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A56192	The Popish royall favourite: or, a full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priestes, Jesuites, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: as likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our kealme [sic] of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, writings under the Kings own signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1643 (1643)	Wing P4039A; ESTC R220569	95,274	89

Utlary or Utlaries or● otherwise shall be had against the said Iohn Chamberlain and thereupon it is ordered by this Court that His Maiesties royall pleasure signified as aforesaid would be obeyed and that all proceedings against the said Iohn Chamberlain should be stayed accordingly Per Cur. WHereas this court hath this Sessions received command from his Majesty under his Signe Manuall on the behalf of Anthony Metcalfe servant to the Queenes Maiesty for the staying of any indictment or any further proceeding upon any indictment against the said Anthony for matters of Recusancy It is therfore by this Court ordered that all proceedings in this Court against the said Anthony for the said cause shall cease untill His Maiesties pleasure be signified to the contrary Per Cur. ACcording to a letter under the hand of Master Secretary Windebank signifiing his Maiesties pleasure therein It is ordered by this Court that the estreating of the Convictions upon the indictments of the recusancy against● these persons here undernamed shall be stayed untill his Maiesties pleasure be further known to the Contrary Viz. Sir Iohn Symonds Knight Elizabeth Good Widow William Cape and M ●rs Forman Widow ACcording to his Maiesties pleasure and grace extended towards Anne Lady Sands Dowager and Elizabeth Stukely her onely daughter and Elizabeth Hitchcock her servant and signified to this Court under his Highnesse signe manuall It is ordered and commanded by this Court that no further processe or proceeding be made or had against them upon their indictments or Recusancy untill his maiesties pleasure be signified to the contrary Per Cur. WHereas the Kings Majesty under his Signe manuall signified to this Court some three yeers since that it was his Highnesse pleasure that no Indictment of Recusancy should be received against Sir Charles Smith of Wotton-mavers in the County of Warwicke Knight or if any such shall happen to be that then it should be discharged and made void And whereas at the last Sessions an Indictment of recusancy was preferred against the said Sir Charles unknowne to this Court. It is now ordered by this Court that no further proceedings shall be made against the saide Sir Charles upon the said indictment but utterly to cease untill his Maiesties pleasure be signified to the contrary Per Cur At the Sessions of Goale-delivery for London held 16 Ianu. 10 Car. Regis William Stamford of Perry-barre in the County of Stafford Esquire was indicted for recusancy and after convicted 16 Feb. 10 Car. Regis And afterwards at the Goale-delivery held 10 Apr. 11 Car. Regis it was ordered That according to his Maiesties expresse will and pleasure signified under his Privy Signet dated 9 Ianuar 10 Car. Regis to stay all proceedings c. That the conviction of the said William Stamford should not be estreated at the Exchequer The like stay was made of all processe and proceedings in the Exchequer Kings bench and Sessions of peace in other Counties upon all the forementioned letters of Grace and Protection and in sundry others of that nature as the Order made in Court upon them attest beyond all Contradiction A Note of the Names of those Recusants against whom Processe hath been stayed by his Majesties Letters under His Privy Signet in the Crowne Office AGainst William Arundell Esquire second sonne to the Lord Arundell of Wardour and the Lady Mary Saint Iohn his wife by letter bearing date the 25 of April Anno. 11 Caroli Regis Against Captaine Iohn Read by a letter dated the 13 th of July 10 Caroli Against Sir Francis Mannocks of Stoke in the County of Suffolk and Dame Mary his Wife by a letter dated the 20 of April 14. Caroli Against Sir Henry Brown of Kidington in the County of Oxford and Dame Elizabeth his Wife by a letter the fifth of January 12 Caroli Against William Bradshaw of Saint Clements Danes in the County of Middlesex Esquire and Margaret his wife by a letter dated 4 th of July 11 Caroli Against Robert Hewet of Amptill Grange in the County of Bedford and Mary his wife by a letter bearing date the second of July 13. Caroli Against Sir Henry Audley Knight and Dame Ann● his wife by a letter of the 15 of January 13. Caroli Against Thomas Lord Arundell of Wardour and the lady Anne his wife by a letter dated the 20 of Iune 13 Caroli Against the Lady Katherine Windsor wife of Thomas Lord Windsor by a letter 7 of February 15 Caroli in the same Court of Kings Bench processe was staied against Gorge Cope Francis Simmons Beniamin Gill and others indicted of Recusancy by a warrant from William Noy the Kings Atturney Generall dated the 21 of May 1633. And against Henry Constable Knight Lord Constable Viscount Dumbarre by warrant from Sir Iohn Banks the Kings Atturney Generall dated the 23 of Iune 1635. with sundry others So processe out of the Court of Exchequer and Crowne Office against Robert Courtese and others was staied upon this Petition To the Kings Most Excellent Majestie The humble petition of Robert Courtese Matthew Reynolds and John Fitzwilliam in the behalfe of themselves and diverse others MOst humbly shewing That whereas the Petitioners have lately exhibited a petition unto your Majesty declaring that for being Recusants there are writs out of your Highnesse Court of Exchequer directed to the Sheriff● of London and Middlesex to selfe their Goods to your Majesties use albeit they have been alwayes and now are ready to compound according to Your Majesties most gracious favour and their meane ability being poore Tradesmen which by reason of this contagious time and other the weighty affaires of Your Majesties most Honourable Commission they have not yet done and so stand in danger to perish unlesse your Majesty of your accustomed clemency doe extend your gracious favour towards them in giving order that the said writs may be staied which they most humbly pray Since which time they humbly shew there are other writs come out of the Crowne Office to arrest their persons Therefore they doe most humbly beseech Your Majesty to take compassion of them and their poore Estates and to give order that the said writs may be stayed and that they may not be molested neither in their persons or goods whilest they are upon composition with your Majestie which they will indeavour to hasten with as much speed as may be And as by duty bound your poore petitioners shall dayly pray for Your Majesty long to Raigne most happily over us At the Court at Oatelands 7. August 1637. HIS Maiesties pleasure is that the writs shall be stayed according to the desire of the petitioners till the first sitting of the Commission for Recusants at which time the petitioners are to make their appearance and submit themselves to a composition according to the usuall course and hereof the Commission of Recusancy are to take notice and give order accordingly Francis Windebanke And as the Course of Iustice and proceedings against particular

servant Iohn Cooke did apprehend at severall times divers Jesuits and Priests to the number of 36. at his great charge and hazard of life who were brought before Secretary Cooke and others and by them committed to severall prisons Whereupon the late Secretary Windebanke discharged the said Jesuits and Priests and committed Newton and Cooke severall times to prison for performing their service to their great charges and hazard of life The said Windebanke sending for Newton tooke from him at severall times eight Watches formerly taken from Priests and given to him by the Lords to the value of 70. pound Moreover the said Windebanke took from Newton two rich units of popish Vestments formerly given him by the Lords of the Privy Counceil The said Windebanke engaging his Honour to Newton that he should receive from the Queene 200. pounds or the Vestments againe Newton often demanded the same of Windebanke yet could never get them nor the value of them but onely threatning words Divers Jesuits and Priests constantly frequently the said Windebankes house and amongst the rest one Henry Lloyd alias Francis Smith alias Francis Ryvers alias Francis Simons a grand Jesuite a great seducer and chiefe agent in the great and damnable plot of the Gun-powder-treason who by the counsell of Windebanke and some of his adherents gave a judgement of 300. pound to be a prisoner to the Fleet that the State nor Messengers should take no notice of his Iesuiticall Plot. The said Newton together with one Thomas Mayo about August in the tenth yeare of the King searching the house of one Bartholmen Frumman Esquire of Cheame in the County of Surrey found the said Lloyd alias Ryvers the Jesuite there who going to carry him away the said Jesuit shewed him and two high Constables the said Windebankes Warrant that no Messenger or any other person should molest him whereupon they left him there Moreover the said Jesuite then said to Newton and Mayo and the high Constables these words Are you angry with me for being here if you will stay till to morrow being Monday you shall see seven more Priests of us here this he spake in a vaunting way having a protection from Windebanke The said Newton and Mayo the Michaelmas-Terme following indicted the said Jesuite and Frumman the harbourer in the Kings-Bench and proceeded to the Vtlary whereupon Windebanke sent a Warrant and apprehended Newton and Mayo and threatned them that if they did not forthwith forbeare prosecuting the said Jesuit and harbourer he would immediately lay them by the heels but the said Newton and Mayo proceeded to the Vtlary against them both notwithstanding which Windebanke perceiving caused Justice Bartlet to stay the proceedings thereupon This Francis Smith the Jesuit said to M. Waddesworth and M. Taxley these words in Norfolke some yeers since That it is not now a time nor way to bring in their Religion by disputing or books of Controversie BVT IT MVST BE DONE BY AN ARMY AND BY FIRE AND SWORD The said Jesuit usually frequented the now Archbishop of Canterbury and was very seldome from him which Jesuit perswading Cooke Newtons servant to goe with Sir Kenelm Digby into France that so Cooke might give no more information against Priests and promising him great preferments there he did about Christmas was foure yeers cary Cooke one morning to Sir Kenelms bed-side at M. Burgesses in S. Martins in the Fields where after some discourse Smith taking his leave of Sir Kenelm prayed him in Cookes hearing to excuse him to my Lord of Canterbury that he could not dine that day with his Lordship and prayed him to desire my Lord of Canterbury to remember the businesse that he last spake with him about To which Sir Kenelm replied that he would not faile him to doe it for he was to dine with my Lord of Canterbury that day Iohn Gray a Messenger took one Fisher a grand Jesuit who having been severall times examined before the Lords of the Councell the said Canterbury came from the King and delivered this sentence against him viz. Mr. Fisher fall downe upon your knees and pray for the King that he is so mercifull unto you to save your life It is the Kings pleasure that you must be banished the Kingdome and be committed to the Gate-house there to remain untill you put in good security never to return again Yet suddenly after the said Fisher his imprisonment Windebanke released him and gave him a protection That no Messenger nor any other person should molest him upon paine of his displeasure The said Gray and Cooke afterwards not knowing of his Protection apprehended Fisher whereupon he shewed him his Protection from Windebanke and was thereupon discharged Vpon which Gray and Cook went to Secretary Cook and told him that Fisher was discharged by Windebanke Whereupon Master Secretary commanded Gray to go to my L. of Canterbury and tell him of Fishers discharge Vpon this Gray and Cook went accordingly to speak with Canterbury yet could not have any admittance to him but spake with M. Dell his Secretary and demanded a Warrant of him under Canterburies hand to apprehend Fisher the Jesuite who replied and said to Gray that he was an idle fellow to come for a Warrant from my Lord for he would meddle with no such matter as that was but bid Gray if he would have a Warrant he should repaire to the Councell-board Vpon which Gray answered and said I see how the game goes now is not my Lord Metropolitane of England and ought not he to grant me a Warrant but I hope eye it be long to see better dayes Vpon this the next day following Canterbury complained of Gray and brought him before the Councell and committed him to the Fleet where he remained 14. weeks After which Canterbury seeing the Lords would discharge Gray who oft petitioned them by his wife caused Windebank to lay his Warrant upon him wherupon he there remained prisoner 7. weeks more And upon often petitioning by Grayes wife Windebanke was at last contented to discharge Gray so that Gray would put in good security unto him THAT HE WOULD NOT HEREAFTER APPREHEND ANY MORE PRIESTS The said Newton apprehended Henry Gifford a dangerous Iesuit and brought him before Iustice Griffith where he was tendred the Oath of Supremacy and Allegiance whereupon the said Iesuite replyed and said these words I wish to God that all those who made the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacie that their tongues were seered in their mouthes and all those that gave consent thereto Whereupon the said Iustice told him that the King the Lords and Commons had made these Oathes and committed him to prison The next day following the Iustice and Newton were intreated to come to Secretary Windebank to speak with him concerning the Iesuit Which they doing Windebank said to Newton Is this a Priest or a Iesuit Newton answered and said If he be not a Priest he is worse than a Priest and told him the aforesaid dangerous

otherwise not prejudiciall to them or either of them Given under our signet at our Palace of VVestminster the fifteenth day of Iune in the thirteenth yeare of our Raigne To the most reverend father in God the Lord archbishop of Canterbury to our Lord-treasurer and Chancellor and Barons of the exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of assize Iustices of peace maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Bayliffes Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other Officers and Ministers whatsoever to whom it doth or may appertaine and to every of them as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall CHARLES REX WHereas we have received very good testimony of the loyalty duty and affection of our right trusty and wellbeloved Thomas Lord Arundell of Wardor and the Lady Anne his wife and because they may be subiect to the penalty of our Lawes made against Recusants by way of Indictment or otherwise these are to signifie that we are graciously pleased to extend our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment presentment information or suite in our name or● in the name of any other be henceforth commenced prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any of our Officers or Subjects whatsoever for or concerning Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the Contrary And if any such be already or shall happen to be hereafter then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made void or otherwise not prejudiciall to them or either of them Given under our signet at our palace at Westminster the one and twentieth day of Iune in the thirteenth Yeare of Our Raigne To our Lord Treasurer and Chancellour of our Exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and Peace Bailiffes Constables Headboroughs Messengers Pursivants and Informers and to all other our Officers and Ministers whatsoever to whom it doth or may appertaine and to every of them CHARLES REX WHereas we are well satisfied of the loialty duty and affection of our trusty and welbeloved William Therold of Arberfield in the County of Berks Esquire and Francis his wife and because they are or may be subject to the penalty of our Lawes for their Recusancy by way of Indictment or otherwise These are therefore to signifie that We are pleased to extend our speciall grace towards them and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information Citation or other Suit whatsoever in our name or in the name of any other be from henceforth framed preferred prosecuted or accepted against them or either of them by any our officers or subjects whatsoever for or concerning their Recusancy till we shall signifie our pleasure to the contrary And if any such already be or shall happen to be hereafter then our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made voide or otherwise not prejudiciall to them Given under our Signe-Manuall this fourth day of September 1639. To the most Reverend Father in God our right trusty and right intirely beloved Councellour William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Primate and Metropolitan of all England and to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being the Treasurer and Vnder-treasurer Chamberlains and Barons of our Exchequer for the time being to all and singular our Commissioners for Recusants for the time being to all our Iudges of Assize Iustices of peace Maiors Sheriffs Clerkes of Assize and peace Bailiffs and to all other our Officers and Ministers Ecclesiasticall and temporall for the time being and to all others whom it shall or may concerne The like letters of grace under the Kings owne signe manuall I find granted to the Lady Elizateth Dormer dated the 19 of June 1629 to Captaine Iohn Read 13 of Iuly Anno 10 Car. to Anthony Metcalf Her Majestyes servant produced at the open Sessions of Goale-delivery made for Middlesex the 28 of March 15 th Car. to Anne Lady Sands Dowager Elisabeth Stukely her onely daughter and Elisabeth Hitchcock her servant produced at the Sessions of Gaole delivery for the same County the 8 of Iuly Anno 15 to Car. to Iohn Chamberlain of Lindhurst Produced at the same place the 9 of May 14 to Car. to Sir Henry Audley Knight and Dame Anne his wife dated 15 Ianuarii Anno 13 Car. to the Lady Katharine Windsor wife of Thomas Lord VVindsor dated 7 Febr. Anno 15 Car. all these Letters of Grace under the Kings signe-manuall and privy Signet for protection of these Arch-popish Recusants against all Lawes and prosecutions are registred and the true copies of them entered by the Recusants themselves or their agents in the Clerk of the Peace his bookes for London and Middlesex or in the Crowne-Office besides sundry others left with the Clerks of the Peace in other Counties of England What effects these Letters of Grace and protection produced in Courts of Iustice contrary to Law and to the Kings and Iustices own Oathes will appeare by these few ensuing Orders made at the open Sessions of Gaole delivery for the County of Middlesex UPon speciall directions given by his Majesty and signified by a Letter from Master Secretary VVindebank to the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Richardson Knight Lord chief Justice of his Majesties Court of Kings Bench bearing date the sixteenth day of April 1634 and shewed now to this Court. It is ordered by this Court ' that the Recognisance taken in Court at the Sessions of Gaole-delivery holden for the County of Middlesex at Iustice Hall in the Old-baily the fourth day of October last past wherein Alexander Baker of the Parish of Saint Andrewes in Holborn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman was bound to his Majesty with two sureties for his appearance at the Sessions of Goale delivery then next following At which Sessions he made default shall not be estreated but all further proceedings thereupon shall be forthwith stayed Per Cur. UPon the reading of His Majesties Letters Parents under the Great Seale of England bearing date the third day of Ianuary in the 3 yeare of his Maiesties reigne of England c. and inrolled in his Maiesties Court of Exchequer It appeared unto this Court that His Maiesty was graciously pleased to signifie His Royall pleasure that Iohn Chamberlain of Lindhurst in the County of Southampton Esq●● should not at any time hereafter during the terme of LX years be indicted of or for Recusancy or for not repairing to Church Chappell or usuall place of Common prayer contrary to the Lawes and Statutes of this Kingdome in that behalf had and provided And that if any indictment be that then upon such indictment or indictments no processe or other proceedings by Proclamation or Proclamations

the 15 yeare of Our reigne To the keeper of Our prison of the Clink Secretary Windebank by his own ensuing Warrant without any expressed directions from the King undertakes to release this Priest committed by the K. himself THese are to will and require you forthwith to enlarge and set at liberty the body of Edward moore now prisoner in your charge upon suspition of being a Priest and hereof you are not to fail Dated at Whitehall 14. Mar. 1634. Fran. Windebank To the keeper of the Clink and to his Deputy The like Warrants of release and discharge are under the said Secretary Windebanks hand to the keeper of the Clink for William Drury a popish Priest 24 mar 16 4. for Thomas Holmes a Priest 9 May 1634. for Humfrey Turbervill a Priest 1 Decemb. 1634. for Iohn Fisher alis Percy a popish priest committed by warrant from the Lords of the Councell to the Gate-house 12 Decemb. 1634. and released by the said Secretaries warrant to the keeper of the Gate-house 12 August 1635. for Thomas Rainolds a Priest to the keeper of the Gate-house 17 April 1635. for Iohn Goodman a noted priest to the keeper of the Gate-house 17 Sept. 1639. with infinite others whom I now omi● It was the usuall practice of this Iesuited Secretary who had a pension from the Papists and was a Lay-Iesuite brought up by the Archbishop of Canterbury whose scholar he was and made Secretary of State at his suite as the memorialls of his life attest First if any Priests were brought before him by the Officers if he could not discharge them without commitment to commit them to prison for 4 or 5 dayes for a shew and then to discharge them I shall give you one late instance in stead of many out of his own Warrants in the case of Arnold Gerard. THese are to will and require you forthwith to receive into your custody the body of Arnold Gerard A ROMISH PRIEST herewith sent you and him to keep till you shall have further order And hereof you may not fail Dated at my house in Drury-lane 25 may 1640. Fran. Windebank To the keeper of the Gate-house in Westminster or his Deputy within five dayes after he discharged him again by this warrant under the Secretaries Seale THese are to will and require you forthwith to set at Liberty the body of Arnold Gerard whom I LATELY COMMITTED to your custody And hereof you may not fail Dated at my house the 30 th of May 1640. Fran. Windebank To the keeper of the Gate-house in Westminster or his Deputy So Thomas Reinolds a Priest committed by this Secretary to the Gate-house the tenth of April 1635. was absolutely discharged by him thence on the seventeenth day of the s●me moneth as appeares by the Warrants Iohn Southworth one of the 16 Priests released by the Kings forecited Warrant of April 11 sexto Car. to be sent beyond the Seas as was pretended continuing a dangerous seducer after his release was afterwards committed again to the Clink prison by the Lords of the Privy-Councels warrant but yet for all that had free liberty to walk abroad at his pleasure as most Priests during their imprisonment had the more safely to seduce His Majesties good subiects and open masses in their prisons to boote whereupon being apprehended and brought before some of the High-Commissioners and refusing to give bond to appear before them though the good men never did such Romish-vermin any harm in their terrible Court a Spanish inquisition onely to torture Puritanes and no other persons he was sent to the Clink by their warrant under the Seale of the Court dated the 24 of June An. Dom. 1640 to which they found him to be formerly committed by the Lords and to be then a vagrant prisoner to be there detained under the Keepers custody untill other order should be given for his inlargement all which is expressed in the warrant for his commitment But within few dayes after this Priest was absolutely released by this warrant THese are to will and require you forthwith upon the sight here of to enlarge set at liberty the body of Iohn Southworth lately committed to your custody For which this shall be your Warrant Dated at my house in Drury-lane 16 Iuly 1640. Fran. Windebank To the keeper of the Clink or to his Deputy or Deputies How dangerous a seducer this Southworth alias Southwell was appeares by this Petition of Robert VVhite Sub-Curate of St. Margarets Parish in VVestminster to the Archbishop of Canterbury the last great sicknesse 1636. MOst humbly sheweth That the Petitioner ever since the beginning of this grievous visitation in Westminster hath used all the pains diligence that possibly he could to serve the Cure in the absence of Dr. VVimberley and bein gimployd by divers charitably disposed people to distribute their alms among the most indigent and distressed sort of people he hath observed TWO POPISH PRIESTS to frequent VVestminster one of which is called Southwell who is and long hath been a prisoner in the Gatehouse but lies about Clerkenwel This Southwell under a pretence of distributing Almes sent FROM SOME OF THE PRIESTS IN SOMERSET-HOUSE or OTHER PAPISTS doth take occasion to go into divers visited Houses in VVestminster and namely to the house of one VVilliam Baldwin and VVilliam Stiles in the Kemp-yard in VVestminster and there finding Baldwin neer the point of death did set upon him by all meanes to make him change his religion whereunto by his subtile perswasions Baldwin easily consented and received the Sacrament from him according to the Church of Rome and so died a Romish-catholique And in the same maner he perverted William Stiles who also died a Romish-catholique And South-well to colour and hide these wicked practices doth see the Watchmen and other poor people thereabouts that they should affirm he comes onely to give Almes And thus under a pretence of relieving the bodies of poor people he comes onely to poysons their souls Now may it please your Grace the Petitioner having no means to apprehend these Priests or to stop this danger and dishonour to our Religion doth humbly implore your Graces favour and zeal that some speedy course may be taken to hinder the progresse thereof and that not onely for the confirming and setling of poor people in our Religion but also to prevent a great danger which may ensue to the Queenes Maiestie at her coming to Denmarke-house for that divers poor people newly turned Romish-Catholiques do commonly frequent the Masse at Denmarke-house And three of those poor people watched all night with VVilliam Stiles immediately before he died and the next day went thither to Masse A most wicked course if it should not be remedied Upon this Southwell soon after was apprehended indicted arraigned and the premises fully proved against him by sundry witnesses and yet by the Queens and VVindebanks powerfull meanes his finall triall was put off to the great discontent of the people

he not long after released even neer the verie time that D. Bastwicke Mr. Burton and Mr. Prynne were most grievously censured in the Star-chamber and most barbarously pillored deprived of their eares stigmatized yea sent away Close-prisoners and exiles into forraign Islands and there shut up so strait that not so much as their Wives of Friends might have accesse by person or letter to them nor set footing in the Islands where they were cloistered up under pain of imprisonment and the severest censures and all for opposing the Popish Doctrines and Innovations brought into our Church by the Prelaticall and Popish Confederates who conspired to undermine our Religion and boldly discovering this their conspiracy spiracie in printed bookes to the incredulous secure world who never dreamed of such an imminent danger to our religion which is since more palpably and experimentally discovered To such an exorbitant power and prevalency had the Priests and Popish faction then attained Secondly if any Priests or Jesuits were committed in the Countrey then it was this Secretaries ordinary practice to send for them up to London by his own Warrant and Messengers under pretence of proceeding against them here and so to release them to give you one late instance most Counties having made experiences of this practice Patricke Clerye a dangerous Priest was committed by the Earle of Salisbury to Hortford-Gaole by this Warrant YOu shall receive herewith the body of Patricke Clerye who BY HIS OWN CONFESSION made before me IS A SEMINARY PRIEST Wherefore these are to will and require you to take into your custodie the body of the said Patricke Clerye and him to keepe in durance till he shall be delivered by sufficient Warrant for that behalf And herein you may not faile at your perill Dated at Hertford this 26. of June 1643. Salisbury To the Keeper of his Majesties Gaole of Hertford or his Deputies there Within few dayes after this Priest was removed and released by Windebanke by colour of this juggling Warrant BY vertue of HIS MAJESTIES COMMAND to me given These are to wil and require you forth with upon sight hereof to deliver the body of Patricke Clerye now prisoner in your custody into the hands of this bearer one of the Messengers of His Majesties Chamber sent purposely for him who is to bring him hither to be proceeded with as his Majesty shal please further to direct and hereof you may not faile at your perill Dated at Whitehall 21. July 1640. Fran Windebanke To the Keeper of His Majesties Gaole of Hertford and to all others whom it doth or may concerne By such a Warrant as this Captaine Read that active Lay-Iesuite mentioned in Romes-Master-piece the common Host and Agent of the Jesuits Society in England and chiefe Agent in the late Irish rebellion was freed from the Gaole in Devonshire where he was imprisoned and then inlarged and especially protected by the King in manner following by the King himself and this Letter of Grace By the King VVHereas we have received good testimonie of the loyaltie and dutie of Our trusty and wel-beloved Captaine Iohn Read and because the may be subject to the penalties of the Lawes against RECVSANCY These are to signifie That We are GRACIOVSLY PLEASED to extend OVER SPECIALL GRACE towards him and doe hereby will and command that no Indictment Presentment Information or Suit in our Name or in the name OF ANY OTHER BEE HENCEFORTH commenced prosecuted or accepted against him by ANY OF OVER OFFICERS AND SVBJECTS WHATSOEVER for or concerning RECVSANCIE And if any such shall happen then Our will and pleasure is that upon sight hereof the same shall be discharged and made void or otherwise not prejudiciall unto him Given under Our Signet the 13. day of July in the tenth yeere of Our Reigne To all and singular Our Iudges of Assize Iustices of Peace Majors Sheriffs Clerks of Assize Basiliffs Constables Informers and all other Our Officers and Ministers whom it doth or may concern and to every of them This Letter of extraordinary grace and protection to this Arch-Traitor Conspirator and Rebell is entred of Record in the Sessions-booke of the Clerke of the Peace of Middlesex at the Sessions held 6. Oct. 13. Caroli pag. 261. and in the Crown Office too where those who please or doubt of it may peruse it at their pleasure 3. This Secretary committed some and much blamed other Officers only for apprehending molesting Popish Priests and released Iames a Priest taken in Execution for a debt by commanding an Officer to bring him out of prison to his chamber to examine him and there by collusion permitted him to escape for which escape thus fraudulently procured the Jailor and Officer were inforced to pay the debt The Warrants to free Priests and Jesuits out of prison before and without Indictments to prohibit them from Indictments to reprieve and release them after they have been arraigned and condemned are almost numberlesse The Jesuits apprehended by Justice Long in their new erected Colledge of Clerkenwell in the third yeere of the Kings Reigne were all bailed and released before they were Indicted and tried by speciall directions from the King which abuse was much complained of and examined in the Parliament held that yeer and how many scores of Priests have been since released without any prosecution and Indictment when apprehended the premised Warrants and the Goal-books thorowout England will at test Windebanke releasing above 80. as was proved in Parliament 4. Iunii 1633. A privie Seale reciting that one Iohn Broughton was indicted for a Priest was directed by the King to the Judges of the Kings Bench to stay proceedings against him which is recorded in the Crowne Office whereupon this Warrant was made under the Lord chiefe Justice Richardsons hand WHereas there is an Indictment remaining upon Record in the Kings Majesties Court of his Bench at Westminster against Iohn Broughton of London Clerke otherwise Iohn Crowder of London Clerk And whereas His Majestie hath directed his privie Seal to me and to the rest of the Judges of the said Court for staying of prosecution of the said Indictment against the said Iohn Broughton by the name of Iohn Broughton of Ruerdeane in the County of Gloucester the said Iohn Broughton being one and the self-same person though diversly stiled in the Privie Seale and in the Indictment Therefore let the Clerke of the Crown keep the said Privie Seale and stay Processe upon the said Indictment untill Further order be taken and this shall be your Warrant 4 Iunii 1633. Thomas Richardson Ch. J. This Broughton at the Sessions of Oyer and Terminer for the City of London 22. Febr. 7. Car. R. was indicted for a Priest which Indictment was afterwards removed into the Kings Bench returnable immediately and there stayed by this former Order Anno 1643. Henry Rivers Francis Foster William Atkins Francis Cotes and George Parret Priests Jesuits were all indicted in the Kings

admitted into the Ministery by our Bishops Eightly In pursuance of this design his Majesties greatest Favourites and those in highest authority under him were all either actuall Papists in profession or well inclined to Popery in affection altogether swayed by popish Councels witnesse the first Grand Favòurite the Duke of Buckingham who laid the foundation of the Spanish and French Marriage-Treaties Articles and was a chiefe Actor in both swayed wholly by his Iesuited Mother and Dutchesse professed Papists and their Cabinet counsell of Iesuites by whose Treachery Rochel was lost The great Lord Treasurer Weston steared by his Popish Countesse kindred Sir Toby Mathews Sir Basil Brook and other Papists whiles he lived and reconciled to the Church of Rome receiving extreame Unction and Absolution from the Popish priests and Capuchins when he died Besides these they had Windebank a popish Secretary of his Majesties Cabinet Councel for their Intelligencer Patron Protector Liberator Assistant the Earle of Arundel and other friends in his Privie Councell Endymion Porter in his Bed-Chamber with many other Agents of all sorts all Sexes in his Court mentioned in Romes Master-Piece to further their design in the State The Arch-bishop of Canterbury Wren Montague Cozens with many other Prelates and Priests to introduce establish their Popish Doctrines Ceremonies Superstitions in the Church of England the great Lord Strafford Lievtenant of Ireland with sundry others in that Realme to countenance and protect them in Ireland where they had absolute toleration yea open profession of their Religion And which was instar omnium they had Queen Mary her selfe in the Kings own bed and bosome for their most powerfull Mc●atrix of whom they might really affirme in reference to his Majesty what some of their popish Doctors have most blasphemously written of the Virgin Mary in relation to God and Christ That all things are subject to the command of Mary even God himselfe That she is the Empresse and Queen of Heaven and of greatest Authority in the Kingdome of Heaven where shee may not only impetrate but command what soever shee pleaseth That shee sitteth as Chauncellour in the Court of Heaven and giveth Letters of Grace and Mercy to whom she pleaseth That shee is the Fountaine Treasurer and Dispencer of all Gods Graces Favours the very neck and conduit-pipe through which they are all conveyed That God hath freely bestowed on her the better halfe of his Kingdome to wit all his mercy reserving only his Iustice to himselfe yet so subject to her restaints That if any Roman Catholike doth finde himselfe aggrieved in the Court of Gods or the Kings Iustice for being prosecuted for his Recusancy or seducing the Kings people he may safely appeale to Maries Court of mercy for reliefe shee being the Throne of Grace of which the Apostle speakes Hebr. 4. 16. Let us go boldly unto the Throne of Grace that wee Catholikes may receive from her grace to helpe us in time of need And to further this Catholike work more effectually the Queen Mother must be sent over into England to contribute her assistance to the Catholike party here which she had so much assisted in France and forraign parts No wonder then if the designe succeeded prevailed so much of late since assisted promoted by so many powerfull active agents 9. By vertue of the former Articles and Oaths all the Parliaments during his Majesties raigne till now urging the execution of old Lawes against Recusants Priests Iesuites and endeavouring to make new stricter acts against them have contrary to the practice of all former ages been broken up and dissolved in discontent And to crosse their execution of Priests and Iesuites in a politicke Pleasing covert way divers Proclamations have been published every Parliament to banish them the Realm by a set day after which if they departed not they should be executed which the common people and plaine honest-minded Parliament men conceived to be done out of rigour and justice against them and so rested satisfied with these Proclamations onely which in truth were meere policies to free the imprisoned Priests and Iesuites out of prison under pretext of sending them away and to stay all proceedings against them whilst the Parliaments sate by allowing them so many weeks respite to depart the Realme before which the Parliaments commonly were dissolved and so by this policie were secured inlarged to do more mischief and either departed not all or returned presently againe into England as soon as the Parliaments ended as the premisses and experience manifest 10. By meanes of these Articles proceedings of the Papists Priest and Iesuites have grown so stupendiously powerfull as during the late Scottish troubles to hold a Parliament and generall Councell of State among themselves even in London wherein not the King but the Popes own Nuntio sate President in which Parliament the chief Papists out of all parts of England and Wales assembled and made severall Lawes and Ordinances for imposing taxes and raising monies upon all Roman Catholiques for maintenance of the Scottish wars which were seconded with the Queens own Letters and Instructions to the Catholikes reciting VVhat great liberties and favours her Highnesse had procured for them from his Majesty and exciting them to a most liberall contribution toward these wars because the maintaining thereof concerned them not onely as they were Subjects BUT AS THEY WERE ROMAN CATHOLIKES TOO The verity of which Popish Parliament orders instructions taxes was fully proved and manifested before a speciall Committee of the Commons House specially appointed for Recusants and their Popish Nuncio Novemb. 9. 1640. and at other dayes of meeting in that and the following moneths both by the orders letters and instructions themselves and the examinations of Sir Kenelm Digby and many other Popish Knights chief actors in that Parliament now remaining in the safe custody of Master Raynolds then Chaire-man And were not the Papists then think you growne to an extraordinary exorbitant power and the Pope revested in his long exploded usurped supremacie in our Realme when they should thus be permitted to hold and keepe a Parliament without interruption when the Protestants and Kingdome might hold none at all or at least one presently dissolved in discontent and the Popes owne Nuncio sit Lord President to rule the rost when they should be thus openly tolerated to hold a Parliament both to make and maintaine a warre against the religious Protestant Subjects even with the Kings owne actuall consent as is cleare by his forementioned answer under his owne hand to Master Pulfords Petition where he not onely takes notice of these contributions granted him by the Papists but makes them the ground of his stay of all proceedings against them upon penall Lawes And that these Scottish wars were then raised by them to get the king into their power and extirpate the Protestant Religion is evident not only by the plot detected in Romes Master-piece found in the Archbishops chamber and the observations