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Depositions taken the 22d of October 1688 before the Privy-Council and peers of England relating to the birth of the (then) Prince of Wales.
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as he was born Anna Carey Mrs. Mary Anne Delabadie Dry Nurse to the Prince Deposeth THAT she was with the Queen all the Time her Majesty was with child and dress'd her every Day and in all the nine Months did not miss above six Days and that at several times by reason of Sickness That on Sunday-morning the Tenth of June last she the Deponent was sent for to the Queen who was in Labour That the Deponent came presently and was with the Queen all the Time of her Labour and that kneeling down by the Midwife giving her Clothes for the Queen the Midwife told this Deponent that immediately on the next Pain the Queen would be Delivered which accordingly she was That this Deponent whispered to the Midwife asking whether it was a Girl she answered No. Whereupon the Midwife parted the Child and put it into the Recevoir that the Deponent had given her and then delivered the Child to the Deponent and bid her go and carry it to the Fire and take care of the Navel which this Deponent did and the King and Council followed her And the King asked this Deponent what it was who answered what he desired the King replyed but let me see whereupon the Deponent presently shewed his Majesty that it was a Son and the Privy Counsellors then present saw it one after another whereupon the Deponent sat with the Prince in her Lap till the Midwife had done with the Queen then the Midwife came and took the Prince from this Deponent and ask'd for a Spoon for to give it Three Drops of the Blood of the Navel-string which the Midwife cut off by the Advice of the Physicians who said it was good against Fits that the Deponent held the Spoon when the Midwife dropt the Blood into it and stirr'd it with a little black Cherry Water and then it was given to the Prince that the Care of Him in Quality of dry Nurse which she has hitherto done And further Deposeth it to be the same Child that was Born of the Queen And that Mrs. Danvers one of the Princess of Denmark's Women and formerly Nurse to the Lady Isabella coming to see the Prince she told this Deponent she was glad to see the same Marks upon his Eye as the Queen 's former Children had Mary Anne Delabadie Ms. Judith Wilks Deposeth THAT being the Queen's Midwife she came often to her especiallys when Her Majesty was in any Danger of Miscarrying and many Times felt the Child stir in her Belly and saw the Milk run out of Her Majesty's Breasts that on Trinity Sunday last in the Morning about Eight of the Clock the Queen sent Mr. White Page of the Back-stairs to call her this Deponent believing herself in Labour when the Deponent came she found the Queen in great Pain and Trembling the Queen told her she feared it was her Labour it being near the Time of her first Reckoning she the Deponent desired Her Majesty not to be afraid saying She did not doubt that it was her full Time and hoped Her Majesty would have as good Labour as she always had and whilst Her Majesty was sitting Trembling her Water broke and immediately she sent for the King he being gone to his own Side and let him know in what Condition she was and desired him to send for whom he pleased to be present The Queen ordered this Depondent to send for Mrs. Dawson and the rest of her Women Mrs. Dawson came presently and the Countess of Sunderland with her and the Rest of the Women also that most of them saw her this Depondent make the Bed fit for the Queen to be delivered in which when it was ready Her Majesty was put into and about Ten a Clock that Morning the Queen was delivered of the Prince of WALES by her this Deponent's Assistance and afterwards she the Deponent shewed the After-burthen to the Physicians and before them the Deponent cut the Navel-string and gave the Prince Three Drops of his Blood to prevent Convulsion Fits according to their Order And this Deponent further saith That when the Child was born it not crying the Queen said She thought it was dead this Deponent assured Her Majesty it was not and desired leave to part the Chiid from the After-burthen which the Queen was unwilling to have done thinking it might be dangerous to herself but the Deponent assuring Her Majesty it would not Her Majesty gave Consent whereupon the Child presently cryed and then the Deponeut gave it to Ms. Delabadie Judith Wilks Mrs. Elizabeth Pearse Landress to the Queen Deposeth THAT about Nine a Clock on the Tenth of June last in the Morning she came into the Bed-chamber and heard the Queen cry out being in great Pain in which she continued until her Delivery after whieh she the Deponent saw the Prince of WALES given by the Midwife to Mrs. Delabadie that immediately after the Deponent saw the Midwife hold up the After-burthen shewing it to the Company and then the Deponent fetcht her Maids and with them took away all the foul Linnen hot as they came from the Queen that for a Month after Her Majesty's Lying-in the Deponent well knows by the Washing of her Linnen that the Queen was in the same Condition that all other Women use to be on the like Occasion and that some Time after her quickening it appeared by her Smocks that Her Majesty had Milk in her Breasts which continued until she was brought to Bed and afterwards during the usual Time. Elizabeth Pearse Frances Dutchess of Richmond and Lennox Deposeth THAT she the Depouent was not at the Queen's Labour because she did not know it Time enough but as soon as she did she made all the Haste she could to dress her but the Queen was delivered before she the Deponent came and that at a Time when the Qeen apprehended she should Miscarry and the Physicians made Her Majesty keep her Bed for that Reason the Deponent went one Evening to wait upon Her Majesty and as she stood by her Bed-side Her Majesty said to her My Milk is now very troublesome it runs out so much the Deponent asked the Queen if it used to do so who answered It used to run out a little but now the Fright I am in of Miscarrying makes it run out very much as you may see throwing down the Bed-clothes to the Middle of her Stomach and shewing her Smock upon her Breast to the said Deponent which was very wet with her Milk. F. Richmond Lennox Charlotte Countess of Lichfield Deposeth THAT she was not at the Queen's Labour being in Child-bed herself but that she was almost constantly with the Queen while she with Child and hath put on her Smock and seen the Milk run out of her Breast and felt her Belly so that she is sure she could not be deceived but that the Queen was with Child C. Litchfield Anne Countess of Marischal Deposeth THAT she was several Times in the Queen's
exremely and said Oh I die you kill me you kill me And the Midwife as this Deponent believeth answered This one Pain Madam and 't will be over then presently Ms. Dawson made this Deponent the Sign that the Child was born then this Deponent heard the Queen say Don't tell me what it is yet and Ms. Dawson came to this Deponent and whisper'd him in the Ear 'T is a Prince but don't take Notice of it yet Then Ms. Delabadie brought away the Child from the Bed-Side and carried it into the little Bed-chamber and the King and the Lords of the Council went after her but this Deponent did not follow them Edward Griffin Sir Charles Scarburgh First Physician to the King Deposeth THAT upon the Deponent's coming to visit her Majesty then lying at St. James's on Sunday the 10 of June 1688 as the Deponent went up the Back-stairs he heard the joyful Acclamation that a Prince of Wales wsas born upon which the Deponent hastned presently into the little Bed-chamber where the Deponent found Mrs. Delabadie just sitting down before the Fire with the new born Prince wrapp'd in the Mantles lying in her Lap. Then passing to the Queen in the next Bed-chamber the Deponent congratulated the happy Birth of the Prince and her Majesty's safe Delivery The Queen was wearied and panting but otherwise in good Condition Then the Midwife brought to the Deponent the After-birth reeking warm which Sir Thomas Witherley with the Deponent examined and found very sound and perfect After a while the Deponent understood that a Medicine was mentioned among the Ladies for a ceertain Remedy against Convulsions It was some Drops of Blood from the Navel-string the Deponent consulted Sir Thomas Witherley and the other Physicians and to satisfy the Women it was allowed of there being as was conceived no Danger in the Thing Whereupon the Midwife with a small Knife stit the Navel-string beyond the Ligature from which came some Drops of fresh Blood taken in a Spoon and given the Child being mix'd with a ittle Black Cherry-Water Thus much the Deponent hath to say upon her Majesty's present Delivery Now for the Time of the Queen's Conception she often told the Deponent and others That she had two Reckonings one one from Tuesday the 6th of Sept. when the King return'd from his Progress to the Queen then at Bath and the other from Thursday the 6th of Octob. when the Queen came to the King at Windsor but for some Reasons the Queen rather reckoned from the Latter though afterwards it prov'd just to agree with the Former Moreover her Majesty when according to her Reckoning she was gone with Child 12 Weeks said that she was quick and perceived the Child to move the Deponent returned no Answer to the Queen but privately told those about her That in Truth it could not so be in to short a Time yet the Queen was in the Right only mistook her Reckoning for she was then full 16 Weeks gone with Child about which time she usually quickned with her former Children and accordingly was brought to bed on the 10th of June 1688 nd within Three or four Days of full forty Weeks Charles Scarburgh Sir Thomas Witherely Second Physician to the King Deposeth THAT on Sunday the 10th of June the Deponent was present in the Queen's Bed-chamber when the Prince of Wales was born the Deponent saw Mrs. Delabadie bring the Child from the Midwife and carry him into the next Room whither the Deponent followed her and saw the Child before he was cleaned and having a Command from the Queen that there should be two Drops of the Blood of the Aftere-burthen given the first Thing We the said Deponent and the other Physicians did take two drops of Blood from the Navel-string which remained upon the Child and gave it in a Spoonfull of Black-cherry-water as the Queen commanded After this the Deponent saw as also did the other Physicians the After-burden entire Tho. Witherley Sir William Waldegrave Kt. her Majesty's first Physician Deposeth THAT in the Progress of her Majesty's being with Child the Deponent having the Honour to wait upon her as usual upon the 13th of February 1688 about 10 in the Morning she told the Deponent she had Milk in her Breasts which dropt out it was then thought the 19th Week according to one Reckoning but according to another Reckoning it was the One or two and twentieth Week The Deponent also affirmeth That her Majesty took such adstringent Medicins during the most part of her being with Child in order to avoid Miscarriage that if she had not been with Child they must have been prejudicial to her Health and of dangetous consequence Upon the 10th of June 1688 the Deponent was call'd at his Lodging in Whitchall to wait upon the Queen being told she was in Labour upon which the Deponent immediately went to St. James's and so into the Queen's Bed-chamber and found her beginning her Labour it being about eight of the Clock in the Morning the Deponent stirr'd not from thence but to get such Medicines as were fit for her Majesty and then returned again and was in the Bed-chamber when she cried out and was delivered The Deponent followed Mrs. Delabadie who took the Prince in her Arms so soon as he was born and carried him into the little Bed-chamber where the Deponent saw him upon her Lap and was by when he took two or three Drops of the Navel-string fresh warm Blood which was mix'd with Black-cherry-water then returned into the great Bed-chamber where the Deponent saw the After-burthen fresh and warm William Waldegrave Dr. Robert Brady one of His Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary Deposeth THAT a little before 10 of the Clock in the Morning on the 10th of June 1688 the Deponent was in the Queen 's little Bed-chamber at St. James's where the Deponent saw the Prince of Wales in Mrs. Delabadie's Lap by the Fire-side the Deponent desired to see the Linnen and Blankets opened in which he was wrapped which being done the Deponent saw it was a Male Child and the Navel-string hanging down to or below the virile Parts with a Ligature upon it not far from the Body but did not see any After-burden hanging at or joined to it not being at the Birth The Deponent asked how long he had been born the Standers-by told him at three quarters of an Hour after Nine of the Clock the Queen was delivered Robeert Brady James St. Amand their Majesties Apothecary Deposeth THAT from the Beginning of November last he hath generally every Day till the 9th of June 1688 given by the Physicians Orders restringent and corroborating Medicines to the Queen's Majesty That on the 10th of Juae he was sent for in haste to come to St. James's to her Majesty who the Messenger told him was in Labour That the Deponent then received a Note from the Physicians for Medicines for her Majesty which the Deponent was oblig'd to stay and prepare and so came