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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63185	The tryal of Nathaniel Thompson, William Pain, and John Farwell upon an information exhibited by the Kings Attorney General against them, for writing, printing and publishing libels, by way of letters and other prints, reflecting upon the justice of the nation, in the proceedings against the murderers of Sir Edmond-bvry Godfrey : at Guild-hal on Tuesday June the 20th, 1682, where after a full hearing they were convicted : together with an accompt of several affidavits read in His Majesties Court of Kings Bench and other matters at the time of their receiving sentence : to which is added by way of appendix, several other affidavits which further confirm the testimony of Mr. Prance, given upon the tryal of Green, Berry and Hill about that murder, with some observations touching the said Thompson, Farwell and Pain.	Thompson, Nathaniel, d. 1687, defendant.; Paine, William, defendant.; Farwell, John, defendant.; England and Wales. Court of King's Bench.	1682 (1682)	Wing T2207; ESTC R18230	39,778	52

I Do appoint Thomas Simmons to Print the Trial of Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell and that no others presume to Print the same July the 8th 1682. FR. PEMBERTON THE TRYAL OF Nathaniel Thompson William Pain AND John Farwell Upon an Information exhibited by the Kings Attorny General against them for Writing Printing and Publishing Libels by way of Letters and other Prints reflecting upon the Justice of the Nation in the Proceedings against the Murderers OF Sir EDMOND-BVRY GODFREY At Guild-hal on Tuesday June the 20th 1682. Where after a full hearing they were Convicted Together with an accompt of several AFFIDAVITS read in His Majesties Court of KINGS BENCH and other matters at the time of their receiving SENTENCE To which is added by way of Appendix Several other Affidavits which further confirm the Testimony of Mr. Prance given upon the Tryal of Green Berry and Hill about that Murder with some Observations touching the said Thompson Farwell and Pain LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Princes Arms in Ludgate Street 1682. THE TRYAL OF Nathaniel Thompson William Pain AND John Farwell Trinity Term XXXIV Caroli Secundi Regis On Tuesday the 20th of June 1682 before the Right Honourable Sir Francis Pemberton Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Kings Bench by Nisi prius in the Guild-Hall of the City of London came on the Tryals of Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwel upon an Information brought against them for several Trespasses and Misdemeanours in Writing Printing and Publishing Letters Importing that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey murdered himself as also for several Falsities relating to the said matter Printed in several Papers called the Loyal Protestant Intelligence And the Jurors Names were as follow Jur. Peter Houblon John Ellis William Barret Joshua Brooks Gervas Byfield Jonathan Lee. George Widdowes William Sambrooke William Jacomb John Delmee Samuel Bayly Samuel Howard The INFORMATION was in the Attorney General 's name FOR that in Hillery Term in the 30th and 31th years of this Kings Reign in the Court of Kings Bench at Westminster by a Jury of the County of Middlesex were indicted Robert Green _____ Gerald Clerk Henry Berry Lawrence Hill Dominick Kelly and Philbert Vernatt for that they by the Instigation of the Devil c. The 12th of October in the 30th year of this Kings Reign at the Parish of St. Mary le Strand in the County of Middlesex aforesaid with Force and Arms in and upon Sir Edmondbury Godfrey Knight in the Peace of God and the King then and there being feloniously wilfully and of their malice aforethought did make an Assault and kill and murther him in this manner viz. Green did fold and fasten a Linnen Handkercheif about his Neck and therewith choaked and strangled him of which choaking and strangling he instantly died And the others viz. Gerald Berry Hill Kelley and Vernatt were present aiding abetting comforting assisting and maintaining the said Green to kill and murther the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey in form aforesaid and so they the said Green Gerald Berry Hill Kelly and Vernatt in manner and form aforesaid him the said Sir Edmonbury Godfrey feloniously willfully and of their malice aforethought did kill and murther against the Peace of our said Lord the King his Crown and Dignity To which Indictment afterwards the said Term the said Robert Green Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill severally pleaded Not Guilty and put themselves upon the Country and after in the said Term of St. Hillary in the said Court of Kings Bench at Westminster for the Felony and Murther aforesaid by a Jury of their Country in due manner were tryed and thereof lawfully convicted and attainted as by the Record thereof in the said Court of Kings Bench at Westminster remaining more fully appears which said Robert Green Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill were afterwards executed and suffered Death according to the form and effect of the Judgment and Attainder aforesaid And whereas one Miles Prance upon the Tryal of the Indictment aforesaid was produced a Witness and sworn for the King and gave material Evidence against the said Green Berry and Hill to prove them guilty of the Felony and Murther aforesaid And one William Bedloe John Brown Elizabeth Curtis Zachary Skillarne and Nicholas Cambridge upon the Tryal aforesaid were Witnesses in like manner produced and sworn for the King and gave diverse material evidences against the said Green Berry and Hill to prove them guilty of the said Felony and Murder And whereas also the said _____ Gerald Robert Green Lawrence Hill Dominick Kelly and Philbert Vernat at the time of the Felony and Murther aforesaid were Papists and Maintainers of the Romish Superstitions And the said _____ Gerald Dominick Kelly and Philbert Vernatt have fled and not yet appeared to the said Indictment And whereas also by the Coroners Inquest taken upon the view of the Body of the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey lying dead before John Cooper Gent. one of the Coroners of the said County of Middlesex by the Oaths of honest and lawful men of the the same County above the number of twelve persons it was found that certain Malefactors unknown Feloniously and of their malice prepense him the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey did strangle and choak of which he dyed The said Nathaniel Thomson William Pain and John Farwel well knowing the premises and being persons Devillishly affected devising practising and with all their strength intending the peace and common Tranquillity of their Kingdom of England to disturb and as much as in them lay the due course of the Law to destroy and subvert and elude and the Justice of this Kingdom of England to defame and scandalize and as well the said Miles Prance William Bedloe John Brown Elizabeth Curtis Zachary Skillarne Nicholas Cambridge as the said John Cooper and the honest and lawful men Sworn upon Enquest aforesaid upon view of the body aforesaid to bring into the greatest hatred contempt and vile esteem with all the Kings Subjects and to deter the Kings Subjects from finding detecting and proving the designes of Papists against our Lord the King and the true Religion now by Law established and impiously and wickedly devising and intending them the said _____ Gerald Dominick Kelly and Philbert Vernat from undergoing the pains and sentence by Law upon them to be inflicted for the murther aforesaid and to aid and assist them altho' they be Guilty to be found Not Guilty thereof And to deceive and beguile the King's Subjects in the premisses with their false Affirmations and Arguments and cause and procure that it should be believed and esteemed that the said Green Berry and Hill the persons for the Murther of the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey as aforesaid convicted and executed had been convicted and executed unjustly and that the said Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was felo de se and himself had feloniously murthered They the said Thompson Pain and Farwel their most impious wicked and diabolical intentions