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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70153	The examination of Captain William Bedlow, deceased, relating to the Popish Plot taken in his last sickness, by Sir Francis North, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; together with the narrative of Sir Francis North at the council board, and the letter of Sir Francis North to Mr. Secretary Jenkins relating to this examination.	Guilford, Francis North, Baron, 1637-1685.; Jenkins, Secretary.; Williams, William, Sir, 1634-1700.; Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing G2215; ESTC R519	4,087	15

I Appoint Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills to Print this Examination Narrative and Letter Perused and Signed by me According to the Order of the HOUSE OF COMMONS And that no other Person presume to Print them Wi WILLIAMS Speaker THE EXAMINATION OF Captain William Bedlow Deceased Relating to The Popish Plot Taken in his last Sickness by Sir FRANCIS NORTH Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Together with the Narrative of Sir Francis North at the Council Board And the Letter of Sir Francis North to Mr. Secretary JENKINS Relating to this EXAMINATION Perused and Signed to be Printed According to the Order of the House of Commons BY ME William Williams Speaker C2R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1680. The EXAMINATION OF Capt. WILLIAM BEDLOW Taken upon Oath before the Lord Chief Justice NORTH AT BRISTOL On Monday the 16 th of August 1680. THe Examinant saith That the Duke of York hath bin so far engaged in the Plot as he hath seen by Letters in Cardinal Barbarini's Secretaries Study that no part that hath bin proved against any man already that hath suffered but that to the full those Letters have made him guilty of it all but what tended to the Kings Death And at Rome I asked Father Anderton and Father Lodge two Jesuits What would the Duke do with his Brother when he was King And they answered me They would find a means for that they would give him no trouble about it Then I told them I believed the Duke loved his Brother so well he would suffer no Violence to be done to Him They said No If the Duke could be brought to that as he had bin Religiously to every thing else they might do their work their other business was ready and they might do it presently But they knew they could not bring him to that Point but they would take care for that themselves They had not begun with him to leave him in such scruples as that But they would set him into his Throne and there he should Reign blindfold three or four days for they had settled some they should pitch the Action upon should clear their Party And then he should flie upon them with the Sword of Revenge And this Examinant doth further add That the Queen is not to this Examinants knowledge nor by any thing that he could ever find out any way concerned in the Murder of the King but barely by Her Letters consenting and promising to Contribute what Money she could to the Introducing the Catholick Religion Nay 't was a great while and it made Her weep before she could be brought to that William Bedlow Jurat 16. die Aug. 1680. Coram me Fra. North. THE NARRATIVE OF Sir FRANCIS NORTH Lord Chief Justice OF THE COMMON-PLEAS At the COVNCIL BOARD AT my first coming to Mr. Rumseys house where I was to Lodge at Bristol upon Munday the 16 th day of August in the Afternoon being the First day of the Assises Sir John Knight came to me and said That Mr. Bedlow lay dangerously ill of a Feaver and had little hopes of Life and desired that I would give him a Visit that he might Impart something of great Consequence to me before his Death I told him I would give him a Visit that night after Supper about Nine a Clock if I might be satisfied of two things First That there was no Infection in his Distemper Secondly That the time would not be inconvenient but he might Discourse to me without prejudice to his Condition After a little while two Physicians came to me and assured me that there was no danger of Infection and that the time I had appointed would be most proper for commonly he took his repose in the Afternoon and at Nine a Clock he would in all probability be refreshed and fit to Discourse with me Thereupon I declared my Resolution of going and desired the Company of the Two Sheriffs and my brother Roger North and appointed my Marshal William Janes to go with me As we were upon the way Mr. Crossman a Minister in that City told me Mr. Bedlow had desired him to come with me to him I said It was very well and I should be glad of his Company Whereupon we went all together and being come into the Room where Mr. Bedlow lay I saluted him and said I was extreme sorry to find him so ill I came to Visit him upon his own desires I did imagine he had something to impart to me as a Privy-Councellor and therefore if he thought fit the Company might withdraw He told me That needed not yet for he had much to say which was proper for the Company to hear And having saluted the Sheriffs and Mr. Crossman he discoursed to this purpose That he looked upon himself as a dying man and found within himself that he could not last long but must shortly appear before the Lord of Hosts to give an account of all his Actions And because many Persons had made it their business to baffle and deride the Plot he did for the satisfaction of the World there declare upon the Faith of a dying Man and as he hoped for Salvation That whatever he had Testified concerning the Plot was True And that he had wronged no Man by his Testimony but had Testified rather under than over what was Truth That he had nothing lay upon his Conscience upon that Account That he should appear cheerfully before the Lord of Hosts which he did verily believe he must do in a short time He said He had many Witnesses to produce who would make the Plot as clear as the Sun and he had other things to Discover which were of great Importance to the King and the Countrey Hereupon he making some pause I told him The Plot was so evidently made out that no reasonable man no Protestant I was sure could doubt of the Truth of it But he ought not to have Concealed any thing that concerned the King so highly He ought to Discover his whole knowledge in matters of Treason that Traitors may be Apprehended and Secured who otherwise may have opportunity to Execute their Treasonable Designs To this he replied That much of that which he had not Discovered was to Corroborate his former Testimony That he had Concealed nothing that was absolutely necessary to the Kings Preservation That he thought it not fit to Accuse more Persons till he had ended with those whom he had already Accused He expressed great grief and trouble at the Condition of his poor King and Countrey so he termed them whom he knew at that time to be in Eminent danger from the Jesuits who had Resolved the Kings Death and he was sure they would spare him no longer then he continued to be kind to them He said He was privy to their Consultations at Salamanca and