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         Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
      
       
         
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             A true relation of the unjust accusation of certain French gentlemen (charged with a robbery of which they are most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench in Easter term last published by Denzell Lord Holles.
             Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.
          
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             1671.
          
           
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           A
           True
           RELATION
           OF
           THE
           Unjust
           Accusation
           Of
           Certain
           French
           Gentlemen
           ,
           (
           Charged
           with
           a
           Robbery
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           were
           most
           Innocent
           )
           And
           the
           Proceedings
           upon
           it
           ,
           with
           their
           Tryal
           and
           Acquittance
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           
             Kings
             Bench
          
           ,
           in
           Easter
           Term
           last
           .
        
         
           Published
           by
           DENZELL
           LORD
           HOLLES
           ,
           Partly
           for
           a
           further
           manifestation
           of
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           informed
           ,
           many
           do
           yet
           doubt
           )
           and
           partly
           for
           his
           own
           Vindication
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           some
           Passages
           at
           that
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           seemed
           very
           strongly
           to
           reflect
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             J.
             Darby
          
           ,
           for
           
             Richard
             Chiswel
          
           ,
           at
           the
           two
           Angels
           and
           Crown
           in
           Little-Britain
           ,
           1671.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           COnceiving
           my self
           under
           some
           necessity
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           make
           known
           the
           Innocency
           of
           a
           couple
           of
           young
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           French
           Nation
           ,
           whom
           a
           curiosity
           of
           seeing
           other
           Countries
           besides
           their
           own
           had
           brought
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           who
           ,
           by
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Art
           and
           Malice
           ,
           had
           been
           drawn
           into
           danger
           by
           a
           Robbery
           laid
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           were
           as
           free
           as
           the
           Child
           new
           born
           ;
           And
           also
           to
           vindicate
           my self
           of
           some
           blemish
           ,
           which
           was
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           cast
           upon
           me
           at
           the
           Tryal
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           as
           if
           something
           had
           been
           done
           by
           me
           ,
           not
           fair
           nor
           justifiable
           ,
           in
           the
           carriage
           of
           that
           Business
           ,
           and
           some
           harsh
           usage
           which
           I
           received
           in
           Court
           :
           These
           considerations
           have
           induced
           me
           to
           make
           publick
           the
           whole
           Proceeding
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           let
           me
           answer
           one
           thing
           which
           may
           be
           objected
           ,
           
             Why
             I
             have
             staid
             so
             long
             to
             set
             out
             this
             Narrative
             ,
             it
             being
             now
             almost
             a
             twelve
             month
             since
             these
             transactions
             were
             ,
             which
             gave
             the
             occasion
             for
             it
             ?
          
           to
           which
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           still
           my
           desire
           ,
           before
           I
           made
           it
           publick
           in
           Print
           ,
           to
           be
           judicially
           cleared
           in
           my
           Reputation
           ;
           and
           before
           I
           did
           apply
           my self
           to
           any
           Higher
           Power
           either
           King
           or
           Parliament
           to
           be
           so
           cleared
           ,
           to
           do
           my self
           first
           that
           right
           ,
           to
           declare
           the
           truth
           of
           all
           Passages
           ,
           whereby
           the
           clearness
           of
           my
           Proceedings
           might
           appear
           ,
           I
           still
           being
           in
           the
           same
           capacity
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           level
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           ,
           when
           those
           indignities
           were
           put
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           when
           such
           a
           disguise
           was
           put
           upon
           
           the
           whole
           business
           as
           the
           truth
           could
           not
           appear
           ,
           that
           was
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           full
           and
           true
           account
           of
           all
           in
           an
           Ordinary
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           which
           I
           would
           have
           done
           then
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           be
           suffered
           ,
           and
           for
           which
           I
           knew
           I
           should
           have
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           when
           those
           Gentlemen
           should
           bring
           their
           Action
           against
           the
           Persons
           who
           had
           so
           falsly
           and
           malitiously
           accused
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           since
           done
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           did
           them
           and
           my self
           that
           right
           ,
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Court
           and
           Jury
           were
           so
           well
           satisfied
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Verdict
           for
           Four
           hundred
           Pounds
           dammages
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           ,
           I
           immediately
           made
           my
           Complaint
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           for
           what
           concerned
           my self
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           received
           that
           Justice
           ,
           which
           hath
           abundantly
           satisfied
           me
           ,
           (
           my
           Honour
           being
           the
           only
           thing
           dear
           unto
           me
           ,
           which
           before
           had
           been
           blemished
           ,
           and
           was
           there
           cleared
           )
           and
           now
           I
           come
           to
           present
           it
           all
           to
           the
           publick
           view
           ,
           and
           shall
           do
           it
           as
           succinctly
           as
           I
           may
           ,
           with
           all
           candor
           and
           sincerity
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           Gentlemen
           ,
           One
           ,
           a
           youth
           of
           about
           17
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           called
           
             Valentine
             Simon
             Chevalier
             de
             Hoeville
          
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           Knight
           of
           Hoeville
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           French
           stile
           ,
           he
           being
           destinated
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           by
           his
           Parents
           to
           be
           a
           Knight
           of
           Malta
           ,
           when
           they
           use
           to
           give
           them
           the
           Appellation
           of
           Knights
           ,
           even
           while
           very
           young
           before
           their
           going
           thither
           to
           take
           upon
           them
           the
           Vow
           and
           the
           Habit
           :
           )
           The
           other
           ,
           his
           Name
           is
           
             Adrian
             Lampriere
             Sr
          
           
             des
             Mezieres
          
           ,
           young
           also
           ,
           but
           nineteen
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           good
           Family
           in
           Normandy
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           Neighbours
           to
           my
           Wife
           ,
           and
           to
           her
           Estate
           in
           those
           parts
           .
           These
           two
           young
           Men
           ,
           younger
           Brothers
           ,
           but
           with
           money
           in
           their
           Purses
           ,
           came
           hither
           ,
           not
           to
           rob
           upon
           the
           High-Way
           ,
           but
           to
           see
           Fashions
           ,
           and
           have
           seen
           One
           with
           a
           Witness
           not
           very
           well
           to
           be
           liked
           by
           them
           :
           They
           landed
           at
           Ratcliff
           ,
           the
           second
           or
           third
           of
           November
           ;
           
           and
           having
           a
           recommendation
           to
           lodge
           at
           Master
           
           Sedgewick's
           House
           ,
           a
           Barber
           ,
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           continued
           ,
           till
           forced
           to
           lie
           in
           a
           Prison
           against
           their
           Wills.
           
        
         
           Though
           they
           were
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           their
           Parents
           of
           acquaintance
           and
           Friends
           to
           my
           Wife
           ,
           yet
           she
           heard
           not
           of
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           made
           to
           cry
           to
           her
           out
           of
           the
           Goal
           of
           Hartford
           ;
           They
           excused
           it
           afterwards
           that
           they
           would
           not
           see
           her
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           put
           themselves
           into
           Black
           Clothes
           ,
           as
           most
           wore
           at
           that
           time
           .
           They
           kept
           in
           their
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           scarce
           ever
           went
           out
           ,
           but
           to
           their
           Dinners
           and
           Suppers
           at
           an
           Ordinary
           (
           as
           several
           Credible
           Witnesses
           made
           it
           out
           at
           their
           Tryal
           )
           from
           the
           day
           of
           their
           coming
           to
           London
           ,
           until
           the
           Thursday
           sennight
           after
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           11th
           of
           November
           .
           That
           day
           ,
           they
           and
           three
           others
           of
           their
           Countreymen
           (
           whom
           they
           had
           fallen
           acquainted
           with
           here
           )
           agreed
           to
           go
           see
           a
           Merchant
           about
           Barnet
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           some
           business
           ;
           Missing
           of
           him
           ,
           they
           resolved
           to
           go
           see
           Hatfield
           House
           .
           One
           of
           their
           Company
           onely
           spake
           English
           ,
           whose
           Name
           was
           Beauuais
           ,
           themselves
           not
           one
           word
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           as
           little
           .
           For
           this
           Journey
           they
           hired
           Horses
           ,
           in
           two
           or
           three
           places
           ,
           from
           several
           Persons
           ,
           the
           best
           Horse
           not
           worth
           above
           three
           Pounds
           .
           These
           Horses
           were
           brought
           to
           their
           Lodgings
           upon
           the
           Thursday
           Morning
           ,
           their
           Landlord's
           Wife
           passing
           her
           word
           for
           them
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Company
           had
           no
           Boots
           ,
           a
           young
           Youth
           ,
           whose
           Father
           is
           a
           rich
           Merchant
           in
           Paris
           ,
           his
           Name
           Boutandon
           ;
           He
           lay
           in
           Long-Acre
           ,
           and
           took
           Horse
           there
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           they
           had
           much
           adoe
           to
           get
           him
           upon
           his
           Horse
           ,
           having
           scarce
           ever
           been
           upon
           one
           before
           ,
           and
           Boots
           it
           is
           certain
           he
           had
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           nor
           they
           say
           never
           had
           any
           :
           And
           not
           a
           Pistol
           among
           all
           five
           .
           In
           this
           Equipage
           they
           began
           their
           Voyage
           ,
           how
           like
           to
           be
           High-Way
           Men
           ,
           let
           any
           man
           judge
           ,
           
           especially
           having
           no
           Language
           ,
           nor
           no
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           or
           of
           one
           foot
           of
           the
           way
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           Horses
           that
           could
           scarce
           go
           out
           of
           a
           way
           when
           they
           were
           in
           it
           .
           They
           came
           to
           Hatfield
           upon
           the
           Market
           Day
           ,
           went
           into
           the
           Market
           ,
           saw
           
             Hatfield
             House
          
           ,
           and
           coming
           back
           to
           their
           Inn
           ,
           the
           Town
           did
           rise
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           apprehended
           them
           for
           Thieves
           ,
           that
           had
           robbed
           four
           Butchers
           ,
           whose
           names
           were
           
             Robert
             Simons
             ,
             Robert
             Bellingham
             ,
             Edward
             Lawrence
             ,
          
           and
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           ,
           upon
           
             Totternol
             Hill
          
           in
           Bedfordshire
           the
           Monday
           before
           ,
           being
           the
           eighth
           of
           November
           ,
           between
           three
           and
           four
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           .
           Those
           Butchers
           among
           the
           rest
           came
           ,
           and
           viewed
           them
           ,
           and
           having
           seen
           them
           ,
           One
           or
           two
           of
           them
           (
           as
           I
           have
           been
           told
           )
           were
           very
           doubtful
           of
           accusing
           them
           ;
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           by
           Name
           ,
           saying
           (
           as
           one
           Murrel
           a
           Chirurgion
           who
           did
           then
           reside
           in
           Hatfield
           ,
           and
           was
           present
           ,
           hath
           assured
           me
           )
           that
           he
           would
           not
           for
           the
           World
           say
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           men
           that
           did
           the
           Robbery
           :
           Onely
           two
           of
           the
           Butchers
           said
           ,
           They
           thought
           they
           were
           them
           ,
           and
           going
           into
           the
           Stable
           ,
           said
           ,
           They
           thought
           they
           knew
           one
           of
           the
           Horses
           .
           They
           kept
           them
           there
           all
           the
           Thursday
           ,
           trying
           to
           get
           the
           Money
           from
           them
           which
           the
           Butchers
           had
           lost
           ,
           about
           27
           pound
           ,
           upon
           which
           condition
           ,
           they
           said
           they
           would
           let
           them
           go
           ,
           and
           not
           carry
           them
           before
           a
           Justice
           .
           But
           they
           refusing
           it
           ,
           they
           then
           upon
           the
           Friday
           Morning
           carried
           them
           before
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Butler
          
           :
           He
           examined
           them
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           Accusation
           of
           the
           four
           Butchers
           ,
           without
           giving
           them
           their
           Oath
           ;
           And
           upon
           the
           bare
           saying
           of
           three
           of
           them
           ,
           One
           ,
           that
           those
           men
           were
           like
           those
           he
           saw
           upon
           the
           Road
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           those
           that
           robbed
           them
           :
           He
           made
           his
           Mittimus
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           to
           the
           Goal
           at
           Hartford
           ,
           whither
           they
           were
           compelled
           to
           walk
           on
           foot
           :
           And
           when
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           were
           presently
           put
           into
           Irons
           ,
           and
           laid
           in
           a
           low
           damp
           Room
           ,
           with
           scarce
           
           any
           light
           to
           it
           ,
           no
           Bed
           ,
           and
           only
           Straw
           to
           lie
           upon
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           lay
           from
           Friday
           the
           twelfth
           of
           November
           ,
           till
           the
           Sunday
           fortnight
           after
           ,
           seventeen
           dayes
           ,
           more
           like
           Dogs
           then
           Persons
           of
           any
           Quality
           :
           And
           no
           body
           at
           London
           had
           known
           what
           had
           become
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           that
           Murrel
           ,
           whom
           I
           named
           before
           ,
           hearing
           them
           tell
           where
           they
           lodged
           in
           London
           ,
           had
           not
           of
           himself
           come
           and
           given
           notice
           at
           that
           House
           ,
           That
           their
           Guests
           were
           in
           Hartford
           Goal
           .
           The
           Examination
           and
           the
           Mittimus
           follow
           Verbatim
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Examination
                   of
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                  
                   ,
                   Drover
                   ;
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Bellingham
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edward
                     Lawrence
                  
                   ,
                   Butchers
                   ,
                   all
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   Edmondton
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   taken
                   before
                   me
                   ,
                   One
                   of
                   the
                   Justices
                   of
                   Peace
                   for
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Hartford
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   12
                   th
                   of
                   November
                   ,
                   1669.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                     saith
                  
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   riding
                   on
                   the
                   Road
                   near
                   Totternol
                   ,
                   saw
                   five
                   young
                   men
                   afoot
                   ,
                   with
                   their
                   Horses
                   in
                   their
                   hands
                   ;
                   he
                   suspecting
                   them
                   ,
                   made
                   haste
                   from
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   got
                   at
                   a
                   good
                   distance
                   ,
                   stayed
                   to
                   let
                   his
                   Horse
                   drink
                   ,
                   b●●
                   seeing
                   them
                   coming
                   towards
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   galloped
                   away
                   ,
                   and
                   heard
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   say
                   ,
                   
                     Farewel
                     old
                     man
                  
                   ;
                   And
                   looking
                   about
                   ,
                   saw
                   them
                   all
                   turn
                   back
                   towards
                   
                     Totternol
                     Hill
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   about
                   a
                   mile
                   distance
                   from
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   saith
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Persons
                   apprehended
                   are
                   very
                   like
                   those
                   he
                   saw
                   upon
                   the
                   Road.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                     saith
                  
                   ,
                   That
                   on
                   Monday
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   eighth
                   of
                   
                     November
                     ,
                     1669.
                  
                   about
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   of
                   the
                   Cl
                   ck
                   in
                   the
                   Afternoon
                   ,
                   upon
                   
                     Totternol
                     Hill
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   Totternol
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   robbed
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   27
                   pounds
                   taken
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   believes
                   the
                   Persons
                   now
                   apprehended
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   men
                   which
                   robbed
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   
                     Robert
                     Bellingham
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   time
                   and
                   place
                   ,
                   agreeth
                   with
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   further
                   saith
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   and
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edward
                     Lawrence
                  
                   ,
                   riding
                   together
                   ,
                   espied
                   five
                   men
                   coming
                   towards
                   them
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   judged
                   to
                   be
                   Thieves
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   putting
                   Spurs
                   to
                   their
                   Horses
                   ,
                   thought
                   to
                   escape
                   them
                   by
                   riding
                   ,
                   but
                   two
                   of
                   them
                   overtaking
                   him
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   clapt
                   a
                   Pistol
                   to
                   his
                   Breast
                   ;
                   they
                   searched
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   finding
                   no
                   Money
                   ,
                   they
                   took
                   his
                   Bridle
                   and
                   his
                   Girdle
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   three
                   pursued
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                  
                   ,
                   And
                   he
                   verily
                   believes
                   that
                   the
                   black
                   man
                   ,
                   which
                   calls
                   himself
                   
                     Adrian
                     Lamperiere
                  
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   man
                   that
                   pulled
                   the
                   Bridle
                   off
                   his
                   Horse
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Edward
                     Lawrence
                     saith
                  
                   ,
                   He
                   was
                   in
                   Company
                   with
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                  
                   and
                   
                     Robert
                     Bellingham
                  
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   forementioned
                   day
                   ,
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   saw
                   the
                   five
                   men
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   suspected
                   to
                   be
                   Thieves
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   well
                   horsed
                   ,
                   escaped
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Examination
                   of
                   
                     Paul
                     Bovey
                     ,
                     Adrian
                     Lamperier
                     ,
                     Iohn
                     Boudandon
                     ,
                     Valentine
                     Chivalier
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     Guinet
                     Chateuneuf
                  
                   ,
                   all
                   French
                   men
                   ,
                   taken
                   before
                   me
                   ,
                   One
                   of
                   His
                   Majesties
                   Justices
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   for
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Hertford
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   12
                   th
                   day
                   of
                   November
                   1669.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Paul
                     Bovey
                     saith
                  
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   is
                   a
                   Servant
                   to
                   One
                   of
                   My
                   Lord
                   Chamberlains
                   Sons
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Edward
                     Montacute
                  
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   lodgeth
                   at
                   Mr.
                   Munduglas
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   in
                   George
                   Lane
                   in
                   Kings-street
                   ,
                   Westminster
                   .
                   He
                   saith
                   he
                   came
                   to
                   Hatfield
                   upon
                   the
                   11th
                   of
                   
                     November
                     1669.
                  
                   with
                   four
                   of
                   his
                   Friends
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Salisburies
                   House
                   ,
                   And
                   that
                   on
                   Monday
                   before
                   ,
                   he
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Friends
                   dined
                   at
                   the
                   Scottish
                   Ordinary
                   in
                   Bedfordbury
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   Tuesday
                   they
                   all
                   five
                   dined
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   place
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Adrian
                   Lamperier
                   saith
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   came
                   into
                   England
                   the
                   second
                   of
                   this
                   Instant
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   lodgeth
                   at
                   one
                   Sedgwick's
                   a
                   Barbers
                   ,
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   Maypole
                   in
                   the
                   Strand
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Boudandon
                  
                   saith
                   ,
                   he
                   came
                   into
                   England
                   the
                   15th
                   of
                   August
                   last
                   ,
                   and
                   lodgeth
                   in
                   Long-Acre
                   ,
                   at
                   a
                   Semstress
                   House
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   Castle
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   tradeth
                   in
                   Merchandize
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Valentine
                     Chevalier
                  
                   lodgeth
                   with
                   
                     Adrian
                     Lamperier
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   into
                   England
                   with
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Guinet
                     Chateauneuf
                  
                   lodgeth
                   with
                   
                     Paul
                     Bouey
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   Monsieur
                   Bouey
                   hired
                   all
                   the
                   five
                   Horses
                   ,
                   upon
                   which
                   they
                   rode
                   to
                   
                     Hatfield
                     .
                     Sedgwick
                  
                   past
                   his
                   word
                   for
                   three
                   of
                   the
                   Horses
                   ,
                   who
                   lives
                   in
                   the
                   Strand
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   May-pole
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   but
                   Bouey
                   affirm
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   out
                   of
                   London
                   since
                   they
                   came
                   thither
                   ,
                   until
                   the
                   fore-mentioned
                   
                   11th
                   of
                   November
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Mittimus
                   .
                   To
                   the
                   Keeper
                   of
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Gaol
                   for
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Hertford
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   Herewithall
                   send
                   you
                   the
                   Bodies
                   of
                   
                     Paul
                     Bouey
                     ,
                     Adrian
                     de
                     Lamperier
                     ,
                     John
                     Boutandon
                     ,
                     Valentine
                     Chevalier
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     Guinet
                     Chateauneuf
                  
                   ,
                   brought
                   this
                   day
                   before
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   charged
                   with
                   the
                   Felonious
                   taking
                   away
                   twenty
                   seven
                   pounds
                   from
                   
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                  
                   of
                   Edmondton
                   ,
                   and
                   rifling
                   
                     Robert
                     Bellingham
                  
                   upon
                   Totternol-hill
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   
                   8th
                   day
                   of
                   this
                   instant
                   November
                   ,
                   between
                   three
                   and
                   four
                   of
                   the
                   Clock
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   :
                   These
                   are
                   therefore
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   our
                   Sovereign
                   Lord
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   to
                   command
                   you
                   to
                   receive
                   the
                   forenamed
                   
                     Paul
                     Bouey
                     ,
                     Adrian
                     Lamperier
                     ,
                     John
                     Boutandon
                     ,
                     Valentine
                     Chevalier
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                   
                     Guinet
                     Chateauneuf
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   them
                   safely
                   to
                   keep
                   in
                   your
                   Gaole
                   until
                   they
                   shall
                   be
                   thence
                   delivered
                   by
                   due
                   Order
                   of
                   Law
                   :
                   hereof
                   fail
                   not
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Given
                     under
                     my
                     Hand
                     and
                     Seal
                     at
                     Hatfield-Woodhall
                     
                       this
                       
                       12th
                       of
                       November
                       1669
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       21th
                       year
                       of
                       his
                       Majesties
                       Reign
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Francis
                     Boteler
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Mr.
           Sedgwick
           their
           Landlord
           presently
           sent
           his
           Son
           to
           Hertford
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           their
           Servant
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           left
           in
           London
           ;
           And
           that
           Servant
           they
           sent
           back
           ,
           with
           a
           Letter
           to
           my
           Wife
           ,
           to
           let
           her
           know
           who
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           were
           :
           with
           which
           she
           acquainted
           me
           upon
           the
           Monday-morning
           ,
           I
           being
           at
           that
           time
           sick
           in
           bed
           .
           Whereupon
           I
           sent
           for
           Sedgwick
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           me
           immediately
           ,
           and
           brought
           with
           him
           the
           men
           of
           whom
           they
           had
           hired
           the
           Horses
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           a
           Servant
           of
           his
           .
           He
           gave
           me
           an
           account
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           assuring
           me
           they
           had
           not
           been
           out
           of
           London
           from
           the
           time
           of
           their
           coming
           thither
           ,
           till
           that
           Thursday
           ;
           And
           that
           he
           believed
           them
           to
           be
           very
           honest
           men
           ,
           they
           having
           carried
           themselves
           very
           civilly
           in
           his
           House
           :
           And
           however
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           take
           his
           Oath
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           committed
           any
           Robbery
           upon
           Monday
           the
           8th
           of
           November
           ,
           for
           he
           knew
           they
           were
           all
           that
           day
           in
           London
           ;
           which
           his
           Son
           and
           Servant
           likewise
           affirmed
           ;
           and
           the
           Men
           of
           whom
           the
           Horses
           were
           hired
           ,
           said
           ,
           they
           had
           them
           but
           that
           Thursday
           .
           And
           he
           offered
           himself
           to
           be
           Bayl
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           said
           he
           could
           not
           possibly
           go
           thither
           to
           bayl
           them
           till
           the
           Wednesday
           ;
           Upon
           which
           day
           I
           sent
           one
           with
           him
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           Bayl
           ;
           They
           first
           went
           to
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Boteler
          
           ,
           the
           Justice
           that
           had
           committed
           them
           ,
           
             told
             him
             who
             those
             Gentlemen
             were
             whom
             he
             had
             committed
             ;
             that
             they
             were
             persons
             known
             unto
             me
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             that
             I
             would
             answer
             for
             them
             ,
             being
             very
             well
             assured
             that
             
             they
             were
             not
             guilty
             of
             that
             Robbery
             ,
             as
             having
             not
             stirred
             out
             of
          
           London
           
             all
             that
             day
             on
             which
             the
             Robbery
             was
             done
             in
          
           Bedfordshire
           ,
           
             at
             thirty
             miles
             distance
             from
             thence
             ,
             nor
             had
             been
             out
             of
          
           London
           
             from
             the
             time
             of
             their
             arrival
             thither
             out
             of
          
           France
           ,
           
             till
             the
             day
             before
             he
             committed
             them
             to
          
           Hertford-Gaol
           ,
           
             which
             was
             three
             dayes
             after
             the
             Robbery
             ,
             when
             they
             went
             from
          
           London
           
             to
             see
          
           Hatfield-House
           ;
           
             and
             that
             therefore
             I
             had
             sent
             them
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             their
             Bayl
             :
          
           But
           all
           this
           would
           not
           prevail
           with
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Boteler
          
           ,
           who
           bade
           them
           go
           to
           some
           other
           Justice
           ,
           saying
           ,
           It
           was
           not
           fit
           for
           him
           who
           had
           sent
           them
           to
           Prison
           ,
           to
           take
           Bayl
           for
           them
           to
           let
           them
           out
           .
           He
           was
           then
           desired
           ,
           they
           might
           not
           lie
           in
           Irons
           :
           but
           he
           would
           not
           meddle
           with
           that
           neither
           ,
           saying
           ,
           he
           left
           that
           to
           the
           Gaoler
           ,
           who
           knew
           how
           to
           keep
           them
           .
           So
           they
           left
           him
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           seek
           some
           other
           Justice
           at
           Hertford
           ,
           And
           when
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           Letter
           there
           from
           Mr.
           Justice
           Morton
           ,
           that
           then
           they
           could
           not
           be
           bayled
           .
           The
           Letter
           was
           directed
           to
           the
           Gaoler
           of
           Hertford
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               THere
               being
               Information
               given
               to
               my
               Lord
               Chief
               Iustice
               and
               my self
               ,
               that
               there
               are
               five
               high-way
               Robbers
               apprehended
               in
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               and
               committed
               to
               the
               Goal
               ,
               I
               am
               desired
               by
               my
               Lord
               Chief
               Iustice
               to
               require
               you
               to
               look
               carefully
               to
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               not
               escape
               out
               of
               your
               Custody
               ,
               and
               to
               iron
               them
               well
               :
               And
               withall
               to
               write
               up
               unto
               Us
               by
               what
               Names
               they
               are
               committed
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               what
               their
               true
               Names
               are
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               or
               can
               discover
               the
               same
               ;
               because
               we
               are
               informed
               ,
               That
               they
               refuse
               to
               declare
               what
               their
               true
               Names
               are
               ;
               And
               the
               Return
               thereof
               you
               are
               to
               send
               by
               this
               Bearer
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               very
               careful
               that
               they
               may
               not
               escape
               ,
               or
               be
               bayled
               without
               our
               special
               Order
               :
               And
               this
               we
               require
               you
               to
               perform
               at
               your
               utmost
               peril
               .
            
             
               
                 Chancery-Lane
                 ,
                 
                   
                     Nov.
                     15.
                     1669.
                  
                   
                
              
            
             
               
               
                 Postscript
                 ▪
              
               
                 
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Bearers
                   hereof
                   be
                   admitted
                   to
                   view
                   the
                   Prisoners
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   confer
                   with
                   them
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           So
           Sedgwick
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           went
           with
           him
           to
           bayl
           them
           ,
           returned
           next
           day
           to
           
             London
             ,
             re
             infecta
          
           ,
           brought
           me
           Copies
           of
           the
           Examination
           ,
           Mittimus
           ,
           and
           of
           Judge
           Mortons
           Letter
           :
           With
           which
           I
           presently
           went
           to
           Serjeants-Inn
           to
           the
           Judge
           ,
           and
           discoursing
           the
           matter
           with
           him
           ,
           made
           it
           appear
           they
           could
           not
           be
           Thieves
           :
           so
           he
           said
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           bayled
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           must
           speak
           first
           with
           the
           Chief-Justice
           ,
           because
           the
           Letter
           had
           been
           written
           by
           his
           advice
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           give
           me
           an
           account
           of
           it
           the
           next
           day
           in
           the
           Lords
           House
           :
           He
           came
           accordingly
           ,
           and
           then
           told
           me
           the
           Case
           was
           altered
           ,
           since
           he
           had
           seen
           me
           ,
           for
           that
           the
           Butchers
           had
           now
           been
           with
           the
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           ,
           and
           positively
           charged
           them
           with
           the
           Robbery
           upon
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           so
           as
           now
           they
           were
           not
           baylable
           .
           I
           replied
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           strange
           ,
           That
           first
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           should
           send
           Men
           to
           Prison
           without
           any
           Oath
           against
           them
           ,
           of
           so
           much
           as
           Suspition
           ,
           keep
           them
           so
           long
           in
           Irons
           ,
           so
           hardly
           used
           ;
           and
           after
           several
           dayes
           lying
           so
           ,
           their
           Accusers
           to
           be
           sent
           for
           to
           swear
           to
           their
           Accusation
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           not
           done
           it
           before
           ;
           so
           to
           make
           good
           
             a
             posteriore
          
           ,
           what
           upon
           their
           Commitment
           before
           was
           not
           good
           .
           (
           For
           certainly
           their
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Duress
           they
           had
           suffered
           ,
           without
           an
           Accusation
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           and
           to
           refuse
           bayling
           them
           ,
           was
           unjust
           and
           illegal
           :
           )
           And
           I
           said
           ;
           the
           King
           should
           be
           acquainted
           with
           it
           :
           Which
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           Chief-Justice
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           I
           commanded
           by
           his
           Majesty
           to
           attend
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Monday
           after
           in
           the
           morning
           :
           When
           we
           came
           thither
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           telling
           the
           King
           they
           were
           Highway-men
           ,
           and
           I
           affirming
           they
           were
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           would
           undertake
           for
           
           them
           body
           for
           body
           :
           His
           Majesty
           said
           ,
           they
           should
           then
           be
           bayled
           ,
           and
           commanded
           the
           Chief-Justice
           accordingly
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           who
           said
           he
           would
           ;
           but
           yet
           was
           it
           a
           whole
           week
           after
           ,
           ere
           I
           could
           get
           them
           brought
           to
           the
           Kings-Bench
           Bar
           to
           be
           bayled
           ;
           For
           just
           that
           day
           sennight
           after
           ,
           upon
           the
           Monday
           ,
           they
           were
           brought
           thither
           ,
           and
           there
           I
           entered
           into
           a
           Recognizance
           of
           Two
           thousand
           Pounds
           for
           their
           Appearance
           at
           the
           next
           Assizes
           at
           Bedford
           :
           And
           all
           that
           week
           they
           had
           lain
           in
           Irons
           in
           their
           nasty
           Hole
           at
           Hertford
           :
           Nay
           ,
           I
           am
           credibly
           inform'd
           ,
           That
           when
           they
           were
           brought
           to
           the
           Side-Barr
           in
           
           Westminster-Hall
           in
           the
           morning
           before
           the
           Court
           sate
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           was
           angry
           ,
           because
           they
           had
           not
           Irons
           on
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           very
           great
           severity
           to
           poor
           young
           Gentlemen
           ,
           strangers
           ,
           whom
           the
           King
           had
           commanded
           to
           be
           bayled
           ,
           and
           whom
           (
           if
           I
           may
           say
           it
           without
           vanity
           )
           a
           Peer
           of
           the
           Realm
           had
           undertaken
           for
           ,
           in
           the
           Presence
           of
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           At
           Bedford
           Lent-Assizes
           they
           appeared
           ,
           and
           were
           indicted
           ,
           but
           their
           Tryal
           was
           by
           the
           King's
           Command
           removed
           by
           Certiorari
           into
           the
           King's-Bench
           .
           And
           the
           first
           day
           of
           
             Easter
             Term
          
           they
           appeared
           there
           :
           Whither
           I
           went
           not
           my self
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           the
           Small-Pox
           was
           in
           my
           House
           ,
           which
           made
           me
           keep
           within
           doors
           ,
           but
           I
           sent
           my
           Son
           ,
           bade
           him
           do
           my
           service
           to
           my
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           ,
           tell
           him
           the
           occasion
           why
           I
           came
           not
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           there
           to
           perform
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           for
           the
           bayling
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           :
           Now
           it
           seems
           the
           use
           is
           upon
           such
           a
           kind
           of
           Bayl
           ,
           after
           an
           Indictment
           upon
           a
           Certiorari
           ,
           to
           require
           four
           Persons
           to
           answer
           for
           the
           Prisoner
           body
           for
           body
           :
           So
           my
           Son
           offered
           himself
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Sedgwick
           the
           Landlord
           to
           these
           Gentlemen
           ,
           (
           a
           Substantial
           Man
           ,
           worth
           at
           least
           two
           or
           three
           Thousand
           Pounds
           )
           and
           two
           other
           men
           ,
           French-men
           ,
           but
           House-keepers
           ,
           and
           that
           live
           in
           a
           good
           fashion
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           
           Bayl
           :
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           those
           two
           ,
           what
           estate
           they
           had
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           would
           swear
           ,
           that
           all
           their
           Debts
           paid
           ,
           they
           were
           worth
           three
           hundred
           pounds
           ,
           which
           they
           refusing
           to
           do
           ,
           he
           put
           them
           by
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           accept
           of
           them
           for
           Bayl
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           told
           is
           not
           usual
           to
           be
           requied
           of
           such
           kind
           of
           Bayl
           ,
           that
           undertake
           body
           for
           body
           for
           a
           Prisoners
           being
           forthcoming
           .
        
         
           Well
           bayled
           they
           were
           not
           ,
           but
           to
           Prison
           they
           went
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           continued
           until
           their
           Tryal
           upon
           Wednesday
           the
           11th
           of
           May
           ,
           at
           which
           I
           was
           present
           in
           Court.
           That
           day
           they
           were
           brought
           to
           the
           Barr
           ,
           and
           the
           four
           Butchers
           came
           ,
           their
           Accusers
           ,
           and
           were
           sworn
           in
           Court
           ,
           of
           whom
           three
           charged
           them
           with
           the
           Robbery
           ;
           And
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           was
           one
           of
           the
           three
           ,
           who
           had
           refused
           to
           swear
           against
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           first
           seized
           on
           at
           Hatfield
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           at
           London
           when
           the
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           sent
           for
           him
           ;
           And
           I
           am
           very
           certain
           that
           he
           said
           afterwards
           in
           my
           house
           in
           my
           hearing
           ,
           and
           of
           several
           of
           my
           Servants
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           nor
           would
           for
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           (
           The
           occasion
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           my
           house
           I
           shall
           hereafter
           relate
           :
           )
           The
           fourth
           man
           ,
           
             Edward
             Lawrence
          
           said
           ,
           he
           saw
           the
           five
           Thieves
           at
           a
           distance
           ,
           but
           he
           rode
           for
           it
           and
           escaped
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           say
           it
           was
           those
           five
           men
           at
           the
           Barr.
           A
           fift
           man
           was
           produced
           ,
           one
           
             George
             Pettiford
          
           ,
           who
           said
           that
           he
           rode
           in
           Company
           with
           Beauuais
           within
           half
           a
           Mile
           of
           
           Totternel-Hill
           about
           two
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoon
           that
           day
           that
           the
           Robbery
           was
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           Robbery
           :
           The
           Butchers
           said
           also
           ,
           that
           two
           of
           the
           Horses
           which
           they
           rode
           upon
           ,
           when
           they
           robbed
           them
           ,
           viz.
           that
           which
           
             Adrian
             Lampriere
          
           had
           ,
           a
           Bay
           with
           a
           white
           face
           and
           white
           feet
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           Beauuais
           had
           ,
           a
           Gray
           ,
           were
           taken
           with
           them
           at
           Hatfield
           ;
           where
           ,
           upon
           the
           Hue
           and
           Cry
           all
           the
           five
           men
           were
           apprehended
           .
           Simmons
           said
           further
           ,
           that
           
           Beauuais
           was
           the
           man
           ,
           that
           took
           his
           Money
           from
           him
           :
           And
           Bellingham
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           black
           man
           ,
           (
           who
           was
           
             Adrian
             Lampriere
          
           )
           when
           he
           overtook
           him
           ,
           held
           a
           Pistol
           to
           his
           Breast
           ,
           and
           swore
           to
           him
           
             Dam-me
             what
             Money
             hast
             thou
             about
             thee
          
           ?
           and
           then
           rifled
           him
           ,
           and
           finding
           nothing
           ,
           took
           his
           Girdle
           ,
           and
           pulled
           his
           bridle
           off
           his
           horses
           head
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Bellingham
           some-while
           after
           being
           again
           asked
           and
           put
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           repeat
           what
           Lampriere
           said
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           language
           he
           spake
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           him
           ;
           He
           then
           answered
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           Dam-me
           ,
           and
           jabberd
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           knew
           not
           well
           what
           he
           said
           :
           So
           would
           not
           stand
           to
           what
           he
           had
           positively
           said
           before
           of
           Lamprieres
           asking
           him
           ,
           what
           Money
           he
           had
           in
           his
           Purse
           :
           And
           I
           dare
           affirm
           that
           at
           that
           time
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           could
           not
           have
           spoken
           so
           much
           English
           to
           have
           gotten
           thereby
           all
           the
           Money
           in
           England
           ;
           Of
           which
           One
           Pinson
           (
           that
           teacheth
           strangers
           the
           English
           tongue
           ;
           whom
           he
           hath
           since
           had
           to
           teach
           him
           )
           will
           take
           his
           Oath
           .
           This
           was
           the
           Charge
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Prisoners
           being
           required
           to
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           began
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           himself
           ,
           what
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           what
           had
           brought
           him
           into
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           That
           he
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           came
           not
           hither
           to
           robb
           upon
           the
           High-way
           :
           That
           his
           friends
           would
           rather
           wish
           him
           a
           thousand
           times
           dead
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           branded
           with
           such
           an
           Infamy
           ;
           And
           so
           was
           going
           on
           ,
           when
           the
           Chief-Justice
           interrupted
           him
           ,
           and
           bad
           him
           speak
           particularly
           to
           the
           matters
           of
           his
           Charge
           ;
           (
           And
           certainly
           what
           he
           was
           saying
           was
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           to
           shew
           in
           the
           first
           place
           the
           Improbability
           of
           his
           being
           guilty
           of
           such
           a
           Fact
           ,
           by
           being
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           a
           stranger
           in
           this
           Country
           ,
           and
           whose
           friends
           would
           detest
           him
           if
           he
           had
           committed
           that
           Fact
           ;
           )
           He
           then
           only
           named
           some
           Persons
           ,
           and
           desired
           they
           might
           be
           heard
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           that
           Robbery
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           was
           in
           London
           all
           that
           Monday
           the
           
           8
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           when
           the
           Robbery
           was
           committed
           upon
           Totternol-hill
           in
           
             Bedford
             shire
          
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Compton
          
           ,
           an
           ancient
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           )
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           in
           his
           Country
           ,
           was
           produced
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           lodged
           in
           the
           same
           House
           with
           the
           two
           Gentlemen
           at
           the
           Barr
           ,
           at
           Mr.
           Sedgewick's
           the
           Barber
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           them
           there
           ,
           and
           spake
           with
           them
           the
           Saturday
           ,
           understanding
           French
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           saw
           them
           and
           spake
           with
           them
           the
           Monday
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           8
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           first
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           and
           then
           at
           two
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoon
           ,
           and
           again
           at
           five
           of
           the
           clock
           the
           same
           Evening
           :
           (
           so
           then
           if
           he
           said
           true
           ,
           it
           was
           impossible
           they
           should
           be
           that
           day
           Robbing
           at
           Totternoll-hill
           ;
           And
           a
           grave
           Person
           of
           that
           Quality
           affirming
           a
           thing
           in
           such
           a
           solemn
           Assembly
           ,
           in
           a
           Court
           of
           Justice
           is
           certainly
           more
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           then
           those
           Butchers
           ,
           even
           upon
           their
           Oathes
           ,
           who
           as
           it
           appears
           cared
           no
           more
           to
           hang
           men
           with
           taking
           a
           false
           Oath
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           knockt
           one
           of
           their
           Calves
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           it
           seems
           the
           Jury
           did
           believe
           him
           ,
           )
           He
           said
           further
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           them
           also
           the
           Wednesday
           ,
           and
           thought
           he
           saw
           their
           Horses
           on
           Thursday
           ,
           which
           they
           rode
           on
           to
           Hatfield
           .
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           him
           ,
           how
           he
           came
           to
           take
           so
           good
           notice
           of
           his
           seeing
           them
           the
           Monday
           ?
           he
           answered
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           heard
           they
           were
           taken
           as
           Highway-men
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           done
           a
           Robbery
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           he
           had
           recollected
           his
           Memory
           ,
           how
           he
           had
           seen
           them
           at
           times
           all
           that
           day
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           had
           set
           it
           down
           in
           a
           Paper
           ,
           with
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Month
           ,
           and
           pointing
           to
           the
           two
           Gentlemen
           at
           the
           Barr
           ,
           to
           shew
           he
           meant
           them
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           bad
           him
           name
           them
           ,
           He
           said
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           their
           Names
           ,
           which
           the
           Chief-Justice
           presently
           laid
           hold
           on
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           how
           then
           he
           could
           give
           such
           a
           Testimony
           of
           them
           ?
           he
           answered
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           told
           him
           their
           names
           ,
           but
           he
           had
           
           forgotten
           them
           ,
           and
           called
           them
           still
           only
           Monsieurs
           .
        
         
           Next
           
             Thomas
             Doughty
          
           ,
           an
           antient
           man
           likewise
           ,
           a
           Sollicitor
           ,
           was
           called
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           he
           saw
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           in
           Mr.
           Sedgwick's
           house
           ,
           Saturday
           the
           6
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           and
           the
           Monday
           being
           the
           8
           th
           at
           three
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoon
           (
           just
           the
           hour
           of
           the
           Robbery
           )
           and
           saw
           them
           also
           there
           the
           Tuesday
           ,
           and
           the
           Wednesday
           ;
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           him
           ,
           how
           he
           came
           to
           take
           so
           much
           notice
           of
           them
           ?
           he
           answered
           ,
           that
           he
           followed
           business
           for
           Mr.
           Sedgewick
           ,
           and
           so
           had
           occasion
           to
           come
           often
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           saw
           them
           .
        
         
           Then
           Mr.
           Sedgewick
           was
           heard
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           That
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           ,
           viz.
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevali
             er
          
           ,
           came
           to
           his
           house
           the
           2
           d
           of
           November
           ,
           being
           then
           newly
           arrived
           out
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           recommended
           by
           some
           body
           ,
           that
           had
           told
           them
           there
           were
           some
           in
           it
           that
           spake
           French
           ;
           And
           that
           from
           the
           time
           of
           their
           coming
           to
           London
           ,
           till
           the
           Thursday
           sennight
           that
           they
           went
           to
           Hatfield
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           been
           out
           of
           his
           house
           above
           two
           hours
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           only
           to
           their
           Dinners
           and
           Suppers
           at
           an
           Ordinary
           in
           Swan-Alley
           :
           And
           that
           particularly
           upon
           Monday
           the
           8th
           of
           November
           ,
           they
           were
           in
           his
           house
           all
           the
           morning
           till
           about
           eleven
           a
           clock
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           out
           to
           dinner
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           came
           back
           about
           one
           or
           two
           ,
           and
           staid
           within
           till
           supper
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           came
           back
           after
           supper
           :
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           him
           ,
           where
           they
           dined
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           before
           ,
           he
           said
           they
           dined
           with
           him
           at
           his
           house
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Tuesday
           and
           Wednesday
           following
           they
           were
           within
           both
           forenoon
           and
           afternoon
           ,
           only
           going
           out
           to
           their
           meals
           :
           that
           Thursday
           they
           took
           horse
           at
           his
           door
           to
           go
           to
           Barnet
           ,
           with
           a
           resolution
           to
           see
           
           Hatfield-House
           before
           their
           return
           .
        
         
           Mris
           Sedgwick
           (
           his
           Wife
           )
           said
           ,
           that
           those
           two
           
           French-Gentlemen
           came
           to
           their
           house
           upon
           the
           2
           d
           day
           of
           November
           
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           forenoon
           ,
           brought
           thither
           by
           a
           Waterman
           ,
           to
           whom
           (
           they
           having
           no
           English
           Money
           )
           she
           gave
           a
           Crown
           for
           them
           :
           That
           they
           went
           out
           to
           dinner
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           came
           back
           ,
           and
           lay
           upon
           their
           beds
           ,
           and
           she
           saw
           them
           no
           more
           till
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           when
           she
           changed
           some
           French
           Gold
           for
           them
           ;
           That
           from
           the
           2
           d
           to
           the
           11
           th
           of
           November
           that
           they
           went
           to
           Barnet
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           above
           two
           hours
           at
           a
           time
           out
           of
           doors
           :
           That
           Mr.
           Beauuais
           went
           with
           them
           ,
           because
           he
           spake
           English
           :
           That
           they
           said
           if
           they
           found
           not
           their
           Merchant
           at
           Barnet
           ,
           they
           would
           go
           to
           Hatfield
           :
           That
           she
           passed
           her
           word
           for
           their
           Horses
           ;
           And
           not
           seeing
           them
           come
           home
           again
           on
           Thursday
           ,
           she
           much
           wondred
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           on
           Friday
           in
           the
           evening
           one
           came
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           in
           Hertford
           Gaol
           :
           That
           they
           sent
           Letters
           to
           the
           Lord
           Holles
           ,
           who
           knew
           them
           :
           That
           three
           of
           them
           took
           horse
           at
           their
           door
           about
           nine
           or
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           forenoon
           ,
           and
           were
           to
           meet
           the
           two
           others
           in
           Drury-Lane
           :
           And
           that
           the
           horses
           were
           so
           bad
           ,
           as
           they
           said
           it
           would
           be
           a
           shame
           to
           be
           seen
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           note
           here
           that
           upon
           the
           naming
           of
           me
           ,
           and
           mentioning
           the
           Letter
           ,
           that
           should
           be
           written
           to
           me
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           seemed
           to
           be
           moved
           ,
           and
           said
           some
           thing
           which
           I
           did
           not
           well
           hear
           ,
           whereupon
           I
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           you
           an
           account
           how
           I
           came
           to
           be
           concerned
           ,
           and
           so
           began
           to
           tell
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Neighbours
           to
           my
           Wife
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           who
           came
           over
           hither
           to
           see
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           falling
           into
           this
           misfortune
           ,
           writ
           a
           Letter
           to
           my
           Wife
           to
           acquaint
           her
           with
           it
           ,
           not
           to
           me
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           a
           mistake
           in
           the
           Witness
           ;
           )
           And
           so
           was
           going
           on
           to
           relate
           what
           I
           knew
           of
           the
           business
           ;
           But
           his
           Lordship
           was
           pleased
           in
           a
           very
           angry
           peremptory
           manner
           to
           interrupt
           me
           ,
           first
           asking
           if
           I
           was
           to
           give
           Evidence
           ,
           then
           bidding
           me
           forbear
           ,
           and
           saying
           I
           must
           not
           interrupt
           
           the
           Court.
           I
           replied
           ,
           That
           I
           hoped
           it
           was
           not
           to
           interrupt
           the
           Court
           ;
           Nor
           to
           do
           them
           any
           wrong
           to
           inform
           them
           as
           as
           much
           as
           was
           possible
           of
           all
           passages
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           the
           better
           understand
           the
           whole
           truth
           of
           the
           business
           :
           He
           answered
           again
           very
           angrily
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           you
           wrong
           not
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           you
           wrong
           your self
           :
           And
           it
           is
           not
           the
           first
           time
           you
           have
           been
           observed
           to
           appear
           too
           much
           for
           strangers
           .
        
         
           So
           I
           was
           snubb'd
           ,
           and
           sate
           down
           again
           .
           But
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           a
           language
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           been
           used
           to
           ,
           nor
           I
           think
           any
           of
           my
           condition
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           serve
           the
           King
           in
           the
           quality
           I
           do
           of
           a
           Privy-Counseller
           .
        
         
           Then
           Sedgwick
           the
           Son
           was
           called
           ,
           who
           said
           he
           knew
           those
           two
           ,
           viz.
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ,
           and
           the
           Chevalier
           ,
           That
           they
           came
           to
           lodge
           at
           their
           House
           ,
           the
           2
           d
           of
           November
           ,
           and
           their
           continued
           till
           the
           11
           th
           .
           That
           the
           day
           before
           they
           went
           their
           journy
           all
           five
           met
           at
           their
           shop
           ;
           And
           that
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           three
           of
           them
           (
           their
           two
           lodgers
           and
           Beauvais
           )
           took
           horse
           there
           ,
           and
           said
           they
           should
           meet
           the
           other
           two
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           so
           go
           to
           Barnet
           :
           That
           upon
           Monday
           the
           8
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           he
           saw
           the
           two
           (
           the
           Chevalier
           and
           the
           other
           )
           at
           home
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           clock
           ,
           and
           again
           about
           two
           in
           the
           afternoon
           ;
           And
           that
           they
           staid
           within
           till
           the
           evening
           ;
           And
           the
           same
           account
           he
           gives
           of
           them
           for
           Tuesday
           and
           Wednesday
           .
        
         
           His
           Sister
           
             Mary
             Sedgwick
          
           confirms
           what
           was
           said
           of
           their
           assiduous
           and
           constant
           being
           at
           home
           ;
           Only
           adds
           this
           ,
           that
           upon
           Monday
           morning
           the
           8
           th
           she
           carried
           up
           a
           Landress
           to
           them
           to
           their
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           little
           man
           ,
           meaning
           the
           Chevalier
           ,
           was
           in
           his
           bed
           about
           ten
           or
           eleven
           of
           the
           clock
           :
           And
           that
           every
           day
           after
           until
           Thursday
           she
           saw
           them
           in
           her
           shop
           ,
           she
           keeping
           a
           Sempstress
           Shop
           .
        
         
           
             Philip
             Lemmon
          
           a
           Poulterer
           saith
           ,
           That
           as
           he
           was
           watering
           
           his
           horse
           in
           the
           
             White-Hart
             yard
          
           upon
           the
           Wednesday
           ,
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ,
           the
           Chevalier
           ,
           and
           Beauvais
           coming
           by
           ,
           Beauvais
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           any
           Horses
           to
           let
           ?
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           had
           but
           one
           :
           So
           they
           went
           ,
           and
           he
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           one
           Hooper
           ,
           who
           had
           but
           one
           neither
           ,
           and
           asked
           3
           s.
           for
           his
           hire
           ,
           and
           they
           proffered
           half
           a
           Crown
           :
           He
           said
           that
           his
           Horse
           was
           a
           Bay
           ,
           with
           a
           white
           face
           and
           four
           white
           feet
           ,
           Hoopers
           was
           a
           little
           Gray
           Nag
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Gray
           Mare
           besides
           hired
           of
           another
           man
           :
           And
           said
           ,
           That
           one
           Capt.
           Hill
           had
           hired
           his
           Horse
           on
           the
           Monday
           before
           to
           go
           to
           Brickhill
           ,
           and
           kept
           him
           till
           the
           Wednesday
           :
           It
           is
           to
           be
           noted
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Horse
           ,
           which
           the
           Butchers
           swore
           ,
           Lampriere
           had
           under
           him
           when
           he
           robbed
           them
           ,
           whereas
           it
           appears
           by
           this
           mans
           Testimony
           ,
           that
           one
           Captain
           Hill
           had
           him
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           full
           two
           days
           after
           ,
           for
           he
           brought
           him
           back
           to
           London
           but
           the
           Wednesday
           ,
           the
           day
           before
           these
           Gentlemen
           hired
           him
           .
        
         
           
             Mary
             Hooper
          
           ,
           Wife
           to
           him
           that
           let
           out
           one
           of
           the
           Horses
           ,
           saith
           ,
           That
           she
           sent
           the
           little
           Gray
           Nagg
           on
           Thursday
           morning
           to
           Mr.
           
           Sedgwick's
           house
           ,
           And
           that
           on
           the
           Wednesday
           before
           she
           saw
           those
           three
           Men
           with
           her
           Husband
           hiring
           that
           Horse
           of
           him
           :
           And
           note
           ,
           That
           this
           was
           the
           other
           Horse
           ,
           which
           the
           Butchers
           swore
           that
           Beauvais
           ridd
           upon
           when
           he
           robbed
           them
           ;
           Whereas
           it
           appears
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           them
           had
           this
           Horse
           till
           three
           dayes
           after
           that
           Robbery
           ,
           when
           they
           went
           to
           Hatfield
           ,
           nor
           was
           it
           Beauvais
           who
           had
           himthen
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ;
           so
           they
           swore
           falsly
           ,
           for
           it
           appears
           ,
           neither
           he
           nor
           the
           Horse
           were
           there
           .
        
         
           
             William
             Wood
          
           Master
           of
           the
           Victualling-house
           in
           Swan-Alley
           ,
           witnessed
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           and
           the
           Chevalier
           dined
           and
           supped
           at
           his
           House
           Monday
           the
           8
           th
           of
           November
           .
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           him
           ,
           how
           he
           came
           to
           take
           
           notice
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           there
           just
           that
           day
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           Writing
           sealed
           between
           two
           Persons
           at
           his
           House
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           he
           had
           since
           looked
           upon
           the
           date
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           to
           be
           the
           8
           th
           of
           November
           ,
           and
           he
           very
           well
           remembred
           that
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           were
           then
           present
           .
           The
           Chief-Justice
           then
           asked
           him
           ,
           Where
           they
           dined
           upon
           the
           Sunday
           ?
           He
           said
           ,
           at
           his
           House
           .
           Whereupon
           Mr.
           Sedgwick
           was
           presently
           called
           ,
           and
           asked
           again
           ,
           where
           the
           Gentlemen
           dined
           on
           Sunday
           ?
           and
           he
           (
           as
           he
           had
           done
           before
           )
           said
           ,
           at
           his
           House
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           the
           Chief-Justice
           took
           notice
           ,
           shewing
           how
           the
           Witnesses
           contradicted
           one
           another
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           took
           off
           their
           whole
           Testimony
           (
           or
           some
           words
           to
           that
           effect
           ;
           And
           by
           the
           way
           let
           me
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           be
           understood
           to
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           repeat
           still
           the
           very
           Identical
           words
           that
           were
           spoken
           by
           any
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           very
           confident
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           vary
           a
           tittle
           from
           the
           sense
           of
           what
           every
           one
           said
           .
           )
           The
           same
           Wood
           also
           testified
           that
           they
           had
           dined
           and
           supped
           at
           his
           house
           the
           Tuesday
           ,
           and
           the
           Wednesday
           following
           ;
           So
           as
           it
           appears
           ,
           they
           continued
           still
           in
           London
           until
           the
           Thursday
           .
        
         
           Then
           
             Charles
             Walrond
          
           came
           into
           the
           Court
           and
           confessed
           ,
           that
           himself
           ,
           
             Du-Val
             ,
             Ashenhurst
             ,
             Cassels
          
           ,
           and
           Mac-Guy
           were
           the
           five
           men
           that
           committed
           that
           Robbery
           upon
           the
           Butchers
           at
           Totternol-Hill
           upon
           Monday
           the
           8
           th
           of
           November
           ;
           That
           they
           robbed
           them
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Hill
           ;
           That
           himself
           rode
           upon
           a
           Brown
           Gelding
           .
           That
           it
           was
           Ashenhurst
           that
           took
           the
           Money
           from
           the
           Butcher
           ,
           about
           22
           l.
           odd
           money
           :
           The
           Chief-Justice
           then
           stopt
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           knew
           he
           would
           say
           what
           ever
           he
           was
           bid
           to
           say
           ;
           And
           then
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           indicted
           for
           this
           Robbery
           ?
           he
           said
           ,
           No
           ;
           and
           the
           Chief-Justice
           replyed
           ,
           Now
           Sirrah
           you
           have
           confest
           enough
           ,
           and
           
           you
           shall
           be
           indicted
           ,
           or
           you
           may
           be
           indicted
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           two
           I
           am
           sure
           he
           said
           ,
           but
           which
           I
           will
           not
           positively
           affirm
           .
        
         
           He
           had
           said
           in
           the
           account
           he
           gave
           ,
           That
           one
           of
           the
           Butchers
           breaking
           from
           them
           and
           galloping
           away
           ,
           he
           followed
           him
           over
           some
           Plowed-Lands
           ;
           and
           the
           Butcher
           affirming
           it
           was
           Stubble
           he
           rode
           over
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           made
           a
           great
           matter
           of
           it
           ,
           insinuating
           ,
           as
           if
           Walrond
           had
           said
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           not
           there
           at
           all
           ,
           but
           meerly
           took
           this
           Robbery
           upon
           himself
           at
           my
           sollicitation
           ,
           upon
           hope
           of
           his
           Pardon
           ;
           yet
           another
           of
           the
           Butchers
           confessed
           there
           was
           both
           Plowed-Land
           and
           Stubble
           :
           And
           what
           was
           it
           material
           which
           it
           was
           ?
           It
           had
           been
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           neither
           could
           have
           told
           ;
           and
           that
           both
           had
           been
           mistaken
           :
           For
           hardly
           doth
           either
           he
           that
           rides
           away
           from
           a
           Thief
           as
           fast
           as
           his
           Horse
           will
           carry
           him
           ,
           and
           sufficiently
           frighted
           withal
           ,
           or
           the
           Thief
           that
           rides
           as
           fast
           after
           him
           to
           overtake
           him
           ,
           mind
           the
           Ground
           they
           ride
           over
           .
        
         
           Then
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           was
           called
           in
           to
           testifie
           what
           Du-Val
           and
           Mac-Guy
           had
           confessed
           concerning
           this
           Robbery
           :
           But
           first
           I
           must
           tell
           ,
           how
           the
           Butchers
           (
           and
           Bellingham
           chiefly
           )
           had
           a
           little
           before
           given
           Information
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           been
           sent
           for
           up
           to
           London
           by
           the
           Lord
           Holles
           his
           Warrant
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           
             Du
             Val
          
           at
           Newgate
           ,
           where
           
             Du-Val
             ,
             Mac-Guy
          
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           examined
           by
           two
           Men
           ,
           who
           pretended
           themselves
           to
           be
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           who
           after
           they
           had
           examined
           Du-Val
           ,
           carried
           him
           to
           Mac-Guy
           ,
           but
           first
           went
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           staid
           with
           him
           half
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           came
           into
           the
           Room
           they
           took
           him
           aside
           again
           ,
           and
           spake
           with
           him
           in
           private
           a
           good
           space
           ,
           acquainting
           him
           (
           as
           Bellingham
           said
           he
           conceived
           )
           with
           what
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           ,
           and
           promising
           him
           his
           Pardon
           ;
           and
           that
           then
           Mac-Guy
           said
           the
           same
           things
           with
           Du-Val
           ,
           
           and
           took
           the
           Robbery
           upon
           him
           ,
           as
           Du-Val
           had
           done
           before
           :
           I
           must
           note
           ,
           that
           upon
           
           Bellingham's
           saying
           they
           were
           sent
           for
           by
           me
           ,
           I
           stood
           up
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           done
           by
           the
           King
           's
           express
           Command
           .
        
         
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           ,
           Who
           were
           those
           Justices
           ,
           and
           what
           were
           their
           Names
           ?
           and
           used
           some
           expression
           to
           this
           sense
           ,
           That
           those
           Justices
           deserv'd
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           Gaol
           themselves
           ;
           And
           withal
           cast
           his
           looks
           upon
           me
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           gesture
           and
           countenance
           seemed
           to
           mark
           out
           me
           ,
           as
           the
           Setter
           and
           Contriver
           of
           a
           foul
           Practice
           ,
           to
           send
           those
           Justices
           thither
           to
           make
           those
           condemned
           Persons
           own
           the
           Robbery
           ,
           and
           acquit
           the
           French-men
           ;
           So
           as
           all
           the
           standers-by
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           looked
           upon
           me
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           did
           the
           Judge
           ;
           yet
           I
           sate
           still
           and
           would
           not
           say
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           Court
           to
           vindicate
           my self
           ,
           because
           I
           would
           not
           give
           any
           interruption
           to
           their
           proceedings
           ,
           as
           the
           Chief-Justice
           had
           before
           told
           me
           that
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           I
           believed
           he
           might
           again
           have
           said
           the
           same
           .
           But
           truly
           if
           I
           had
           done
           any
           unworthy
           thing
           even
           to
           have
           saved
           their
           lives
           ,
           or
           had
           any
           design
           of
           suborning
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           unfitting
           way
           perswading
           any
           body
           to
           do
           or
           speak
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           had
           contributed
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           effecting
           of
           such
           a
           design
           ▪
           I
           should
           abhor
           my self
           for
           it
           .
           And
           after
           I
           shall
           have
           gone
           through
           with
           all
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           give
           an
           account
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           true
           one
           ,
           of
           all
           my
           transactions
           in
           that
           business
           :
           And
           will
           now
           go
           on
           with
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Sir
           
             Goarge
             Charnock
          
           .
        
         
           He
           said
           ,
           that
           himself
           and
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Blackwell
          
           Counsellor
           at
           Law
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             William
             Sedgwick
          
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Messengers
           ,
           were
           sent
           by
           me
           ,
           together
           with
           Bellingham
           and
           other
           the
           Prosecutors
           ,
           to
           Du-Val
           to
           Newgate
           just
           before
           his
           going
           to
           Execution
           :
           That
           they
           found
           him
           in
           a
           room
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           very
           dark
           ,
           and
           yet
           had
           also
           a
           Candle
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           as
           Du-Val
           ,
           and
           the
           Butchers
           mighteasily
           
           discern
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           he
           asked
           them
           whether
           they
           knew
           one
           another
           ?
           Du-Val
           confessed
           that
           he
           and
           his
           Camerades
           had
           committed
           the
           Robbery
           upon
           those
           men
           ,
           and
           named
           
             Walrond
             ,
             Ashenhurst
             ,
             Cassels
          
           ,
           and
           Mac-Guy
           to
           have
           been
           those
           that
           were
           then
           with
           him
           at
           that
           Robbery
           ;
           That
           Bellingham
           thereupon
           swore
           ,
           By
           God
           he
           was
           not
           the
           Person
           that
           Robbed
           them
           :
           And
           Du-Val
           upon
           that
           said
           ,
           Friend
           be
           cautious
           how
           you
           swear
           and
           prosecute
           Innocent
           Persons
           ;
           for
           men
           of
           your
           profession
           ,
           Butchers
           ,
           care
           not
           what
           you
           swear
           against
           any
           man
           ;
           And
           instanced
           in
           a
           Robbery
           in
           Surry
           committed
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           upon
           some
           Butchers
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           charged
           peremptorily
           upon
           other
           persons
           that
           were
           innocent
           .
           And
           then
           said
           further
           to
           Bellingham
           ,
           You
           may
           remember
           it
           was
           I
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           token
           ,
           that
           you
           fled
           from
           me
           over
           the
           Plowed-Lands
           ,
           and
           my
           horse
           tired
           ,
           so
           ,
           as
           I
           left
           following
           you
           ,
           and
           walked
           back
           with
           my
           horse
           in
           my
           hand
           ;
           And
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           then
           asked
           Bellingham
           what
           he
           said
           to
           that
           ,
           and
           that
           Bellingham
           was
           startled
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           confessed
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           ride
           away
           from
           them
           towards
           Layton
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           was
           going
           on
           with
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           when
           the
           Chief-Justice
           interrupted
           him
           ,
           and
           required
           him
           to
           answer
           a
           Question
           which
           he
           would
           propose
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           know
           how
           long
           he
           had
           been
           with
           Mac-Guy
           before
           the
           Butchers
           saw
           him
           ?
           To
           which
           he
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           desired
           his
           Lordship
           he
           might
           first
           give
           a
           full
           account
           of
           what
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           he
           would
           tell
           all
           that
           had
           passed
           with
           Mac-Guy
           :
           But
           his
           Lordship
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           Pray
           you
           Sir
           George
           go
           on
           no
           further
           ,
           but
           answer
           this
           Question
           .
           Whereupon
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           little
           while
           with
           Mac-Guy
           ,
           but
           not
           alone
           ,
           for
           Mr.
           Blackwell
           and
           young
           Sedgwick
           were
           there
           as
           well
           as
           he
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           asked
           Mac-Guy
           if
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Persons
           
           which
           had
           committed
           such
           a
           Robbery
           ?
           and
           he
           denyed
           it
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           sent
           for
           the
           Butchers
           into
           the
           room
           ,
           and
           desired
           them
           to
           look
           upon
           Mac-Guy
           ,
           and
           see
           if
           they
           knew
           him
           ;
           which
           they
           said
           they
           did
           not
           .
           The
           Chief-Justice
           then
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           took
           not
           Mac-Guy
           aside
           the
           2
           d
           time
           ?
           he
           said
           he
           did
           ,
           but
           Mr.
           Blackwell
           and
           young
           Sedgwick
           still
           present
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           only
           to
           make
           him
           discharge
           his
           Conscience
           and
           tell
           the
           truth
           ,
           which
           he
           conceived
           it
           to
           be
           his
           duty
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           so
           was
           going
           on
           to
           relate
           all
           passages
           ;
           But
           the
           Chief-Justice
           stopt
           him
           ,
           and
           with
           much
           sharpness
           reproved
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Sir
           George
           you
           have
           gone
           too
           far
           ,
           and
           have
           done
           too
           much
           already
           :
           here
           hath
           been
           a
           foul
           Contrivance
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           examined
           by
           what
           Authority
           you
           have
           done
           it
           :
           And
           would
           hear
           him
           no
           further
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           him
           to
           read
           Du-Val
           and
           
           Mac-Guy's
           Examinations
           which
           he
           had
           in
           his
           hand
           and
           shewed
           unto
           him
           ,
           notwithstanding
           that
           both
           Sir
           George
           and
           my self
           had
           just
           before
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           all
           had
           been
           done
           by
           the
           Kings
           express
           command
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Masters
           Mate
           of
           the
           Ship
           ,
           
             Iohn
             Burdick
          
           ,
           who
           brought
           over
           the
           two
           Gentlemen
           into
           England
           ,
           was
           called
           :
           He
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           in
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           viz.
           Mr.
           Hoeville
           and
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ,
           and
           one
           Servant
           of
           theirs
           aboard
           his
           Ship
           at
           Roven
           ,
           upon
           the
           27
           th
           of
           October
           ;
           that
           he
           landed
           them
           at
           Ratcliff
           upon
           the
           third
           of
           November
           ;
           that
           they
           went
           into
           London
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           came
           back
           and
           lay
           that
           night
           on
           shore
           in
           Ratcliff
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           day
           they
           went
           again
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           came
           no
           more
           ;
           And
           he
           sent
           a
           Seaman
           along
           with
           them
           to
           carry
           their
           things
           :
           The
           Chief-Justice
           then
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           was
           sure
           ,
           that
           he
           landed
           them
           the
           3
           d
           of
           November
           ?
           he
           answered
           Yes
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           had
           set
           it
           down
           in
           writing
           and
           had
           it
           ready
           in
           his
           hand
           to
           shew
           .
           Then
           Sedgwick
           the
           Father
           was
           presently
           called
           ,
           and
           asked
           again
           ,
           What
           day
           those
           two
           came
           to
           his
           house
           ?
           he
           
           said
           (
           as
           before
           )
           the
           second
           of
           November
           :
           And
           sharp
           Reflections
           were
           made
           upon
           this
           faltering
           in
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           matter
           had
           lain
           in
           this
           ,
           Whether
           the
           second
           or
           third
           of
           November
           was
           the
           day
           of
           their
           landing
           ?
           which
           no
           man
           will
           say
           could
           signifie
           any
           thing
           ,
           to
           prove
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           they
           had
           been
           robbing
           upon
           Totternol-hill
           the
           eighth
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           ended
           the
           Tryal
           of
           those
           two
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Hoeville
           and
           Lampriere
           :
           Then
           
             Paul
             Beauvais
          
           was
           called
           upon
           to
           answer
           for
           himself
           ;
           And
           he
           desired
           only
           that
           his
           Witnesses
           might
           be
           heard
           ,
           to
           prove
           his
           being
           in
           London
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Robbery
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           Sir
           
             Steven
             Fox
          
           was
           called
           ,
           who
           being
           in
           Court
           ,
           affirmed
           upon
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Beauvais
           at
           a
           French
           Play
           that
           very
           day
           from
           three
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoon
           untill
           seven
           ;
           (
           Note
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           very
           time
           of
           the
           Robbery
           .
           )
           The
           Chief-Justice
           asked
           him
           ,
           How
           he
           came
           to
           take
           notice
           that
           it
           was
           that
           very
           day
           ?
           Of
           which
           Sir
           Stephen
           gave
           this
           account
           ,
           That
           his
           Wife
           and
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           a
           Gentlewoman
           that
           waited
           on
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           were
           that
           Monday
           at
           the
           French
           Play
           ,
           and
           his
           Daughter
           sitting
           before
           him
           in
           the
           Box
           ,
           looked
           over
           into
           the
           Pit
           ,
           and
           saw
           Beauvais
           there
           ,
           and
           turned
           back
           to
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Father
           ,
           
             Paul
             Beauvais
          
           is
           not
           gone
           into
           France
           ,
           I
           see
           him
           here
           :
           Whereupon
           he
           said
           he
           looked
           over
           also
           into
           the
           Pit
           ,
           and
           did
           see
           him
           there
           ;
           and
           saw
           him
           also
           ,
           and
           spoke
           to
           him
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Play
           ,
           about
           seven
           of
           the
           Clock
           :
           He
           said
           also
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           then
           to
           go
           into
           France
           to
           his
           Mother
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           him
           gone
           :
           And
           for
           his
           taking
           such
           particular
           notice
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           being
           there
           that
           very
           day
           ,
           Monday
           the
           eighth
           of
           November
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           was
           asked
           of
           him
           as
           well
           as
           of
           others
           )
           He
           gave
           this
           Reason
           ,
           That
           hearing
           so
           presently
           after
           ,
           within
           four
           dayes
           ,
           
           that
           Beauvais
           was
           taken
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           and
           committed
           to
           Hertford
           Gaol
           for
           a
           Robbery
           done
           that
           day
           ,
           he
           easily
           recollected
           himself
           and
           remembred
           his
           being
           that
           day
           at
           the
           French
           Play
           :
           and
           this
           upon
           his
           Salvation
           he
           declared
           to
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           His
           Wife
           the
           Lady
           Fox
           ,
           and
           their
           Daughter
           ,
           and
           the
           Waiting-Gentlewoman
           confirmed
           all
           that
           Sir
           Stephen
           had
           said
           .
        
         
           Then
           one
           Mac-Don
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           his
           name
           ,
           who
           in
           
           Beauvais's
           Examination
           at
           Hatfield
           is
           called
           Mr.
           Munduglas
           ;
           but
           whether
           mistaken
           there
           or
           here
           ,
           or
           in
           both
           I
           know
           not
           )
           a
           Scotch-man
           ,
           at
           whose
           house
           Beauvais
           lodged
           ,
           was
           called
           ,
           who
           said
           that
           Beauvais
           ,
           and
           Guinet
           the
           other
           Prisoner
           with
           him
           ,
           were
           at
           his
           house
           the
           said
           Monday
           ,
           and
           after
           dinner
           they
           went
           into
           Holburn
           (
           as
           themselves
           said
           )
           to
           a
           Barber
           there
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           Barber
           he
           came
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           at
           his
           house
           about
           two
           of
           the
           clock
           in
           the
           afternoon
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           that
           Guinet
           cut
           his
           (
           the
           said
           Barber
           's
           )
           hair
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           that
           they
           went
           both
           of
           them
           from
           his
           house
           ,
           and
           said
           they
           would
           go
           to
           a
           Play.
           
        
         
           I
           must
           not
           omit
           one
           passage
           more
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           given
           by
           a
           Woman
           (
           whose
           name
           I
           have
           forgot
           )
           produced
           on
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           she
           saying
           she
           had
           upon
           the
           Wednesday
           hired
           out
           a
           Gray
           Mare
           to
           carry
           one
           of
           them
           to
           Hatfield
           ,
           and
           the
           Butchers
           having
           said
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Thieves
           that
           robbed
           them
           the
           Monday
           before
           on
           Totternol-hill
           was
           upon
           a
           Gray
           Mare
           :
           the
           Chief-Justice
           (
           to
           shew
           the
           colour
           was
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           that
           so
           it
           might
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           the
           same
           Mare
           )
           would
           have
           the
           Woman
           repeat
           it
           again
           ,
           and
           therefore
           asked
           her
           ,
           
             What
             colour
             her
             Gray
             Mare
             was
             of
             ?
          
           which
           having
           moved
           some
           laughter
           ,
           he
           put
           it
           of
           with
           a
           jest
           ,
           
           mentioning
           the
           old
           saying
           ,
           that
           the
           Gray
           Mare
           is
           the
           better
           Horse
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           the
           Examination
           of
           Witnesses
           for
           the
           Prisoners
           ended
           ;
           For
           the
           Judges
           said
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           Evidence
           against
           the
           other
           two
           Prisoners
           ,
           
             viz.
             Guinet
          
           and
           Boutandon
           ,
           wherefore
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           hearing
           any
           more
           Witnesses
           on
           their
           parts
           .
           And
           then
           calling
           the
           Jury
           ,
           the
           Chief-Justice
           applied
           himself
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           summing
           up
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           given
           pro
           and
           con
           ,
           for
           the
           Prisoners
           and
           against
           them
           .
           In
           which
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           I
           shall
           only
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           insisted
           much
           upon
           the
           contradictions
           which
           he
           said
           he
           had
           observed
           in
           the
           Evidence
           brought
           on
           the
           Prisoners
           behalves
           ,
           the
           Witnesses
           thwarting
           and
           contradicting
           one
           another
           ,
           which
           took
           off
           much
           from
           the
           Credit
           of
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           that
           three
           men
           had
           positively
           charged
           them
           with
           that
           Robbery
           upon
           their
           Oaths
           ;
           Only
           he
           acknowledged
           something
           to
           have
           been
           said
           materially
           by
           Sir
           
             Stephen
             Fox
          
           for
           the
           clearing
           of
           Beauvais
           ,
           and
           so
           would
           have
           differenced
           his
           case
           from
           that
           of
           the
           two
           young
           Gentlemen
           whom
           I
           had
           appeared
           for
           ,
           and
           bayled
           ;
           and
           what
           ground
           there
           was
           for
           it
           ,
           let
           any
           indifferent
           man
           judge
           ,
           that
           reades
           this
           Narrative
           :
           But
           so
           he
           left
           it
           to
           the
           Jury
           .
        
         
           The
           Jury
           then
           went
           together
           from
           the
           Bar
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           two
           hours
           stay
           returned
           ,
           and
           delivered
           in
           their
           Verdict
           ,
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           :
           Upon
           which
           Mr.
           Justice
           Morton
           (
           as
           I
           am
           informed
           ,
           for
           I
           was
           then
           gone
           out
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           )
           said
           to
           them
           ,
           Gentlemen
           you
           have
           done
           well
           ;
           and
           if
           I
           had
           been
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           done
           the
           same
           thing
           that
           you
           have
           done
           .
           And
           so
           the
           Tryal
           ended
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           shall
           give
           an
           account
           what
           hand
           I
           had
           in
           taking
           the
           Confessions
           of
           Du-Val
           and
           Mac-Guy
           ,
           and
           likewise
           
           of
           Walrond
           .
           I
           was
           from
           the
           beginning
           as
           certain
           ,
           as
           I
           could
           be
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           I
           had
           not
           seen
           with
           my
           own
           eyes
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           French
           Gentlemen
           were
           most
           Innocent
           of
           the
           Robbery
           which
           was
           laid
           to
           their
           charge
           :
           And
           I
           did
           verily
           believe
           ,
           That
           Du-Val
           ,
           who
           likewise
           was
           a
           French-man
           (
           but
           spake
           as
           good
           English
           as
           any
           natural-born
           English-man
           )
           had
           done
           the
           Feat
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Butchers
           might
           be
           deceived
           ,
           taking
           one
           French-man
           for
           another
           ,
           and
           really
           think
           themselves
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           accusing
           those
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           guilty
           of
           false
           swearing
           without
           knowing
           it
           :
           Wherefore
           when
           Du-Val
           was
           apprehended
           ,
           I
           did
           within
           a
           day
           or
           two
           after
           ,
           take
           a
           Gentleman
           with
           me
           ,
           (
           one
           Mr.
           Hull
           of
           Dorsetshire
           )
           and
           went
           to
           Newgate
           to
           speak
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           when
           I
           came
           thither
           ,
           I
           did
           send
           for
           him
           into
           the
           Hall
           ,
           which
           was
           full
           of
           People
           as
           it
           could
           hold
           ,
           come
           out
           of
           curiosity
           it
           seems
           to
           see
           him
           ,
           though
           I
           knew
           none
           of
           them
           except
           Mr.
           
             Charles
             Bartue
          
           Brother
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Linsey
           ,
           who
           with
           twenty
           more
           heard
           all
           I
           said
           to
           Du-Val
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           he
           will
           testifie
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           I
           here
           say
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           when
           Du-Val
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           said
           this
           to
           him
           ,
           Mr.
           Du-Val
           ,
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           you
           have
           brought
           your self
           into
           this
           bad
           condition
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           your
           own
           fault
           ;
           And
           the
           best
           Counsel
           I
           or
           any
           man
           can
           give
           you
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           make
           your
           Peace
           with
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           make
           way
           for
           his
           Mercy
           ;
           and
           one
           good
           help
           to
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           the
           good
           you
           can
           before
           you
           dye
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           preventing
           Mischief
           as
           much
           as
           in
           you
           lies
           ,
           discovering
           those
           Persons
           who
           have
           joyned
           with
           you
           in
           committing
           of
           Robberies
           ,
           That
           they
           may
           be
           apprehended
           ,
           and
           rob
           no
           longer
           ;
           and
           confessing
           the
           Robberies
           that
           have
           been
           done
           by
           you
           ,
           that
           Innocent
           Persons
           may
           not
           suffer
           for
           them
           :
           Then
           I
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           had
           not
           done
           that
           Robbery
           at
           Totternol-Hill
           ,
           for
           which
           some
           Country-men
           of
           his
           were
           questioned
           ?
           He
           then
           stood
           still
           a
           good
           while
           ,
           with
           
           his
           head
           down
           ,
           and
           his
           finger
           upon
           his
           mouth
           ,
           musing
           ,
           and
           said
           at
           last
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           within
           three
           miles
           of
           the
           place
           where
           those
           French-men
           were
           apprehended
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Apprehension
           .
           But
           I
           prest
           him
           again
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           Robbery
           :
           And
           then
           he
           denyed
           it
           ,
           and
           said
           he
           was
           not
           there
           :
           To
           which
           I
           replyed
           but
           this
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           more
           to
           say
           to
           you
           ;
           God
           forbid
           you
           should
           take
           it
           upon
           your self
           if
           you
           be
           not
           guilty
           .
           This
           I
           will
           be
           deposed
           was
           the
           summe
           of
           all
           I
           said
           to
           him
           ;
           And
           so
           I
           came
           away
           ,
           and
           thought
           no
           more
           of
           it
           ,
           till
           two
           dayes
           before
           his
           Execution
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           two
           French-Gentlemen
           came
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           now
           Du-Val
           had
           cleared
           them
           ,
           and
           confessed
           ,
           That
           he
           and
           others
           had
           committed
           that
           Robbery
           ;
           And
           I
           asked
           him
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           confessed
           it
           ;
           to
           an
           Englishman
           or
           a
           French-man
           ?
           he
           said
           ,
           to
           an
           English-man
           :
           I
           asked
           him
           then
           ,
           if
           that
           English-man
           would
           tell
           me
           so
           much
           ?
           He
           answered
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           would
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           bring
           him
           to
           me
           ;
           which
           I
           desired
           might
           be
           the
           next
           morning
           :
           Accordingly
           he
           did
           bring
           him
           to
           me
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           and
           that
           man
           did
           tell
           me
           ,
           That
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           to
           him
           ,
           That
           he
           and
           four
           others
           ,
           whom
           he
           named
           to
           him
           ,
           had
           committed
           that
           Robbery
           at
           Totternol-Hill
           ;
           those
           four
           he
           said
           were
           
             Mac-Guy
             ,
             Ashenhurst
             ,
             Cassels
          
           ,
           and
           Walrond
           :
           I
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           Du-Val
           would
           declare
           so
           much
           to
           any
           other
           person
           that
           should
           be
           sent
           to
           him
           ?
           he
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           confident
           he
           would
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           not
           revealed
           it
           to
           him
           in
           Confession
           ;
           which
           made
           me
           believe
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Romish
           Priest
           ;
           but
           I
           took
           no
           notice
           of
           that
           ,
           only
           said
           ,
           That
           it
           would
           be
           worth
           the
           while
           ;
           and
           that
           perhaps
           I
           should
           use
           some
           means
           that
           his
           Examination
           should
           be
           taken
           before
           he
           suffered
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           upon
           a
           Councel-Day
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           then
           going
           to
           Councel
           ,
           where
           I
           acquainted
           the
           King
           with
           what
           had
           been
           told
           me
           that
           morning
           ,
           and
           said
           besides
           ,
           That
           I
           thought
           it
           
           would
           be
           very
           well
           ,
           if
           that
           the
           Butchers
           that
           had
           accused
           those
           French-men
           were
           sent
           for
           to
           be
           confronted
           with
           Du-Val
           before
           he
           dyed
           ;
           things
           might
           be
           set
           right
           ,
           Innocent
           Persons
           might
           be
           freed
           ,
           and
           the
           Butchers
           themselves
           be
           disabused
           ,
           That
           they
           should
           not
           ,
           by
           mistaking
           one
           French-man
           for
           another
           ,
           persist
           in
           their
           false
           Oathes
           .
           His
           Majesty
           answered
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           very
           well
           ,
           Let
           them
           be
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           bade
           me
           call
           Mr.
           Secretary
           Trevor
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           was
           in
           the
           Room
           ,
           to
           whom
           He
           gave
           Order
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Butchers
           .
           After
           the
           rising
           of
           the
           Councel
           I
           returned
           home
           ;
           And
           soon
           after
           one
           of
           the
           Messengers
           of
           the
           Chamber
           came
           to
           me
           from
           Mr.
           Secretary
           to
           know
           the
           place
           of
           the
           abode
           of
           those
           Butchers
           ,
           Mr.
           Secretary
           having
           forgot
           it
           ;
           And
           the
           Messenger
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           informed
           him
           of
           it
           ,
           went
           his
           way
           .
        
         
           That
           afternoon
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           used
           to
           do
           many
           times
           )
           and
           I
           told
           him
           what
           I
           heard
           that
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           done
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           be
           at
           leasure
           to
           go
           to
           Newgate
           to
           hear
           what
           Du-Val
           and
           the
           Butchers
           would
           say
           one
           to
           another
           ?
           He
           said
           he
           would
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           considering
           whom
           I
           should
           joyn
           with
           him
           ,
           I
           pitch'd
           upon
           Mr.
           Blackwell
           ,
           a
           Counsellor
           at
           Law
           ,
           who
           being
           an
           Acquaintance
           of
           Mr.
           Sedgwicks
           ,
           and
           using
           much
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           had
           been
           with
           me
           once
           or
           twice
           for
           the
           business
           of
           those
           two
           French-Gentlemen
           ,
           I
           sent
           to
           him
           to
           desire
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           himself
           the
           trouble
           of
           that
           Employment
           ,
           and
           he
           accepted
           of
           it
           .
           These
           two
           were
           utterly
           unknown
           the
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           had
           never
           seen
           one
           another
           before
           ;
           so
           it
           had
           been
           a
           very
           weak
           part
           in
           me
           to
           have
           together
           engaged
           them
           in
           a
           foul
           Contrivance
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           likely
           they
           would
           have
           trusted
           one
           another
           to
           have
           together
           undertaken
           it
           .
        
         
           That
           night
           very
           late
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           going
           to
           bed
           ,
           one
           of
           my
           
           Servants
           came
           and
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           the
           Messeng
           er
           was
           come
           with
           the
           Butchers
           ,
           and
           said
           that
           Mr.
           Secretary
           had
           given
           him
           Order
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           me
           :
           Whereupon
           I
           sent
           for
           them
           all
           into
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           asked
           them
           if
           they
           were
           the
           men
           that
           were
           robbed
           at
           Totternol-Hill
           ?
           They
           said
           they
           were
           ;
           and
           I
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           it
           seems
           it
           was
           Du-Val
           that
           robbed
           them
           .
           Bellingham
           (
           who
           was
           the
           forward
           man
           )
           presently
           said
           ,
           No
           ,
           he
           would
           swear
           it
           was
           those
           Frenchmen
           that
           were
           taken
           at
           Hatfield
           :
           I
           bad
           him
           take
           heed
           how
           he
           did
           swear
           ,
           for
           if
           it
           was
           not
           they
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           forsworn
           ;
           but
           he
           stood
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           the
           men
           :
           Then
           I
           asked
           the
           rest
           ,
           what
           they
           said
           to
           it
           ?
           Simmons
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           man
           robbed
           ,
           was
           nothing
           so
           positive
           as
           
             Bellingham
             ;
             Lawrence
          
           said
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           swear
           who
           it
           was
           ,
           for
           he
           rode
           away
           before
           they
           came
           so
           near
           as
           that
           he
           could
           discern
           them
           to
           know
           them
           again
           ;
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           ,
           said
           these
           words
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           nor
           will
           for
           the
           World
           ;
           They
           used
           me
           well
           whoever
           they
           were
           ,
           for
           I
           rode
           with
           them
           a
           good
           way
           ,
           and
           had
           fourscore
           pounds
           about
           me
           ,
           and
           they
           meddled
           not
           with
           me
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           left
           me
           and
           rode
           back
           ,
           they
           bade
           me
           Farewel
           .
           (
           Yet
           did
           this
           man
           at
           their
           Tryal
           swear
           as
           lustily
           as
           Bellingham
           himself
           ;
           but
           how
           he
           came
           to
           do
           so
           ,
           let
           them
           give
           an
           account
           who
           perswaded
           him
           ,
           and
           no
           question
           they
           will
           do
           it
           one
           day
           .
           )
           I
           said
           only
           this
           to
           them
           ,
           Well
           Friends
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           you
           should
           see
           Du-Val
           ,
           and
           he
           you
           ,
           therefore
           if
           you
           will
           be
           here
           to
           morrow
           morning
           betimes
           ,
           I
           shall
           send
           some
           with
           you
           who
           shall
           bring
           you
           to
           him
           ;
           And
           I
           bade
           my
           Servants
           ,
           who
           were
           in
           the
           Room
           ,
           have
           them
           down
           to
           the
           Buttery
           and
           make
           them
           drink
           ,
           where
           discoursing
           again
           of
           the
           business
           ,
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           three
           or
           four
           of
           my
           Servants
           (
           who
           will
           be
           deposed
           of
           it
           )
           said
           again
           the
           same
           thing
           that
           he
           had
           said
           to
           me
           in
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           not
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           
           nor
           would
           for
           the
           World.
           Bellingham
           still
           obstinate
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           rage
           ,
           as
           my
           Servants
           afterwards
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           taste
           neither
           Beer
           nor
           Wine
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           morning
           ,
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           and
           Mr.
           Blackwell
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           Mr.
           Sedgwick's
           Son
           came
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           where
           they
           met
           the
           Butchers
           and
           the
           Messenger
           ,
           and
           all
           together
           went
           to
           Newgate
           :
           and
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           and
           his
           Company
           came
           back
           at
           Noon
           ,
           and
           gave
           me
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Negotiation
           ,
           which
           was
           this
           ;
           They
           told
           me
           they
           were
           first
           with
           Du-Val
           and
           examined
           him
           ,
           who
           had
           fully
           confessed
           the
           Robbery
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           Butchers
           of
           many
           particulars
           ,
           which
           the
           Butchers
           themselves
           had
           acknowledged
           true
           ,
           yet
           would
           not
           be
           convinced
           ;
           but
           that
           one
           of
           them
           especially
           (
           which
           was
           Bellingham
           )
           still
           persisted
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           other
           men
           did
           the
           Robbery
           .
        
         
           What
           Du-Val
           said
           ,
           they
           had
           put
           down
           in
           Writing
           ,
           and
           they
           three
           had
           signed
           it
           ;
           but
           Du-Val
           being
           presently
           to
           be
           carried
           out
           to
           Execution
           ,
           they
           said
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           put
           him
           to
           sign
           it
           .
        
         
           They
           afterwards
           asked
           if
           Mac-Guy
           was
           still
           in
           Prison
           ?
           and
           because
           Du-Val
           had
           named
           him
           to
           have
           been
           one
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           they
           would
           examine
           him
           ,
           and
           went
           up
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           first
           it
           seems
           they
           three
           went
           up
           by
           themselves
           (
           which
           yet
           I
           do
           protest
           I
           knew
           not
           ,
           till
           I
           heard
           it
           said
           at
           the
           Tryal
           in
           the
           King's-Bench
           ,
           though
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           that
           they
           did
           ill
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           temper
           he
           was
           in
           ,
           being
           a
           condemned
           man
           ,
           before
           they
           would
           bring
           the
           Butchers
           to
           him
           )
           they
           do
           all
           three
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           acquaint
           him
           with
           any
           of
           the
           particulars
           that
           Du-Val
           had
           declared
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           acknowledged
           himself
           an
           Actor
           in
           the
           Robbery
           ,
           confessed
           the
           whole
           business
           ,
           and
           of
           himself
           told
           them
           many
           of
           the
           same
           passages
           which
           Du-Val
           had
           told
           before
           ,
           he
           not
           knowing
           what
           Du-Val
           had
           said
           .
           It
           seems
           he
           was
           unwilling
           at
           the
           first
           to
           confess
           any
           thing
           ,
           
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           know
           the
           Butchers
           :
           and
           they
           said
           the
           like
           that
           they
           knew
           not
           him
           ;
           but
           upon
           their
           pressing
           him
           a
           second
           time
           to
           discharge
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           he
           then
           confessed
           all
           ,
           which
           they
           took
           in
           writing
           ,
           and
           he
           put
           his
           hand
           to
           it
           .
           Both
           their
           Confessions
           (
           Du-Vals
           and
           his
           )
           I
           shewed
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           inserted
           here
           Verbatim
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Examination
                   and
                   Confession
                   of
                   Du-Val
                   ,
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   Newgate
                   ,
                   taken
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Charnock
                  
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Andrew
                     Blackwel
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     William
                     Sedgwick
                  
                   ,
                   immediatly
                   before
                   his
                   Execution
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   21
                   th
                   of
                   Ianuary
                   1666
                   /
                   7
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   presence
                   of
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Simmons
                     ,
                     Robert
                     Bellingham
                  
                   and
                   
                     Edward
                     Lawrence
                  
                   ,
                   all
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   Edmondton
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   Butchers
                   ;
                   concerning
                   a
                   Robbery
                   committed
                   on
                   them
                   at
                   Totternol
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Bedford
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   foresaid
                   Du-Val
                   ,
                   with
                   
                     Walrond
                     ,
                     Ashenhurst
                     ,
                     Cassels
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mac-Guy
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   said
                   Du-Val
                   confessed
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   said
                   Robbery
                   was
                   committed
                   by
                   him
                   and
                   his
                   above-named
                   Companions
                   ;
                   and
                   more
                   particularly
                   ,
                   That
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                  
                   aforesaid
                   being
                   shewen
                   unto
                   him
                   ,
                   did
                   ride
                   with
                   them
                   about
                   a
                   mile
                   ,
                   till
                   coming
                   to
                   two
                   little
                   Houses
                   at
                   the
                   bottom
                   of
                   the
                   Hill
                   ,
                   they
                   left
                   the
                   said
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                  
                   watring
                   his
                   Horse
                   ,
                   and
                   returned
                   up
                   the
                   Hill
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   met
                   with
                   the
                   other
                   three
                   Butchers
                   ,
                   one
                   whereof
                   fled
                   upon
                   the
                   Plowed-Lands
                   ,
                   whom
                   the
                   said
                   Du-Val
                   pursued
                   upon
                   a
                   little
                   gray
                   Nag
                   ,
                   but
                   could
                   not
                   overtake
                   him
                   ,
                   because
                   of
                   the
                   weakness
                   of
                   his
                   horse
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   forced
                   to
                   lead
                   in
                   his
                   hand
                   afterwards
                   at
                   least
                   the
                   space
                   of
                   twelve-score
                   :
                   In
                   the
                   mean
                   while
                   Ashenhurst
                   robbed
                   Simmons
                   of
                   twenty
                   seven
                   pounds
                   ,
                   or
                   thereabouts
                   ,
                   part
                   whereof
                   was
                   in
                   odd
                   money
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   from
                   the
                   other
                   nothing
                   was
                   taken
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   
                   girdle
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   bridle
                   pulled
                   off
                   his
                   Horses
                   head
                   :
                   Which
                   circumstances
                   of
                   the
                   Action
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Simmons
                   and
                   Bellingham
                   did
                   then
                   acknowledge
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   .
                   And
                   he
                   further
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   That
                   after
                   this
                   Robbery
                   committed
                   as
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   perceive
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   persons
                   that
                   were
                   robbed
                   ,
                   to
                   ride
                   hard
                   towards
                   Layton
                   ,
                   which
                   by
                   the
                   acknowledgment
                   of
                   Bellingham
                   was
                   himself
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   Du-Val
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   his
                   Confession
                   aforesaid
                   did
                   advise
                   the
                   afore-named
                   Butchers
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   cautious
                   how
                   they
                   prosecuted
                   Innocent
                   Persons
                   ;
                   declaring
                   ,
                   that
                   men
                   of
                   their
                   Trade
                   did
                   not
                   care
                   how
                   they
                   swore
                   against
                   any
                   man
                   :
                   For
                   ,
                   a
                   Robbery
                   was
                   committed
                   by
                   him
                   on
                   some
                   other
                   Butchers
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   had
                   peremptorily
                   changed
                   it
                   upon
                   another
                   person
                   .
                   And
                   in
                   the
                   conclusion
                   of
                   his
                   Confession
                   he
                   put
                   on
                   his
                   Perriwig
                   ,
                   affirming
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   present
                   at
                   the
                   Robbery
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Perriwig
                   so
                   tyed
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   Bellingham
                   if
                   he
                   knew
                   him
                   now
                   ?
                
                 
                   
                     Signed
                     by
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       
                         
                           G.
                           Charnock
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Andr.
                           Blackwell
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           William
                           Sedgwick
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Examination
                   and
                   Confession
                   of
                   
                     Patrick
                     Mac-Guy
                  
                   ,
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   Newgate
                   ,
                   taken
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Charnock
                  
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Andrew
                     Blackwell
                  
                   Gent.
                   and
                   
                     William
                     Sedgwick
                  
                   Citizen
                   ,
                   the
                   21
                   th
                   of
                   Ianuary
                   1669
                   /
                   70
                   ,
                   concerning
                   a
                   Robbery
                   committed
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   
                     Du-Val
                     ,
                     Walrond
                     ,
                     Ashenhurst
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Cassels
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   Totternol
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Bedford
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Patrick
                     Mac-Guy
                  
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   and
                   saith
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   was
                   with
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   
                     Du-Val
                     ,
                     Walrond
                     ,
                     Ashenhurst
                  
                   and
                   Cassels
                   ,
                   at
                   Totternol-Hill
                   in
                   the
                   foresaid
                   County
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   met
                   with
                   three
                   persons
                   ,
                   one
                   whereof
                   they
                   robbed
                   of
                   about
                   twenty
                   seven
                   pounds
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   twenty
                   one
                   pounds
                   odd
                   money
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   Wallet
                   ,
                   
                   which
                   was
                   taken
                   by
                   Ashenhurst
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   in
                   it
                   about
                   thirty
                   or
                   forty
                   shillings
                   in
                   Ninepences
                   and
                   Thirteen-pence-half-pennies
                   :
                   The
                   other
                   which
                   he
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   pocket
                   Ashenhurst
                   never
                   discovered
                   .
                   One
                   man
                   made
                   his
                   escape
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   had
                   nothing
                   taken
                   from
                   him
                   .
                   The
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   day
                   ,
                   about
                   three
                   of
                   the
                   clock
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   .
                   That
                   Bellingham
                   had
                   a
                   green
                   Rugg
                   upon
                   his
                   Saddle
                   :
                   which
                   be
                   the
                   said
                   Bellingham
                   confesseth
                   .
                   Simmons
                   likewise
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   That
                   there
                   was
                   odd
                   money
                   in
                   the
                   sum
                   ,
                   but
                   remembers
                   not
                   the
                   quantity
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   likewise
                   in
                   the
                   Wallet
                   there
                   was
                   Twenty
                   pounds
                   odd
                   money
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   above
                   five
                   pounds
                   was
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   pocket
                   .
                   Mac-Guy
                   further
                   declares
                   ,
                   That
                   an
                   old
                   man
                   kept
                   them
                   company
                   about
                   a
                   mile
                   to
                   the
                   foot
                   of
                   the
                   Hill
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   watered
                   his
                   Horse
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   they
                   bid
                   him
                   
                     Good
                     Night
                     old
                     Man
                  
                   :
                   Which
                   Circumstance
                   
                     Solomon
                     Grace
                  
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   three
                   acknowledged
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   ,
                   they
                   being
                   acquainted
                   with
                   it
                   when
                   the
                   said
                   Grace
                   came
                   to
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   Mac-Guy
                   declared
                   ,
                   he
                   never
                   was
                   in
                   other
                   Robbery
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Grandison's
                   .
                   He
                   asked
                   Bellingham
                   if
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   remember
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   poor
                   Grasier
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   no
                   Money
                   ?
                   And
                   Bellingham
                   at
                   first
                   replied
                   ,
                   
                     No
                     ,
                     he
                     remembred
                     no
                     such
                     thing
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   recollecting
                   himself
                   ,
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     he
                     was
                     a
                     poor
                     man
                     ,
                     and
                     had
                     no
                     money
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Signed
                     by
                     us
                     ,
                     
                       
                         
                           G.
                           Charnock
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           Andr.
                           Blackwell
                        
                         .
                      
                       
                         
                           William
                           Sedgwick
                        
                         .
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     Signed
                     ,
                     
                       Patrick
                       Magee
                    
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           I
           appeal
           now
           to
           every
           mans
           Conscience
           that
           shall
           read
           these
           Confessions
           ,
           if
           it
           can
           be
           believed
           ,
           that
           any
           other
           ,
           but
           these
           men
           that
           knew
           all
           these
           particulars
           ,
           could
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           Robbery
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           was
           possible
           that
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           should
           have
           put
           all
           this
           into
           
           Mac-Guy's
           mouth
           ,
           who
           did
           not
           only
           say
           the
           same
           things
           that
           Du-Val
           had
           said
           ,
           but
           enlarged
           and
           confirmed
           them
           with
           many
           other
           
           Circumstances
           ,
           which
           the
           Butchers
           themselves
           confessed
           and
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           which
           Sir
           
             George
             Charnock
          
           could
           not
           know
           :
           As
           the
           Money
           taken
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           ,
           some
           in
           a
           Wallet
           ,
           some
           in
           Simmons
           Pocket
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           broken
           Money
           was
           part
           of
           that
           in
           the
           Wallet
           :
           This
           Du-Val
           had
           not
           specified
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           a
           great
           Confirmation
           of
           what
           he
           had
           said
           :
           Then
           one
           man
           to
           escape
           ,
           which
           was
           Lawrence
           .
           That
           Bellingham
           had
           a
           green
           Rugg
           upon
           his
           Saddle
           ,
           which
           Bellingham
           could
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           true
           .
           That
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           watering
           his
           Horse
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Hill
           ,
           they
           should
           say
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Good
             night
             old
             man
          
           ,
           which
           Du-Val
           had
           not
           said
           :
           So
           to
           tell
           what
           Bellingham
           said
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           acknowledged
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           confess
           ,
           that
           he
           said
           ,
           
             he
             was
             a
             poor
             man
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             Money
             ,
          
           though
           not
           that
           he
           was
           
             a
             poor
             Grasier
          
           ,
           as
           Mac-Guy
           had
           said
           :
           which
           was
           no
           great
           mistake
           .
           Certainly
           none
           but
           they
           that
           were
           present
           and
           did
           the
           Fact
           ,
           could
           discover
           these
           particularities
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           now
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           my
           Transactions
           with
           Mr.
           Walrond
           ,
           whom
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           examine
           ,
           after
           I
           had
           seen
           what
           the
           other
           two
           had
           said
           :
           And
           therefore
           went
           to
           the
           Gate-House
           ,
           and
           spake
           with
           him
           there
           in
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           where
           the
           Lady
           Broughton
           ,
           (
           who
           hath
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           Prison
           )
           and
           the
           Turn-key
           were
           present
           ,
           and
           heard
           all
           I
           said
           to
           him
           ;
           I
           asked
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           knew
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Robbery
           commited
           such
           a
           day
           at
           Totternol-hil
           :
           Of
           which
           I
           desired
           him
           but
           to
           tell
           me
           the
           truth
           ?
        
         
           His
           answer
           to
           me
           was
           this
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             no
             body
             as
             yet
             hath
             come
             against
             me
             to
             accuse
             me
             ,
             so
             I
             have
             not
             been
             indicted
             ;
             And
             if
             I
             should
             accuse
             my self
             ,
             I
             might
             bring
             my self
             into
             trouble
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             my
             Pardon
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             obtain
             of
             the
             Kings
             Mercy
             .
          
        
         
           I
           replied
           ,
           Mr.
           Walrond
           ,
           this
           I
           will
           promise
           you
           ,
           that
           
           whatsoever
           you
           say
           to
           me
           shall
           not
           rise
           in
           judgment
           against
           you
           ,
           it
           shall
           do
           you
           no
           hurt
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           ;
           I
           desire
           but
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           :
           for
           some
           Persons
           are
           accused
           of
           that
           Robbery
           ,
           who
           I
           know
           are
           very
           Innocent
           :
           (
           And
           whether
           or
           no
           I
           told
           him
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           that
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           it
           ,
           I
           do
           protest
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           ,
           they
           may
           be
           asked
           that
           were
           present
           ,
           the
           Lady
           and
           the
           Turn-key
           (
           I
           have
           not
           spoken
           to
           them
           since
           ,
           nor
           will
           I
           )
           but
           I
           think
           I
           did
           not
           ;
           however
           if
           I
           had
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           that
           any
           thing
           would
           have
           been
           amiss
           in
           it
           ,
           if
           in
           general
           I
           had
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           Du-Val
           had
           confessed
           it
           :
           )
           His
           answer
           to
           me
           was
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             I
             will
             cast
             my self
             upon
             you
             and
             tell
             you
             all
             ,
          
           and
           then
           did
           confess
           to
           me
           the
           whole
           matter
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           many
           particulars
           .
           Then
           indeed
           I
           did
           say
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           done
           well
           ,
           and
           had
           told
           me
           but
           what
           I
           knew
           before
           ,
           for
           both
           Du-Val
           and
           Mac-Guy
           had
           confessed
           the
           same
           things
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           his
           Pardon
           I
           did
           again
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           should
           be
           no
           prejudice
           to
           it
           ,
           happily
           it
           might
           be
           an
           advantage
           ,
           for
           that
           I
           would
           endeavour
           all
           I
           could
           to
           help
           it
           forward
           :
           He
           afterwards
           at
           my
           desire
           put
           down
           in
           writing
           what
           he
           had
           said
           ;
           And
           I
           did
           move
           his
           Majesty
           for
           his
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           got
           it
           passed
           for
           him
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           for
           two
           ends
           ;
           One
           out
           of
           Charity
           ,
           he
           had
           no
           Money
           to
           pay
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           deserved
           it
           for
           the
           discovery
           which
           he
           had
           made
           of
           that
           knot
           of
           Thieves
           Du-Val
           and
           his
           companions
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           were
           taken
           ,
           and
           the
           knot
           thereby
           broken
           by
           his
           means
           :
           the
           other
           end
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           
             Rectus
             in
             Curia
          
           ,
           and
           appear
           a
           competent
           Witness
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           Robbery
           ;
           But
           he
           was
           so
           terrified
           at
           the
           Tryal
           with
           being
           threatned
           and
           told
           he
           had
           now
           confessed
           enough
           to
           be
           endicted
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           perplexed
           with
           questions
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           not
           almost
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           and
           left
           an
           impression
           (
           I
           verily
           believe
           )
           with
           most
           of
           the
           standers-by
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           gained
           by
           me
           to
           take
           this
           Robbery
           upon
           him
           ,
           meerly
           to
           
           save
           the
           French
           men
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           himself
           not
           at
           all
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           undeservedly
           that
           could
           be
           imputed
           to
           me
           ,
           let
           my
           greatest
           Enemy
           be
           Judge
           ,
           if
           this
           my
           Narrative
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           the
           God
           of
           Truth
           to
           Witness
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           I
           mean
           for
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           I
           relate
           here
           ,
           as
           said
           or
           done
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           intention
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           just
           and
           honest
           ,
           without
           any
           Trick
           or
           Design
           ,
           and
           all
           above-board
           ,
           meerly
           to
           preserve
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           Strangers
           ,
           that
           wanted
           Language
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           support
           and
           help
           to
           make
           their
           Innocency
           appear
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           always
           heard
           ,
           that
           the
           Judge
           should
           be
           of
           Counsel
           with
           the
           Prisoner
           ;
           And
           that
           is
           one
           reason
           given
           ,
           why
           he
           needs
           no
           other
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Law
           allows
           him
           none
           ;
           For
           the
           Judge
           upon
           the
           Bench
           ought
           to
           help
           him
           with
           his
           advice
           and
           direction
           ,
           that
           he
           run
           not
           into
           any
           Inconvenience
           ,
           by
           his
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Forms
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           care
           that
           he
           be
           not
           circumvented
           and
           ruined
           by
           the
           Malice
           ,
           Art
           ,
           and
           Cunning
           of
           his
           Prosecutors
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Weakness
           and
           Simplicity
           of
           such
           Witnesses
           ,
           as
           are
           produced
           to
           justifie
           and
           clear
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           who
           many
           times
           have
           not
           Wit
           nor
           Elocution
           to
           tell
           their
           Tale
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           his
           Innocency
           and
           the
           Truth
           to
           appear
           .
           And
           certainly
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           a
           Judge
           ,
           and
           Justice
           is
           as
           much
           concerned
           ,
           to
           preserve
           and
           deliver
           an
           Innocent
           Person
           ,
           that
           is
           falsly
           accused
           and
           unjustly
           prosecuted
           ,
           as
           to
           condemn
           and
           punish
           one
           that
           is
           really
           Criminous
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           the
           two
           is
           the
           more
           acceptable
           ,
           and
           well-pleasing
           both
           to
           God
           and
           Man.
           
        
         
           These
           two
           Gentlemen
           were
           Strangers
           ,
           that
           understood
           not
           the
           Language
           ,
           either
           what
           was
           said
           to
           them
           by
           their
           Judges
           ,
           or
           against
           them
           by
           their
           Accusers
           ,
           or
           for
           them
           by
           their
           Witnesses
           ;
           And
           they
           had
           an
           Interpreter
           given
           
           them
           ,
           a
           young
           Student
           that
           was
           there
           in
           Court
           ,
           who
           did
           need
           an
           Interpreter
           himself
           :
           For
           no
           body
           understood
           a
           word
           he
           said
           ,
           scarce
           when
           he
           spake
           English
           ,
           he
           spake
           so
           low
           and
           unintelligibly
           ,
           so
           as
           they
           were
           never
           the
           nearer
           to
           understand
           any
           thing
           that
           passed
           ,
           though
           so
           much
           concerning
           them
           ,
           even
           their
           Lives
           ;
           nor
           was
           there
           any
           care
           taken
           that
           they
           should
           understand
           any
           thing
           ,
           the
           Interpreter
           not
           once
           bid
           to
           ask
           them
           a
           Question
           upon
           what
           was
           urged
           against
           them
           ,
           to
           know
           what
           they
           would
           say
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           commonly
           a
           Judge
           will
           call
           for
           the
           Examination
           taken
           upon
           the
           first
           Commitment
           of
           a
           Felon
           ,
           and
           begin
           there
           ;
           But
           not
           a
           word
           of
           that
           ,
           for
           that
           Examination
           would
           not
           have
           been
           authentick
           ,
           not
           being
           taken
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           nor
           they
           positively
           charged
           by
           those
           Butchers
           ,
           who
           only
           said
           ,
           One
           of
           them
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           like
           the
           Men
           whom
           he
           saw
           upon
           the
           Road
           ;
           Simmons
           ,
           That
           he
           believed
           they
           were
           the
           Men
           that
           robbed
           him
           ;
           And
           Bellingham
           himself
           no
           more
           but
           this
           ,
           That
           he
           verily
           believed
           
             Adrian
             Lampriere
          
           was
           the
           Man
           that
           pulled
           the
           Bridle
           off
           his
           Horse-head
           :
           This
           was
           well
           known
           to
           be
           no
           sufficient
           ground
           for
           the
           Justice
           to
           send
           them
           to
           Gaol
           ,
           clap
           Irons
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           into
           a
           room
           without
           light
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Straw
           to
           lie
           upon
           ,
           more
           like
           Dogs
           ,
           then
           Men
           ,
           especially
           Gentlemen
           and
           Strangers
           :
           Nay
           ,
           the
           second
           Examination
           was
           not
           produced
           neither
           ,
           that
           which
           the
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           took
           himself
           four
           or
           five
           dayes
           after
           ,
           when
           he
           sent
           for
           those
           Butchers
           to
           London
           :
           For
           though
           two
           of
           them
           indeed
           had
           there
           taken
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           and
           charged
           them
           positively
           ,
           yet
           
             Solomon
             Grace
          
           ,
           who
           at
           this
           Tryal
           in
           the
           Kings-Bench
           swore
           as
           stoutly
           as
           any
           ,
           would
           not
           swear
           then
           .
        
         
           And
           another
           particular
           I
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           Butchers
           said
           in
           their
           Evidence
           ,
           That
           these
           men
           were
           taken
           upon
           the
           Hue
           &
           Cry
           at
           Hatfield
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           very
           usual
           for
           a
           Judge
           
           upon
           a
           Bench
           ,
           when
           Felons
           are
           apprehended
           upon
           such
           a
           Warrant
           ,
           and
           brought
           to
           their
           Tryal
           ,
           to
           call
           for
           that
           Warrant
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           description
           there
           given
           of
           the
           Persons
           pursued
           and
           apprehended
           upon
           it
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           it
           agrees
           with
           the
           Prisoners
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           great
           light
           to
           discover
           if
           they
           be
           the
           Men
           ,
           and
           probably
           would
           have
           shewed
           that
           these
           were
           not
           ;
           Nothing
           of
           this
           neither
           ,
           but
           with
           what
           intention
           neglected
           ,
           I
           judge
           not
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           Prisoners
           were
           far
           from
           receiving
           any
           favour
           ,
           the
           younger
           of
           the
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Mr.
           Hoeville
           ,
           who
           understood
           not
           any
           thing
           of
           all
           was
           done
           or
           said
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           not
           apprehending
           of
           what
           concernment
           it
           was
           to
           him
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           childish
           Innocency
           hid
           his
           face
           and
           smiled
           a
           little
           ,
           to
           see
           such
           a
           stir
           about
           him
           ;
           The
           Chief-Justice
           espyed
           it
           ,
           and
           fell
           upon
           him
           severely
           for
           it
           ,
           telling
           him
           he
           must
           not
           laugh
           there
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           poor
           youth
           past
           laughing
           ,
           who
           yet
           understood
           not
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           only
           saw
           he
           was
           angry
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           Gentleman
           ,
           Mr.
           Lampriere
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           asked
           ,
           What
           he
           had
           to
           say
           for
           himself
           ,
           to
           what
           the
           Butchers
           had
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           (
           which
           yet
           was
           not
           interpreted
           and
           made
           known
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           did
           he
           at
           all
           know
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           yet
           was
           now
           to
           speak
           to
           it
           for
           his
           life
           )
           began
           in
           his
           Language
           in
           French
           ,
           to
           give
           some
           account
           of
           himself
           ;
           The
           Chief-Justice
           stopt
           him
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           let
           him
           go
           on
           ,
           but
           bade
           him
           answer
           to
           the
           particulars
           ,
           and
           yet
           took
           no
           care
           to
           let
           him
           know
           what
           they
           were
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           great
           disheartning
           to
           him
           .
           And
           usually
           when
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           known
           ,
           is
           suspected
           of
           a
           crime
           and
           tryed
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           Judge
           will
           in
           the
           first
           place
           inform
           himself
           what
           the
           man
           is
           ,
           and
           whence
           ,
           and
           of
           what
           conversation
           of
           life
           ,
           and
           learn
           all
           particulars
           that
           concern
           him
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           ;
           which
           will
           be
           a
           great
           leading
           to
           his
           judgment
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           matters
           that
           are
           brought
           against
           him
           ;
           but
           here
           
           neither
           the
           Prisoner
           could
           be
           permitted
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           himself
           ,
           nor
           no
           body
           else
           must
           do
           it
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           think
           there
           was
           as
           much
           reason
           now
           to
           proceed
           with
           Circumspection
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           and
           examine
           ,
           and
           well
           weigh
           all
           ,
           for
           and
           against
           those
           Prisoners
           ,
           as
           for
           any
           that
           had
           been
           tryed
           at
           that
           Bar
           of
           a
           great
           while
           ;
           There
           were
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           appeared
           in
           their
           behalfs
           ,
           undertook
           largely
           for
           them
           ;
           That
           they
           were
           not
           Men
           to
           do
           such
           an
           Act
           ,
           being
           of
           good
           Families
           in
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           Strangers
           ,
           newly
           arrived
           here
           to
           see
           this
           Country
           ,
           no
           wayes
           in
           need
           of
           Money
           ,
           bringing
           with
           them
           sufficient
           to
           defray
           the
           charge
           of
           their
           Travels
           ,
           so
           most
           unlikely
           they
           should
           begin
           here
           with
           Robbing
           upon
           the
           High-way
           :
           But
           further
           ,
           there
           were
           those
           of
           good
           Credit
           ,
           that
           did
           affirm
           upon
           their
           Credits
           ,
           some
           upon
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           ready
           to
           be
           deposed
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           that
           Fact
           ,
           for
           that
           they
           saw
           them
           ,
           and
           spake
           to
           them
           here
           in
           London
           that
           day
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           instant
           of
           time
           ,
           that
           the
           Robbery
           was
           committed
           above
           thirty
           miles
           off
           in
           Bedfordshire
           ;
           so
           there
           was
           an
           impossibility
           of
           their
           being
           guilty
           of
           it
           .
           And
           who
           accused
           them
           ?
           Three
           mean
           Fellows
           ,
           of
           no
           very
           good
           lives
           nor
           conversation
           ;
           and
           they
           Butchers
           ,
           of
           no
           commendable
           Occupation
           to
           have
           to
           do
           with
           Mens
           Lives
           ,
           either
           as
           Jury-men
           or
           Accusers
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           these
           as
           bold
           an
           impudent
           Fellow
           as
           ever
           I
           saw
           with
           my
           eyes
           ,
           that
           is
           Bellingham
           :
           And
           more
           than
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           was
           well
           known
           ,
           That
           even
           His
           Majesty
           himself
           had
           a
           strong
           perswasion
           of
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           was
           desirous
           that
           all
           just
           Favour
           should
           be
           shewed
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           had
           Himself
           done
           all
           towards
           it
           depending
           upon
           Him
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           they
           were
           Strangers
           ,
           who
           were
           newly
           come
           into
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           so
           had
           put
           themselves
           under
           his
           Protection
           ;
           and
           his
           Majesty
           had
           well
           considered
           the
           consequence
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           Reputation
           abroad
           of
           his
           Royal
           Justice
           and
           Good
           
           Government
           ,
           and
           likewise
           for
           the
           Safety
           and
           Freedom
           of
           of
           his
           Subjects
           in
           Forreign
           Parts
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           expected
           the
           same
           measure
           there
           .
           Certainly
           ,
           all
           this
           laid
           together
           ,
           me-thinks
           should
           have
           made
           one
           cautious
           how
           he
           entertained
           a
           prejudicate
           Opinion
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           take
           advantage
           upon
           any
           Mistake
           ,
           especially
           in
           Circumstances
           not
           at
           all
           material
           ,
           As
           whether
           the
           Gentlemen
           landed
           and
           came
           to
           London
           the
           second
           ,
           or
           the
           third
           of
           November
           ?
           Where
           they
           dined
           the
           Sunday
           before
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Robbery
           ?
           Whether
           it
           was
           Plowed-Land
           ,
           or
           Stubble
           that
           the
           Butcher
           rode
           over
           ,
           when
           he
           ran
           away
           from
           the
           Thieves
           ,
           and
           they
           followed
           ?
           And
           because
           there
           was
           some
           disagreement
           in
           these
           particulars
           ,
           which
           signified
           nothing
           to
           prove
           them
           either
           Innocent
           or
           Guilty
           ,
           yet
           this
           was
           blown
           up
           to
           such
           a
           Magnitude
           of
           Contradiction
           ,
           That
           the
           whole
           Testimony
           of
           those
           Witnesses
           must
           be
           overthrown
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           To
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           Guilt
           upon
           them
           .
           Therefore
           it
           is
           well
           ,
           that
           their
           Tryal
           received
           so
           fair
           an
           Issue
           ,
           answerable
           to
           their
           Innocency
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           were
           at
           last
           delivered
           from
           the
           Unjust
           and
           Malicious
           Prosecution
           of
           those
           Butchers
           :
           For
           had
           that
           Malice
           prevailed
           ,
           and
           Innocency
           been
           oppressed
           ;
           and
           Strangers
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           are
           to
           receive
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ,
           in
           lieu
           thereof
           had
           found
           here
           ▪
           Injustice
           and
           undeserved
           Ruine
           ,
           What
           would
           have
           followed
           upon
           it
           ?
           Our
           Government
           ,
           and
           our
           Administration
           of
           Justice
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Reproach
           and
           a
           Hissing
           to
           Forreign
           Nations
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           hated
           and
           derided
           us
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           have
           made
           the
           next
           English-man
           ,
           that
           should
           come
           amongst
           them
           ,
           pay
           for
           this
           piece
           of
           Injustice
           shewed
           to
           their
           Country-men
           :
           And
           what
           evil
           more
           might
           have
           ensued
           ,
           how
           many
           unconcerned
           Innocent
           Persons
           have
           smarted
           for
           it
           ,
           no
           man
           knows
           .
           But
           this
           I
           know
           ,
           That
           even
           these
           two
           
           Gentlemen
           ,
           however
           they
           may
           have
           seemed
           mean
           and
           despicable
           here
           ,
           oppressed
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           persecuted
           in
           a
           strange
           Country
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           a
           vast
           Charge
           and
           Expence
           ,
           have
           yet
           Friends
           and
           Kindred
           in
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           who
           have
           courage
           enough
           to
           resent
           ,
           and
           very
           likely
           it
           is
           that
           they
           would
           have
           resented
           such
           an
           Injury
           done
           to
           their
           Kinsmen
           here
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           revenged
           it
           upon
           the
           next
           of
           the
           English
           whom
           they
           had
           found
           in
           France
           ;
           And
           as
           one
           Mischief
           brings
           on
           another
           ,
           who
           can
           tell
           but
           it
           might
           have
           brought
           on
           a
           National
           Quarrel
           at
           last
           ?
           But
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           there
           is
           now
           no
           Cause
           to
           apprehend
           these
           ill
           Consequences
           ;
           Justice
           hath
           prevailed
           ,
           Innocency
           hath
           found
           Protection
           ,
           and
           all
           Machinations
           and
           Contrivances
           against
           both
           Justice
           and
           Innocency
           ,
           have
           been
           defeated
           ,
           and
           the
           Parties
           wronged
           have
           received
           some
           Reparation
           for
           the
           Injuries
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           offered
           unto
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           those
           Gentlemen
           have
           since
           brought
           their
           Action
           against
           the
           Butchers
           for
           their
           Unjust
           and
           Malicious
           Prosecution
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           have
           recovered
           Four
           Hundred
           Pounds
           Dammages
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Common-Pleas
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           Vaughan
           :
           And
           I
           have
           made
           my
           Complaint
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Peers
           of
           the
           Lord
           Chief-Justice
           Keeling
           his
           (
           as
           I
           thought
           )
           unfitting
           Expressions
           and
           Carriage
           in
           relation
           to
           me
           ,
           particularly
           for
           laying
           to
           my
           Charge
           a
           
             foule
             Contrivance
          
           in
           the
           carriage
           of
           this
           business
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           then
           understood
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           believe
           all
           that
           heard
           him
           when
           those
           words
           were
           uttered
           by
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           hath
           since
           denied
           that
           he
           meant
           it
           of
           me
           ,
           so
           I
           am
           satisfied
           :
           )
           And
           their
           Lordships
           have
           called
           him
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           hearing
           us
           both
           ,
           have
           adjudged
           him
           to
           make
           me
           a
           Satisfaction
           ,
           (
           which
           he
           hath
           accordingly
           made
           )
           as
           is
           expressed
           in
           their
           Order
           of
           Friday
           the
           10
           th
           of
           March
           1670
           ,
           entred
           upon
           Record
           in
           their
           Journal-Book
           ,
           with
           which
           I
           shall
           conclude
           .
        
         
           The
           Record
           is
           as
           followeth
           :
           
             
               
                 
                   
                   
                     
                       Dié
                       Veneris
                       ,
                       decimo
                       Martii
                       ,
                       1670.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     THis
                     day
                     the
                     Lord
                     Holles
                     produced
                     several
                     Witnesses
                     to
                     be
                     examined
                     concerning
                     his
                     Complaint
                     (
                     in
                     his
                     Petition
                     )
                     of
                     several
                     Indignities
                     put
                     upon
                     him
                     by
                     the
                     Lord
                     Chief-Iustice
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     of
                     Kings-Bench
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     Tryal
                     of
                     some
                     French-Gentlemen
                     in
                     the
                     said
                     Court
                     of
                     Kings-Bench
                     ,
                     who
                     were
                     there
                     falsly
                     accused
                     of
                     a
                     Robbery
                     by
                     four
                     Butchers
                     in
                     Easter-Term
                     last
                     ;
                     After
                     the
                     hearing
                     of
                     which
                     Witnesses
                     ,
                     the
                     Lord
                     Chief-Iustice
                     made
                     his
                     defence
                     ,
                     and
                     denyed
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     intended
                     any
                     thing
                     against
                     the
                     Lord
                     Holles
                     ,
                     when
                     he
                     spake
                     those
                     words
                     at
                     the
                     said
                     Tryal
                     ,
                     [
                     
                       That
                       it
                       was
                       a
                       foule
                       Contrivance
                    
                     &c.
                     ]
                     as
                     in
                     the
                     Petition
                     is
                     set
                     forth
                     :
                     To
                     which
                     Defence
                     the
                     Lord
                     Holles
                     made
                     a
                     short
                     Reply
                     ,
                     and
                     then
                     voluntarily
                     withdrew
                     himself
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Lord-Chief-Iustice
                     withdrew
                     himself
                     also
                     .
                     Upon
                     which
                     the
                     House
                     took
                     the
                     whole
                     matter
                     into
                     serious
                     consideration
                     ,
                     and
                     ordered
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Lord
                     Chief-Iustice
                     should
                     be
                     called
                     to
                     his
                     place
                     as
                     a
                     Iudge
                     ,
                     and
                     openly
                     (
                     in
                     the
                     presence
                     of
                     the
                     Lord
                     Holles
                     )
                     the
                     Lord-Keeper
                     should
                     let
                     him
                     know
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       this
                       House
                       is
                       not
                       satisfied
                       with
                       his
                       carriage
                       towards
                       the
                       Lord
                    
                     Holles
                     
                       in
                       this
                       business
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     therfore
                     hath
                     Ordered
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     should
                     make
                     this
                     Acknowledgment
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     to
                     be
                     read
                     by
                     the
                     Clerk
                     ,
                     as
                     followeth
                     ,
                     
                       That
                       he
                       did
                       not
                       mean
                       it
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                    
                     Holles
                     
                       when
                       he
                       spake
                       those
                       words
                    
                     ,
                     [
                     That
                     it
                     was
                     a
                     foul
                     Contrivance
                     ]
                     
                       and
                       that
                       he
                       is
                       sorry
                       that
                       by
                       his
                       behaviour
                       or
                       expressions
                       he
                       gave
                       any
                       occasion
                       to
                       interpret
                       those
                       words
                       otherwise
                       ;
                       and
                       asks
                       the
                       Pardon
                       of
                       this
                       House
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       the
                       Lord
                    
                     Holles
                     .
                  
                   
                     Then
                     the
                     Lord
                     Chief-Iustice
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     of
                     King's-Bench
                     was
                     called
                     to
                     his
                     place
                     (
                     the
                     Lord
                     Holles
                     being
                     also
                     present
                     )
                     the
                     Lord-Keeper
                     performed
                     the
                     directions
                     of
                     the
                     House
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Lord
                     Chief-Iustice
                     read
                     the
                     Acknowledgment
                     abovesaid
                     ,
                     onely
                     changing
                     the
                     style
                     into
                     the
                     first
                     person
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       
                         John
                         Browne
                      
                       ,
                       Cleric
                       .
                       Parliamentorum
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           And
           this
           being
           the
           true
           state
           of
           the
           whole
           Business
           ,
           I
           do
           appeal
           to
           all
           Mankind
           to
           judge
           ,
           if
           there
           was
           any
           colour
           of
           Truth
           in
           that
           Accusation
           of
           the
           French-Gentlemen
           by
           these
           Butchers
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           least
           degree
           they
           were
           deserving
           such
           a
           Prosecution
           ,
           and
           much
           less
           the
           thing
           aimed
           at
           by
           that
           Prosecution
           ,
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           And
           if
           I
           ,
           by
           endeavouring
           (
           as
           I
           did
           )
           their
           Assistance
           and
           Preservation
           ,
           deserved
           any
           blame
           either
           for
           the
           Matter
           or
           Manner
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

