lordships in safety Dated at Dublin May 3. in the yeere of our Lord 1632. Peter Caddell Doctor of Divinity Paul Harris pr. a a Dâ—â—e Deacon of the University of Dublin From which Protestation I shall observe these considerable particulars 1. First that the papists in Ireland had their own popish Arch-bishops Bishops and a Viâ—at Apostolicall residing then amongst them as the Title and body of this Protestation manifest Secondly that their Arch-bishop Flemming had a popish Clergy under him in his Province and did exceedingly tyrannize over them usurping jurisdiction even in temporall caâ—ses and over the Kings owne Courts among the Catholikes of Ireland Thirdly that the popish Bishops in Ireland did usually conferre orders and exercise all Episcopall jurisdiction there Fourthly NOTE that they had a speciall Cardinall at Rome Ludovisius given by the Pope unto the Irish as the onely patron and protector of the Irish Nation Fiftly That the secular Priests were exceedingly jealous least the Monks and regulars in Ireland should overtop Lord it and usurpe a Monarchy over them and thereupon appealed to the Pope against them and their Franciscan Arch-bishop Sixtly that they were growne extraordinary bold and insolemthere so as they openly published this their protestation and appeale in print both in Latin and English to all the world and avowed it under their hands subscribed to it Seventhly That they had then erected a popish University in Dublin it selfe of which Paul Harris professeth himselfe Deacon or Deane as Bishop Bedle stiles him even in print of which more hereafter in the Bishop of Kilmores letters This very yeere 1632 the Papists in Ireland upon a false suggession procured a discharge for paying 12. d. for their absence from Church every Sunday towards the maintainance of the army and put the greatest charge of it upon the Protestants to their great grievance as appeares by this passage of the Primate of Armagh his letter to Bishop Laâ—d who thus indorsed it March 1. 1632 Lord Primate of Armagh The generall grievance of the protestant party in Ireland My very good Lord IF you shall think it expedient that I may meet your Lordship this summer in Scotland to doe my service there unto his Majesty I shall have opportunity God willing more freely to deliver my mind unto you both touching this particular and the general grievance which the Protestant â—arty here hath taken upon the unhappy stop of the execution of the statuâ—e of 12. d. against Recusants grounded upon a most untrue suggestion made unto his Majesty that Writs were issued out for the levying of those monies before the time of the contribution granted by the Country for the maintainance of the army was expired after which the next newes here expected is that the Earle of Westmeath should bring over directions for the abridging of our Episcopall Iurisdiction that so the popish Bishops may keep their Courts more freely then we shall be permitted to doe quod dirum omen overâ—at a nobis Deâ—â— c. Your Lordships in all observance Ja. Aramachanus Dublin March 1. 1632 Hereupon the Protestants within the county of Cavan both Clergy and Laity being oppressed by laying the charge of the Souldiers upon them in ease of the papists and exceedingly injured by a popish Sheriffe a great enemy to the English Protestants by unequall assessements on them drew up this ensuing Petition and presented it to the Lords Justices and Counsell of Ireland whereby the power of and favoâ—rs shewed to the Papists there to the great grievance of the Protestants is fully laid open To the right Honourable the Lords Justices and Counsell The humble Petition of the Protestant Inhabitants both Clergy and Lâ—ity within the county of Cavan In all humble manner sheweth unto your Lordships WHereas your Lordships were pleased to send directions unto the Sheriffe of this Country bearing date the 12. of February last 1632. stilo Anglia c. for the levying of certaine summes of money towards the maintainance of the Army or contribution for the last three months ending the last day of March last and that your Lordships directions were grounded upon the signification of his Majesties pleasure which summes were plotted and collected by the Collectors without the consent of the Protestants in this County and partly by force by laying of souldiers upon the County by the Sub-Sheriffs warrant being a Recusant without any warrant from your Honours to that effect NOTE We doe humbly pray your Lordships that this money so collected and now paid in according to your Lordships directions it may not be prejudiciall unto us and our posterity and successors in time to come and that your Lordships will be pleased favourably to forbeare any further imposition of any such burden upon us untill your Lordships shall represent these humble Remonstrances unto his Majesty at whose hands we have full confidence out of his accustomed elemency to find reliefe 1. That whereas about foure yeers last past Sir Andrew Steward and Sir Arthur Tâ—rbosse deceased Knights and Baroneâ—s were appointed Agents to treat with his Majesty for the easing of this Province of Ulster of the burden of the Army which was then imposed the said Agents exceeding their authority did condescend with the Recusant Agents to the imposition of six score thousand pounds sterling upon this Kingdome to be paid within this Kingdome 2. That the said summe though heavily pressing the conformable Subjects especially the Plantators and poore Clergy was by them satisfied and payed according to his Majesties directions with hope that thereupon they should not be further charged with the like impositions 3. That since that time the undertakers and plantators have renewed their Patents paid great fines and doubled their rents to his Majesty to their great chargâ— especially in the deare yeeres that have been by the murren of Cattell and unseasonablenesse of the times 4. That the Country hath been and aâ—e still at excessive charges in building of Castles and Bawenes Goale-houses Shire-houses Bridges and High-wayes and now are called upon to re-edifie their Churches which are for the most part altogether râ—ined 5. That where the Plantators are lately by direction from his Majesty to be trained in Bands under Captaines and other Officers by Sir William Grahayme twice a yeer for which be receiveth due entertainment from them they conceive that not only they shall be able to serve his Majesty in his and their owne defence but to approve their â—idelities against any other if occasion of trouble should be 6. That if any be feared it seems hard that others no way doubted of NOTE should be in worse condition by reason of their dangerousnesse 7. That whereas your Lordships doe intimate a proffer made by a great number of Noble-men of this Kingdome to continue their contributions We humbly desire that it
first removed and the matter better disposed to impresse the forme presently by the pecâ—niary muâ—cts would but breed a Monster And let the Cavan Petition bâ— but perused to see if there be ever a word for or against the Recusants fines whereby without further ado I and all that joyned therein are justified from the imputation of opposing in that ipartâ—cular touching the monys to be levied upon the Papists Yea but at least I joyned to oppose the applotment of Contributions upon Protestants Nor that neither For it was both applotted and paid But to petition that the Lords Justices and Councell would forbeare any further imposition till they should represent to his Majesty c. herein onely I joyned My Lord as I have never esteemed it to become me or any Subject to take upon and to be the Auditor of the publike Accompts as being a matter to bee left in the wisdome and providence of the Kings Majesty the Father of the publike family so I have yet thought the way ought not to be foreclosed to the subjects to have recourse in humble and dutifull sort to his Majesties goodnesse to declare their grievances this serving to evaporate their discontents a good meane to keep them from fastering inwardly and so to help to cure them How much lesse is this to bee denyed to the dutifull and obedient who had not opposed the applotment made upon them though levyed disorderly by laying on the Souldiers without Commission by an Irish Recusant sub-Sheriffe Note the most odious man to the English in all the County For which cause there was a deliberation of the Assises to have indjcted him of High Treason though as I thinke by the wisdome of the Lord chiefe Justice it was put by The petitioners therefore having before paid the money imposed and harshly imposed this very thing to petition that they might not be charged agaâ—ne till his Majesty were informed seemes not to bee worthy such blame In wish and hearty desire I rest The day of our deliverance from the Popish Powder-plot Your Lordships in all duty JOHN KILMORE By this Bishops Letter you may clearly discerne the potency and boldnesse of the Popish party in Ireland at that time who built a new Colledge in Dublin stored with Iesuites and young Students to bee trained up in that pragmaticall dangerous Order I shall adde to this a Certificate of Boetius Egan the Popish Bishop of Elphin in Ireland in the behalfe of one Philip O Conor a young Popish Student the originall whereof was found among Secretary Windebanks papers which will somewhat illustrate the Premises NOs Fr. Boetius Eganus Dei Apostolicae sedis gratia Elphin Episcopus Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint Notum facimus praesentium latorem Philippum O Conor Hybernum nostrae antedictae Dioecesis adolescentem esse virum integrum conversationis laudâ—bilis bonae indolis esse nobilissimis hujus regni Catholicis parentibus legitimâ— oriundum modò ultra marinos partes proficiscentem studendi causa eo quod in hoc nostro afflicto regno nec ei nec aliis similibus orthodoxae fidei cultoribus incumberâ— literis permittiâ—ur ob grassantem apud nos haeresim Quare eundem Philippum omnibus Christi fidelibus potissimum in Ecclesiasticae dignitatis fastigio constitutis nec non Gymnasiorum rectoribus plurimum in visceribus Salvator is commendamus eos obnixe rogantes ut eidem consilio savore auxilio quoties opus â—uerit subvenire non dedignentur mercedem ab eodem recepturi in cujus vinea laborare insudare intendit post suum Deo â—â—nuente reditum in banâ— suam afflictam patriam In quorum omnium fidâ—mbis subscripsimus sigillum parvum quo ad talia utimur apponi curavimus Julii 1633. Fr. Boetius Elphyn Episcopus What good use was made of this increase of the Popish Party in Ireland and how they were connived at out of a meere designe to ballance the Protestants there by the Infernall policy of the then Lord Deputy to the end he might compound a lower house of Parliament there so as that neither the Recusant nor the Protestant should appeare considerably one more then the other holding them as much as might â—ee upon an equall ballance that so they might prove the more easie to governe them if eâ—â—â—er party were absolute and that by this policy the King might by a packed Parliament without charge in a short time make a more absolute Conquest of that Nation and Kingdome by wisdome then all his Royall Progenitors have been able to accomplish by Armes Note and vast expence of Treasure and blood will most evidently appeare by this Duplicate of the Lord Deputies dispatch to his Majesty 22 Jan. 1633. superscribed For my Lords Grace of Canterbury found in Canterburies private Study and this indorsed with his owne hand Rec. Mar. 2. 1633. Com. Ang. Reasons for the present calling of a Parliament in Ireland Which being a pernicious piece against the freedome and power of Parliaments laying downe most desperate Policies how to over-reach Parliaments and make them instruments to erect a meere Arbitrary Government and enslave themselves to what good use was to bee made of the Popish Party in Irish Parliaments I shall here insert out of the Originall May it please your Sacred MAIESTY Considerations tending to the better Government of the Church and Clergy in this Kingdom I offer in a Letter herewith sent to my Lords Grace of Canterbury The present meane condition of this Army and the necessary course to bee held in the speedy reformation thereof I fully now set forth in my dispatch to Mr. Secretary Coke The state of your Majesties Revenue The annuall Issues of your Treasure and the debt charged upon this Crowne upon my comming to the Government The Propositions humbly offered by mee for the bettering your Majesties affaires in this particular Together with a way of raising a constant great Rent â—orth of the Salt I have at this time alsâ— transmitted to my Lord Treasurer of all which I beseech your Majesty at your best leisure bee pleased to take a summary Accompt Now I trust the importance and weight of this inclosed Discourse will recompence for the length thereof and obtaine my pardon Albeit I presume thus to present it immediately to your Sacred Hands For indeed I take it to bee no lesse then the ground-plot whereupon to set and raise safety and quiet to this Kingdome as it stands in relation within it selfe security and profit as it is in dependance to the Crown of England And therefore I doe most humbly beseech your Majesties quickning Spirit may move upon these Waters That wee may from your directions receive life and from your Wisdome borrow light to guide and conduct us along in the way we are to take towards the accomplishment of so happie a Worke. God Almighty assist you in these and all other your Counsels and long preserve
the Archbishops triall Most excellent Sir Patron most honoured I Would have retained my selfe from writing to your most illustrious Lordship for feare of being to you some impediment I knowing your many occupations but I having heard from many persons and in particular by letters of Seignior Francisco sometimes my Secretary the honourable mention that otherwhiles your most illustrious Lordship is wont to make of my person NOTE and having also oftentimes understood from the most famous Seignior Cavaliere Hamilton and from Father John the Benedictin how much your most illustrious Lordship straineth himself in favouring of me I have been forced to commit this rude civility taking in hand my pen to give you trouble NOTE I assure your most famous Lordship that I live so much obliged unto you thâ—â— I shall never be able to pretend to satisfie to one and the least particle of that which I owe seeing that during my abode in London most rare were those dayes in which I did not receive from your most illustrious Lordship some grace in the behalfe and favour of the poore Catholikes .. I must also congratulare my selfe with your most famous Lordship concerning the most noble manners and behaviours of your Lordships Sonnes the which with their singular modesty and other most laudable vertues have gained such an opinion amongst them that have knowne them in this Court that I could never be able to expresse it NOTE and the Lord Cardinall Barberino in particular cannot satiate himselfe in praising them It grieves me not to have had the fortune to meet with them in this City because willingly I would have attested my devotion towards your most famous Lordship to the which and to all your most illustrious family I rest desiring eternall felicity from Heaven In the meane while I humbly entreat you to favour me with some commandement and I kisse your hands Your most illustrious Lordships most devout and most obliged Servant Greg. Panzani From Rome the 31. of May 1637. By this letter you may discerne what intimacy Windebanke had with and what daily favours he bestowed upon this Nuncio during his abode in London what curtisies he did for the papists here what correspondency he kept with Romanists abroad and what entertainment respect his sonnes then received in the Popes Court from his Creatures for his sake of which more in due place Among the Arch-bishop of Canterbury his papers I found the copy of a letter said to be written to the Pope thus indorsed with his owne hand Rece Octob. 15. 1635. A copy of the letter which is reported King Charles did write to Pope Urban the eighth about the restitution of the Duke of Loraigne Rex magnae Britanniae c. Sanctitatisuâ— Vrbano octavo salutem c. Anno 1634. Maxime Pontifex DOmus Lotharingiae Olim modo Principum Regumque mater vinculatrahit dura as in captivitatem ducitur orbe spectante 〈◊〉 Sanguis mihi optime Pontifex in venis salit quem a domo Letharingiae hausi pulsantque mihi violentes motuâ— praecordia dum consanguineos meos Duces paâ—riae sedibus spoljatos 〈◊〉 hostiliâ— graviter passâ—s sanguis cum in Nobis idem sit atiam amor distrahor tamen affectibus hinc cognati Lotharingiae oppressi jacent inde frater meâ—s triumphator sedâ— ut eorum calamitates violenta manu foveam necesse erit ut hunc 〈◊〉 Itaque pressus utrinque amore câ—gor ad mediationes aliorum Principum confugere ut amicitiam inter bos mihi caros concilieâ— bella amore extinguens non aliter sane extinguenda nisi faedâ— sanguinis Christiani effusione Ad te ergo Urbane Pontifex quem omni humanitatis cultu uâ—â— optimum Principem existimavi revertor cum hi Principes potestatem tuam 〈◊〉 agnoscere videantur se oves teque Pastorem suum â—â—pera igitur Sanctitatem suam ita obiestor hisce this Filijs Patris ut suam vocem andientes armis seposâ—â—â—s paceâ— Christianam meant exterisque Principibus authoruateâ— tuam agnoscentibus obedientâ—â— exempla sintâ— Deponatur te sedente quodcunque inter illos violentum sedatique reddâ—ntur hereditate suâ— cegnati Duces caeterique Lotharingiae domus Principes reponantur in avitaâ— sedis Hoc incumbit tuae in illos potentiae Curabit preculdabio paterna manus filiorum suorum vulnera praedicabitque Christianus orbis Urbano â—ontfice Romanâ— domnâ—â— Lotharingiam ex qua fere omnes Christiani Principes â—lori doâ—ari prâ—stinae vitaerestitui Tot vero inter Reges Principes qui hanc Christianissimans domum matrem agnoscunt Ego Vâ—bano principi optimo una 〈◊〉 illis gratias immortales agam quodque huic domus Parentâ— meae a Sanctitate suaâ—prestabitur tanquam mihimet meisque Coronis praestitum grato animo agnoscam Eterim fatendum est nihil mihi Contigisse gravius quam optimae illius domus mihi conjunctissimae contemplarâ— ruinam This letter perchance was but a civill complement for a civill end About this time Secretary Windebanks as I conceive or some other great person desired to be resolved from Rome of the Popes good affection to the King which some here questioned to which be received this answer thence in Italian sound among Windebanke papers and it seemâ— to be written by Cardinall Barberino with whom this Secretary held intelligence Concerning the demand made to your Lordship if the Pope loveth the King I answer That his Holinesse loves his Majesty better thâ—n any thing in this world better then any Nâ—phewes NOTE then all my whole Family and better then any whatsoever thing or Family belonging to his Beatitude or any Potentate that is And this is a love not onely proceeding from a Soveraigne Bishop but proper to his Holinesse A good counter-signâ— or testimony hereof your Lordship may see in those sine verses made by his Holinesse upon the death of the Queen Grand-Mother of this King 〈…〉 I have seen and shall see oftentimes testimonies to wit the teares which his Holinesse many times hath shed for the re-union of 〈◊〉 person to our holy Religion the which our Lord sheddeth every time that I relate unto him what your Lordship writes to me Vpon this forenamed entercourse with Rome by mutuall Agents they began at Rome to have very good opinion of our favourable inelinations towards them as may appeare by these passages written from Venice by Master William Middleton Chaplaine to the Lord Fielding then English Ambassadour there to Doctor Loud Arch-bishop of Canterbury in whose Study the originall was seized Right Honourable and most Reverend c. WHiles I was writing there came a franciscan Fryar to my selfe his businesse was this A mind he told me he had to leave these parts and with them the Religion herein used that I should doe him a great favour would procure him a passage for England either by sea or by land c. NOTE I fell to question him whether and when he had
give good Characters of our dâ—votion to the King and State of vvhose benignity we have all reason to give testimonies and to endeavour to produce Arguments for the prosecution and increase of it Now for 〈◊〉 best expedition of this businesse which is the chiefe circumstance that importeth in it we have thought fit to recommend it to your nominations of such persons as shall in your opinions be agreed for the ablest and best disposed in every severall County not only to solicite but to collect such voluntary Contributions as every bodies consciences and duty shall proffer And we shall desire you to give us an account of what acceptation it finds with his friends wch we cannot but expect very succesfull and answerable to the forwardnesse we meete with here about London for which we shall offer up our prayers to God Walter Mountague Ken. Digby The Copy of the Letter sent by those assembled in London to every shire THe inclosed advices and Motives being so ample as you will perceive by perusing them it will not be needfull that we enlarge our selves upon any particulars concerning the conduct of the businesse which they direct the way in This therefore serveth only to convey them to you as we are intreated by those that have met here and we have undertaken to do and desire you to repaire Immediatly unto those persons to whom they be directed and to deliver the same unto them Note in the name of all the Noblemen and Gentry together with our selves assembled here in London by the Queenes commandement to set forward the worke And we pray you assure them in the most effications manner you can ingageing all our credits for the truth thereof that it is the sence of us all both Ecclesiasticall and Lay Persons Note that besides the discharging of their and our duties to God and the King it mainely importeth the good of Catholiques to have their businesse take good successe Therefore intreat them to deale actively and efficatioâ—sly and speedily according to their advices and motives We are so well perswaded of their devotion to put forward so pious a worke that we doubt not but they will be as well satisfied in the needfulnesse of the thing and be as ready to imploy themselves in it receiving the assurance thereof and perswasions thereunto onely from our hands as if they came by all the most formall waies that can be imagined which in a businesse of this nature cannot be expected And although the advices and motives be directed only â—o Lay-Gentlemen yet we desire you and have answered for you that you will imploy your selves and all those that depend on you sincerely to solicite and dispose all their mindes that you have relation unto as powerfull as you can to contribute cheerfully and bountifully upon this occasion which is the first that ever we laboured in of this kind so we hope in God it will be the last there being no probability of so pressing and urgent a necessity to occur any more Yours c. London April 1639. The names of the Collectors for gathering the Recusants money Bedfordshire Master Church Sir Robert Charnock Mr. Robert Hewet Barkshire Mr. Anthony Inglefield Mr. Tirrill Buckinghamshire Mr. Robert Dormer Sir Edward Manfield Mr. Throgmorton Mr. Bringâ—urst Cambridgshire Mr. Henry Huddleston Mr. Charles Paryed Mr. Barker Cheshire Mr. Bidulph of Bidulph Sir William Massey Mr. William Stanley Mr. Iames Poole Cornwall Mr. Victor Mr. Burlacy Mr. Trevelion Cumberland Sir Fran. Howard Mr. Ioseph Porter Darbyshire Sir Fran. Willoughby Mr. Avery of Hastop Mr. Poole of Spinckill Devonshire Sir Edward Carey Mr. Berry Mr. Anth. Gifford Doctor Chichester Dorsetshire Mr. Geo. Penny the elder Mr. Geo. Arundell Mr. Webbe of Lanford Mr. Wells of Purbeck â—urham Sir Ralph Coniers Master George Collingweed Mr. Edward Smith Essex Mr. Willam Peters Mr. Thomas Wright Mr. Rich. White Glocestershire Hertfordshire Sir Iohn VVinter Mr. VVakeman Mr. Benidict Hall Mr. Atkinson Huntingtonshire Mr. Price of Washingley Sir Thomas Shellâ—y Mr. Thomas Cotton Herefordshire Master William Bodenham Sir Iohn Wigmore Mr. William Moore of Burrop Master Iohn Harpe Hampshire Master Iohn Arundell Mr. George Penny the yonger Mr. William Owen Kent Master Benjamin Wyborne Master Clement Finch Master Pettite Lancashire Master Bradshawe Sir Cicill Crayford Sir William Gerrard Mr. Molineaux of the Wood Master Townly of Townley Anderton of Lostock Leceistershire Sir Fran. Englefield Mr. Golding Lincolnshire Master Anthony Mounson Sir Iohn Thimbleby Mr. Robert Constable London and Middlesex Master Cape Master Thomas Râ—x Master Becket Master Richard Betham Mr. Edw. Harp Mr. Morgan Master Io. Chapperly Doctor Kirton Norfolke Master Everard Mr. Charles Walgrave Sir Henry Bedingfield Mr. William Paston Northamtonshire Sir William Saunders Mr. Io. Poulton Nottinghamshire Master Thomas Smith the elder Master Thomas Smith the younger Northumberland Sir William Fenwicke Master Haggerston Mr. Withrington Sir Edward Ratleif Oxfordshire Sir Richard Farmer of Kiddington Mr. William Stone Mr. Ralph Sheldon Rutlandshire Master Nicholas Crippâ— Mr. William Andrewes Mr. Alcock Mr. Iames Digby Shropshire Sir Basill Brooke Master Plowden Master Iohn Harrington Somersetshire Master Râ—ino Mr Iohn Ewnis the elder Staffordshire Master Brooke of Lapley Mr. Stanford of Perry-hall Mr. Phillip Draycot Surrey Master Edward Cotton Sir Richard Weston Suffex Sir Iohn Shelly Sir Iohn Carroll Suffolke Sir Francis Monnocke Sir Roger Martin Sir Edward Sylyard Mr. Thomas Beddingfield of Beddingfield Warwickshire Master Antho. Dormer Master Thomas Morgan Mr. VVilliam Sheldon Mr. Richard Middlemoore Wiltshire Master VVilliam Arundell the Lord Baltimore Mr. Edw. Stilling Worceâ—tershire Master VVilliam Abingdon Master VVilliam Sheldon Westmerland Master Anthony Ducket Master Iohn Leyborne Master Fleming East Riding The Lord Dunbarre Master Brigham Master Longdaill Yorkshire West Riding Baronet Vavesar Baronet Gascoigne Mr. Thomas VVaterton Mr. Philip Hiuegate North Riding Master Craythorne the younger the Lord Fairfax Master Anthony Mennâ—ll Master Lawrence Sarâ— Brecknock Master Winter Master Bevan Master Maddocke Carnarvon Master Lewis Carmarden Master Towley Cardigan Master Lewis Glamorgan Master Turbervile the younger Denbigh Master Richard Floyd Master Crew Flintshire Sir Iohn Connoway Master Pennat Monmouth Sir Charles Somerset Master Morgan of Lantarnam Master Morgan of Itton Mountgomery Meâ—ioneth Sir Piercie Harbert Pembrookshire Master Towley of Arnostill Radnorshire Master Thomas Crowther The Reallity of is Collection will yet more clearly appeare to all the VVorld by the Queens owne Confession in a Message sent by her to the House of Commons to excuse her activity therein together with her entertainment of a Nuncio from the Pope Seignior Rossett being then Nuncio whom she promised to dispatch out of the Kingdom with all convenient speed In which Message Recorded in the Commons Iournall we have a clearer acknowledgement likewise of many premised particulars prefaced with a specious Court-Complement and many faire promises since not very punctually performed to Court the Commons into a good opinion of her Majesties reall affections and
pain of perpetuall banishment and their Parents to lose their goods and estates As also to enquire and learne who they be that do live now at Doway and St. Omers under them and their Parents be brought in question which may easily be done with small charges sending two or three over into those parts who by degrees may know the speciall of them I omit their jugling with the Emperor King of France and Spain and other Potentates and with the Popes themselves as they have publiquely confest Secondly not to be tedious I come to the second point The reformation of some things in her Majesties Court Note is so necessary for the quietnesse of the State as nothing more and therefore labour to remove all impediments that may happen It is to be observed that a great part of the unquietnesse of this State comes from thence Note and of some persons about Her Majesty not fit to remain there For it is known Her Majesty doth nothing but as she is acquainted with which she after delivers to the King and he to the Councell and when there 's any crossing there arises Iarres and unquietnesse The actors of those are F. Phillips her Confessor the superior of the Capuchins This last in times past was one of the Knights of Saint Iohn of Ierusalem a most turbulent spirit Note and one sent by Cardinall Richlien to be a spye at this Court for the French Faction who labours by all means to breed dissentions For the French as I have read in Cardinall D'Ossats Epistles aime at nothing more then to make a schism betwixt the English and Scots that this state may be weakned not able to do them harm the more easily to conquer these kingdoms This unquiet spirit at all occasions hath accesse to Her Majesty and acquaints Her with all he thinkes fit for the French Faction and when he thinkes it a hard businesse then doth he entice Father Phillips to present it This man being of a quiet and meeke nature yet a great Favourite of Cardinall Richliens Doth acquaint her Majesty with the businesse Note and she the King and obtains by opportunity things which are not fit and convenient for the State Father Phillips is guided altogether by a Scottish Grey Fryar who by degrees hath intruded himselfe to be a Clerke of her Majesties Chappell and he goes by the name of Master Wilson but his true name is William Tompson a Doctor of Divinity and a most furious and unqviet spirit and by a nick-name was called Cackafugo shit fire He rules altogether Father Phillips insomuch as he fears him and dares not disobey him He rules all the busines which concernes the two Kingdoms and the most part of the matters for Rome By his perswasion Father Phillips hath plac'd many unfit persons about her Majesty He was the only Agent in promoting Sir Iohn Winter to be her Majesties Secretary he being most addicted to the Lord William Howards Daughter and so got into that place He was also the cause that Signior Georgio Conne late Agent of the Pope his brother was admitted to be extraordinary Servant to the Queen NOTE A man altogether unworthy of that place and a most scandalous person having at this present three wives alive as after shall be related Sundry Priests by his means to Father Phillips have been admitted to be the Queens extraordinary Servants Some by some supposed office or other as one Master Laborne George Gage brother to Colonell Gage beyond Seas in Flanders both Oratorian Priests the one of the French Faction very feditious the other of the Spanish for his brother is in the King of Spains service Both these under pretence of some service to the Qâ—een the one extraordinary Sewer as I believe and the other under the name of a Cup-bearer There is also one Penricke brother to him who is now left Resident at Rome this Penricke aâ—ias Iott-Signeur NOTE is sworne extraordinary Servant to her Majesty a sworne Spaniard and Intelligencer for Rome In respect his brother is Agent for her Majesty there being many otherwhich I cannot remember at this time One Francis Maitland alias Quasheâ— a Scottish Fryar Mendicant and hath an hundred Crowns yearly as her Majesties Pentioner a very fire-brand Intelligencer at Rome France Flanders and Spaine with Lyddington Colonell Sympis Chambers and Penricke at Paris All these and sundry others have Protections of the Queens Majesty who are all factious and turbulent spirits by Father Phillips means and this Wilsons instigation fit to be removed Father Phillipt his servant called Iohn Belfaur a Scot rules all the rest and guides Father Phillipt at his pleasure and obtains many things not lawfull It is not expedient at this present to remove Father Phillips from her Majesty it will irritate her greatly but remove all those that incense him he is a very good man and of a sweet disposition but easily perswaded by Sir Toby Matthewes Sir Iohn Winter Master Walter Montague who are of the Cabbinet Councell Thirdly NOTE concerning the Bishop of Canterbury It is most notorious hee hath bin the speciall cause of the troubles in Scotland and jarreâ— betwixt them and the English For when he went to the North with His Majesty he being of a high and lofty spirit remarking the government of the Church of Scotland began his Innovation by setting up of Altars Episcopall Robes and Organs which were not seene since the birth of King Iames more than eighty yeares before in that Kingdome with which they were much inâ—ensed Insomuch that when the common people upon a Sunday perceiving His Majesty to go on foot from His Pallace of Holy-Rood House to the Church at Edenborough and so to return and all His Nobles with Him My Lords Grace and the Bishop of Ely were seen to go in their Coach they exclaimed on them and sayd NOTE How dare you presume to go so when our Soveraigne goes on foot You are the Ragges and servants of the Pope That same time he did move his Majesty to make that Church a Cathedrall and appoint a Bishop where was never any before and so the people were more more stirred up At his returne from thence he moved His Majesty to erect a High Commission in all the Bishopricks of that Kingdome by vertue of a Proclamation which he extorted from His Majesty in August If I be not deceived some five years ago wherein was Ordered that here in England the Bishops Courts should have not Subordination to any other Courts no not to His Majesties owne Councell but should proceed without any dependency not so much as to use His Majesties Arms in their Seales but their owne and so deprive His Majesty of His Supremacy which was never done since the Raigne of King Henry the Eighth So soone as he had obtained that of His Majesty he in all haste sends this Proclamation to all the Bishops of Scotland who being blowne
this Examinant that if the Irish would rise they might make their own condition for the regaining of their own Lands and freedome of their Religion Note at which time the said Moore also acquainted him this Examinant that he had spoken with sundry of Leinster who would be ready for that purpose and withall told him this Examinant that he was assured a good part of Conaght would do the like and thereupon moved this Examinant to joyn likewise with them with all he could make unto which motion he this Examinant yeelded And the next day following there was a meeting in his the said Moores Chamber aforesaid where were Col Mac Bryan Macmahone Tirâ—lagh ô Nâ—ale Philip mac Hugh ô Relie this Examinant and Roger Moore where discourse was had of that busiâ—esse yet nothing concluded on save that Roger Moore and the rest should go and prepare their parties And this Examinant further saith That about May lâ—st he this Examinant Roger Moore Philip ô Relie and Roger mac Guire this Examinants Broâ—her dispatched a Priest one Toole ô Conleij who lived in Leinster unto Owen ô Neale into Flanders to acquaint him with the businesse concerning the Generall Rebellion then in preparation Note which said Preist reâ—urned about a Moneth before the time appointed for execution thereof And the answer which the said Priest brought from the said Owen ô Neale was that he would within fifteen dayes after the people were up be with them with his best Assistance and Armes and it being demanded why he said Owen should bring Armes considering the Câ—stle of Dublin was to be taken and the Armes therein This Examinant answered that they so provided for Armes that they might not want any in case they could not take the said Castle whereof they doubted And this Examinant acknowledgeth That the Castle of Dublid was to have been surprised by himself Captain Bryan ô Neale Captain Con ô Neale Captain Macmahone one Owen ô Relie Roger Moore Hugh Macmahone Col Pluncket and Captain Fox and likewise further acknowledgeth that Hugh mac Pheliâ—â— Captain Con ô Neale and Bryan ô Neale brought from Owen ô Neale out of Flanders the very same Message which the said Priest brought And this Examinant further saith That he was told by Roger Moore that a great Man was in the Plot but he might not name him for the present And at another time and during the sitting of the Parliament the last Summer he this Examinant was informed by one Iohn Barnwell a Tranciscan Fryer then resident in this City that those of the Pale were also privy unto the Plot meaning the present Rebellion and lastly saith That of those persons who came to attend him this Examinant for the surprise of the said Castle of Dublin only Cohonough Maguire was privy unto the businesse in hand and that the last meeting when the day appointed for execution thereof was resolved on was at Logh Rosse where were present only Note Ever Macmahone Vicar Generall of the Diocesse of Clogher Thomas mac Kearnan a Fryer of Dundalk Sir Phelim ô Neale Roger Moore and Bryan ô Neale Charles Lambart Rob Meredith Concordat cum Originali Ex. per Paul Harris Memorandum That this within written being shewed and read unto the within named Lord Maguire and himself having perused the same his Lordship did acknowledge the same to be true in all things saving that he doth not now acknowledge that Barnwell told him that those of the Pale were privy to the Plot neither doth acknowledge that Cohonagh Maguire was privy to the Plot before his coming to Dublin This Examination and acknowledgement was made and taken the 22. day of Iune 1642. Anno Regni Caroli Regis deremo ditum before us Iohn Bramstone Thomas Malet In the presence of Io. Conyers W. Ayloffe Nath. Finch The Examination of Cornelius Maguire Lord Baron of Eniskillin in Ireland taken before Isaack Pennington Esq Lieutenant of the Tower of London and Laurence Whitaker Esq two of his Majesties Iustices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex the first day of October 1644. HEE denieth the receiving of any Letters or Messages out of England before the Rebellion nor did he ever hear of any He saith he was but a mean Instrument in the design in Ireland He confesseth he intended to Seize upon the Castle of Dublin and the Magazine there and keep it till they had redresse of some grievances which they purposed to propound to the Parliament there One whereof was to have a Toleration of the Roman Catholike Religion He confesseth that he came accidentally to Phillip Rellyes house as he came up to Dublin and as he remembreth Mr. Macmahone was then there and that his intention of coming up to Dublin was to put the aforesaid design in execution and that then and there they had speech about that design but remembreth not the particulars Which design was to be put in execution the 23. day of Octob. in that year and that he was taken there that very day being Saturday upon search made for him carryed before the Lords Iustices examined committed and sent over into England He saith further that he made his escape out of the Tower of London upon Sunday the 18 of August last about foure of the clock in the Morning Laurence Whitaker Isaack Pennington The Examinations of Hugh Macmahone taken at Dublin in this conspiracy since condemned of High Treason in the Kings Bench and executed as a Traytor at Tiburn the last Michaelmas Term I concur in substance with the L. Maguires and here follow in their order of time The Examination of Hugh oge Macmahone of Connagh in the county of Monoghan Esq aged 35. yeares or thereabouts taken before the Right Honourable the Lords Iustices and Councell THe said Examinant saith That he thinkes here will be trouble this day throughout all the Kingdom of Ireland Note and that all the Fortifications of Ireland will be this day taken as he thinkes Note And he saith that he thinkes that it is so far gone by this time that all Ireland cannot help it He saith that he was told this by Captain Bryan ô Neale He saith that Captain Bryan ô Neale and Captain Hugh Birne were designed for surprising the Castle of Dublin and that if he this Examinant were one for surprising the Castle of Dublin those two Captains were principall therein He saith the place of meeting was to be at the Examinants Lodging He saith that twenty prime men out of every County in Ireland were to be at Dublin this last night concerning that matter and that they were to consult of it this Morning at the Examinants Lodging Their Weapons were to be Swords and Skenes and that the Captains that were raising men in the Irish Countries were they that should send men hither to second the businesse He saith when they had Dublin they made sure of the rest and expected to be furnished with more Armes at Dublin He said
the 24 we met again in Councell and sent to all parts of the Kingdome the inclosed Proclamation and issued Pattents to draw hither seven horse Troopes as a further strength to this place and to be with us in case the Rebels shall make head and march hitherward so as we may be necessitated to give them Battell we also then sent away our Letters to the Presidents of both the Provinces of Munster and Conaught and we likewise then sent Letters to the Sheriffes of the five Counties of the Pale to consult of the best way and meanes of their own preservation That day the Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam and the Lord of Houth and since the Earle of Kildare Trigall and the Lords of Dunsany and Slane all Noble men of the English Pale came unto uâ— declaring that they then and not before heard of the matter and professed all Loyalty to his Majesty and concurrence with the State but said they wanted Armes whereof they desired to bee supplyed by us which wee told them we would willingly doe as relying much on their faithfulnesse to the Crown but wee were not yet certaine whether or no we had enough to Arme our strength for the Guard of the City and Castle yet we supplyed such of them as lay in most danger with a small proportion of Arms and Ammunition for their Houses lest they should conceive we apprehended any jealousie of them And wee commanded them to be very diligent in sending out Watches and making all the discoveries they could and thereof to advertise us which they readily promised to doe And if it fall out that the Irish generally rise which we have cause to suspect then we must of necessity put Armes into the hands of the English Pale in present and to others as fast as wee can to fight for defence of the State and themselves Your Lordship now sees the condition wherein we stand and how necessary it is first that we enjoy your presence speedily for the better guiding of these and other the publike affaires of the King and Kingdome and secondly that the Parliament there be moved immediately to advance to us a good sum of money which being now speedily sent hither may prevent the expence of very much Treasure and blood in a long continued warre and if your Lordship shall happen to stay on that side any long time we must then desire your Lordship to appoint a Lievtenant Generall to discharge the great and weighty burthen of commanding the Forces here Amidst these confusions and disorders fallen upon us we bethought us of the Parliament which was formerly adjourned to November next and the Terme now also at hand which will draw such a concourse of people hither and give opportunity under the pretence of assembling and taking new councells seeing the former seemes to bee in some part disappointed and of contriving further danger to this State and people wee have therefore found it of unavoydable necessity to prorogue the Parliament to the 24 day of February next and therefore we doe by Proclamation prorogue it accordingly and to direct the Term to be adjourned to the first of Hillary Terme excepting only the Court of Exchequer for hasting in the Kings money if it be possible We desire that upon this occasion your Lordship will be pleased to view our letters concerning the Plantation of Conaught dated the 24 of April last directed to Mr Secretary Vane in that part thereof which concernes the County of Monaghan where now these fires do first break out In the last place we must make known to your Lordship that the Army we have consisting but of 2000 foot and a 1000 horse are so dispersed in Garrisons in severall parts of the foure Provinces for the security of those parts as they continually have been since they were so reduced as if they be all sent for to be drawn together not only the places whence they are to bee drawne and for whose safety they lie there must be by their absence distressed but also the Companies themselves comming in so small numbers may bee in danger to be cut off in their March nor indeed have we any money to pay the Souldiers to enable them to March. And so we take leave anâ— remaine Your Lordships to be commanded From his Majesties Castle of Dublin 25. Octob. 1641. Poscript THe said Owen Connelly who revealed this Conspiracy is worthy of very great consideration to recompence that faith and loyalty which hee hath so extreamly to his own danger expressed in this businesse whereby under God there is yet hope left us of deliverance of this State and Kingdom from the wicked purposes of those Conspirators And therefore we beseâ—â—â— your Lordship that it be taken into consideration there so as hee may have a marke of his Majesties most Royall bounty which may largely extend to him and his Posterity we not now being able to doe it for him As wee were making up these our Letters the Sheriffe of the County of Monoghan and Dr Teats having fled came unto us and informe us of much more spoyle committed by the Rebels in the Counties of Monoghan and Caven And that the Sheriffe of the County of Caven joynes with the Rebels being a Papist and prime man of the Irish. What encouragment these Conspiratours had from Rome to proceed on in this design after it was in part prevented will evidently appeare by these three Letters written from thence to the Lord Mac Guire and Sir Phelym Oneale in Irish intercepted by the Lords Iustices in Ireland and sent over thus truly translated into England together with a Letter May 11. 1642. In which we may clearely discover that Cardinall Barbarino who was so intimate with Windebanke and held correspondency with him and the English Papists had a great hand in plotting this long intended Rebellion and was privy to it ere it brake forth A Copy of a Letter from Francis Mac Guire from Rome to the Lord Mac Guire The superscription Deliver me to Connor Mac Guire Lord of Eniskilin or in his absence to his brother Rowry Mac Guire in Ireland My honoured Lord THousand commendations unto you to Bryan Rowry and the rest I have heard of yours and Hugh Oge his imprisonment truly I never heard worse newes in all my life who esteeme that it is rather much good then any hurt which will redownd to you and the whole Nation from these your troubles Truly my Lord if you bee dead through that attempt the â—which God forbid it is a most glorious and everlasting name Note which you have added to your selfe The Pope and the two Cardinals his two Nephewes are acquainted with your case and heard likewise how valorously Phelym and Rowry and the rest of the Gentlemen their assistants have behaved themselves and rejoyced greatly thereat so that I make no question he will help you if you demand his side as becomes you therefore Bonaventura O Câ—nny brother to Eneas O Conâ—y who
of Philosophy Theology and Law and is well spoken in the Latine Spanish and Dutch he is as I know wise sober discreet learned and bred according to the manner of severall Nations to treate with any Prince of what matter soever Furthermore hee is as you know faithfull and naturall to the other Lords your Confederates which qualities are most requisite in any man to be sent hither or to any other place upon the like Embassage I protest unto you before God that I commend him not in that he is my Brother but that I am not acquainted with any man of better ability to bee employed here in your service then he since Hugh Roe my Brother died through the great misery and paines he hath taken in his last travell I am Teacher here in the Colledge of the Irish these six yeares employed all that time about the affaires of the late * * 〈◊〉 slaine Lord I might doe you some service if I had some intelligence from you and some help of him whom you intend to send hither There is nothing I desire more then to returne to my Countrey though I be setled here to my owne contentation I pray use me and the rest of my functions after such manner as shall seeme best unto you for your owne service Father Arthur Mac Gennis is in Madrid and so are many others who would performe any service wherein you would be pleased to employ them Father Francis Mac Gennis is in Germany so likewise is Father Francis O Farrell who loves and honours you and is very intimate with thâ— Emperour who might well help you now since you have eased him of the troubles of the Palatinate whom only he feared There is also in Germany a Priest from the County of Tyrone Edmond Mac Grava a learned man having late commenced Doctor In France there is a Divinity Professour Patrick O Connor descended from the Connoy of Leinster who did much service unto the late deceased Lord he is of nature loving constant of audacity guided with discretion as is his Cousin Leander O Connor who I doubt not will doe any service for you Michard O Gormeley is in the Low Countreys Guardian of Lovaine and many more of the like sort see your selfe what is best to be done with Owen O Neale who is in Flanders and with Conn Mac Carmack who is Serjeant Major in Spaine but more is the pity a man of no great poliâ—y or wisdome I would all the old Trained Souldiers were there I will write to my Brother Murtagh O Conny who was ancient to the deceased Lord and is now Captaine and to the rest of the Nobility of Vlster that they repaire unto you without delay you may write to the King of Spaine Note among other things to give them leave to come unto you I know not what the Earle of Tireconnell does upon this occasion his Regiment is disbanded and he himselfe is gone to the Court to Madrit I feare much that if he should goe into Ireland he would doe more hurt then good Noble Sir feare God above all things in prosecuting wisely the Fortune which God offers unto you let love and unanimity be among your selves shew all possible kindnesse to the old Irish of Leinster and oblige unto your selfe all men as neare as you may Beware of the tricks of the Munster men who at this â—oure show no candid dealing towards you in Rome as you shall soon understand except you send your Agent to prevent it with all speed for they ascribe unto themselves without any ground the praise and glory of all your Heroicall deeds as you may learne of Levit that lives with your selfe Be sure to have a great heart and make some chiefe head among you but reserve the Crowne for Con his side the Neales Note Remember the old slavery wherein you have lived a long time and the destruction which will generally come upon you except you get the upper hand You will prevaile if you joyne together as you ought God send it I would advise every chiefe Officer among you to have a Secretary along with him to write a Diurnall of your passages and overthrows which your enemies receive which will redound much to your glory spoyle not the Countrey for feare of famine I will not faile to write according as I shall heare from you Note we would send unto you a Bull after the forme of the Bull which Hugh Mac Baron got if we had received your Letters and if the Church doo well they will turne over the election of Prelates there to the Nobility and give them Authority in that point Your faithfull Servant Bonaventura O Conny Rome from Isiodors Colledge 4 Jan. after the Roman Account With what bloody cruelty industry animosity on the Popish Rebels part and what encouragements a See Doctor Iones his book of Examinations and the Mystery of Iniquity pretended if not Reall Commissions countenance assistance from the Court and Popish party here this warre against the Protestants in Ireland to the destruction of neare two hundred thousand of them or more hath been carried on how the ayd moneys armes assistance then sent them by the Parliament from hence hath been retarded and intercepted by their Court friends here how the Estates and Goods of the Protestants there have been seised on by the Rebels and their persons murthered b The Preface of the Acts of the General Assembly of the Rebels at Kilâ—kenny 1642. For the Exaltation of the Holy Roman Catholique Church the Advancement of His Maiesties Service and his defence against the Parliament how his Majesty since their effusion of so much Protestant blood hath admitted them all to his Royall favour without exception of any particular person by c See the Articles printed at Shrewsbury Articles of Pacification wherein the stiles them his GOOD SVBIECTS how he hath by speciall Commissions as d The 48 week Dec. 2. 1643. p. 681. 685 Aulicus himselfe informes us drawne over the English Forces sent from hence into Ireland against the Rebels to fight against the very Parliament Forces administring an Oath to every Officer and Souldier before they were transported from Ireland hither To the utmost of his power and hazard of his life to fight against the Forces now under the conduct of the Earle of Essex and against all other Forces whatsoever that shall bee raised under what pretence soever contrary to his Majesties Command or Authority how Captaine Iohn Read one of the chiefe Actors in this Conspiracy there taken Prisoner in the field and sent thence to the Tower hath since his escape from thence been knighted by his Majesty who granted him a e See Romes Master-â—iecâ— p. 20 21 22 26. The Popish Royall Favourite p. 25. Patent for Butter and a speciall Protection heretofore though a most desperate Papist and Agent for the Iesuites who had a Chappell and kept weekly Conventicles in his house for
two or three instances here omitted in my Popish Royall Favourite to wit the Lord chiefe Iustice Richardsons Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in the Kings-Bench for stay of an Inditement against the Lady Parkins and Iohn Gibbons for sending her Daughter beyond sea to be a Nunne the Copy whereof was sent to Windebanke who procured it Mr. Fanshaw and Mr. Keeling ACcording to his Majesties gracious command to me NOTE signified by Master Secretary Windebanke that no further proceedings shall be had upon an inditement against Dame Mary Parkins and Iohn Gibbons in Michaelmas Terme last for sending or carrying Mistresse Penelope Parkins the said Dame Mary Parkins Daughter beyond seas to be a Nunne contrary to the Statute These are to will and require you to make the Roll of the Record thereof and to enter a Cesset processus thereupon that no further proceedings be had upon the said Inditement accordingly for which this shall be your warrant and so I rest Your loving friend Thomas 〈◊〉 From 〈◊〉 Inne this 13. of May To this I shall adde the same chiefe Iustice his letter to Secretary Windebanke concerning his staying of Processe against one Lovet May it please your Honour IT is most true that the businesse concerning Lovet was recommended to my care NOTE I have done therin whatsoever was in my power to performe and there hath not been wanting in me the lest duty to either of their Majesties commands but he being indited of felony for receiving and harbouring of a Priest and the Priest himselfe of treason in the same inditement I cannot discharge him thereof but in a legall way which is either by exception to the inditement for insufficiency or by a legall tryall or by his Majesties gracious pardon that which was in my power being onely to stay Processe and proceedings I have done and all his goods which were seized and taken from him I have long since caused to be restored unto him againe but nothing will please him unlesâ—e he may be actually freed and discharged of the inditement which is not in my power to doe I have directed him the best course I can but he will take no way but his owne and that is to overthrow his inditement by exception to the sufficiency of it in poynt of law to which end he hath moved me to have a copy of it which I have been willing and ready with all my heart to grant him but I could not do it without the consent of master Atturney Generall it being in a cause neerly concerning the King for felony and treason I mooved master Atturney Generall for him in his owne presence who vvished him to attend him at his Chamber but whether he hath done so or no I knovv not for he never comes at me but as it seems deales maliciously vvith me under hand I being as desirous to doe him all the good I honestly and justly may as ever I vvas to doe any man in my life for besides my humble duty and service to both their Majestyes he is a man for some reasons I doe particularly love and affect This is all that I can write and therefore vvith most humble thanks to your Honour for your favour NOTE vvhich I shall never cease to acknowledge and vvith remembrance of my most humble duty and service I humbly take my leave and rest Your Honours most humble and faithfull Servant to becommanded Thomas Richardâ—â—â— Baâ—king 30. May 1634. Mich. xiij Caroli Regis Brownlow Ordinat â—st per Cur. Farrington querens c. versus Ant. Ingleâ—ield Ar. quatuordecem die Octobris quod cesset omnis prosecutio inter dictas partes super omnibus Informationibus actionibus debiti quibuscunque concernentibus Recusantiam â—psius Ant. per Cur. This yeere we began to have more intimate publike correspondency and trading with Rome then formerly and on Aug. 7. Bishop Laud being nominated Archbishop of Canterbury by the King upon the death of Dr. George Abbot had a serious offer made to him by one who avowed ability to performe it and therefore doubtlesse a speciall Agent from the Pope to be A CARDINALL and a second serious offer of this dignity August 17. as appeares by his own a See the Breviate of life p. 1â— Diary About which time Master Walter Mountague under pretence of some disgust taken at Court departed hence privately into France and from thence towards Rome by the way he professed himselfe a Papist and let fall some words that his designe was for Rome to reconcile us to it upon the best and fairest termes As soone as he entred Italy he was most honourably entertained presented feasted and brought on his way towards Rome in very great state and solemnity by all the Italian Princes States neer whom he passed and arriving at Rome was there magnificently received by the Pope and his Cardinals with whom he had private conferences sundry houres together taking place of all the English then in Rome as a kind of extraordinary Ambassadour sent from hence he was daily courted visited feasted with much respect by the Pope and Cardinals and having dispatched his negotiation there he was sent for thence to the Court under pretence of being Vicechamberlin to the Queen which place was then voyd by death but soon after he went into France and there entred into a Monastery for a time as did then Sir Kenelm Digby to make himself more capable of a Cardinals Cap of which it was then voyced he had a promise The Pope upon his Negotiation at Rome Oct. 10. 1634. sent over a special Nuncio into England called Signior Gregorio Panzani to labour a reduction of us to the vassalage of the Church of Rome who b As the Book entituled The Popes Nuntio wriâ— by the Veâ—tian Embâ—ssadouâ— relâ—tes p. 7. arrived here at London Dec. 25. 1634. He saluted first the Queen after that the King who received and treated him with much kindnesse telling him that he was very welcome his Majesty remaining uncovered during all the discourse and entertainment he was entertained treated with under the Notion of a Nuncio residing in and about London he had frequent accesse to the Court and great persons to seduce and worke them to his ends how farre he preceeded in this designe you may read in the late printed Books intituled The Popes Nuncio and The English Pope what recourse he had to Secretary Windebanke and what favours he obtained from him in behalfe of the Roman Catholikes will best appeare by his owne gratulatory letter sent to this Secretary from Rome after his departure hence the originall whereof written by the Nuncio himselfe in Italian thus indorsed with Windebanke owne hand â—1 May 1637. Seignior Gregorio Panzani from Rome rec 22 Iune our stile I found among his papers and have here faithfully exhibited to publike view in English as worthy to be known as it was afterwards englished and given in evidence upon Oath at