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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25880	The arraignment, tryal and examination of Mary Moders, otherwise Stedman, now Carleton, (stiled, the German Princess) at the sessions-house in the Old Bayly being brought prisoner from the Gatehouse Westminster, for having two husbands, viz. Tho. Stedman of Canterbury Shooemaker, and John Carleton of London, Gent. : who upon a full hearing was acquitted by the jury on Thursday, June 4, 1663.	Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing A3764; ESTC R13738	8,693	19

Rnot About nine years ago Court Did they live together afterwards Knot Yes about four years and had two Children Court You gave her in marriage but did the Minister give her to her husband then Knot Yes and they lived together Jury Friend did you give this very Woman Knot Yes Court What company was there Knot There was the married Couple her sister my self the Parson and the Sexton Court Where is that Sexton Knot I know not my Lord. Court You are sure they were married in the Church and this is the woman Knot Yes I am sure of it Court How long ago Knot About nine years ago Court Did you know this woman before the Marriage and how long Knot Yes I knew her a long time I was an Apprentice seven years near her Mothers house in Canterbury Court Then she 's no Forreign Princess Of what Parentage was she Knot I did not know her own Father and in that he might be believed but her Father-in-law was a Musitian there Court You see her married what words were used at her marriage and in what manner Knot They were married according to the order of the Land a little before the Act came forth touching marriages by Justices of the Peace Court VVas it by the Form of Common-Prayer any thing read of that Form Knot I did not take notice of that I was but a young man and was desired to go along with them William Clark being sworn said My Lord I was last week in Dover in company with this James Knot and Thomas Stedman and he the said Stedman did own that he did marry one Mary Moders a daughter of one in Canterbury and that Knot gave her and that he had two Children by her and declared his willingness to come up to give evidence against her but wanted money for his journey And I have understood that a person here in Court was of a Jury at Canterbury at a Tryal between Day and Mary Stedman at the Bar for having two Husbands Court Was she cleared Clark I cannot tell Young Carletons father sworn My Lord I was at Dover the last week on Wednesday I saw the husband of this woman and the man acknowledged himself to be so and did say that James Knot was the man that gave her in marriage to him Court VVhere is this man her husband Hear says must condemn no man what do you know of your own knowledge Carleton the Elder I know the man is alive Court Do you know he was married to her Carleton Not I my Lord. Sarah Williams My Lord This Woman was bound for Barbadoes to go along with my Husband and she desired to lodge at our house for some time and did so and when the ship was ready to go she went into Kent to receive her means and said she would meet the ship in the Downs and missing the ship took boat and went to the ship After several days remaining there there came her Husband with an Order and setched her ashore and carried her to D●ver Castle Court What was his name that had an Order to bring her on shore again Sarah Williams His name was Thomas S●edman Court Have you any more to prove the first marriage Charlton the Elder No none but Knot there was none but three the Minister dead the Sexton not to be found and this Knot who hath given Evidence Court What became of the two Children Knot Knot They both died Charlton the Elder Stedman said in my hearing that he had lived four years together had two Children by her and both dead five years ago last Easter since she left him Court Mr. Charlton What have you heard this Woman say Charlton My Lord she will confess nothing that pleases him Court Mr. Charlton Did you look in the Church Register for the first marriage Charlton I did look in the Book and he that is now Clerk was then Sexton just now not to be found he told me that Marriages being then very numerous preceeding the Act before-mentioned the then Clerk had neglected the Registry of this Marriage If she intended this Trade she likewise knew how to make the Clerk mistake Registring the Marriage Young Charlton's Brother sworn who said My Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury I was present at the Marriage of my Brother with this Gentlewoman which was on or about 21 April 1663. They were married at Gre●● St. Bartholomews by one Mr. Smith a Minister here in Court by Licence Mr. Smith the Parson sworn My Lord all that I can say is this That Mr. Charlton the younger told me of such a business and desired me to marry them they came to Church and I did marry them by the Book of Common Prayer Court Mr. Smith are you sure that is the Woman Parson Yes my Lord it is I believe she will not deny it Prisoner Yes my Lord I confess I am the Woman Court Have you any more witnesses Charlton We can get no more but Knot to prove the first Marriage the last is clear Judge Howel Where is Knot Remember your self well what you said before You say you know that Woman at the Bar that you had known her a great while that she was born near you in Canterbury that you were present at her marriage that Parson Man married them that none were present but your self the married couple Parson Sexton and her sister Knot Some others came into the Church but none that I knew I am sure none went with her but those I named Court Who gave her in marriage Knot I did Court How came you to do it Knot I was Stedmans shopmate and he desired me to go along with him Court Were her Parents then living or no Knot Her Mother was Jury How old are you Knot Two or Three and thirty years Jury How long ago was this marriage Knot About 9 years since Court Then he was Twenty three and might do it What is your Trade of life Knot I am a Cordweyner otherwise a Shoomaker Stedman was so too we wrought both together Jury We desire to know whether she had a Father and Mother then ●iving Knot She had a Father-in-law Court Did you know her Mother Knot Ye● Court How long before that Marriage did her own Father die Knot I did not know him he said so before indeed Court What age was she when married Knot I suppose about Nineteen or twenty Prisoner May it please your Honors and Gentlemen of the Jury you have heard the several Witnesses and I think this whole Countrey cannot but plainly see the malice of my Husbands Father against me how he causlesly hunts after my life when his Son my Husband came and addressed himself to me pretending himself a person of honor and upon first sight pressed me to marriage I told him Sir said I I am a stranger have no acquaintance here and desire you to desist your suit● I could not speak my minde but he having borrowed some thredbare Complements replied Madam

THE ARRAIGNMENT TRYAL and EXAMINATION OF Mary Moders Otherwise STEDMAN now CARLETON Stiled The German Princess At the Sessions-house in the Old Bayly being brought Prisoner from the Gate-house Westminster for having two Husbands viz. THO. STEDMAN of Canterbury Shooemaker AND John Carleton of London Gent. Who upon a full Hearing was acquitted by the Jury on Thursday June 4. 1663. LONDON Printed for N. Brook at the Angel in Cornhil near the Royal Exchange 1663. THE Arraignment Tryal Examination OF MARY MODERS alias STEDMAN STILED The GERMAN PRINCESS At the Sessions in the Old-Bayly Wednesday the third of June 1663. At Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly THe Court being sate a Bill of Indictment was drawn up against Mary Moders alias Stedman for having two Husbands now alive viz. Tho. Stedman and John Carleton The Grand Jury found the Bill and was to the effect following Viz. That she the said Mary Moders late of London Spinster otherwise Mary Stedman the wife of Tho. Stedman late of the City of Canterbury in the County of Kent Shepemaker 1● May in the Reign of his now Majesty the sixth at the Parish of St. Mildreds in the City of Cant in the County aforesaid did take to husband the aforesaid Thomas Stedman and him the said Thomas Stedman then and there had to husband And that she the said Mary Moders alias Stedman 21 April in the 15 year of his said Majesties Reign at London in the Parish of Great St. Bartholomews in the Ward of Farringdon without feloniously did take to husband one John Carleton and to him was married the said Tho. Stedman her former husband then being alive and in full life against the form of the Statute in that case provided and against the Peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity c. Afterwards the said Mary Moders alias Stedman was called to the Bar and appearing was commanded to hold up her hand which she accordingly did and her Indictment was read to her as followeth Clerk of the Peace Mary Moders alias Stedman Thou standest indicted in London by the name of Mary Moders late of London Spinster otherwise Mary Stedman the wife of c. And here the Indictment was read as above How sayst thou Art thou guilty of the Felony whereof thou standest indicted or Not guilty Mary Moders Not guilty my Lord. Clerk of the Peace How wilt thou be tryed Prisoner By God and the Country Clerk of the Peace God send thee a good deliverance And afterwards she being set to the Bar in order to her Tryal she prayed time till the morrow for her Tryal which was granted and all persons concerned were ordered to attend them at Nine of the Clock in the Fore-noon The Reader is desired to take notice of the following Passage After she was Arraigned and going back to the Gaol her Husband the young Lord told her He must now bid her Adieu for ever To which she replyed Nay My Lord 't is not amiss Before we part to have a Kiss And so saluted him and said What a quarter and noise here 's of a Cheat You cheated me and I you You told me you were a Lord and I told you I was a Princess and I think I fitted you And so saluting each other they parted June 4. 63. Clerk of the Peace The Court was sate Proclamation was made O Yes all manner of persons that have any thing more to do c. Set Mary Moders to the Bar where she accordingly stood Clerk of the Peace Mary Moders alias Stedman hold up thy hand which she did Those men that you shall hear called and personally appear are to pass between our Soveraign Lord the King and you for your life if you will challenge them or any of them you must do it when they come to the Book to besworn before they are sworn And then were called William Rutland Arthur Vigers Arthur Capel Tho. Smith Fran. Chaplin Robert Harvey Simon Driver Robert Kerkham Hugh Masson Tho. Wes●ley Richard Glutterbuck and Randolph Pooke And she challenged none but were severally sworn by the Oath following Look upon the Prisoner You shall well and truly try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar whom you shall have in charge according to your evidence So help you God Clerk of the Peace Cryer make Proclamation O Yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Iustices the Kings Serjeant or the Kings Attorney before this Inquest be taken between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoner stands at the Bar upon her deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give evidence against the Prisoner at the Bar come forth and give evidence or else you 'll forfeit your Recognizance The Witnesses being called several times and not appearing young Carleton came into the Court in a rich Garb trimmed with Scarlet Ribbands and prayed that in respect his Father and the rest of the Witnesses were not all ready the Tryal might be deferred for half an hour and he going back and passing the Prisoner his Princess who stood there in a black Velvet Wastcoat dressed in her hair trimmed also with Scarlet Ribbands she veiling her face with her fan laughed at him to the great observation of the Court and so the young Lord left the Court by advice of his friends and betook himself to an adjoyning house where he stood the whole Tryal After some stay the VVitnesses came into the Court and the Prisoner set to the Bar and silence being commanded the Indictment was again read Clerk of the Peace Upon this Indictment she hath pleaded Not guilty and for her Tryal hath put her self upon God and the Country which Country you are Your charge is to enquire whether she be guilty of the said Felony or not guilty if you find her guilty you shall enquire what Goods and Chattels she had at the time of the Felony committed or at any time sithence if you find her not guilty you shall enquire whether she did flee for it if you find that she fled for it you shall enquire of her Goods c. as if she had been guilty if you find she be not guilty nor that she did flee for it say so and no more and hear your evidence Several VVitnesses were sworn by the Oath following The evidence that you shall swear between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the t●uth So help you God James Knot My Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury I gave this woman in marriage to one Thomas Stedman which is now alive in Dover and I see him last week Court VVhere was she married Knot In Canterbury Court VVhere there Knot In St. Mildreds by one Parson Man who is now dead Court How long since were they married