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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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
.