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A03947	A True relation of the ground, occasion, and circumstances of that horrible murther committed by Iohn Bartram, gent. vpon the body of Sir Iohn Tyndham of Lincolns Inne, knight, one of the masters of the honorable Court of Chancery, the twelfth day of this instant Nouemb. written by way of letter from a gentleman, to his country friend ; together with The examination of the said Bartram, taken before the right honourable, Sir Fra. Bacon knight, His Maiesties Atturney Generall, and Sir Henry Yelnerton knight, His Maiesties Solliciter General, according to speciall directions giuen by His Maiestie in that behalfe.	N. T.; N. I.; N. J.	1616 (1616)	STC 14054.5; ESTC S1571	9,720	30

A TRVE RELATION OF THE GROVND Occasion and Circumstances of that horrible Murther committed by IOHN BARTRAM Gent. vpon the body of Sir IOHN TYNDAL of Lincolns Inne Knight One of the Masters of the Honorable Court of Chancery the twelfth day of this instant Nouemb. Written by way of Letter from a Gentleman to his Country friend Together with the Examination of the said Bartram taken before the right Honourable Sir Fra. Bacon Knight his Maiesties Atturney Generall and Sir Henry Yeluerton Knight his Maiesties Solliciter General according to speciall directions giuen by his Maiestie in that behalfe LONDON Printed by Iohn Beale 1616. A True Relation of THE GROVND Occasion and Circumstances of that horrible Murther committed by IOHN BARTRAM Gent. vpon the body of Sir IOHN TYNDALL of Lincolnes Inne Knight One of the Masters of the honble Court of CHANCERY the twelfth day of this instant Nouember SIR NO streames run swifter then the rumors of vnhappy accidents though it oft falleth out that the faster they run the more troubled their current is You cannot but haue heard of the cruell murder and massacre of Sir Iohn Tyndall wrought by the wicked and bloudy hand of Iohn Bartram But I feare that different humours in their relations haue set seuerall stamps vpon the fact some fanciing circumstances that fell not out some knowing neither the number nor the truth of them some neglecting to divulge the particulars and some mistrusting errour in the report are rather filled with wonder at the action then with hatred of it You shall heereby in a short period haue the corne winnowed from the chaffe and reall truth brought you without either mixture or addition of fancy or falshood being drawne from them that best knew it and had best cause to vnderstand it wherein you shall see how neglected sparkes lurking in a corrupt heart will soone breake into flames of mischiefe One Leonard Camberlin about seuen yeeres past dying without issue and without Will there was obtained for Anne Chamberlin then an infant his brothers daughter by the practise and labour of Sir Phillip Scudamore an administration of Leonards goods This Anne was neither priuie to it nor had profit by it but by this meanes the personall estate of Leonard fell into the fingers of Sir Phillip who when hee had sifted the estate thoroughly shifted himselfe our of the kingdome and being ill affected to the Religion here pretended to gaine the liberty of an euill conscience beyond the Seas where he died a Papist Iohn Bartram hauing married the halfe sister of Leonard in the behalfe of his wife obtaines a repeale of the Administration granted to Anne and had it committed to his wife as of right it ought When he had thus gotten the Administration he and his wife complaine in Chancery against Anne Chamberlin that shee might discouer the true estate of Leonard the Intestate and haue the same by order of that Court set ouer to them Heerevpon Anne maketh her answere vpon her Oath but is able to discouer no particulars of the estate neither in debts nor otherwise for nothing came to her hands but all was latcht in the hands of Sir Phillip Scudamore in pretence of her right as Administratrix But Bartram descending to proofes in this sute had the precise testimony of two witnesses that there was due to Leonards Chamberlins estate from one Harris vpon all bonds accompts reckonings and specialties 200. pound The Cause comming to hearing the Lord Chancellor in his Honorable Iustice minding that Bartrā should haue from Anne Chamberlin so much of Leonards estate as was proued in Court which was 22. pound vpon all bonds and reckonings from Harris and no more And so pronouncing his decree by the error and slip of the Register it was set downe and penned that a bond of 200. pound made by Harris to the Intestate should bee by Anne deliuered to Bartram and his wife Bartram herein espying his aduantage hotly pursues the decree to haue a particular bond of 200. pound brought in Court and deliuered which when Anne examined therevpon could not performe excusing her selfe by Sir Phillip Scudamores catching into his hands of all the bonds and specialties due to Leonard the Intestate shee was ordered by the Court to bring in the 200. pound and to pay the same to Bartram and his wife which shee did and they had it When Bartram saw hee had caught the prey hee neuer hunted and had the two hundred pound in his purse as due vpon a particular bond which was neither confessed by the partie nor proued by the witnesses that this Sent might die in his craftie couetousnesse hee would not too eagarly follow the Chase but sleepes vpon this many moneths before he sets his foot forward in this suit againe A yeere after he reneues his cry and moues the Court That because it stood proued that vpon diuers accompts bonds reckonings and specialties there was due from Harris to Leonard the Intestate the summe of two hundred pound therefore desired that Anne the defendant at this time married to Sir George Symons might bring those into the Court to be deliuered to him and his wife which was granted by the Lord Chancellor accordingly and a day certaine giuen for performance thereof When Bartram saw the day past and the Order not performed hee eagerly sues forth vpon the defendant Annes contempt the ordinary proces of the Court till it came to proclamation of Rebellion And though hee might haue seene himselfe checkt by the hand of God in taking her to rest who liued a restlesse life by his disquieting her in sutes yet doth he not desist but seeing her closed vp in the earth hunts her husband Sir George Symons till hee brings him to the bay and then layes hold on him as for a contempt in not bringing in his wife while shee liued the Law supposing euery wife amesnable at the will of her husband and by order of the Court in the Iustice of it gets him committed to the fleete where he hath remained in the nature of a prisoner from Hillary terme last till the last day of this Michaelmas Terme Now Sir George Symons finding himselfe thus ouerlayed by his aduersary Bartram and that his hawkes eye watcht now to make him his prey petitioneth to the Lord Chauncellor and humbly by way of motion also desireth that the whole proceedings in the cause may be reuiewed the confession of the defendant Anne vpon her oath while shee liued may be considered and the proofes compared to see if any particular bond of two hundred pound or if any double summe of two hundred pound were proued inforcing that Bartram had already in his purse as much as any way was warranted by proofe The Lord Chauncellor somewhat compassionate herein and as in all cases so especially being tender to restraine the subiect of his libertie vnlesse hee incurre some manifest contempt was pleased herevpon to referre the same to Sir Iohn Tyndall and Master Doctor

the Barre further day was giuen for his triall In the meane time his Maiesty hearing of this strange accident as his manner is was desirous to penetrate into the roote and Center of this mans malice and fact and in his Princely wisedome considering that this cruell murther must either spring from the instigation of others or from Bartram himselfe And if from Bartram it must proceed either from an inueterate habite of a desperate and wicked life or for some vnsufferable wrong that Sir Iohn Tyndall had done him signified his pleasure by the Lord Chamberlin vnto Master Atturney That there should be some stay of the publike proceeding vntill Bartram were farther examimed and directed the Examination to bee vpon three heads First touching the Incitation Secondly touching Bartrams course of life and Religion and lastly touching the Iustnes or Iniquity of Sir Iohn Tyndals report Whereupon Master Atturney calling Master Sollicitor to assist him took the examination whereof I send you a coppy hauing obtained leaue of his Honor so to doe In which examination it plainely appeares that the Diuell needed no Broker but wrought immediatly ypon the malice of the man whose course and conuersation of life was alwayes disordered and not without touch of Popish Religion though it seemeth to be true that hee was a kind of Church-walker in Westminster and came diuers times to heare either the seruice or the musicke But for Sir Iohn Tyndall he doth sufficiently cleer him from bribery either from being corrupted by his aduersary or tempted by himselfe and in the merits of the cause hee had scarce a word in his mouth to impeach the report as you may well perceiue if you compare his examination with the former relation of this businesse in so much as both at that time hee did confesse that it was one of the foulest murders that euer was committed And after hee said to his vnder keeper that the Kings Counsell who had vsed him with much compassion towards his age and hurt had cut sore into the businesse as finding belike at that time some compunction though it after vanished as the morning cloud For notwithstanding the Lord Chancellor had in great wisdome giuen especiall charge and direction that cate should be had of this man as well for his body as for his soule For his body in 2. kindes that his hurts should bee looked to and that hee should be kept from doing himselfe mischiefe hauing once attempted it And for his soule that hee might haue some godly Preacher to bring him to the sence of his sinne which is not so well discerned in the commitment of it as in the punishment of it and to saue him from impenitency yet so was Gods will that in the end he destroyed himselfe but yet in that forme of execution which the Law and Iustice had prescribed and not by any other death as he had formerly sought to effect For on the seauenteenth day of this moneth being Sunday in the morning this man tooke occasion to send away his keeper to fetch him a Bible for his comfort requiring that it might bee a latine Bible and with a Concordance thinking belike that such a Bible was not so easie to be had but there being one found in the house and his keeper bringing it sooner then he expected hee sent him againe for an English Bible and that also being quickely returned vnto him he said he was not satisfied with the translation and desired another Translation which hee thought was harder to get and the better to winne time told his keeper likewise that his stomacke was empty and therefore desired him to bring with him also some Ale with a toste and in the meane time by a rope that he had gotten tied vnto a Tenter hooke that was fastened aboue the window to hang a hat on hee hanged himselfe his legges almost trayling on the ground The continuance of which desperate resolution to make away himselfe the reason may bee gathered vpon some speech he let fall at seuerall times as I haue heard that hee would bee sorry to bee hanged in chaines so that hee that had no sence of preseruing his life and soule yet had apprehension and care of his sencelesse Carcase And so you haue here an end of this Tragedie not presuming to giue any iudgement either of the furious passions of these times or of the dangers of Authoritie or of the errors of Rumor not to make any interpretation of the fact or the circumstances thereof but by this plaine declaration which I here send you leaue the same to your meditations who I am sure desires to know the truth herein and who haue more leasure and will enter into them more sincerely perhaps then we doe here in London 29. Nouember 1616. Your assured Friend N. T. The Examination of John Bartram taken this 16. day of Nouember 1616. before Sir Francis Bacon his Maiesties Atturney Generall and Sir Henry Yeluerton his Maiesties Solicitor Generall LONDON Printed by Iohn Beale 1616. Iohn Bartram BEing asked whither after his discontentment at the Report of Sir Io Tindall and Doctor Amy hee did not vse any words or speeches to his Atturney or any priuate friend whereby hee threatned the reuenge vpon Sir Io Tindall he protesteth that as he desireth comfort at his resurrection he did neuer vse any such speeches to any person Being asked touching his Religion he saith he is no Papist nor euer was but saith that hee was about 20. yeares since indicted in the Kings bench by malice for Recusancie to which hee then pleaded his conformity and was discharged thereby Being asked whether euer hee gaue or promised to giue to Sir Io Tindall any money reward or gratuity in this Cause he denyeth that euer he gaue anie or had at any time any speech with him tending to any such purpose Being asked whether hee had any knowledge that Sir John Tindall or Doctor Amy were corrupted or bribed by his aduersary to make the last Report saith that hee doth not know it Being asked the state of the question being whether there were any particular bond or debt of 200. pound betweene Harris and Chamberlin besides debts vpon Accompt and vppon specialtie amounting to that sum whether hee knew of any such particular bond or not he saith hee neuer saw any such bond nor knoweth it otherwise then by the recitall thereof made in the decree and some Orders made in that Cause and in a crosse bill wherein as he conceiueth there is mention therof Being asked whether hee be penitent for his Fact saith that hee taketh it to bee as foule a murder as euer was committed and if he hath vttered any speeches to the contrary he is very sory for it John Bartram Examinatur coram Fra Bacon Hen Yeluerton