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A76908
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The Bloody Parliament, in the raigne of an unhappy prince
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1643
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Wing B3287; Thomason E88_33; ESTC R22282
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the conspirators which was athing â—â—posâ—able to hinder In the meane time the three noble 〈◊〉 the Duke of Gloucester the Earles of Arundall and â—â—â—â—icke having mustered their troops sent an accusatiâ—â— in wrighting to the King against the said conspirators â—â—â—â—ch B. of Yorke the Duke of Jreland the Earle of â—â—ffolke Robert Trissilian and Nicholas Brambre wherein â—â—y accused them of high Treason for Proclaiming through â—â—â—all the shires where the King Iournied that all Barons Knights and Esquiers with the greatest of the commonalâ—y able to bare armes should spedily repare to the King â—â—or his defence against the power of the Commission As â—â—so that contrary to the said Acts they caused the Duke of â—â—â—land to be created chiefe Justice of Chester hereby selâ—â—ing Iustice as they listed and for giving pardons under the â—â—â—â—d Seal to Fellons murtherers and such like as also they â—â—â—ght Ireland to looke backe on her pristine estate of haâ—â—ing a King for they ploted to have the Duke created K. 〈◊〉 Ireland and for to have the confirmation of this design â—â—â—y allured the King to send his letters to the Pope When these things come to the Kings cares he sent unto 〈◊〉 requiring to know what their demands were Anâ—wer was returned they desired that the Traytors who â—â—â—ily committed insufferable crimes and filled his cares with false reports to avoyd the effusion of more blood 〈◊〉 receive that reward their crimes deserved and that â—â—â—â—y might have free liberty of going and comming to his … his the King gave consent unto and sitting in his â—hrone at the great hall is westminster the Poore appelants with humbler everence bowed three times low before his Majesty on their knes and againe asked the aforesaid conspirators guilty of high-â—reason whereupon nor long after the Duke of Ireland withdrew himselfe and marching unto Chesshire Lancashire and wales raised a power of 6000. men in the Kings name to overthrow and confound the appellants and marching towards London when he found the army of the appellants was marching downe the mountaines neere whitney like a Hive of Bees such aviolent and cold palsey cowed them that they slung downe their armes and yeilded themselves to the mercy of the appellants the Duke of Ireland himselfe putting spures to his horse tooke the River where he hardly escaped drowning the conspirators hearing of this striken with seare under the coveat of the night did fle by water to the Tower and seduced the King to goe alog with them Nor long after there was conference in the cower betwixt the King and the said appellants at the end of which the King did sweare to adhere to their counsailes so fare as the rule of Law and Reason and Equity did require and because the Harvest was now ripe presently divers of the Officers of the Kings houshould were excluded as Iohn Benechamp Peter Bourtâ—ey Knights and many others end of the clergy Iohn Blake Deane of the chappell Iohn Lincolne chancellour of the exchequer John Clifford clerk of the chapell were kept under Arrest and thus this hideous brood of monsters so oftene shaken was quite overthrowne On the second of February the King came to his Parliament and after him appeared the five noblemen appellants who leading one another hand in hand with Submissive gestures they reverenced the King and by the Mouth of Robert Pleasington their Speaker they thus declared That the Duke of Gloucester and themselves came to purge themselves of the Treasons laid to their charge by their conspirators to whom the Lord Chancellor by the Command of the King answered that the King conceived honourably of them all especially of his cosin the Duke of Gloucester who being of affiniy to him in a collaterall line could never he said he induced to attempt any reason against his Majesty On this atfer thankeâ—â—â—ly given to the King the appellants requested the â—â—â—ing that sentence of condemnation might be given aâ—â—â—â— the conspirators but the King being moved in conâ—â—â—â— and in charity perceiving that in every work they 〈◊〉 remember the end destred that the processe might 〈◊〉 but the Peers againe importuned him that no busiâ—â—â— might be debated untill this treason were adjudged 〈◊〉 which the King at longth graciously granted his assent 〈◊〉 when nothing could be produced by the conspirators 〈◊〉 instifie themselves they were adiudged this heavy â—â—â—â—â—e That the Arch Bishope of Yorke the Duke of 〈◊〉 the Earle of Suffolk Tressilum and Brambre should â—â—â—â—wne from the Tower to Tiburne and there to be â—â—â—â—ged upon a Gibber untill they were dead and all their 〈◊〉 and goods to be confiscated that none of their Poâ—â—â—ity might by them be any way enriched After this â—â—â—â—y more of their accomplices were taken and indicted â—â—â—high Treason whose names here follow underwritten The Names of such as were charged and condemned of high â—reason an the afore memed Memorable Parliament â—lexander Nevill Arch Bishop of Yorke Robert de Vere â—â—â—ke of Ireland who being bannished into Franse was kil 〈◊〉 with a wild Bore Michael de la Poole Earle of Suffolk â—â—â—high Chancellor Robert Tressilian L. chiefe Justice of 〈◊〉 Kings bench Sir Nicholas Brambre sometimes Lord â—â—jor of London made a privy Counsellor Iohn Blake Serâ—â—â—â— at Armies Thomas Vske an intelligencer of Tressiliâ—â—â— All these except the Duke of Ireland were hanged 〈◊〉 drawne at the Elmes now called Tyburne â—â—â—re Belknap John Holt Roger Falthorpe William Burâ—â—â—â— Iohn Locton Iohn Cary were Judges and although â—â—â—â—mnded yet their lives were saved at the inâ—ercession 〈◊〉 the Lords Spirituall and Temporall and were afterâ—â—â—ds bannished into Ireland Sir Symon Bâ—â—â—â—eigh who 〈◊〉 condemned and beheaded Sir Iohn Branchamp Stewâ—â—â—â— of the Houshold to the King Sir Iames Beversous There was also condemned and detected of the aforesaid treason The Bishop of Chichester the Kings confessor Sâ—â— Thomas Trinit Knight Sir William Ellingham Knight Sir Nicholas Neyworth Iohn Slake Iohn Lincolne which last were three of the Clergy Behold these men who feared not God not regarded men but having the Lawes in their owne hands wrested them now this way and now that way as pleased best their appetites wresting them at their pleasures for their owne Commodities were at the last brought down to the depth of misery from whence they were never able to free themselves Richard Sonne of the valiant and victorious Edward the blacke Prince was borne at Burdeaux and grand-child to King Edward the third being eleven yeares old began his Raigne the twenty one day of June in the yeare of out Lord 1377. and was Crowned King at Westminster the 16 day of Iuly in bounty beauty and liberallity he fare surpassed all his Progenitors but was over much given to ease and quietnesse little regarding the seates of Armes And being young was ruled most by young Councell regarding little the Councell of the sage men of the Realm which thig turned this Land to great trouble and himselfs to extreame misery For being first disgraced by his Cozen Henry of Bullingbroke Duke of Herford Sonne of Iohn of Gaunt D. of Lancaster he was at length by the generall consent of Parliament deposed from his crowne and Kingdome the 29. of September 1639. and committed to prison and and afterwards wickedly murdered for being sent to pomfret castle to be safely kept and Princely mainetained he was shortly after by King Henries direction and command who feared least his estate might be shoken while King Richard lived wickedly assaulted in his lodging Sir Pereu of Exton and 8. other amed men from one of them which with a Princely courag he wrested abrome bill and therewith slew 4 of them fought with all the râ—st untill coming by his owne chayre in which the basse cowardly Knight stoode for his owne safety he was by him strooke with a Pole-axe in the hinder part of his head that presently he fell downe and died when he had Raigned 〈◊〉 yeâ—râ— 17. weekes and 2. dayes FINIS