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A94854 The tryal of Richard Langhorn Esq; counsellor at law, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, and received sentence accordingly, at the sessions in the Old Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex, on Saturday, being the 14th. of June 1679. / Published by authority. Langhorne, Richard, 1654-1679.; England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex) 1679 (1679) Wing T2213; ESTC R215250 74,675 63

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not take any notice of me or what I said Langhorn How does he know it was in 1678 and not 1677. He says it was in the month of May was twelve-month Butler I know it by this circumstance In February I went down into Lincolnshire and I came up again the same month Sir Rich. Barker was then sick and in the Country and there he was a great while and when he came to Town I did acquaint my master that Dr. Oates was there to enquire for Dr. Tongue in the strangest habit that ever I saw m●n in in my life L. C. J. How long after he had been there was it that you did tell your master Buil It was as soon as my master came back as soon as I saw him it might be a week C. L. J. Was it about a week or a fortnight Butler I do not know exactly Which was done Mr Belwoed Then swear Gicily Mayo L. C. J. Do you know master Oates Mayo I never saw his face before that time nor had I taken notice of him then but that there was a young man that lived with Sir Richard Barker who had a great acquaintance with him and seeing him in that Garbe he called me to the window and said mr Oates surely is turn'd Quaker or Jesuit by the change of his habit no said I● he is ro Quaker for he hath got a Perriwig on L. C. J. Maid when was this Mayo This was before Whitsontide L. C. J. Which Whitsontide Mayo Whitsontide was twelve-month Lord. Ch. Just How long before that was it Mayo It was a matter of a fortnight before as I remember L. C. J. Are you sure you know him now Mayo Yes this is the man L. C. J. Did you tell your master of it Mayo I was not so well acquainted with him as to speak to Sir Richard Barker about it but the other Servants they told him Mr. Belwood Set up Philip Page Who was sworn Do you know mr Oats Page Yes my Lord I have known him these five years L. C. J. When did you see him Page About May was twelvemonth L. C. J. Where Page In Sir Richard Barker's house L. C. J. Are you sure this was the man Page Yes I am sure it was he Langhorn What time in May was it Page About the beginning of M●● L. C. J. And you take it upon your O●th that you saw Mr. Oates the beginning ● May wa● twelvemonth in Sir Richard Barker's house Page Yes my Lord I do Mr. Just Atkins What is become of the B●● that spoke to the woman about him Mayo He is dead my Lord. Sir Cr. Levins Then swear Sir Richard Barker Which was done L. C. J. Do you know Dr. Oates Sir Sir Richard Barker I have known him these many years I have known him from a Child L. C. J. Did you see him about a year ago Sir Richard Barker my Lord I did not see him then I was out of town but as the servants tell your Lordship so they told me when I came home that mr Oates had been there in a strange kind of habit that he was either turned Quaker or Jesuite I did very much admire at it sor I had seen his Father but a little while before and he told me nothing of it I had a mind to have give him a Living while he was in our Church L. C. J. When did your Servants tell you they saw him Sir Richard Barker They told me when I came home which was in the latter end of Whisun-week or the beginning as I remember L. C. J. Was it in Whitsuntide Sir Rich. Barker It was about that time they told me the odd kind of posture he was in and that young Fellow that they speak of told me several passages of Mr. Oates He is now dead L. C. J. But when did they speak of it to you Sir Rich. Barker My Lord when I came home two or three of them told me of it with great admiration as they have told your Lordship and the Court and I said to one of them What! did he leave no message They told me he enquired for Dr. Tonge and asked for me but that was all that they told me L. C. J. Come was it in May Sir Rich. Barker Yes my Lord it was May was twelvemonth L. C. J. How do you know it was in May was twelvemonth Sir Rich. Barker It was last year about the beginning of May. L. C. J. North Nay he tells you this when you asked him the Question whether he knew Mr. Oates Yes said he I did know him sormerly and when he was of our Church I did intend to have given him a Benefice Langhorne Certainly his change that is his becoming a Roman Catholick could not be a thing so strange that he should intend then to give him a Benefice Mr. J. Aikins But hark you Sir I suppose you remember it by your own Sickness very well Sir Rich. Barker Yes my Lord very well I had a little distemper upon me and Dr. Needham of the Charter-house came to see me and I Jay sick a matter of six or seven Weeks and the latter end of my sickness I continued taking of Physick till I came to Town L. C. J. But you are sure of the year by that Sir Rich. Barker Yes my Lord and Yesterday I should have acquainted your Lordship and the Court that there are some persons not unknown to some of the Bench if not near ally'd to them and that is Sir William Tyrrills Family of Lincolnshire his Grandson who had been at Cambridge and then came to visit me though I happened not to be at home they being my Wives Relations and it was before Witsontide because he came to take the advantage of that Season of the Year and he had conversed with Mr. Oates but he is not in Town at present and there are two or three of the University that conversed with Mr. Oates at that time Mr. J. Pemberton Are they here Sir Rich. Barker I only tell it you for a Circumstance Sir Cr. Levins Then set up Mr. Clay Who was sworn L. C. J. Do you know Mr. Oates Mr. Clay Yes I know him very well L. C. J. How long have you known him Mr. Clay Since last April was a Twelve-month L. C. J. Where did you see him then Mr. Clay I saw him at Mr. Howards my Lord. L. C. J. What Howard one of my Lord of Norfolks Brothers Mr. Clay Yes my Lord. L. C. J. What is his Christian Name Mr. Clay His Name is Mr. Charles Howard my Lord. L. C. J. Where was it Mr. Clay In his house L. C. J Where was his house Mr. Clay It was part of Arundel House 't is now made a new Street L. C. J. Did you speak with him there Mr. Clay Yes we saluted one another and he said Your Servant Sir I am sure I saw him there L. C. J. How often did you see him in that House Mr. Clay Twice L.
unto be Advocate General of the Army to be levied in this Kingd●m to war against our said Soveraign Lord the King falsly traitero●sly and against the d●ty of your All giance from a cortain person●u known did receive and had and the sa● Commission then and there falsly advisedly and Traiterously did inspect and read and in your custody keep and to the same Commission Traiterously did give your consent to the intent that you the said Richard Langhorn should have and Execute the place and Office of Advocate General of the Army aforesaid after the Army aforesaid should be rais'd against our said Soveregin Lord the King by you the said Richard Langhorn and other false Traitors unknown in Execution of the said Tratiterous Compassings Imaginations and Agreements aforesaid And that whereas William Ireland John Grove and Thomas Pickering and other false Traitors of our Sovereign Lord the King unknown on the 24th af April in the 30th Year aforesaid in the County of Middlesex did consult to bring and put our said Sovereign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction and to change and alter Religion in this Kingdom of England Rightly and by Law Established to the Superstition of the Church of Rome at London c. had Notice of that Consultation and the same Consultation for the D●struction of the King and for the alteration of Religion in this Kingdom rightly Established to the Superstion of the Church of Rome and the Treasonable Agreements had in that Consultation on the said 30th day of September in the 30th Year aforesaid from our said Sovereign Lord the King Advisedly and Traiterously did conceal and to that Consultation Traiterously ●● did consent And the said William Ireland John Grove and Thomas Pickring on the day and Year last aforesaid at London the Treasons aforesaid to perpetrate and perfect malieiously Subtilly and Traiterously you did Abet Counsel maintain and comfort and that you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the said 30th day of September in th 30th Year aforesaid at London c. falsly subtilly and Traiterously you did move and s●licit the Benedictine Monks unknown to experd and pay the some of Six Thousand Pounds to precure a person Traiterously to Kill and murder our said Soveraign Lord the King And whereas Edward Coleman and other false Traitors of our said Sovere●gn Lord the King unknown on the 29th of September in the 30th Year aforesaid in the County of Middlesex Traiterously had conspired and consulted to procure Rebellion and Sedition within this Kingdom of England against our said Sovereign Lord the King and him from his Kingly state and Government of this his Kingdom of England to deprive and disinherit and to bring and put him to final Death and Destruction and the Government of this Kingdom of England to alter and the true Religion in this Kingdom of England by Law Established to alter and change And whereas he the said Edward Coleman had Traiterously written four Letters to Monsieur Le Cheese then Counsellor of the French Kings to procure the aid assistance and adherance of the French King to perfect and accomplish the Traiterous imaginations aforesaid you the said Richard Langhorn afterwards to wit the said 30th day of September in the 30th year aforesaid at London c. well knowing the Treasonable matters in the same Letters contained to the same Letters did consent and then and there falsly subtilly advisedly maliciously and traiterously did abet counsel maintain and comfort the said Edward Coleman to perpetrate and accomplish the Treason aforesaid against the duty of your Allegiance against the peace of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute in this case made and provided Cl. of Cr. How sayest thou Richard Langhorn art thou guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or not gullty Langhorn Not Guilty Cl. of Cr. Culprit how wilt thou be tried Langhorn By God and my Country Cl. of Cr. God send thee a good deliverance Then the Petty Jury impannelled for this Trial was called the Prisoner put to his Challenges but challenging none the 12 Sworon were thes● JURY Arthur Yong Edward Becker Robert Twyford William Yapp John Kirkham Peter Piokering Thomas Barnes Francis Neeve John Hall George Sitwell James Wood Richard Cawthorne After which Proclamation for information was made in usual manner Cl. of Cr. Rich. Langhorn hold up thy hand which he did You of the Jury look upon the Prisoner hearken to his Cause He stands Indicted in London by the name of Rich. Langhorn late of London Esq for that as a false Traitor c. put in the Indictment Mutatis Mutandis against the form of the Statute in that case made provided Upon this Indictment he hath been Arraigned thereunto hath pleaded Not guilty your charge is to enquire whether he be guilty of the High-Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty if you find him guilty then you are to enquire what goods or chattels lands or Tenements he had at the time of the High-Treason committed or at any time sinces if you find him not guilty you shall enquire whether he fled for it if you find that he fled for it you are to enquire of his Goods Chattels as if you had found him guilty If you find him not guilty nor that he did fly for it say no more and hear your Evidence Then Roger Belwood Esq of Counsel for the King in this Cause open'd the Indictment thus Mr. Belwood May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury The Prisoner at the Bar Mr. Langhorn stands Indicted of High Treason it is for conspiring the Murder of the King endeavouring an alteration in the Government in Church and State And the Indictment sets forth that the 30th of August in the 30th year of the King he other false Traitors did agree to stir up Sedition and Rebellion in the kingdom to cause a great slaughter of his Majesties Subjects to introduce the Superstition of the Church of Rome and depose and Murther the King and to alter the Government in Church State And 't is there said that to accomplish these Evil Designs he writ Two Letters to be sent to Rome and St. Omers the effect of which letters was to procure the assistance of the Pope the French King to alter the Religion Established by Law in this Kingdom to Romish Superstition to Subvert the government to put the King to death that in further prosecution of these Traiterous designs he writ Two other letters to be sent to Rome to one Christopher Anderton Rector of the English Colledge a Jesuit Two other to be sent to St. Omers and in these letters he took upon him to advise the way means by which these treasons might be effected that these several letters were sent delivered by him received The indictment further sets forth that in