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A84505	At the Council-chamber in Whitehall, Monday the 22th. of October, 1688 This day an extraordinary council met, where were likewise present, by His Majesties desire and appointment, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and such of the peers of this kingdom, both spiritual and temporal, as were in town. And also the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the City of London, the judges, and several of Their Majesties Council learn'd, hereafter named.; Proceedings. 1688-10-22	England and Wales. Privy Council.; England and Wales. Privy Council. Proceedings. 1688-11-01.	1688 (1688)	Wing E821B; ESTC R229808	19,601	4

Queens having another great Pain the Prince was born That this Deponent saw the Child taken out of the Bed with the Navel-string hanging to its Belly That this Deponent opened the Receivor and saw it was a Son and not hearing the Child cry and seeing it a little black she was afraid it was in a Convulsion Fit. S. Bellasyse Henrietta Lady Waldegrave Deposeth THat she was in the Queens Bed-Chamber a quarter of an hour before her Majesty was Delivered and standing by the Bedside she saw the Queen in Labour and heard her cry out much Henrietta Waldegrave Mrs. Mary Crane one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager Deposeth THat she went with the Queen Dowager to the Queens Labour on the Tenth of June last and never stirred out of the Room till the Queen was Delivered That this Deponent did not follow the Child when it was first carried out of the Room but staid in the Bed-Chamber and saw all that was to be seen after the Birth of a Child That she the Deponent then went to see the Prince and found him look ill and immediately went to the King and told his Majesty she feared the Child was sick That his Majesty went immediately to the Prince and came back and said it was a Mistake the Child was very well Mary Crane Dame Isabella Wentworth one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Deposeth THat she often saw the Milk of her Majesties Breast upon her Smock at which the Queen was troubled it being a common Saying that it was a sign the Child would not live And that she the Deponent did once feel the Child stir in the Queens Belly while her Majesty was in Bed and that she was present when the Child was Born and staid till she heard it cry and then went to fetch Vineger for the Queen to smell to she the Deponent heard the Queen command the Midwife not to tell her of what Sex it was for fear of surprizing her Majesty When the Deponent brought the Vineger she did desire to see the Child Mrs. Delabadie having it in her Arms. The Child looked black whereupon the Deponent desired Doctor Waldegrave to look to it believing it was not well That the Deponent saw the Navel-string of the Child cut and three drops of the Bloud which came fresh out given to him for the Convulsion Fits. Isabella Wentworth Dame Catherine Sayer one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager Deposeth THat she waited on the Queen Dowager to the Queens Labour and was all the time by the Bedside and stood there till the Queen was Delivered and followed the Child when it was carried by Mrs. Delabadie to the little Bed Chamber and took a warm Napkin and laid it on the Childs Breast believing the Child was not well Catharina Sayer Dame Isabella Waldegrave one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Deposeth THat she was constantly with the Queen when her Majesty was likely to Miscarry and had often seen Milk on her Majesties Breasts and was with the Queen at the time of her Labour with the Prince and saw the Prince taken out of the Bed and went after Mrs. Delabadie with the Prince in her Arms into the little Bed-Chamber and was by when the Child was shewn to the King that it was a Son and this Deponent took the After-Burthen and put it into a Bason of Water and carried it into the Queens Closet Isabella Waldegrave Mrs. Margaret Dawson one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Deposeth THat on the Tenth of June last in the Morning she was sent for by the Queen out of St. James's Chappel where she was at Prayers and that coming up into the Queens Chamber she found her sitting all alone upon a Stool by the Beds-head when the Queen said to her this Deponent she believed her self in Labour and bid her the Deponent get the Pallate Bed which stood in the next Room to be made ready quickly for her but that Bed having never been aired the Deponent perswaded the Queen not to make use of it After which the Queen bid the Deponent make ready the Bed she came out of which was done accordingly The Deponent further saith That she saw fire carried into the Queens Room in a Warming-Pan to warm the Bed after which the Queen went into her Bed and that the Deponent stirred not from the Queen until her Majesty was Delivered of a Son. That she this Deponent well remembers that on the 29th of December last her Majesty was afraid of Miscarrying which was about the time she Quickned and that after the Queen had gone Two and twenty Weeks with Child her Majesties Milk began to run which she the Deponent often saw upon her Smock and that the Ninth of May her Majesty apprehended Miscarrying again with a fright Margaret Dawson Mrs. Elizabeth Bromley one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Deposeth THat she was sick all Winter till a little before Easter last when she the Deponent came into Waiting That from that time till the Queen was brought to Bed she the Deponent saw the Queen put on her Smock every Morning by which means she saw the Milk constantly fall out of her Majesties Breasts and observed the bigness of her Majesties Belly which could not be counterfeit That the Deponent came from Whitehall to the Queens Labour to St. James's the Tenth of June last and remained in the Room till the Queen was Delivered and afterwards but did not follow the Child till some time after when she the Deponent went to see what coloured Eyes he had Elizabeth Bromley Mrs. Pelegrina Turini one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Deposeth THat she constantly attended the Queen when she was last with Child and that on the Tenth of June last she was in waiting on her Majesty who called her on the said Tenth of June in the Morning and told her the Deponent she was in pain and bid her send for the Midwife her Ladies and Servants after which she the Deponent staid with the Queen during her Labour and until she was Delivered of the Prince of Wales The Mark of Pelegrina X Turini Mrs. Anna Cary one of the Gentlewomen of the Bed-Chamber to the Queen Dowager Deposeth THat she waited on the Queen Dowager from Somerset-House to St. James's the Day the Queen was brought to Bed and went into the Queens Bed-Chamber where she this Deponent staid till the Queen was Delivered and saw the Prince as soon as he was born Anna Cary. 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 Drest 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

Deponent and whispered him in the Ear T is a Prince but don't take Notice of it yet Then Mrs. 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 Deponents coming to visit Her Majesty then lying at St. James's on Sunday the Tenth of June 1688. as the Deponent went up the Back Stairs he heard the joyful Acclamation that a Prince of Wales was born upon which the Deponent hastned presently into the little Bed Chamber where the Deponent found Mrs. Labadie just setting down before the Fire with the New Born Prince wrapped 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 Majesties 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 certain 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 satisfie the Women it was allowed of there being as was conceived no danger in the thing Whereupon the Midwife with a small Knife slit 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 little Black-Cherry-Water Thus much the Deponent hath to say upon Her Majesties present delivery Now for the Time of the Queens Conception she often told the Deponent and others That She had two Reckonings one from Tuesday the Sixth of September when the King return'd from his Progress to the Queen then at Bathe and the other from Thursday the Sixth of October when the Queen came to the King at Windsor but for some Reasons the Queen rather reckoned from the latter though afterward it proved just to agree with the former Moreover Her Majesty when according to Her Reckoning She was gone with Child Twelve 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 so short a Time Yet the Queen was in the right only mistook Her Reckoning for She was then full sixteen Weeks gone with Child about which time She usually quickned with Her former Children and accordingly was brought to Bed on the Tenth of June 1688. and within Three or Four days of full Forty Weeks Charles Scarburgh Sir Thomas Witherly second Physician to the King Deposeth THat on Sunday the Tenth of June the Deponent was present in the Queens Bed chamber when the Prince of Wales was Born the Deponent saw Mrs. Labadie 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 After-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 spoonful of Black cherry-water as the Queen Commanded After this the Deponent saw as also did the other Physicians the After-burthen entire Tho. Witherley Sir William Waldegrave Kt. Her Majesties first Physician Deposeth THat in the Progress of Her Majesties being with Child the Deponent having the Honour to wait upon her as usual upon the Thirteenth of February 1687. about Ten in the Morning she told the Deponent she had Milk in her Breasts which dropt out it was then thought the Nineteenth 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 Medicines 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 dangerous consequence Upon the Tenth of June 1688. the Deponent was called at his Lodging in Whitehall 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 return'd again and was in the Bed-chamber when she Cry'd out and was Deliver'd 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 Majesties Physicians in Ordinary Deposeth THat a little before Ten of the Clock in the Morning on the Tenth 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. Labady's Lap by the fire side the Deponent desired to see the Linen 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-burthen hanging at or joyned to it not being at the Birth The Deponent asked how long he had been born the standers by told him At three quaters of an hour after Nine of the Clock the Queen was Delivered Robert Brady James St. Amand their Majesties Apothecary Deposeth THat from the beginning of November last he hath generally every day till the Ninth of June 1688. given by the Physicians Orders Restringent and Coroborating Medicines to the Queens Majesty That on the Tenth of June 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 obliged to stay and prepare and so came not to St. James's till the Queen was Delivered the Deponent meeting just as he was going into the Bed-chamber Mrs. Labadie with the young Prince in her Arms the King and several of the Lords soon after following into the little Bed-chamber where the Deponent saw the Child Naked before it was cleansed from

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 Receivor 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 replied But let me see whereupon the Deponent presently shewed his Majesty that it was a Son and the Privy Councillors then present saw it one after another The Deponent sate 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 asked for a Spoon for to give it three Drops of the Bloud 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 Bloud into it and stirred it with a little Black Cherry Water and then it was given to the Prince That the Queen sent for this Deponent and gave her the Prince to take 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 Denmarks 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 Queens former Children had Mary Anne Delabadie Mrs. Judith Wilks Deposeth THat being the Queens Midwife she came often to her especially 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 Majesties 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 her self 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 this 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 Deponent 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 Deponent 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 Deponents 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 Bloud 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 Child from the After-burthen which the Queen was unwilling to have done thinking it might be dangerous to her self but the Deponent assuring her Majesty it would not her Majesty gave Consent whereupon the Child presently cried and then the Deponent gave it to Mrs. Labadie Judith Wilks Mrs. Elizabeth Pearse Laundress to the Queen Deposeth THat about Nine of the 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 which she the Deponent saw the Prince of Wales given by the Midwife to Mrs. Labadie 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 Linen hot as the they came from the Queen That for a Month after her Majesties Lying-in the Deponent well knows by the washing of her Linen that the Queen was in the same Condition that all other Women use to be on the like Occasion And that sometime after her Quickning 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 R●chmond and Lenox Deposeth THat she the Deponent was not at the Queens 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 Queen 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 Bedside her Majesty said to her My Milk is now very troublesom 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 Lenox Charlotte Countess of Lichfield Deposeth THat she was not at the Queens Labour being in Child-bed her self but that she was almost constantly with the Queen while she was 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. Lichfeild Anne Countess of Marischall Deposeth THat she was several times in the Queens Bed-Chamber when she Shifted her self and hath seen her Smock stain'd with her Milk That she was not at the Queens Labour tho' sent to by one of her Ladies being sick of a Fever but do's in her Conscience believe her Majesty was with Child both by her Belly and her Milk. A. Marischall George Lord Jeffreys Lord Chancellor of