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A75232	An Account of the condemnation, behaviour, execution, and last dying words of Captain Francis Winter who was condemned at the sessions-house in the Old-Baily, on Saturday the 29th of April, for the murther of one John Chandler, in White Fryers, in London, &c. and executed for the same at White-Fryars-Gate in Fleetstreet, on Wednesday the 17th of May 1693.		1693 (1693)	Wing A264A; ESTC R222206	2,811	2

AN ACCOUNT OF THE Condemnation Behaviour Execution and Last dying Words OF Captain Francis Winter VVho was Condemned at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily on Saturday the 29th of April For the Murther of one John Chandler in White Fryers in London c. and Executed for the same at White-Fryars-Gate in Fleetstreet on Wednesday the 17th of May 1693. 19. May. 1693 SEveral Reports of this Nature have been oftentimes Manifested in Print many of which have seemed to look somewhat obscure till it hath been more particularly dissected and laid open in all its Agravating Circumstances And indeed till that be done there are a sort of Men in the World who are apt to asperse the Superior Powers as if they were too Severe in the Execution of Justice but when their Eyes are enlightned by the due Weight of Reason then perhaps they will be of another mind unless they are Prejudiced beyond the bounds of Natural Reason and Common Sence therefore it will not be inconvenient to give the Reader a Brief Account by the way of the Matter of Fact in Relation to this Unfortunate Gentleman c. Some Persons it is very likely have not forgotten that about the 4th of July last was Twelve Month there was a Mutinous or Riotous Assembly Raised and got together in White Fryars in London in opposition to the Gentlemen of the Inner Temple who stopt up a Passage that led out of the said Fryars into the Temple Walks the Gentlemen finding the said Passage to be very incommodious to them upon the hot Resistance of the White Fryars men there was likely to be great Mischief done to prevent appease and qualifie which the then present Sheriffs of London being sent for came with their Officers and Attendants entered in at the Fryars Gate endeavouring to make open Proclamation that all Persons should Cease and go Home in Peace to their Respective Abodes But this was not Regarded by the Mutineers for they were the more Incensed and came with great Fury against the High Sheriffs this Gentleman being at the Head of about Fourscore of them as their Captain and Leader with a Blunderbuss in his hand which he was seen to Fire off several times bidding defiance to the Sheriffs and all those who were their Assistance crying One and all they would kill them rather than any Man should be taken out from them by way of an Arrest but that was lookt upon to be but a false Suggestion and a Cunning Plea of their own Forging they having no Regard to Authority for they had placed several Casks on both sides of the Street on purpose to Impede the Passage of the Sheriffs and some of them lay secretly behind them as it were on purpose to lye in Wait to take an Advantage c. Firing several times against the Sheriffs and their Men the Captain being at the Head of them as aforesaid And Chandler the poor Man who was killed being on the Sheriffs side had the misfortune to be shot in the Calf of his Leg with a Leaden Bullet which wound killed him in two or three Days he solemnly protesting upon his Death-Bed that he knew Captain Winter very well and that he was the Man that Shot him for which Fact the Captain for some considerable time Absconded but was lately Apprehended and Committed to Newgate for the same and was this last Sessions Tryed for it and found Guilty of Murther and on the 29th of April he was Condemned in Order to be Executed with the other Criminals who suffer'd at Tyburn the 8th Instant But by Vertue of Her Majesty's Gracious Reprieve he was Respited until this day c. As for his Birth he was Born at Truro in Cornwall then sent Apprentice to a Captain of a Ship after this he was made a Captain of a Merchant Man to the West Indias himself after that he Commanded a Ship in the last Dutch Wars where to say the Truth he behaved himself with a great deal of Candor and Courage afterwards he fell into decay and had Contracted some Debts in the World which occasioned him to fly for Refuge into White Fryers where he had the Unhappiness to be Engaged in such an unworthy Design and Violent Attempt as aforesaid He had not much to offer in his Defence at his Tryal only in the General that altho' he was there amongst the Multitude yet there were others that Shot and therefore the Man might fall by another hand as well as his or to that Effect c. After Condemnation he Behav'd himself in a Christian like manner being much Concerned for his Souls Everlasting Welfare desiring the Advice Good Counsel and Prayers of all those Worthy Divines that came near him acknowledging the Justice of God in bringing him to Undergo so Severe a Punishment for that he had been guilty of several Irregularities in the Course of his Life and had not walked up to the strict Rules of the Christian Religion as he ought to have done which he now Lamented and was exceedingly troubled for therefore he hoped that God would forgive him being willing to submit to the Righteous Judgement of God Almighty He gave himself to Reading Prayer Hearing God's Word and to all other Exercises of Religion being willing to adhear to all Seasonable Advice that might any ways advance his mind and set his thoughts on Heavenly Things Relying only upon the Merits of Christ for his future Happiness he carryed himself humbly during his Imprisonment both before and after Conviction though Naturally of a stout hardy and undaunted spirit was no ways affrighted at the near approaches of Death giving God the Praise for such a Respite of Time in Order to prepare his soul for another World On Wednesday morning the 17th Instant as abovesaid by Vertue of a Fresh Warrant from her Majesty he was put into a Coach at Newgate Stairs and from thence Conveyed down Old Baily and over Fleet-Bridge to the Fryars Gate in the way to which place there were several Thousands of Spectators who thronged to see him when the Cart was settled under the Gibbet and he put into it which was Erected there on purpose he stood up and spake as fo●●●ws I have no Publick Declaration to make here my Thoughts being wholly taken up in the Concerns of my Eternal Welfare for that is the Work that I am come here to do Therefore I desire that I may not be interrupted Then the Minister Prayed with him and for him and Recommended him to the Mercy of God c. After this he Pray'd in these Words O Most Great and Glorious Lord God do thou look down in Mercy upon me a Poor Miserable Sinner and shew thy blessed Face to me now in this Hour of my Extremity for what am I without thee therefore O Lord I beseech thee to Pardon my Sins and Wash my Soul clean in the Blood of CHRIST JESVS and deliver me O Lord from the guilt and defilement of Sin Holy Father do thou Receive me into Mercy for into thy Hands I Commend my Spirit O Lord let it be Precious in thy Sight and let it live with thee in Everlasting Glory Now I come sweet JESVS now I am coming to thee Dear JESVS do thou plead my Cause with the Great GOD of Heaven and Earth and send down thy Blessed Spirit to Assist and Help me in this Great Work I am now about I am a Poor Worthless Creature full of Sin and Misery yet do thou Lord JESVS take pitty upon my Precious Soul O Lord JESVS come quickly for I am now coming to thee therefore I Humbly beg thee O GOD to Receive my poor Soul into the Arms of thy Everlasting loving Kindness Lord Into thy Hands I Commend my Spirit for thou hast Redeemed it O LORD GOD of Truth Amen Then the Cart Drew away and afterwards he was Carryed into White-Fryars to be Inter'd in the Sepulchre with his Brethren c. LONDON Printed for J. B. and are to be sold by Randall Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1693.