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A47485	A true history of the several designs and conspiracies against His Majesties sacred person and government as they were continually carry'd on from 1688 till 1697 containing matters extracted from original papers, depositions of the witnesses, and authentick records, as appears by the references to the appendix, wherein they are digested : published with no other design then to acquaint the English nation that notwithstanding the present posture of affairs our enemies are still so many, restless and designing, that all imaginable care ought to be taken for the defense and safety of His Majesty and his three kingdoms / by R.K.	Kingston, Richard, b. 1635?	1698 (1698)	Wing K615; ESTC R3193	131,782	328

prudential Reasons 't is thought fit to conceal them at present there being other and farther Uses to be made of them by the Government here after at his Tryal whensoever he falls into the hands of Justice However that I may not be thought to impose upon my Reader if Mr. Bromfeild be told that the Proof of that Matter is contain'd in the Papers under his own hand which he sent out of Ireland by the Carver I am almost confident he will not deny it I equally abhor a false and partial Author but Mr. Bromfeild's Crimes are of themselves so heinous and execrable that his Historian need not give himself the Trouble to add to their Blackness therefore I have rather abbreviated than inlarg'd the Share he had in the Plot and made no other use of him but what serves to trace the Conspiracy from its dark Original at the late Kings going off and lets the Readers into the Methods that began the Treasonable Confederacies Here you see the Foundation of the Lancashire Plot to involve the Nation in Blood and Ruin And as if this would not prove a Tragedy deep enough * Si nequeant Superos Acheronta movebunt the Murther of the King as it has done ever since must either precede or go hand in hand with the Invasion For no sooner was King William setled on the Throne but he received Information * Vid. the History of the late Conspiracy written in French that several Persons were sent into England to Assassinate him The same Discovery was made to a great Man in Holland and to the Right Honourable the now Earl of Romney in England though Thanks be to God they found no Opportunity to execute their barbarous Design 'T is impossible for a sober Man to imagine a Provocation strong enough to excuse either the committing or incouraging such a Villany but it seems his Majesties Enemies were more afraid of the Kings single Person then of the united Strength of all the Allies And therefore resolv'd to take off his Majesty by ways peculiar to such degenerate Wretches that dare commit the basest and most unmanly Sort of Treason to advance their Interests And this I think will suffice at present to convince the Reader of what will be more plainly prov'd to him in the Sequel viz. That the Lancashire Plot and the Assassination of the King were Twins of the same Birth And agrees exactly with Mr. De la Rue's Depositions at Mr. Charnock's Tryal * Vid. his Tryal pag. 29. The Conspiracy says he to Assassinate his Majesty has been carrying on a great while for some years and it originally came from Col. Parker especially as to my knowledge of it and that was about six years ago at St. Germains when I was there he propounded it to me * Vid. Mr. Geo. Harris's Depositions as to Parker's being privy to it and said he would propound it to my Lord Melfort So that 't is clear that from 1689 till 1696 there was a Design to murther his Majesty and that Col. Parker who managed the Insurrection and Rebellion in Lancashire was one of the cheifest in the Assassination Plot also My next Work is to acquaint you how Bromfeild having agre'd the Plot when he was in Lancashire sent over Commissions from the late King to the Northern Conspirators to raise a Rebellion against their Majesties in those Parts Which was to be carry'd on after this Manner Mr. Lunt who followed the late King into France immediatly after his * Vid. Lunt's and Langley's Affidavit in the Appendix Abdication was sent from thence with the rest of his Guards into Ireland and in May 1689 renewed his Acquaintance with Mr. Bromfeild who was lately come out of Lancashire and a general Report being spread upon his Arrival that Lancashire and the adjacent Counties would rise in order to re-inthrone the late King and that they only waited for Commissions from him for that Purpose Mr. Lunt asks Bromfeild if there was any Truth in that Report Bromfeild avers it to be true and knowing that Lunt was a bold and active Fellow laid hold on this Advantage to perswade him to be one of the Persons that should carry over and deliver Commissions to some of the late Kings Friends and Confederates in England Lunt at first refus'd that dangerous Office but being further press'd and courted to it by many of his pretended Friends and particularly recommended to the late King for that Service by the Lords * Vid. Lunt's Depositions in the Appendix Thomas and George Howard and thereupon sent for by Bromfeild to the Lord Melfort's Office he was there over-perswaded to shut his Eyes against the visible Danger to which they were exposing him by ventring on such a hazardous Imployment which was no wonder for what will not Men of a Senceless Bigottry and desperate Fortune undertake who hope to raise themselves upon the Ruin of their Country The Lancashire Papists having now received the News that the late King was arriv'd in Ireland and had raised so great an Army there that as they fondly thought he would soon be Master of that Kingdom and from thence sail into Lancashire as had been concerted between Bromfeild and the Heads of the Conspiracy and not knowing what Care was taking in Ireland to send over their Commissions These Gentlemen I say growing impatient for them resolv'd to send a Messenger of their own to fetch them that they might be in a Condition to to join the late King with their Forces at his Arrival among them Mr. Edmund Thrillfall of the Ashes in Goosner was pitched upon for this Service and the means for his safe and unsuspected Passage into Ireland as well as his secure Returning again into Lancashire was thus contrived The Right Honourable the Earl of Derby sending every Year to fetch Cattle from the Isle of Man into Lancashire * Vid. John Cawson 's Depositions taken before John Patten of Preston Esq and John Cawson of Cockram in the County of Lancaster or his Son Charles Cawson having for some years past been imploy'd in this Service and had now leave from one of that noble Peer's Servants to enter again upon that Voyage as soon as he pleased Mr. Thrillfall treated * Vid. his Affidavit taken Jun. 17. 1689 before John Patten of Preston Esq with John Cawson for his Passage to the Isle of Man and being deny'd by the Father treats with his Son Charles who was to go Master of the Vessel and finding him more plyable trusts him with the Secret and for ten pounds in * See John Knowles's Affidavit taken before Mr. Patten hand and ten pounds more at his return hires the Master to land him at Dublin and bring him back into Lancashire but this Design was to be kept Private and none of the Ships Company were to be acquainted that they were going upon any other or farther Voyage then to fetch Cattle from the Isle

Chillington the like for Horse To Sir James Symmons of Ashton in Staffordshire the like for Horse This Informant saith that be also saw Sir Robert Throgmorton fill up a Lieutenant Collonel's Commission to his own Regiment and deliver it to one Sir Charles Neale who accepted the same and kiss'd it upon his Knees And that he this Informant also was present and saw Sir James Symmons deliver a Captains Commission to Mr. William Fowler of St. Thomas near Stafford And also when Sir Thomas Gifford deliver'd a Captains Commission to Mr. Augustin Gifford and also to Capt. Gowre the like Captains Commission and to Bazil Brooks Esq the like Captains Commission and to Mr. John Pursel a Cornet's Commission and to Thomas Pursell a Warrant for Quarter Master and to several other inforiour Officers and the several Collonels aforesaid This Informant saith that all these Collonels Commissions with the Blanks as aforesaid were deliver'd by Mr. Lunt in the presence of this Informant And this Informant saith he knows they were such Commissions because he saw them and heard most of them read at the time of the delivery to them And for the Lieutenant Collonel and other inferiour Officers Commissions he this Informant saw most of them fill'd up by the Superiours and deliver'd to the inferiour Officers as aforesaid And this Informant further saith that at the same time aforesaid he this Informant saw the aforesaid Mr. Lunt deliver to my Lord Molyneux a seal'd Paper which he this Informant saw him the Lord Molyneux open and read which to the best of this Informants Memory was purporting a Commission and Instructions for the Care and Government of Liverpoole This Informant also saith that he was at a Meeting at Sir John Lawsons in York shire about the Month of March then next following with Mr. Lunt where were the Gentlemen Mr. Lunt names in his Information where he this Informant then heard most of them publickly own that they had receiv'd Commissions by Mr. Thrillfall some time before from King James and would then have oblig'd this Informant and Mr. Lunt to have engaged with them the Gentlemen of the Country c. This Informant further saith that about the beginning of the Year 1691 he this Informant heard that Mr. Lunt was employ'd in and about London to list Men And this Informant saith that some short time after several Men came into Lancashire as from London and said they were listed by the said Mr. Lunt and sent down to serve under the Command of some of the Officers aforesaid and he this Informant saith that as fast as they came down he was order'd by my Lord Molyneux Sir Thomas Clifton Coll. Molyneux Coll. Tildesley Coll. Townley Sir William Gerrard and his Son and several ther 's the Officers aforesaid to take Care of them and prouide Quarters or Lodgings for them which the said Informant did accordingly and that at several Times this Informant had and did receive Money from my Lord Molyneux Coll. Til●desley Coll. Townley Sir William Gerrard and sime others to pay the said Souldiers for their Subsistance And this Informant saith he did pay and distribute the Money he so receiv'd amongst them which this Informant saith in the whole did amount to to the best of his Mneoy about 3 or 400 l. the Names of many of the Soldiers this Informant yet remembers and a List of them was deliver'd into the House of Commons when the Plot was examin'd there And this Informant saith that he is very well assured that the said Mr. Lunt did at several other times before and after List a great many more than those named in the List aforementioned This Informant further saith that about the Month of February 1691 he this Informant was at a general Meeting of several Gentlemen at Coll. Walmesley at Dungan-Hall in Lancashire many of whom he yet remembers viz. Coll. Townley Coll. Tildesley Coll. Molyneux Coll. Dalton Sir William Gerrard Mr. Gerrard Mr. Dickingson Mr. Stanley Mr. Shuttleworth Mr. Tildesley of Stansare Mr. Massey of Buddington Mr. Langton of the Loe Mr. Gerrard of Inch Sir Thomas Clifton Mr. Blundell of Crosby Coll. Westby of Mobrick Coll. Parker and others the said Coll. Walmesley being then lately come out of France he the said Coll. then produc'd publickly in the said Meeting several Commissions Declarations Grants or Patents that he had then lately brought from King James of several Gentlemens Estates of that Country to other Gentlemen there that were King James 's Friends 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Coll. Tildesley Lord Molyneux Coll. Westbey of Mobrick Coll. Townley of Townley Sir Th●●as Clifton Sir William Gerrard Coll. Molyneux Mr. Gerrard of Inch Mr. Langton of Loe and s●●e others This Informant further saith that above a Fortnight after he this Informant was at the like Meeting at Philip Draycots of Painesley-Hell in the County of Stafford Esquire of most of the aforesaid Gentlemen and others as Mr. Bazill Brooks Sir James Symonds Sir Richard Fleetwood and his Sons William and Rowland Cary of Cary Esquire and others where were produc'd several of the like Grants and Patents as aforesaid brought over by the Lord Stafford and there also given out to those they did belong to this Informant further saith that at this Meeting aforesaid Coll. Par●●● being also there and was then also lately come out of France he the said Coll. did then publickly produce and deliver to one Capt. George Penny then in the Company a Commission from King James for the said Penny to be a Major of Horse which he said Capt. Penny accepted of with many Thanks and promis'd to do the King the best Service be could And this Informant further saith that at another Time being at a Meeting with the said Coll. Parker at the Sign of the Star an Inn in Holywell in Flintshire and about twenty Gentlemen more he this Informant there saw the said Parker deliver one Commission from King James to one Mr. Pew of Pendrell to be a Captain of Horse and at the same time he the said Parker deliver'd in the presence of this Informant to one Mr. George Davies of Treloughnel and to several others and that the said Parker did there and at several other times as well as at the aforementiond Meetings order direct and desire all the Officers to take Care to have their Men ready at an Hours warning with a Pound of Powder and Ball proportionable to each Man for that he expected News of the Kings Landing every day c. This Informant saith that about the beginning of the Year 1689 he this Informant was order'd and employ'd by Mr. Massey Sir James Symonds Sir Thomas Gifford and Capt. Fowler to List as many Men as be could in Staffordshire and North-Wales for King James's Service under their Command and that he this Informant had Money of the aforesaid Gentlemen for that Purpose and this Informant saith that he did at that Time that is to say within the space of three

Weeks List about sixty Men whose Names this Informant hath by him ready to produce as he then took them This Informant also saith that he hath been since employ'd to List Men several Times in the latter end of the Year 1691 and in the beginning of the Year 1692 by several other Gentlemen as Coll. Walmesley Capt. Penny Mr. Standish of Standish Mr. Morst●n of Delakerey and Capt. Pennant of Baggal And this Informant saith he did at these Times by the order and directions of those Gentlemen last above mention'd List about the number of Sixscore and had Money of the said Captain by the Hands of Capt. Pennant for that Purpose And this Informant further saith that he did several Times after he had so listed the said Soldiers pay them subsistance Money by order of Penny and Pennant from whom he had the some And this Informant further saith that he has several Times seen great quantities of Arms in the Houses of the Gentlemen hereafter mention'd in North-Wales Cheshire Staffordshire and Lancashire viz in the House of Mr. Massey of Puddington Capt. Penny Capt. Pennant Sir James Symonds Sir Thomas Giffard Mr. Fowler Mr. Draycott Sir William Gerrard Mr. Walmesley Mr. Standish of Standish-Hall and in some other Houses that he cannot at present remember In the whole this Informant verily believes that there were in the several Houses abovesaid that he this Informant saw Arms for at least a Thousand Men and that it is not above two years at the most since he this Informant saw them there George Wilson Jurat ' 27. die Junii 1694. Coram me J. Trenchard Elizabeth Hearst 's Affidavit ELizabeth Hearst of the Hough in the County of Lancaster maketh Oath That last Summer was twelve Months in the year 1694 when John Womball and others were seizing of Horses in the said County she this Deponent desired the said Womball to go no longer abroad upon that account and also to lea●● any further prosecuting the matter against the Gentlemen in the said County and she this Deponent would give him the said Womball One hundred Pounds and moreover that he the said Womball should never want and that 't was the only way to prevent a distraction amongst the Gentlemen but that he the said Womball refused so to do and that after the late Trials at Manchester when the General Voice of the Country went that Womball was to be set on the Pillory she this Deponent went to one Houghton a Romish Priest and told him that she heard Womball was whipt and Pillored he advised her to go home and be satisfied for there was no such thing and that Womball had sworn nothing but what was Truth and the Gentlemen were satisfied in it But that the Gentlemen were Men of great Estates and would do what in them lay to save themselves for Life was sweet Some time before which one John Brown menial Servant to William Standish of Standish Esq lay all Night at her House and told her that if Womball would have been content to have left off the Prosecution of the Gentlemen aforesaid his Master speaking William Standish Esq would have settled One hundred Pounds a year upon him And also this Deponent saith that one Cuthbert Thrillfall Son of Edmund Thrillfall of the Ashes in Goosher in the said County and one Bacon that was with him said that John Lunt came over with Edmund Thrillfall Father of the said Cuthbert and brought over Commissions with them from King James then in Ireland and that both Father and Son were to be Captains and that this Deponent knew the said Lunt and that he the said Lunt went from place to place as this Deponent was informed to Gather Money and that she this Deponent Contributed thereunto El. Hearst Jurat ' 8. die Febr. 1695. Coram Tho. Rokeby Thomas Clayton 's Affidavit THomas Clayton maketh Oath that in or about October 1694 when the Proceedings and Trials of the Lancashire and Cheshire Gentlemen was under Examination before the House of Commons he this Deponent being then a Servant at the Swan-Inn at Holborn-Bridge was then and there in Company with one William Ashton a Lancashire Man and one of this Deponent's former Acquaintance and as they were sitting together in the Tap-house of the said Inn this Deponent asked the said Ashton in what Country he had been this Deponent being before that time informed that the said Ashton had been in the Country who told this Deponent that he had been in Lancashire and this Deponent asking him what business he had in that Country he answered he had been there as an Evidence for the Gentlemen that were Tried at Manchester And this Deponent asking him the said Ashton what he knew of that Affair He smiled and said that be knew little or nothing of it but that the Gentlemen had given him at the Blew Boar in Holborn the Sum of Ten Pounds before he went down into the Country as an Evidence for them and that since his Return from thence Madam Legh Mr. Legh of Lime's Mother had given him Five Pounds more and then told this Deponent that if he would but say any thing in the House of Commons for the matter was to be Examined there that would vilifie John Womball or blacken the Reputation of the King's Evidences that Mr. Legh of Lime and the rest of the Gentlemen concerned in that Affair would be very kind to this Deponent And a little after this Discourse the said Ashton parted and left this Deponent and about two days after the said Ashton called again on this Deponent at the said Swan-Inn and told him that Sir Gilbert Clark and Mr. Peter Shackerley desired him this Deponent to go to Sir Gilbert Clark's House in Red Lyon Square but this Deponent answered the said Ashton that if they had any Business with him they might come where he was for he had no Concern with them so the said Ashton went away immediately and about two hours after the said Ashton came into the Yard to this Deponent and told him that Sir Gilbert Clark and Mr. Shackerley were now come themselves and desired him this Deponent to go to them into the Tap house of the said Inn and this Deponent went accordingly and after his fitting down as they desired the said Sir Gilbert Clark going then by that Name and Mr. Shackerley whom this Deponent did know asked this Deponent if he knew Womball and he answered that he knew him very well for that he had been his Fellow-servant for several years and then they asked this Deponent if Womball had not pressed him or sollicited him to swear That he this Deponent had being formerly a Lancashire Carrier carried Arms for those Gentlemen that had been accused by the said Womball and others But this Deponent told them that the said Womball never did sollicite him to any such thing but the said Sir Gilbert Clark and Mr. Shackerley did then tell this Deponent that they would take

cautious for the future for two Boxes of Arms were seiz'd in his Custody at Wiggan in Lancashire and this made him forbear a while but other Carriers being entrusted and with worse success Womball was again employ'd to carry up Money to buy Arms and bring them down when bought in which Service he acquitted himself so much to the Satisfaction of his Masters that he was invited to their Meetings and trusted in most of their Affairs Nay in that which they fancied would crown all their hopes for the late King James being almost ready to embark at la Hogue to invade England they thought it a necessary piece of Service to disperse these Arms that lay buried under Ground and crowded up in particular Houses * 〈◊〉 Brown's A●●●davit Kelly's Depositions in the Appendix amongst all the Officers concern'd that every thing might be in a readiness at their old Masters Landing Now who so fit to pack them up and make this Distribution as their trusly Womball which he perform'd and by this means came to the open sight and view of great Quantities of Arms and Warlike Equipage As Kettle Drums Trumpets Jack-Boots and Saddles of which he could not have such particular Knowledg when made up in Packs Trunks and Boxes and assisting in the Dividends packing them up in Boxes and helping to load the Horses he might also readily guess at their Numbers which he computes to be as many as would equip a Thousand Horse-Men * See his Depositions in the Appendix and further believes that if a proper and secret Method had been taken and all Notice thereof prevented for seizing of Horses in Lancashire provided for this wicked Purpose in the Hands of the Conspirators there might at that Time have been seized five hundred good Horses fit for Service This is the Substance of Mr. Womballs Evidence which tho' I have thought needless to confirm by more Testimonies the Jacobites themselves making no Exceptions against him yet I cannot forbear telling my Reader that having some Discourse with Captain Porter upon this Subject he was pleased to tell me that at the Request of Coll. Parker he bought two pair of the best Kettle-Drums that London aforded they cost him seven Pounds a Pair and sent them to Mr. Standish of Standish-Hall and that Coll. Parker return'd Money to reimburse him by Johnson the Priest who at the same time complaining of the great Necessities of many of that Party Cap. Porter gave Johnson part of the Money that Coll. Parker sent him for the Drums to be distributed amongst them Mr. Porter told me also that to his own knowledg Mr. Minns at the Holy-Lamb in Long-Acre very often bought Arms for the disaffected Gentlemen in Lancashire as well as for himself More than this he was pleased to say he personally knew not of the Lancashire Plot but well remembers that Mr. Charnock told him that Mr. Tempest of Durham was to be a Coll. of Dragoons Mr. Townley of Townley was to be a Coll. of Horse Mr. Tempest that marryed Mr. Farmers Sister was to be a Coll. of Horse and one Sir Huge Smith was to be a Cap. of Horse under Coll. Parker in the Army they were forming in Lancashire which is a greater confirmation of the Plot and it's continuance than could not long since have been expected The Government being thus fully inform'd of the Plot in all the parts and dimensions of it Warrants are issued out to seize the Conspirators and tho' for the greater Secrecy the Names of the Offenders were not put into the Warrants at the Secretary's Office by those that drew the Warrants but were afterwards put in by the Secretarys themselves yet by some treacherous Correspondence between the Lancashire Gentlemen and their Bifarious Friends that lurk about the Court they had notice given them of all Proceedings here as appear'd by Madam Standish's telling Captain Henry Baker when he came with the Kings Messengers to search her House that he might have saved himself the trouble for they had notice from London of his comming ten days before And I believe it to be true or greater Discoveries had been made of Persons and Arms than could be expected after notice was given them to provide for their Safety by concealing what ever might give cause of Suspition for thereupon they burnt their Commissions * See Dodsworth's Depositions and the Arms and other Warlike Equipage were buried under ground or otherwise disposed of and the greatest Part of the Conspirators fled or absconded yet through the extraordinary Care and Diligence of those imploy'd in that Service some of the Plotters were apprehended and Arms enough found to convince the World that there was a wicked Design on foot against their Majesties and their Government For In the House of Mr. Standish of Standish-Hall whither Lunt deposeth he sent and Womball deposeth he deliver'd great Quantities of Arms and other Habiliments of War tho' the notice they had from London caused them all to be * See Brown's and Kelly's Depositions concealed and the Lady of the House and Servants by many Execrations and Asseverations avowed no such Things were in the House Yet after five hours diligent search by Captain Baker and the Kings Messengers there was found walled up in an upper Room or Garret Thirty new War Sadles furnished with Breast-plates Cruppers Girths and all other necessarys for Troopers Saddles forty new Curb-Bridles sixty new Ammunition Horsemen's Swords with a great Bunch of Swivels for Carbines Which certainly could be for no other Service then the intended Rebellion Nor may I omit a Dialogue between Madam Standish and Mr. Peter Morisco one of the King's Messengers who coming to make a narrower Search in her Bed-chamber finding the Hangings near the Chimney loose and looking in at the Hole that was behind it the Lady told him it was needless for there was nothing The Messenger attempting to pull aside the Hangings and make the Hole wider the Lady endeavour'd to divert him by her repeated Asseverations and laying her Hand upon her Breast said Upon my Honour there 〈◊〉 nothing but the Messenger reply'd upon my Honour Madam there is something and immediately drew out a great Bundle of Horsemens Swords never used and if these Arms that were hid so close were not intended for ill purposes they would do well to assign some other use of them for I cannot For not to reproach Mr. Standish with a small Estate and being much in Debt a great House not half furnished and those few Goods he had in it very Mean and Poor there were but four Men Servants in the whole Family and for a private Gentleman and a known Enemy to the Government to make all this Warlike Provision what other Construction can be made of it than that some ill Design was forming against the Government These Saddles could not be intended for his own use since more of the same kind were found and left in his Stables than