Mass of Money he timely â—â—bbed off with it and never staid till he had Earthed himself beyond the Seas The Queen and the Infant â—ant were likewise sent privately away for France where they arrived and were received by Order of the French King and King James not thinking himself safe in White-Hall on the 〈◊〉 of December about Three in the Morning privately left 〈◊〉 Pallace and wenâ— by Water â—â—lenderly â—ttended to kent and â—o Overland to â—â—e Shoar in Expectation of Shipping himâ—â—lf for France but a great search being â—ade by the Country People for Father 〈◊〉 and others the King and Sir Edward 〈◊〉 were â—aken in 〈◊〉 near Peversham and there plundered by the Mobily they keeping themselves a considerable time concealed Whilst these things happened most People were exâ—â—earâ—ly surpriz'd at thâ— King's Departure whereupon the Lords that were in and about Town both 〈◊〉 â—nd Temporal assembled 〈…〉 to â—â—nsult what was best to be done iâ— so 〈…〉 and from thence adjourned to the Guild Hall London where the Lord Mayor had summoned a Common-Council and thither sent for Mr. Skelleton Lieutenant of the Tower and caused him to deliver up the Keys to the Lord Lucas constituting him as Governour and drew up a Declaration of their good meaning to the Settlement of the Peace and Tranquility of the Kingdom which was signed by 29. of them and thereupon they sent some of their Body to wait upon the Prince with it as their good meaning and affection towards him for having ventured his Person c. for rescuing the Kingdoms from Popery c. The Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and Common Council Addressed likewise to the same Purpose and the Multitude got together and pulled down the Chapples and Mass-Houses in Lime-Street Bucklers-Berry St. Johns Wild-Street Lincolns Inn-Fields c. committing many Disorders upon the Houses of Ambassadours especially that of the Spanish and Florentine Ambassadour and Envoy which could not in that juncture of hurry and confusion be remedied though the Trained-Bands and Watches were up On the 12 th of December the Lord Jefferys was taken in Hope and Anchor-Alley in Wapping Disguised in the Habit of a Seaman going for Coals to New-Castle and brought before the Lord Mayor of London attended by a numerous Rabble and by him at his own Request sent to the Tower where he soon after was charged with a Warrant from the Lords at Whiteâ— Hall and there through Grief and â—ear fell into a Mallady that swept him from the Stage of the World where he had Acted with too much Cruelty Notice being given to the Lords at White-Hall that the King was at Feversham they dispatched a Messenger to intreat his return and accordingly on the 16 th in the Evening he came to his Palace and sent the Earl of Foversham to the Prince who was then at Windsor to invite him to St. James's and put out an Order for suppressing Tumults and disorderly Outrages committed by the Rabble but the 18 th the King removed to Rochester upon request and the Prince came to Town attended with a numerous Train through the shouts and Acclamations of the People and the Bells-Ringing Bonefires likewise made the Streets shine in the Evening and the King's Army at his Command being disbanded by the Earl of Feversham being ordered by the Prince to repair to their Colours Quarters were appointed at several Cities Towns and Villages for the English Scotch and Irish Forces and all People to whom any of them had embezled their Arms c. were commanded to restore them and on the 20 th of December the Lord Mayor being indisposed the Aldermen and their Deputies waited upon his Highness being accompanied with some of the Common Council of each Ward to Congratulate him upon his Happy Arrival at St. James's which was performed by Sir George Trebie their Recorder in a very Learned and Eloquent Speech and was very favourably received And the Sheriff Nobility and Gentry of the County of Norfolk presented an Address to the same purpose carrying with it a deep Sense of their Acknowledgment of so great a Blessing And now by reason of this great Revolution the Nation being unsettled and the King having with-drawn himself from Rochester beyond the Seas it was highly thought convenient that a way should be found out to create a calmness in the minds of the people whereupon the Lords Spiritual and Temporal were appointed to give their attendance as likewise such Members as had served in the late Parliaments in the Reign of King Charles the Second and Court of Aldermen together with the Members of the Common Council of the City of London the Lords assembled in the Lords House at Westminster on the 25 th of December and unanimously concluded to Intreat His Highness to take upon Him the administration of Affairs and dispose of the publick Revenues c. and take into his Princely care the conâ—ition of Ireland which by Tyrconnel's means had mostly revolted They likewise â—mplored him to Issue out His Summons for the Lords Spiritual and Temporal being Protestants as also his Circular Letters to the Counties Cities Boroughs to order the Elections of such a number of Persons to represent them as are of right to be sent to Parliament and on the the 26 th the Commons and Aldermen c. waited upon his Highness at St. James's to whom he made the following Speech viz. YOU Gentlemen that have been Members of the late Parliaments I have desired you to meet me bere to advise the best manner how to pursue the ends of my Declaration in calling a Free Parliament for the preservation of the Protestant Religion and restoring of the Rights and Liberties of the Kingdom and settling the same that they may not be in danger of being again subverted And you the Aldermen and Members of the Common Council of the City of London I desire the same of you and in regard your Numbers are like to be great you may if you think fit divide your selves and sit in several places Upon this they agreed to go to the House of Commons at Westminster where they chose Henry Powle Esq for their Chairman and resolved upon an Address which was drawn up to the same purpose as that of the Lords and Graciously received on the 27 th and the day following occasioned the like favourable Answer And now the Election coming on for their Sitting the 22 th of January least any disturbance should happen by the Soldiers Quartering in Boroughs and Corporations an Order was Published That they should March out of those places a day before the Election Garisons excepted and not return til the Election was over A Declaration was likewise Published for the due ordering the Collection of the Publick Revenue and Mony being wanting the Citizens of London very liberally upon His Highness's Letter Lent between 2 and 300000 l. to be repayed at Interest at six Months and thence as cheerfully continued it for a longer time
his Consent That the Act should be made null and void for which they returned him an Address of Thanks and upon the same occasion the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council made and Presented their Address On the 16 th of March the King passed Two Acts one for Impowering His Majesty to apprehend and detain such Persons as he shall find just Cause to suspect are Conspiring against the Government and an Act for anulling and making void the Attainder of William Russel Esq commonly called Lord Russel and then made a very Gracious Speech requiring them to settle the Oaths that Papists might be excluded and Protestants that were willing and able to serve might be admitted to places of Trust About this time we had News That a great part of the Regiment of Foot once Commanded by the Lord Dumbarton had revolted and seized on the Money designed for their Pay and Marching away with some Field Pieces had Proclaimed K. James commiting several Disorders and Outrages in the County of Suffolk and other places whereupon the Parliament besought his Majesty to Issue out a Proclamation for apprehending and surpressing them which was accordingly done and more Forces sent to quell them however at first they prepared to make resistance but the King's Horse being ready to attack them they threw down their Arms and surrendred upon Discretion and were most of them the Officers especially brought up to London the greatest part of the Soldiers were sent to the English Army assisting the States General against France and several of the principal Officers were tryed at the Assizes holden for the County of Suffolk and being found Guilty cast themselves upon the King's Mercy expressing a hearty Sorrow for what they had done and were thereupon Reprieved The Coronation Day being appointed on the 11 th of April 1689. A Proclamation was published to give Notice thereof to such as had Claims by Tenure of Land Service Dignity Places Honour Offices or Trust that they might timely make their Claims in order to have things done regular upon so great and solemn Occasions And the Lord Lieutenants of the respective Countys were perfected So that all things tended to good order and settlement in England but the Affairs of Ireland admitted of no such Happiness for the late King being Landed there with French Forces and drawn to him a considerable Army of Irish Papists For a time we had but a Melancholly account of Affairs in that Kingdom however several places held out and put a stop to the Torrent of the Enemy and such as were uncapable of Resisting were obliged to take such Conditions as they could get On the 22 th of March Thomas Pilkington Esq since Knighted Elected to be Lord Mayor for the City of London for the remaining part of the Year in the room of Sir John Chapman who Dyed in his Mayoralty was presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal and afterwards Sworn at the Hustings in Guild-Hall according to the ancient Custom and at Five in the Afternoon he was Sworn without the Tower-Gate by the Lord Lucas Chief Governour of the Tower in pursuance of their Majesties Writ directed to him and of the ancient usuage at such time as the Exchequer Court is not holden at Westminster And the Day before an Act passed the Royal Assent for a present Supply for their Majesties The Convention of the Estates of Scotland met at Edenburgh to consult the settlement of the Affairs of that Kingdom as it had been appointed the 16 th of March they chose his Grace the Duke of Hamilton their President and settled their Committee of Five out of every Estate for Examining the Elections and then took the matter of the Castle of Edenburgh into their Consideration and sent to the Duke of Gourdon who yet held it out requiring him to put it into their hands whereupon he required an Indemnity for all that had passed and a Security for the future which the Convention condescending to in so far as he had acted as a Papist they sent the Earls of Tweedale and Lothain with an Indemnity in Writing for himself and all that were with him upon which he desired 24 Hours to consider it but though this was granted it appeared in the end that he only delayed to gain time when after several Messages sent to and fro the Convention sent up the Heralds at Arms in their Formalities to charge him in the Name and Authority of the Convention Immediately to deliver up the Castle upon pain of Treason and upon refusal he was Proclaimed at the Mercat Cross and all Persons forbid upon pain of Treason to Converse Correspond or Treat with him or to Aid Abet or Succour him and so they proceeded to Forfeit him And the King of England's Letter was read with great applause and a Committee appointed to draw up an Answer in the most thankful and dutiful manner but there being a Letter likewise sent by the late King James brought by one Mr. Crane before they would suffer it to be read they passed an Act by the unanimous consent of the House asserting the Lawfulness of the Convention notwithstanding any thing that might be alledged in the said Letter to the contrary and the Person that brought it was committed to the Custody of a Serjeant at Arms but upon his humble Petition he in a few Days was set at Liberty and obtained a Pasport to return to his Master And the Convention approved proved of all that the Noblemen and Gentlemen at London had done in praying His Majesty to take upon him the Administration of the Government The Viscount Dundee being Discovered to have a secret Conference with the Duke of Gourdon and upon being Summoned Flying with between 30 and 40 Horse stronger Forces were raised and 3 Regiments were sent from England under the Command of Major General Mackay and thus passed over the Material Transactions of the Year 1688. just a hundred Years since the Spanish Invasion was defeated and brought to nothing In the beginning of the Year 1689. the Lord Ross arrived with a Letter from the Convention of Scotland which he presented to his Majesty viz. May it please Your Majesty AS Religion Liberty and Law are the dearest concerns of Mankind so the deepest sence of the extream hazard they were exposed to must produce suitable Returns from the Kingdom of Scotland to Your Majesty whom in all Sincerity and Gratitude we Acknowledge to be under God our great and seasonable Deliverer and we heartily Congratulate that as God has Honoured Your Majesty to be an Eminent Instrument of the Preservation of his Truth so he has rewarded Your Undertaking with Success in the considerable Progrese you have made in Delivering us and in preserving to us the Protestant Religion We return our most Dutiful Thanks to Your Majesty for the accepting the Administration of Publick Affairs and convening the Estates of this Kingdom and we shall with all convenient Dilligence take Your
its Enemies and as I do not doubt of such an Assistance from you as shall be suitable to your Advice to me to declare War against a powerful Enemy so you may relye upon me that no part of that which you shall give for the carrying it on with success shall be diverted by me to any other use And that the Protestants who had Fled from Ireland might not suffer want in England great care was taken to provide for them and most People wherever they came contributed liberally to their relief and assistance and the King was pleased to put forth a Declaration to encourage the French Protestants that should Transport themselves their Families and Estates into this Kingdom and a Proclamation Prohibiting the Importation of all sorts of Manufactures and Commodities whatsoever of the Growth Production and Manufacture of France in way of Trade c. On the 1st of May His Majesty was pleased to give the Royal Assent to an Act for raising Money by Pole and otherwise towards the Reducing of Ireland an Act for preventing Doubts and Questions concerning the Collecting the Publick Revenues and a private Act to Sell Lands for Paying of Debts c. For the better Supply and Support of Their Majesties Navies Two Proclamations were Issued out one to Prohibit Seamen from Serving Foreign Princes and the other for Prohibiting them from Deserting Their Majesties Navies and His Majesty having been pleased to call by His Writ divers worthy Persons to take upon them the State and Degree of Serjeants at Law they performed the Ceremony with all the Decency and Grandure that usually attends it and gave Rings with this Motto viz Veniendo Restituit Rem and the King was further pleased to Constitute Sir John Holt Lord Chief Justice of the King 's Bench. Sir William Dolbin Sir VVilliam Gregory Giles Eyers Esq Justices of the same Sir Henry Pollexfen Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Sir John Powel Thomas Rokeby Esq Peyton Ventris Esq Justices of the same Sir Robert Atkins Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Sir Edward Nevill Nicholas Lechmer Esq John Turton Esq Barons of the same John Trenchard Esq Chief Justice of Chester Sir George Treby His Majesty's Attorney General John Summers Esq His Majesties Solicitor General During these things the French Fleet attempting to Land Forces in Ireland Admiral Herbert with a Squadron of the English Ships stood over to Kingsale on the 24 th of April in hopes to meet them and on the 29 th his Scouts made a Signal that they discovered a Fleet keeping their Wind which caused the Admiral to keep His all Night to hinder them getting into Kinsale and the next Morning had notice they were gone into Baltimore being 44 Sail whereupon he stood away towards the place but not finding them there the Scouts however got sight of them again in the Evening to the Westward of Cape clear whereupon steering after them it was sound they had got into Bantry so that the English Ships lay off the Bay all Night and by break of Day stood in where they found them at Anchor who presently got under Sail and bore down upon the English in a Line of 28 Men of War and five Fireships and when they came within Musquet-shot of the Defiance being the head-most of the English the French Admiral put out the Signal of Battle which they began with small and great Shot and the English made several Boards to gain the Wind or engage them close but that way of working not being advantageous the English Admiral stood off to Sea as well to have got his Ships into a Line as to have gained the Wind of the Enemy but the French were so cautious in bearing down that this advantage and opportunity could not be obtained so that our Admiral continued Battering upon the Stretch 'till Five in the Afternoon at what time the French tacked and stood further into the Bay and the English Admiral 's Ship and some of the rest being disabled in their Rigging could not follow them but continued some time before the Bay and gave them a Gun at parting In this Action Capt. George Aylmer of the Portland with 1 Lieutenant and 9 Seamen were Killed and about 250 Wounded and of the French without doubt a greater number and not without good Supposition one of their great Ships sunk although they had double the number of Ships and the advantage of the Wind. Upon this further Invasion of the French King made upon the Kingdom of Ireland Their Majesties of Great Brittain delayâ—ed no longer to Publish Their Declaration of War against him Given at Hampton-Court the 7 th of May 1689. Seting forth Reasons that moved Their Majesties to denounce War and the Unjust and Perfideous Dealings of the French King c. as well against Their Majesties Subjects in Europe as in America c. And to prevent upon this Rupture any Disturbance from Papist's an Act Intituled an Act for the better Securing the Government by Disarming Papist's and Reputed Papist's passed And now the Case of Algernoon Sidney Esq who lost his Head on Tower-Hill being before the Parliament amongst other Acts one was passed for Anulling and making Void his Attainder Collonel Lundy who had been Appointed Governour of London Derry in Ireland forsaking that place as supposing it not Tenable upon the Approach of the Irish Army and it being likewise left by Coll Richards and Collonel Coningham who brought back the Regiments under their Commands the Inhabitants and such as came in Arms from other Parts to Assist them Resolving however upon their Defence Choose that Brave Gentleman Mr. George Walker a Minister of their Governour and Major Baker his Assistant who although the Irish took Kilmore a Fort that lies advantageous to it defended they it almost to a Miracle against above 30000 Men till it was Relieved by Major General Kirk with Provision by Water the Inhabitants and Garison having Eat all manner of unclean things as Dogs Cats Rats Mice c. And thereupon the Enemy having lost a great number of Men and some of their best Commanders found themselves constrained to raise the Siege after they had lain before it Battering with their Cannon and Casting in Bombs from the 19 th of April to the end of August and a great party of the Protestants Fortifying themselves in the Isle of Inch and other Places made a Resolute defence beating off such as were sent to Attacque them and frequently taking great Booties by which means they Subsisted and held out till they were Succour'd and Recruted from England About this time the Papist's were commanded by Proclamation to leave London and Ten Miles about it unless such as were Excepted in an Act for this purpose and we had the happy News of the taking two French Men of War by the Nonsuch Frigate as likewise a Privatier and several of their Merchants by other English Frigates and Vessels On the 11 th of May â—he Commissioners Appointed to
may see our Unanimity and that I may have the opportunity of shewing you how ready I am to do any thing that may give Comfort and Satisfaction to such Dutiful and Loyal Subjects Hereupon a Proclamation was Issued out for the Confinement of Popish Recusants more distant from London within five Miles of their Dwellings and another Proclamation for Apprehending divers Persons by Name accused of the Conspiracy Likewise an Order of Council for the apprehending Jesuits and Popish Priests with the Reward of Twenty l. a Head One William Staley a Goldsmith's Son in Covent Garden and a noted Papist was Tryed on the 21 of November at the Kings-Bench Bar before the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs and other Judges of that Bench upon an Indictment of High Treason for saying He would Kill the King c. and being Convicted was Sentenc'd to be Draw'd Hanged and Quartered which was accordingly Executed and his Quarters being given to his Friends a great many Papists crowded to his Funeral which was Solemnized with much pomp as accounting him the Proto-Martyr of their Cause The King was so much Incensed at this proceeding that an Order was sent to have the Body taken up and the Head and Quarters afixed upon the Gates of the City of London which was accordingly performed And now the Conspiracy being more narrowly searched into and manifested by the Papers seized with Edward Coleman Esq he was Tryed at the Kings Bench Bar before the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs on the 27 th of November upon an Indictment of High Treason in Conspiring the Death of the King subverting the Government and Extirpating the Protestant Religion upon which he was found Guilty by a Jury of Gentlemen of Quality of the County of Middlesex and the next day received Sentence as in case of High Treason and was Executed at Tyburn and a reward and protection was offered to such as would come in within a limited time and make a further Discovery and to prevent any danger that might from hence arise in any of the other Kingdoms Expresses were dispatched and such Persons as were accused or had been suspected were Seized and all due care taken especially in Ireland where by reason of the number of Papists Inhabiting that Kingdom the danger seemed to threaten and an Order was published That no Person upon great penalties should resort to the Queens Chapple or the Houses of Ambassadors unless her Servants or Servants of such Ambassadors as had Chapples and strict Inquiry was made upon this occasion Officers being appointed to have an Eye upon such as came in and out and some who could give no good account of themselves were carried before the Magistrates and Committed and a Proclamation was Issued out for dis-arming and securing Popish Recusants throughout the Kingdom which was punctually observed in most parts On the 17 th of November Letters having been scattered in the Streets of Dublin in Ireland Intimating a Conspiracy against the Life of the Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of that Kingdom to be put in Execution by one Michael Jepson he was thereupon Seized and confessed the Design and that he was preverted and incited amongst other Inducements to this intended Murther for that Alexander Jepson his Father had been hanged at Dublin for the Plot contrived 1663. and hereupon Brin and Plunket two Secular Priests were Seized the former being the party that set him on to perpretrate this wickedness and Papers from other Priests incouraging the like were found upon a strict Inquiry And now the Parliament of England having made a considerable progress into the Plot and the design growing more and more apparent by the Testimonies of other Witnesses that came in they were on the 30 th of December Prorogued 'till the 4 th of February following upon which the Papists relying for a greater boldness in returning to the Cities of London and Westminster another Proclamation was Issued out commanding them to depart as likewise the Magistrates and Officers to make diligent search for such as should lurk about Town c. And a Proclamation commanding the immediate return of the Children of Noblemen Gentlemen and others that were the Kings Subjects being in Foreign Seminaries and forbidding relief to be sent to them according to the Statute made in the 20 th Year of Elizabeth or undergoe the Penalty of that Statute which is to be adjudged a Traytor and suffer Forfeit and â—oss as in case of High Treason And another Proclamation for apprehending several Jesuits by Name viz. John Gaven Vavasor alias Gifford Edward Levison as also Broadstreet a Popish Priest and Francis Evers alias Ireland forbidding all Persons to Harbour Conceal or Shelter them on pain of being proceeded against for High Treason offering for the lattor 100 l. and for the rest 50 l. a Man and William Ireland and John Grove the first a Jesuit being Tryed and Convicted at the Old Baily as Guilty of the Conspiracy were Sentenced as in case of High Treason and afterward Executed at Tyburn In the Month of February several of the Justices of the Peace being doubtful in putting the Laws in Execution as to what related in some particulars against Popish Recusants and proposing several Queries to His Majesty He referred them to His Judges who after Consultation made this return of their Opinions viz. I. That Foreigners being Popish Recusants and excercising ordinary Trades but not Merchants are not excused from taking the Oaths or finding Securities II. That Foreigners though certified by Ambassadors to be their Servants except they are their menial Servants are not excused III. That Foreigners though settled House-Keepers being no Travellers or Foreign Ministers Servants are not excused IV. That the Kings Native Subjects are not excused from taking the Oaths by being menial Servants to Foreign Masters V. That we find no Law that excuses a Female Covert being a Papist from taking the Oaths though her Husband be a Protestant VI. That a Popish Recusant having taken the Oaths is not bound to find new Surities unless upon a new tender of the Oaths he shall refuse to take the same And this was Signed Will. Scroggs Fra. North W. Montague W. Wylde T. Littleton Hugh Windham Robert Atkins V. Bertie Fra. Bramston Tho. Jones W. Dolbin And the King having approved the Opinion of his Judges ordered the Justices of the Peace in their respective precincts to take notice accordingly in the execution of their dutys and conform thereunto and ordered the Custos Rotulorum of each County to give them Information and a further charge given them to put the Laws in Execution where any neglect had been The Murther of Sir Edmond Bury Godfrey being by this time fully discovered to have been acted in Somerset House Yard whither he had been way-layed and trained in under pretence of parting a Fray and there being Strangled by the suddain twisting a Napkin round his Neck and afterwards breaking his Neck and that he had been carried to Primrose-bill where he
Elizabeth Gaunt for Succouring and Assisting the said Burton with Money and helping him to a Passage in order to his escape beyond the Seas and were all Three found Guilty and received Sentence of Death as in case of High Treason And on the 23 d. of October Mr. Cornish was taken out of Newgate and Drawn in a Sledg to Kings-Street-end by Guild-Hall and there Executed on a Gibbet erected for that purpose his Head set upon Guild-Hall and his Quarters upon the Gates though since taken down and his Attainder reversed in Parliament Elizabeth Gaunt was conveyed to Tyburn and there Burnt to Ashes the other two got their Pardons and a Soldier for running from his Colours was Hanged on Tower Hill On the 27 th of October Richard Nelthrop and John Ayloff were carried from Newgate to the Kings Bench Bar and there received Sentence upon their being Outlawed for High Treason and a rule was made for their Execution on the 30 th when accordingly they were executed the first before Grays Inn Gate and the last before the Temple Gate and Quartered as in Case of High Treason On the 29 th of October Sir Robert Jefferys Lord Mayor of London was Sworn for the Year ensuing before the Barons of the Exchequer and the City received him with the usual Pomp c. and about the latter end of this Month a great Scuffle happened at Wiggan in the County Palatine of Lancaster between the Towns-Men and 4 Companys of Soldiers belonging to Sir William Clifton's Regiment in which many People were hurt however the inquiry as to the Agressors being submitted to a Court Marshal the Soldiers were excused and only obliged to remit out of their Pay so much Mony as their Quarters came to it being alledged That the Crouds of People pressed upon their Artillery and Carriages and their endeavouring to keep them off began the Fray On the 6 th of November an Order of Council was Published against making Bone-fires or Fire-works at or upon any Festival Days or Times whatsoever without particular leave first had from the King or Council-Board or signified to them by the Lord Mayor of London or by the Justices of Peace of the Respective Limmits upon Pain of Displeasure and being Prosecuted with the utmost Severity of the Law and some were taken up and Imprisoned on this occasion but upon submission and acknowledgment most of them Released And on the 20 th of November the King by the Lord Chancellour Prorogued the Parliament to the 19 th of February On the 4 th of December Robert Earl of Sunderland Principal Secretary of State was declared Lord President of the Council and took his place And divers new Charters about this time were Granted to sundry Corporations On the 10 th of December One Charles Bateman a Chirurgion was Tryed upon an Indictment of High-Treason for Conspiring the Death of King Charles the Second and to raise Rebellion within the Kingdom c. of which the Jury found him Guilty and he the next day received Sentance of Death as in Case of Treason and upon the 18 th was Executed at Tyburn where he made a very Pious End and his Head and Quarters afterwards set up in divers places And the King Appointed the Lord Viscount Tiveot Coll. Robert Phillips and John Evelyn do in the Absence of his Excellence the Earl of Clarendon who was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and on his way theither being Attended to the utmost Limits of this Kingdom with a Numerous and Gallant Train and received at Dublin with all the Demonstrations of Joy usual on that Occasion and the Earl of Huntingdon was appointed Lord Cheif Justice and Justice in Eyre of all the King's Forrests Chaces Parks and Warrens on the South side of Trent And on the 29 th the Bishop of Durham was Sworn Dean of the Chaple Royal and the Bishop of Rochester Clerk of the Closet to the King On the 30 th of December John Hambden Esq was Arraigned at the Old-Baily upon an Indictment of High-Treason but was afterwards Pardoned And a Proclamation was published for the further Prorogation of the Parliament viz. to the 10 th of May 1689. On the 8 th of February Thomas Saxton was brought to his Tryal at the Kings Bench-Bar upon an Indictment of Perjury in wilfully Forswearing himself at the Tryal of Henry Lord Delamere and the Jury found him Guilty without going from the Bar and afterward received Sentence to stand in the Pillory before VVestminsterx-Hall gate Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange and to be Whiped from New-gate to Tyburn and to pay 500 Marks as a Fine and he did stand in the Pillory and was Whiped Phlibert Vernatti who had been Attainted by Outlawry for Murthering Sr. Edmunbury Godfry appeared likewise at the Kings-Bench and being admitted to Reverse the Outlawry by Writ of Error tookâ— a kind of a pretended Tryal as knowingâ— doubtless no Witness would appear for that Miles Prance and others being called and not coming into Court the Jury was necessiated to Aâ—quit him and the Parliament Meeting on the 10 th of February was Prorogued by Commission to the 10 th of May. On the 13 th of February Sr. Thomas Jenner was Appointed one of the Baroâ—â— of the Exchequer in the place of Sr. VVilliam Gregory and Sr. Henry Bedingfield was Appointed a Justice of the Common-Pleas in the stead of Sr. Creswel Levens and Sr. John Holt was Constituted Recorder of London On the 10 th of March 1685. The King-Signed a Proclamation of General Pardon yet full of Exceptions in Sundry matters and cases Excluding from the benefit of it a great number by Name especially the most considerable Persons that had Escaped the Battle of Sedgmore or were concerned in the business of the VVest however divers Addresses followed it and sundry clusters were granted or restored and thus ended the most Remarkable Transactions of the year 1685. The year 1686. began with Storms in which a great many Ships were cast away and the shoars in many places were strew'd with Wrecks c. And on the 21 st of April Sr. Thomas Jones Lord Cheif Justice of the Common-Pleas VVilliam Montague Esq Lord Cheif Baron of the Exchequer Sr. Job Charleton one of the Justices of the Common-pleas and Sir Edward Nevil one of the Barons of the Exchequer had their Quietus and others appointed in in the stead however Sir Job Charleton was made Cheif Justice of Checter and a Call of Serjeants was made by Writ and they took their Oaths accordingly at the Chancery-Bar the first day of Easter Term and performed the Ceremonies usual on that occasion Presenting Rings with this Motto viz. Deus Rex Lex And an Order about this time was Published by the King and Council strictly Commanding any one to Betrary or Seduce any Person to the Forreign Plantations in America c. without their Consent and being lawfully bound before a Majestrate or such as should be thereunto Appointed which for a
And the suddainness of the affairs requiring the Soldiers to Quarter in private Houses a Declaration was Published to prohibit it unless such Houses as were willing to entertain them And divers of the Sea-men having deserted their Ships were ordered to return at a set time and for the better Incouragement of the Navy the Arrears and Wages that should grow due was promised to the Officers and Sea-men serving in the Fleet according to the known Method The Royal African Company out of a sense of their Duty and Respect on the 16 th of January at a General Court Unanimously chose His Highness to be their Governour for the Year ensuing and presented him with 1000 l. in their Joynt-Stock and the High Sheriff together with the considerable Gentry of the County of Cambridge entered into an Association engaging themselves Solemnly to stand by His Highness with their Lives and Fortunes c. and soon after the like was done by divers others The 22 th of January being come the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westminster the Lord Marquess of Hallifax Executed the place of Speaker in the House of Lords and the Commons chose Henry Powle Esq to be their Speaker after which His Highness's Letter was read in both Houses on the occasion of their Meeting and the Lords and Commons resolved upon an Address of Thanks and humbly therein desired him to continue the Administration of Affairs till further application should be made by them to His Highness and the 31 th of January was appointed for a publick Day of Thanksgiving in the Cities of London and Westminster and 10 Miles distance for the great Deliverance and on the 14 of February all over England and then the Lords and Commons went to St. Iames's to present their Address The Soldiers as well as the Seamen were likewise encouraged about this time with promise of their Pay and Arrears c. and many Disorders being committed by unruly People in Forrests and Chaces by Destroying the Deer and cutting down Timber a Declaration was published for the preventing them Commanding the Magistrates to be strict and dilligent in apprehending the Offenders and now the Prince having at the supplication of the Lords and Commons sent for His Royal Consort She passed the Seas Attended by divers English and Dutch Men of War and was received with great Demonstrations of Joy at White-Hall where she arrived by Water on the 12 th of February being that Night Visited by most of the Nobility at Court and the next Day in the Morning the Lords Spiritual and Temporal being assembled at Westminster and having agreed upon an Instrument of Writing for Declaring the Prince and Princess of Orange King and Queen of England France and Ireland with all the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging and upon presenting it in the Banquetting House having received their consent about Eleven of the Clock they were Proclaimed at White-Hall by the Officers at Arms and afterwards at Temple-Bar at Woodâ— street-End and before the Royal Exchange with all the Ceremonies and Splendour that attends the occasion the People every where expressing their Satisfaction by loud acclamations and four Regiments of the City Militia lined the way So the Day concluded with Ringing of Bells and Bonefires And hereupon the King and Queen joyntly placed in the Administration of the Government which King James was Declared to have Abdicated by both Houses as also the Succession settled in case of Failure of Issue a Proclamation was published to continue all Persons being Protestants who on the first of the last of December were in Office of Sheriff Justice of the Peace Commissioners Collectors and other Offices and Places concerning the Managing Collecting Receiving and Paying of the Revenue of the Kingdom should be continued in the said Office till their Majesties Pleasure was further known The Papists in Ireland Arming in great Numbers in that Kingdom committed about this time great Outrages on the Protestants Plundering Disarming and Imprisoning them so that divers as they could make their Escape fled for England yet the North parts held out against them being in Arms under the Lord Kingston and others making a very brave Defence to prevent the going over of other Papist's and Disafected Persons the English Ports that lay favourable to that Kingdom were ordered to be stop'd As for Scotland it had submited it self Voluntarily to the Protection of King William and Queen Mary yet the Duke of Gourdon held the Castle against the whole Kingdom being Guarded by about 100 of his Accomplices mostly Papist's but in the end was Obliged to Surrender as will appear hereafter On the 18 th of February the King went by Water to the House of Lords in all the usual Splendor and Majesty and being Seated on the Throne and the Commons Attending he made a very Gracious Speech to both Houses Relating to the Circumstances of Affairs and then Returned to White-Hall and a Privy-Council of Honourable and Worthy Persons were Chosen and the Papist's such as were not House-keepers commanded to remove from the Cities of London and Westminster c. And a Universal Joy over-spread the Kingdom upon the News of the Proclaiming the King and Queen all the Cities and most remarkable Towns shined with Fires the Bells every where Ringing great Feasting and Drinking of Healths c. The King having frequently Repeated His Good Will towards and his Resolution to Protect the Church of England On the 21 st of February the Lord Bishop of London with the Clergy of the City to the Number of 100 waited upon the King and Queen with an Humble Tender of their Fidelity and were Graciously Received having the Honour to kiss their Hands and the King gave them a further Assurance of his Affection to that Church and of all Protection and Encouragement Concluding viz. I Assure you that you shall ever find it so and may Depend upon it On the 23 d. the King gave the Royal Assent to an Act for Removing and Preventing all Questions and Disputes about the Assembling and Siting of the present Parliament and afterwards went with the Queen to Divertise himself at Hampton-Court and in the beginning of March he was pleased to Constitute Sir John Mayâ—ard Anthony Kecke and William Rawleson Serjeants at Law since Knighted Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England the Lord Willoughby of Ersby Chancellor of the Dutchy and County Palatine of Lancaster the Lord Lovelace Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pentioners and the Lord Lucas cheif Governour of the Tower of London and divers other Worthy Persons were put in Places of Trust He likewise Granted a Conge de Elire to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathederal Church of Sarum with his Letters Missive for the Electing Dr. Burnet Bishop of that See void by the Death of Dr. Seth Ward And Hearth-Money proving grievous to the Subjects especially the poorer sort the King upon the humble Request of the Commons was pleased to give