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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

to fulfil and perfect afterwards to wit the 23th of February in the four and Thirtieth year of the Raign of our now Soveraign Lord the King at the parish of Saint Mary le Bow London with force and arms c. falsly unlawfully unjustly wickedly and diabolically made composed and caused to be printed a certain false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled a Letter to Mr. Miles Prance in relation to the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey In which said Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows And hearing that the Coroners Jury or Inquest were first of Opinion and accordingly declared he was felo de se and that there was much Art and Skill used to procure their Verdict to the contrary more particularly the refusing of the body at their instance and request to be opened And in another place of the same Libel it is further contained as follows They say that if a Man or any other Creature be strangled or hang'd and his body cold and the blood setled in the Veins as he must needs be if your Evidence be true meaning the Evidence of the said Miles Prance run twenty Swords through such a body not one drop of blood will come out but on the contrary his body when found was full of blood in so much that over and above the Cakes or great Gobbets of congealed putrified blood found afterwards in his Cloths the Constable when he pulled the sword out of his body it crashed against his back bone and gobbets of blood and water gushed or gubled out of that wound in abundance not only in that very place where the sword was pulled out but in all his passage to the White house especially there where his body was lifted over two high s●umps and also when he was laid upon the Table the blood and water so issued out of that wound that it ran from off the Table upon the Floor and from thence into the Cellar so that they do averr that that wound that he received by that Sword must of necessity be the Cause of his Death And in another part of the same Libel it is further contained as follows They observe that Bedloe's before the Committee of Lords and your Evidence in relation to this Gentleman's Death are as different as the East is from the West for you dogg him out of St. Clements the other decoys him from Charing Cross you swear he was strangled with an Handkercheif near the Stables going to the Water-side Bedloe that he was smothered with a Pillow in a Room in the great Court in Somerset house you say that he took Horse at Sohoe Bedloe says he took Coach at Clarendon-house with many more such like contradictions and considering the old Proverb fore-warned fore-armed a further and fuller accompt of the whole matter expect And that the said Nathaniel Thompson William Paine and John Farewell their most impious wicked and diabolical intentions to fulfil and perfect afterwards to wit the third day of March in the said four and thirtieth year of the Reign of the said late Lord the King at the said Parish of St. Mary le Bow London aforesaid with Force and Arms c. falsly unlawfully unjustly evilly maliciously scandalously and diabolically made composed and caused to be printed another false scandalous and defaming Libel intituled a second Letter to Miles Prance in reply to the Ghost of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey In which last mentioned Libel amonst other things it is further contained as follows Next whereas my Letter saith and that truly that the Coroners Jury were first of opinion and accordingly declared he was felo de se and that much Art and Skill was used to procure their Verdict to the contrary And in another place of the same last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is further contained as follows And it would be very material if the Coroner would declare what he received for that Job and of whom and what Evidence he had to induce the Jury to find as the Inquisition imports that he was strangled with a Linnen cloth a matter of fact never so much as spoken of until you came in with your Evidence which was not in some weeks after And I do again averr that the Body was required by the Jury to be opened and was refused and if the Body was in their and the Coroner's power as the Ghost insinuates such power was concealed from and denied the Jury And in another place of the same last mentioned Libel it is amongst other things contained as follows He is to understand that Mr. Brown the two Chirurgions meaning the said Zachary Skillarne and Nicholas Cambridge and Mrs. Curtis are no competent nor can be material Witnesses in this Case And in another place of the same last mentioned Libel it is further contained as follows But Mr. Prance it will be fully proved that the Body was full of Blood and that there was Cakes or Gobbets of dry Blood found in his Cloaths which with his Body stunk extreamly And it will be also fully and effectually proved that his Eyes Nostrils and Corners of his Mouth were Fly-blown And in another place of the same last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows And as to the seventh and last Paragraph which relates only to the difference betwixt you and Mr. Bedloe's Evidence I must take notice that what you and and he swears is very contradictory And in another place of the same last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is further contained as follows But I cannot omit to take further notice of Mr. Curtis's Affidavit in relation to the Wax found upon the Cloths in which I cannot say but she may swear true but this I do averr that if it be so those drops were put upon the Cloths long after he was found And after the Jury had set on the body for there was no such thing then on the Cloths And I suppose this was some artifice used by those who either out of interest or design were desirous to comfirm his being murthered at Somerset house And the said Attorney General for the same Lord the King gives the Court here to understand and be informed That the said Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell in their further prosecution aforesaid falsly wickedly and maliciously their contrivances and intentions aforesaid afterwards to with the 7th day of March in the four and Thirtieth year of our said Lord the King at the Parish of Saint Mary le Bow London with force and arms c. falsly unlawfully unjusty wickedly maliciously scandalously and devillishly composed made and caused to be printed a certain other false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled The Loyal Protestant and True Domestick Intelligence or News both from City and Country In which last mentioned Libel it is contained as follows that there is not in the said Letter meaning the said false scandalous and defaming Libel Entituled a Letter to Mr. Miles Prance

in relation to the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey before first mentioned the least item or circumstance but what will be by undeniable Evidence made out to be the truth So the said Mr. Prance having not as yet vouchsafed an Answer to that Letter he will speedily receive a further Letter relating to that Murther wherein the further truth will not only be fully set forth and other Circumstances set out And further that the said Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell in their further prosecuting falsly wickedly and maliciously their contrivances and intentions aforesaid with force and arms c. falsly unlawfully wickedly maliciously and devillishly composed and caused to be Printed a certain other false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled The Loyal Protestant Intelligence c. In which last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Whereas Dick Janeway in this dayes Mercury promises an Answer to the late Letter to Mr. Prance c. This is to give him and all the world notice That such an Answer is impatiently expected by the Author of that Letter who questions not but to prove every Tittle of that Letter to the satisfaction of all mankind And besides he is very desirous that the Courantier according to his last Pacquet of Advice to Rome would go on and use his Interest to procure the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and Common Council of London to inspect the Truth of that Letter whereby it will appear inevitably that there is not one Papist or Popishly affected person concerned in that Letter or in the proof of the particulars thereof but the same with divers other material circumstances relating to the Murther of Sir E B Godfrey and the Fraud and Blind put upon the world in relation thereto will be more fully plainly and manifestly proved without giving ill Words or scurrilous Language or Reflections to any persons that really are or supposed to be therein concern'd in any circumstance whatsoever And that the said Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell in their further prosecution aforesaid falsly wickedly and maliciously their contrivances and intentions after to wit The first day of April in the four and thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Lord the King with force and arms c. at the Parish of Saint Mary le Bow London aforesaid falsly unlawfully unjustly wickedly maliciously scandalously and devillishly made composed and caused to be Printed a certain other false scandalous and defamatory Libel Entituled the Loyal Protestant Intelligence c. In which last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Last Wednesday Nathaniel Thompson vpon Summons appeared before the Lords of his Majesties most honourable Privy Council about the Letters to Mr. Miles Prance concerning the Death òf Sir Edmondbury Godfrey where he justified the matter and produced the Authors who are ready to prove by undeniable and substantial Witnesses not in the least accused or suspected of Popery as the malicious Party do suggest that every Tittle and Iota of those Letters are true And that in another part of the last mentioned Libel amongst other things it is contained as follows Mr. Thompson and the Gentlemen his Friends are to attend the next Wednesday at Council where they do not doubt but that Honourable Board will put them into à Method to prove the whole or any particular which their Honours in their great Wisdom shall think convenient to be brought to the Test or Examination And further that the said Nathaniel Thompson c. the Twenty-third day of February in the abovesaid Thirty-fourth year of our said Lord the King and divers other days and times betwixt the said Twenty-third of February and the aforesaid Thirty-fourth year and the day of the exhibiting of the said Information at the Parish of St Mary le Bow London aforesaid knowingly and every of them knowing the said several Libels to be false malicious scandalous and seditious with Force and Arms c. falsly unlawfully unjustly wickedly maliciously scandalously seditiously and devillishly the said false malicious scandalous and seditious Libels uttered and published and each of them uttered and published in manifest contempt of the Laws of this Kingdom of England and the Scandal and Defamation of the publick Justice of the same to the evil Example of all others in like Case offending and against the Kings Peace his Crown and Dignity c. Then Proclamation for Information being made Mr. Thompson acquainted my Lord and the Jury with the effect of the Information as follows Mr. Thompson My Lord and you Gentlemen of the Jury This is an Information against Nathaniel Thompson William Pain and John Farwell and it is for writing and printing several Scandalous Libels about the the Death of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey In which we set forth that Green Berry and Hill were indicted for the Murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and thereof convicted and attained and that the said Green Berry and Hill were executed for it that upon their Tryal for that Matter several Witnesses were examined namely Mr. Prance Bedloe Curtis and several others to prove Sir Edmondbury Godfrey murthered at Somerset-house and before the Tryal there was an Inquest taken by the Coroner of Middlesex by which it does appear that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was murthered by several Persons unknown and that the Defendants to reflect upon the Justice of the Nation and scandalize the Witnesses produced at that Tryal and to make it believed that these Persons died Wrongfully did write and print several scandalous Libels and Letters one of them intituled a Letter to Miles Prance concerning the Murther of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey and in these Letters did suggest as if he had been felo de se and do reflect upon every one of the Witnesses as if they had contradicted themselves and also do reflect upon the Coroner as though he had bribed the Jury and do undertake by these Arguments and several others that you will hear to prove that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey murthered himself And that in another Libel that Thompson printed called his Loyal Protestant Intelligence he says he will make it out by a Cloud of Witnesses This we say is against the Peace of the King and defaming of the Justice of the Nation If we prove this matter upon them you are to find them Guilty Mr. Serj. Maynard My Lord The matter which you have now before you is as impudent a thing as ever was done Gentlemen Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was murthered and Green and the Contrivers of it have been executed for it the matter hath passed the Examination of the Parliament and the King and Council and all Now this Thompson is a Printer I may as well say a Printer of Libels for he does constantly print Libels against the Religion established and the Justice of the Nation The Jury that were impannelled upon the Coroners Inquest he says of them that they at first did agree that he murthered himself and afterwards did

and put off his Hat to him and Sir Edmondbury Godfrey put off his Hat again to him and after that this Deponent had passed beyond Sir Edmondbury Godfrey he this Deponent turned about and looked upon him again and Sir Edmondbury Godfrey stood still and there was a Man or two near Sir Edmond And this Deponent further saith that he knew Sir Edmondbury Godfrey very well for that he saw him almost daily pass by his Master Breedons House in Hartshorne Lane going or coming from his own dwelling House which was also in Harts-horne Lane And this Deponent further saith that about two or three days after when the Rumor was that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was missing he acquainted his fellow Servant Elizabeth Dekin that he saw Sir Edmondbury Godfrey near the Water Gate at Somerset House in the Strand that very Saturday night that he was reported to have been missing from his House in Hartshorne Lane And this Deponent further saith that he told the same thing to his Uncle Ralph Oakely of the Parish of little Saint Bartholomew about a week after the time that Sir Edmondbury Godfreys body was found and also that he told the same thing to his Father the aforesaid Robert Oakely and to several others in a short time after JOHN OAKELY Jurat 22 die Junij 1682. Coram me John Moore Major Sworn to again the 1st July 1682. Before Judge Dolbin and is left filed up in the Crown-office Vide Green Berry and Hills Tryal folio 16 as to the time of Sir Edmondbury Godfreys being at Somerset House After which the Court consulted together and Mr. Justice Jones having first set out the greatness of their Crime gave the Judgment of the Court which was that Thompson and Farwel should stand upon the Pillory in the Palace yard the last day of the Term between the hours of Ten and One of the clock for the space of an hour and each of them to pay an Hundred pound Fine and to be Imprisoned till they had paid it And as for Pain he told him because the Court did not conceive him altogether so guilty they would inflict no corporal punishment on him but did adjudge him to pay an Hundred pound Fine and to be Imprisoned till he payd it Afterwards the Court was moved to explane their Judgment it being apprehended that it was pronounced upon the Pillory and the Court did declare that their intention was and so the expression upon the Pillory was to be understood that they should stand in the Pillory Accordingly Wednesday the 5th July 1682. Thompson and Farwell stood in the Pillory in the Old Palace-yard at Westminster with this Writing over their Heads For Libelling the Justice of the Nation by making the World beleive that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey Murdered himself The End of the Tryal AN APPENDIX Containing Several other Affidavits Which further confirm the Testimony of Mr. Miles Prance Given upon the Tryal of Green Bury Hill For the Murder of Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey WITH Some Observations touching Thompson Pain and Farewell LONDON Printed for Thomas Simmons 1682. AN APPENDIX Containing Several other Affidavits Which further confirm the Testimony of Mr. Miles Prance c. AS it hath been of late by many Learned Pens made appear That the Papists do justifie and countenance nay esteem Meritorious Rebellions Murders and Massacres against any Protestant Prince or People whom they reckon Hereticks for the Advancement of their Religion so 't is as well known that if those Rebellions Murders and Massacres be Discovered they can if they shall think them needful have Dispensations to Forswear Lie Equivocate do any thing to make the world believe that they are Innocent or make Protestants themselves appear Guilty of them That there hath been a Popish Plot and a desperate one too in England for the Subversion of the Protestant Religion and Established Government I think no man doubts only some persons whose Interest it is may deny And amongst the several concurring Evidences of this Popish Conspiracy the Murder of that worthy Gentleman and Magistrate by that Party hath not been the least That which induced the Papists to this Murder as well as can be guessed by those who are Strangers to that Wicked Action was one or both of these Considerations namely the hopes of finding and seizing the Examination of Dr. Oats about the damnable Popish Plot which he had taken and used to carry about with him by which they thought to stifle the Plot Or else they thought by this Murder to affrighten all active Magistrates from being Vigorous in the future Examination and further prosecution of their Horrid Conspiracy though through God's providence they have been very much Disappointed in both these Ends. And the Papists are so sensible how much this Murder pinches them that after the Conviction and Execution of the persons for that Murder no discouragements or dangers they incur by affronting and arraigning the publick Justice of the Kingdom hath been able to Deter them from impudent Attempts impudent I may say the rather because done under a Protestant-Government to sham off that Murder from themselves and making the whole Prosecution to be only a Design and Contrivance of the Protestants against them Witness first that notorious Sham of James Magrath an Irish-man who being assisted by the Popish Priests in Newgate Mrs. Cellier and Mrs. Gibbon and others pretended there were those that could make it appear and prove That Sir Edmond-Bury-Godfrey Hanged himself and that one Moor who was Clerk to Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey Cut him down finding him Hanging Which matter being Examined at the Council Board and appearing to their Honours to be a false and malicious Contrivance the said Magrath was dismissed with Security for his Appearance and that Project fell to the ground But for the further Satisfaction of the world though I think no body did believe that Idle Story I shall here insert Mr. Moors Affidavit The Affidavit of Henry Moore HEnry Moore late Servant and Clerk to Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey Deceased maketh Oath That upon Saturday the 12th of October 1678. his said Master having Persons come before him about Justice-business till about Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon when the Company were gone he bade me help him on with his Coat which I did and immediately he made me pull it off again and give him another Coat which I did and then he girt his Sword about him and went out from his House which was the last time I saw him till after he was found Dead in the Fields which was the Thursday following The Constable of St. Giles in the Fields and several others with him came to my Master's House and told us that Sir Edmund-Bury-Godfrey was found Dead and laid in a Ditch at Primrose-Hill and a Sword thrust through him and said he had caused him to be carried to the White-House This being late at Night the next Day my Masters two Brothers and Sisters and my self went thither and