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B08446	The Behaviour, confession, and execution of the twelve prisoners that suffered on Wednesday, the 22nd of Jan. 1678/9. viz. Robert Freeman, [brace] drawn and hang'd neer Little-Britain for murdering his late master there. At Tyburn, George Brown, John Butler, Richard Mills, Christ. Bruncker, George Kenian, [brace] for a burglary and felony in Hatton-Garden, taking away 380 ounces of plate, besides rings and money, under pretence of searching for Papists. William Brain, [brace] for stealing a horse, having been burnt in the hand formerly. Timothy Smith and Margaret Wells, [brace] for a burglary and felony in St. Giles. William Atkinson and William Tiney, [brace] for a burglary and felony in White-Chappel. Francis Jones, [brace] for a felony and burglary. Gving a true account of their deportment in prison after sentence, and last words, as far as material, at execution / attested by Mr. Ordinary.		1678-1679? (1679)	Wing B1707; ESTC R234484	3,557	10

The BEHAVIOUR CONFESSION AND EXECUTION OF The Twelve PRISIONERS That Suffer'd on Wednesday the 22 of Jan. 1678 9. VIZ. Robert Freeman Drawn and Hang'd neer Little Britain for Murdering his late Master there At TYBVRN George Brown John Butler Richard Mills Christo Bruncker George Kenian For a Burglary and Felony in Hatton-garden taking away 380 ounces of Plate besides Rings and Money under prerence of searching for Papists William Brain For stealing an Horse having been burnt in the hand formerly Tim. Smith and Margaret Wells For a Burglary and Felony in St. Gileses William Atkinson and William Tiney For a Burglary and Felony in Whitechappel Francis Jones For a Felony and Burglary Giving a true Account of their Deportment in Prison aster Sentence and last Words as far as material at Execution Attested by Mr. Ordinary LICENSED Printed for C. L. 1678 9. THE CONFESSION and EXECUTION OF The Twelve PRISONERS That Suffr'd on Wednesday the 22th of January 1678 9. AS this sheet is made publick as a Sea-mark to all that read or bear it that they may avoid those desperate Rocks of sin on which these unhappy persons lamentably shipwrackt So particular circumspection has been used that nothing but Truth may be herein related so as neither to abuse the Dead or mis-inform the Living At the last Sessions there were in all Seventeen persons viz. Fifteen Men and Two Women that received Sentence of Death but Five of them obtained at least for the present His Majesties Gracious Pardon the other Twelve this 22. of January were brought to Execution The first was one Robert Freeman and Apprentice to one Mr. Bailee a Smith in Little Britain for Murdring whom on the 12th instant he was not Condemned and came to suffer which was ordered to be in Little Britain not very far from the place where the Fact was commited 'T is strange and sad to consider that not only at his Tryal but afterwards he persisted in asserting his Innocence not withstanding all the Arguments and Importunities Mr. Ordinary or other Ministers could use who took extraordinary pains in that behalf Yet confessed the sum of all that was Evidenc'd against him as that he spake those words O do no not speak of that Gun or words to that effect that there might be Blood on the Gun c. but avrr'd that the door when he came down in the Morning was not Lockt but only Larcht and the Key on the inside He discoursed very understandingly and made solemn Appeals of his Ignorance how or by what means he came to his end But the Circumstances were so home and undeniable that even Chrity it self could not credit his Asseverations Mr. Ordinary on the Lords day took great pains to a waken them to a through Conviction of their sins from two remarkable and most suitable Scriptures viz. in the forenoon Rom. 3.19 For we know that what the Law saith it saith to them that are under the Law that every mouth may be stopt and all the World become guilty before God In the afternoon from Psal 25. 11. For thy Name sake O Lord pardon my iniquity for it is great And after the Evening Sermon inquired what impressions of Gods Spirit they found on their hearts from his Ministerial Labours that day to which they answered That they hoped the Lord would make it effectual to them On the Munday likewise Mr. Ordinary visited them and on the Tuesday they being called together into the great Hall he and two other Ministers came to exhort and pray with them in order to fit and prepare them for their great and dreadful change At first many of them appeared very earnest to have the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Administred to them whereupon Mr. Ordinary and another able Minister opening the nature of that Ordinance their unpreparedness scandalousness c. used most effectual Arguments why it was neither necessary or convenient for them under their circumstances yet withal declaring their tenderness in no wise to debar them of any thing that might be necessary or expedient for their Salvation so that after above half an hours pains the Prisoners in general declared that they were satisfied and did not desire i● After satisfaction given in that particular a very worthy Minister gave them serious advice for their Souls Eternal Happiness and prayed very earnestly for them which being performed Mr. ordinary as his usual manner is did earnestly desire of them to consider of the great concerns of their Everlasting Condition in order whereunto he required a particular account from every one of them what hope they had after all Counsels and Prayers of their suture happy estate whereunto every one gave a particulr account thereof most of them confessing and bewailing their precedent Ill course of life which might provoke the Lord to leave them to themselves to fall into those Crimes for which they were justly Condemned Some in particular confessing their Profanation of the Lords day Disobedience to Parents Drunkenness mixing with bid Company the sin of Swearing and other Vices of the Tongue One acknowledged that he had for two years last past prayed earnestly to the Lord to be preserved from the Temprations of his loose Companions but not setting a sufficient watch over his own heart he was not fortified against the aforesaid Temptations Another declared that being in great wants and having Overtures made of supplying him by invading the Proprieties of other men he was over-perswaded to joyn with them in such an Attempt Mr. Ordinary after all these Confessions earnestly pressed them to search into their hearts which were naturally so deceitful that they might not presume upon a false Faith and Repentance and then another Minister concluded for that time with Prayer On Wednesday morning about eight a clock RoBert Freeman was drawn on a Sledge as is usual in cases of Petty Treason to Little Britain where just by the Grate was a Gibbet erected He passed with a solid composed countenance Reading all the way and being brought thither persisted in denying the Fact with several solemn expressions too tedious to be here related he repeated the Lords Prayer with much appearance of zeal as likewise the Creed declaring it to be the Articles of his Souls belief Mr. Ordinary prayed with Him very affectionately and also he prayed himself in good words he desired all young Men to beware of Ill Company and private sins lest God should give them up to the like disastrous end he expressed largely the love he had to his Master and that he was not privy to or conscious of any others that might be concerned in his Murther but that for his own part he freely forgave all the World what ever thoughts it might have of him when he was dead for he trusted he had made his peace with God and so was Executed most people with sorrow admiring at and pitying his obstinacy for so we cannot but call his denyal after such convincing Evidence Nor want there Examples heretofore of the like resoluteness under the greatest Guilt in Malefactors that out of hopes of Pardon at last or vain-glory to dye pittied have stifled their Conscieces and died with a denial of the Facts which even before they confessed to Mr. Ordinary But we dare not censure in so abstruse a matter himself-could not deny but the Witnesses Court and Jury had proceeded fairly for Men can but act as things appear therefore we leave him to the judgment of that most just and all-seeing God who righteously judgeth all the Earth The same forenoon in four Carts were the other Eleven conveyed to Tyburn who when they were all tyed up to the Beam declared to Mr. Ordinary and another Minister those particular sins which they did shame themselves for as the just provocation of God why he suffered them to fall into those foul Crimes for which they now dyed One of the five for the Burglary in Hatton Garden delivered a paper of his Confession under his own hand which he desired might be published as some evidence of his sorrow and Repentance to the World the words of which are as follows The first eminent sin which I can remember was the Breach of the Sabbath then I proceeded to keep Company where I learned to Curse and Swear and Prophane Gods Holy Name Lying and Adultery Drunkenness and Disobedience to my Mother who sought by good Counsel to reclaim me which is the just canse my days are shortned in this World I have been guilty of a great many Robberies on the High-way and others besides this I am so justly Condemned for Another of the Five confessed that he was guilty of all manner of sin that of actual Murder and Treason excepted and was much humbled for the same especially for his execrable Oaths and Curses which had been the customary Parenthesis of his discourses They all acknowledged that the hand of the Lord had righteously brought their Iniquities to light and themselves to shame they had deserved to be eternally rejected for several other notorious unknown Impieties but they hoped for the pardon of them by the Merits of Christ upon their Repentance which is in charity apprehended to have been sincere they all prayed for themselves and some very pathetically and beyond expectation They desired Mr. Ordinary in their words which would not be heard so well in their own pronunciation by reason of the Multitude of Spectatours that he would warn all present by their calamitous end to take heed of all fin The Woman in the Morning on some temptation disown'd that she was guilty of the Burglary for which she suffered but at the place of Execution freely Confessed it and desired pardon of God for that Lye in particular It was a sad and most affecting Spectacle to see so many persons at once hastning themselves to an ignominious Death by the Impieties of their Lives to behold such a fight one would think might awaken all that saw it to fly from such wicked Practises to leave off their debauched Conversation and bad Company and seriously imploring Mercy and forgiveness for past Iniquities strenuously indeavour to redeem the time for the future and lead their Lives in Sobriety and Godliness which God of his infinite goodness grant I do Attest the Particulars of this Narrative to be true Sam. Smith Ordinary of Newgate FINIS