1678
1 January, 29 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Francis Naylor late of the said parish
clerk, alias . . . . Carpenter late of the said parish clerk, born within
this kingdom of England after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the
Baptist . . . ., and before the said 1 January, 29 Charles II., made and
ordained in parts beyond sea a seminary priest by authority derived from
the See of Rome, weighing little the laws and statutes of this kingdom,
and fearing in no degree the penalties contained in them, traitorously
and as a false traitor was and remained. At the head of the bill appears
this note 'Tr' sup' ali' Ind' pro eadem offens xxii Febr. xxxii R's' = He
was tried upon another indictment for the same offence on 22nd Feb.
in the 32nd year of the King's reign. G. D. R., 11 Dec, 30 Charles II.
1 January, 29 Charles II.—True Bill that, at Edmonton co. Midd.
on the said day, John Petts late of the said parish yeoman built a certain
cottage to be occupied as a dwelling, and did not assign and lay to the
said cottage four acres of land of the freehold and inheritance of the
same John Petts, adjacent to the said cottage, and to be occupied
together with the cottage, so long as the same cottage should be inhabited.
No clerical minute touching any subsequent proceeding in the case.
S. P. R., 25 Feb., 30 Charles II.
6 January, 29 Charles II.—Coroner's Inquisition-post-mortem,
taken at St. Leonard's Shoreditch co. Midd. on the said day, on view of
the body of Henry Chapman an infant aged two years, there lying dead
and slain; With verdict of jurors saying that, on 31 December last past
at the said parish, Mary Manwareing late of the said parish spinster slew
and murdered the said Henry Chapman, by striking him on the forehead
with a pair of tonges, and so giving him on the forehead a mortal
wound, of which he languished at the said parish from the said 31st of
December until the 3rd of January next following, on which last-named
day he died of the said wound.—Also, on the same file, the True Bill
against the said Mary Manwareing for slaying and murdering the said
Henry Chapman in the manner set forth in the Coroner's Inquisition.
Acquitted of murder, Mary Manwareing was found 'Guilty' of manslaughter, and was sentenced to be hanged. G. D. R., 16 Jan., 29
Charles II.
20 January, 29 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Charles De la Rue De Fue late of the
said parish clerk did willingly heare masse said and sung by a Roman
priest to the jurors as yet unknown (voluntarie audivit Missam adtunc
et ibidem dictam et decantatam per quendam presbiterum Romanum
juratoribus predictis adhuc ignotum) &c. On the bill appears this
clerical minute "Newgate po se per ordin' cur Ind' comp't' de novo
super Oier et Terminer. . . . . Cessat process' super hoc." = At Newgate; he puts himself 'Not Guilty': by order of the Court the indictment is found a-new at Oyer and Terminer; process ceases on this bill.
S. P. R., 9 Dec, 30 Charles II.
26 January, 29 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields, co. Midd. on the said day, Charles De La Rue Deffue, late of
the said parish, heard mass said and sung by a Roman priest to the jurors
unknown. On 15 Jan., 30 Charles II., Charles De La Rue Deffue put
himself on a jury of the country. G. D. R., 11 Dec, 30 Charles II.
1 March, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St.-Dunstan's-in-the
West co. Midd. on the said day, Sir Edward Rich knt. and Joseph
Ward carpenter, both late of the said parish, put or caused to be put
one hundred cartloads of rubbish (centum carucatas fimi et luti anglice
vocat' rubbish) on the common highway for foot-passengers, leading
from a certain lane called Bell Yard to Lincolnes Inne, and permitted
the hundred cartloads of rubbish to remain there from the said 1 March
30 Charles II., until the day of the taking of this inquisition, and still
permit the same rubbish to remain there, so that not only is the public way
for foot passengers (co'is alta via regia pedestr') obstructed and stopped,
but also the water which falls upon the said way has overflowed, so that
the inhabitants of the locality have been and still are unable to go and
pass to their dwelling-houses as they ought and were wont to do. No
clerical minute touching subsequent proceedings in the case over Sir
Edward Rich's name. On 25th August, 1679, Joseph Ward confessed
the indictment, and was fined three shillings and four-pence which he
paid to the sheriff in court. S. P. R., 8 April, 30 Charles II.
9 March, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Martin's-in-the-Field
co. Midd. on the said day, William Noyes and William Hammond, both
late of the said parish yeomen, conspiring and designing to defraud a
certain Dymock Ely of his money, and then and there having in their
custody two similar bags (one of which bags contained twenty-four
ounces of hair worth fourteen pounds and eight shillings, whilst the
other bag contained twenty-four ounces of hair worth only fourteen
shillings) came to the aforesaid Dymock Ely, and offered for sale and
sold to him for fourteen pounds and eight shillings the bag, containing
the twenty-four ounces of hair, worth fourteen pounds and eight shillings,
and received of the said Dymock Ely the said sum, in full payment of
what he had bought of them: And that immediately after receiving the
said money from the same Dymock Ely, the aforesaid William Noyes
and William Hammond unlawfully and secretly carried off the bag, containing the hair worth fourteen pounds and eight shillings, and fraudulently left in their place the bag containing the hair, that was worth
only fourteen shillings. No clerical minutes, touching subsequent proceedings in the case. S. P. R., 8 April, 30 Charles II.
20 March, 30 Charles II.—True Bills, on two several parchments, for
not going to church, chapel or any other usual place of common prayer,
during one month beginning on the said day, against Mary Picks
spinster, and five men described as weavers, all six persons late of
Stepney co. Midd.; and against fifteen persons late of St. Leonard's
Shoreditch, including Mary Bestin the wife of William Bestin gentleman and Alice Overall the wife of Hugh Overall gentleman, all the other
misdemeanants being craftsmen and artisans, or women of simple degree.
Clerical minutes on one of the two bills show that Paul Turpeney silkweaver, Henry Pamfrit silk-weaver and Joseph Gaba silk-throwster, all
three late of St. Leonard's Shoreditch, confessed the indictment, and
that after confession each of them was fined in the sum of twenty pounds,
according to the statute. S. P. R., 28 April, 31 Charles II.
. . . . March, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Paul's Covent
Garden co. Midd. on the . . . . day of March, John Adlam alias Aylworth late of the said parish clerk, born within the dominions of the
said Lord now King, and being made and ordained a priest by authority
derived from the See Rome after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John
the Baptist in 1 Eliz, neither weighing the laws and statutes of this
kingdom, nor fearing in any degree the penalties contained in the same,
traitorously and as a false traitor of the said Lord the King, was and
remained. Putting himself 'Not Guilty' on a jury of the country on
10th January, 30 Charles II., John Adlam alias Aylworth was found
'Guilty,' and was sentenced to be drawn to the place of execution, and
there to be executed in the way prescribed for the execution of culprits
convicted of High Treason. G. D. R., 11 December, 30 Charles II.
1 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Dunstan's-in-theWest co. Midd. on the said day, John Gamball late of the said parish
yeoman received into his dwelling-house in the same parish divers
subtenants with their families and kept the same subtenants and
permitted them to dwell with him in the aforesaid dwelling-house
from the said 1st of April, 30 Charles II. to the day of the taking
of this inquisition, to the great danger of infecting divers of the inhabitants there with pestilence and other contagious diseases, and to the
great impoverishment of the parishioners of the said parish, and to the
burdening of the said parish with a multitude of paupers &c. On his
arraignment, John Gamball confessed the indictment, was fined in the
sum of forty shillings, and was committed to the New Prison, there to
remain until he should have paid the said fine.—The indictments, of
which the foregoing bill is an example, to wit, the indictments for harbouring subtenants or lodgers without a special licence to do so, are no less
numerous in the files temp. Charles II. and James II. than they were in
the files temp. James I and Charles I. S. P. R., 1 July, 30 Charles II.
19 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Martin's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Magdalen Clinch late of the said
parish widow, stole and carried away a silver trencher plate worth three
pounds, of the goods and chattels of the most excellent Don Francisco
De Mallo, then being the ambassador of the King of Portugal. G.D.R.,
. . . . May, 30 Charles II.
19 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Leonard's Shoreditch co. Midd. on the said day, Andrew Sole late of the said parish
typographer, with the intention of causing discord between the Lord now
King and the prelates and subjects of the same King, printed or caused
to be printed a scandalous and seditious book, entitled Persecuted Under
Episcopacy, and containing the following malicious, scandalous and
schismatical words, to wit, "Wee witness against the unlawful pompous
hierarchy and priesthood of this nation, as utterly disagreeing from the
Testament of Christ and Ministry there appointed in their offices,
callings, administrations and lord-like livings and maintenance against
the confuse profane and irreligious multitude of all sorts of vitious
livers, baptized into and retained in the body of the Church of England,
without voluntary profession of, and holy walking in the Faith of the
Gospel; against their manner of worship and service by reading prayers
out of a book, instead of spiritual invocation on the name of the Lord;
and briefly against all the popish abuses and relicks of the Man of Sin
whatsoever. And because this our testimony maketh against the
irregular authority of the prelates, reproveth their evil actions and disproveth their pomp, stateliness, rich revenues, stipends &c., therefore
they have in all hostile manner set themselves against us, persecuting us
unto bands (sic), exile and death itselfe, reproaching us as schismaticks,
donatists, Brownists, seditious persons &c." On 10 Oct., 1678, Andrew
Sole pleaded 'Not Guilty,' and on 9 Dec., 1678, he was declared 'Not
Guilty' by a jury. S. P. R., 1 July, 30 Charles II.
24 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields
co. Midd. on the said day, Thomas White clerk alias Thomas Whitebread clerk, John Fenwicke clerk, William Harcourt clerk alias William
Harrison clerk, John Gavan clerk, Anthony Turner clerk and James
Corker clerk, all six late of the said parish, together with other false
traitors to the jurors unknown, traitorously and as false traitors of the
said Lord now King, proposed and intended to raise rebellion within
this kingdom of England, and to cause 'stragem miserabilem' between
the said Lord the King and his lieges, and to depose the same King from
his royal state and power, and to bring the same King to death and
final destruction, and to change the government and lawfully established
religion of this kingdom, and to levy war within this kingdom against
the said Lord the King; And that, on the said day at the said parish,
the aforesaid Thomas White alias Whitebread, John Fenwick, William
Harcourt alias Harrison, John Gavan, Anthony Turner and James
Corker treacherously and as false traitors came together consulted
together and agreed to put the said Lord the King to death and final
destruction, and to change the lawful established religion of this kingdom to the superstition of the Roman Church, and to subvert the
government of this kingdom of England, And That a certain Thomas
Pickering and John Grove should slay and murder the Lord now King,
and that the aforesaid Thomas White alias Whitebread, John Fenwick,
William Harcourt alias Harrison, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, James
Corker and other false traitors of the Lord the King should celebrate and
perform a certain number of masses then and there agreed upon for the
health of the soul of the same Thomas Pickering, and further more
should pay to the same John Grove a certain sum of money then and
there agreed upon among them; And That the aforesaid Thomas White
alias Whitebread, John Fenwick, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, William
Harcourt alias Harrison, and other false traitors to the jurors unknown
on the said day and at the aforesaid parish took an oath upon "the
sacrament" and then and there swore and promised to conceal and not
divulge their most wicked treasons and treasonable designs; And That
the aforesaid Thomas White alias Whitebread, John Fenwick, William
Harcourt alias Harrison, John Gavan, Anthony Turner, James Corker
and other false traitors to the jurors unknown afterwards on the said
day and at the said parish traitorously prepared, persuaded, incited and
encouraged four other persons, to the jurors unknown, to slay and
murder the said Lord the King.—On the dorse of the indictment
appears this clerical note, to wit, "Titus Oates, Will'us Bedlow, Steph'us
Dugdale—jur'"=Titus Oates, William Bedlow, Stephen Dugdale—
sworn. Found 'Guilty,' Thomas White alias Whitebread, John Fenwick, William Harcourt, John Gavan and Anthony Turner were
sentenced to be executed in the manner prescribed for the execution of
culprits convicted of high treason. Over James Corker's name appears
this clerical note, to wit, "po se postea xvi° Julii xxxi Car Se'di Regis
non cul nec se retr'."—He puts himself on a jury afterwards on 16 July,
31 Charles II., and the jurors say that he is 'Not Guilty' and that he
did not make flight. G. D. R., 5 June, 31 Charles II.
24 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Thomas White alias Whitebread
clerk, William Ireland clerk, John Fenwicke clerk, Thomas Pickering
clerk, and John Grove gentleman, all five late of the said parish,
designing to upset the true religion hitherto used and by law established
within this kingdom of England, and to cause rebellion within the same
kingdom, and to extinguish the cordial affection and true obedience,
which the subjects of the said King should bear and show to him,
traitorously proposed, compassed and intended the death and final
destruction of the said Lord the King, and for accomplishment of their
said traitorous designs assembled and came together on the aforesaid
day in the aforesaid parish and there agreed that the said Thomas
Pickering and John Grove should slay and murder the said Lord now
King (et agreaverunt quod ipsi predicti Thomas Pickeringe et Johannes
Grove ipsum dictum serenissimum Dominum Regem nunc interficerent
et murdrarent), And That the aforesaid Thomas White alias Whitebread and William Ireland and John Fenwick, and other false traitors
to the jurors unknown, should celebrate and perform a certain number
of masses for the health of the soul of the same Thomas Pickering
. . . ., and should pay to the same John Grove . . . .; And That on
the aforesaid day and on divers subsequent days, at the aforesaid parish
and also at other places within the same county of Middlesex, the said
Thomas Pickering and John Grove "did lye in waite" diabolically and
traitorously to slay and murder the said Lord now King, And That the
same Thomas White alias Whitebread, William Ireland and John
Fenwick, together with other false traitors to the jurors unknown, on
the aforesaid 24 April, 30 Charles II., persuaded and encouraged the
same . . . . to slay and murder the said Lord the King.—At the head
of the bill, over the name of Thomas White alias Whitebread appears
the note 'po se' = he puts himself 'Not Guilty' on a jury; over the
name of William Ireland appears 'Po se Cul ca nul' = he puts himself
'Not Guilty' on a jury, and the jurors say that he is 'Guilty' and has
no chattels for forfeiture; over the name of Thomas Fenwick appears
'Po se'; over the name of Thomas Pickering appears 'Po se cul ca
nul'; and over the name of John Grove appears 'Po se cul ca nul.'—
At the foot of the bill appears the record that William Ireland, Thomas
Pickeringe and John Grove had judgment to be drawn to the place of
execution, and there to be executed in the manner prescribed for the
execution of culprits convicted of high treason.—The parchment of
this long bill is perfect, but dirt and friction have rendered the writing
in many places illegible.—On the dorse of the indictment appears the
clerical memorandum, to wit, "Titus Oates, William Bedloe:—Jur' in
Cur'" = Titus Oates and William Bedloe,—sworn in court. G. D. R.,
11 Dec, 30 Charles II.
28 April, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Paul's Coventgarden co. Midd. on the said day, Charles Pamplin late of the said
parish laborer assaulted Charles Dallyson, and slew and murdered him
by giving him with a rapier a mortal wound in the left side of his breast,
of which wound he then and there instantly died. Found 'Guilty,'
Charles Pamplin was sentenced to be hanged. G. D. R., . . . . May,
30 Charles II.
8 May, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at Stepney co. Midd. on
the said day, Henry Rogers late of the said parish mariner unlawfully
conveyed his duly bound apprentice named Richard Angell, son of
Henry Angell of London cabinetmaker, on board a certain ship called
The Jarsey then lying in the Thames, and in the said ship for gain and
profit transported him to Jamaica, and sold his said apprentice or
caused him to be there sold to a certain man to the jurors unknown &c.
Henry Rogers put himself 'Not Guilty,' and on 13 Jan. 1679, a jury
declared him 'Not Guilty.'—Also, on the same file, a True Bill that, on
12 August, 29 Charles II., Michael Russell, late of St. Katherines co.
Midd. yeoman assaulted a certain Joseph Williams at St. Katherines
aforesaid, and afterwards on the same day without the consent and
against the will of the said Joseph Williams did unlawfully carry him on
board a ship called The Hopewell, then lying in the river Thames, and
in the said ship transported the same Joseph Williams to an island call
Mevis in parts beyond sea, and there sold him for gain and profit. On
8 Sept., 1680, Michael Russell put himself 'Not Guilty,' and on 7 Oct.,
1680, a jury found him 'Not Guilty.'—Also, on the same file, a True
Bill that, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields on the said day, Katherine
Farrendyne widow and Charles Lattinoe yeoman, both of the said parish
assaulted a certain Susan Gunn spinster, and afterwards on the same day
unlawfully conveyed her without her consent and against her will on
board a ship called The Hopewell then lying in the river Thames, and
for their own advantage and against her will transported her in the said
ship to an island (sic) called Virginia (in quandam insulam vocatam
Virginia), and there for their own gain and advantage sold her. On 13
Jan., 1679, Katherine Farrendyne and Charles Lattinoe put themselves
on a jury, who immediately by agreement (immediate per consensum)
found them 'Not Guilty.' S. P. R., 8 Dec., 31 Charles II.
10 May, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at Hanwell co. Midd. on
the said day, Thomas Hands late of the said parish yeoman assaulted
Deborah Wilcox, and afterwards on the said day unlawfully conveyed
her from the said parish to a certain ship lying in the river Thames,
with the intention of transporting her to parts beyond the sea without
her consent and against her will, and selling her for the gain and profit
of the same Thomas Hands and to the grievous injury of the same
Deborah Wilcox. On 26 Aug., 1678, Thomas Hands put himself 'Not
Guilty,' and on 10 Oct., 1678, he was declared 'Not Guilty' by a jury.
S. P. R., 1 July, 30 Charles II.
21 June, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Sir John
Robinson knt. and bart. and J.P. on the same day, of Hugh Garett
citizen and box-maker and Henry Lincolne citizen and baker, both of
London, in the sum of ten pounds each, and of Hugh Qeyton citizen
and box-maker of London, in the sum of twenty pounds: For the said
Hugh Clayton's appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex, "then and there to answeare his raising a tumult neere the Tower,
and abusing and affronting the centinells and souldiers belonging to the
Tower Garrison."—Also, on the same file, similar Recognizances, taken
on the same day before the same Justice of the Peace, for the appearance
of Thomas Betson citizen and taylor of London at the same next
Session of the Peace, to answer to the same charge. S. P. R., 1 July,
30 Charles II.
18 July, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
co. Midd., Edward Rumfeild late of the said parish "a common innholder," on the said day and afterwards from the same day continually
until the day of the taking of this inquisition, kept a common stable for
horses, and that afterwards on the said 18 July, 30 Charles II., James
West, Tobias Mason, Thomas Legoe, and Bartholomew Clarke, horsegranadeers retained to serve the king as horse-soldiers in his wars, were
quartered with their horses in Edward Rumfeild's inn, And That the said
Edward Rumfeild, with the intention of cheating the afore-named horsegranadeers and also of hindering the service of the said Lord the King,
on the said 18 July, 30 Charles II., put a trusse of sweet and wholesome
hay, in the presence of the same aforenamed horse-granadeers, in the
rack of the stalls before their horses, and afterwards in the night of the
said day, to wit, between eleven and twelve p.m., secretly and craftily
removed the same sweet and wholesome hay, and put foul and unwholesome hay in its place, so that the horses of the said James West, Tobias
Mason, Thomas Legoe and Bartholomew Clarke became weak and unfit
for the king's service. Edward Rumfeild confessed the indictment, and
was fined in the sum of six shillings and eight pence, which he paid to
the Sheriff in court. S. P. R., 26 August, 30 Charles II.
21 July, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at Hillingdon co. Midd.
on the said day, Henry Wroth gentleman, Thomas Blaney gentleman,
Henry Archer alias Henry Archett gentleman, Thomas Garlicke gentleman, Peter Burne gentleman, Charles Yorke gentleman, Andrew Howell
gentleman, John Sinclare gentleman, John Steward gentleman, Goodricke Sibbett gentleman and Thomas Newsham gentleman, all late of the
said parish, assaulted Bridget Hyde, daughter of Sir Thomas Hyde deceased, in the highway, and there robbed her of three silk hoods worth thirty
shillings, a silke scarfe worth thirty shillings, a laced pocket-handkerchief
worth thirty shillings, and an amber necklace worth twenty shillings, of
the goods and chattels of the said Bridget Hyde.—Also, another True
Bill against the same eleven culprits for assaulting one Ursula Hobson
and maltreating her on the highway, at Hillingdon aforesaid on the said 21
July, 30 Charles II.—Also, another True Bill against the same eleven
culprits, for assembling riotously at Hillingdon co. Midd. on the said
day, and for then and there assaulting, beating and wounding Sir Robert
Vyner knt. and bart.—Also, another True Bill against the same eleven
culprits, for assembling riotously on the aforesaid day at Hillingdon co.
Midd. aforesaid, and then and there assaulting Bridget, the daughter
and heiress of the late Sir Thomas Hyde bart. deceased, an infant of the
age of sixteen years, and robbing her of, and stealing from her person,
the articles set forth and appraised in the first of the four indictments.
Arraigned on the indictment for highway robbery from Bridget Hyde's
person, Henry Wroth, Thomas Blaney, Henry Archer, Thomas Garlicke,
Peter Burne, Charles Yorke, John Sinclare put themselves 'Not Guilty'
on a jury of the country. Thomas Blaney was found 'Not Guilty' and
acquitted. Found 'Guilty,' Henry Archer alias Archett, Thomas Garlicke and Peter Burne were all three sentenced to be hanged. 'Po se'
(= he puts himself on jury of the country) is the only clerical note over
the names of Henry Wroth, Charles Yorke and John Sinclare; no
information being given respecting subsequent proceedings in the case
against them. No clerical notes whatever over the names of Andrew
Howell, John Steward, Goodricke Sibbett, and Thomas Newsham.
G. D. R., 28 August, 30 Charles II.
12 August, 30 Charles II.—Recognizance, taken before Henry
Reynell esq. J.P. on the said day, of Hugh Irland of St. Mary's Savoy
co. Midd. citizen and merchant-taylor, in the sum of twenty pounds:
For the appearance of the said Hugh Irland at the next General Gaol
Delivery for Middlesex, to prefer &c. an indictment against William
Philips, "for that the said William, being a listed souldyer under the
command of Captaine Anthony Clifford in His Highness's Prince
Rupert's regiment of dragoons and in His Majesties Service, did runne
away from his said captain, flying and withdrawing from his said captain
and His Majesties service without licence." S. P. R., 26 August, 30
Charles II.
30 August, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Sir George Wakeman baronet, William
Marshall gentleman and William Rumley gentleman, all three late of
the said parish, maliciously and traitorously proposed compassed and
designed to raise and bring about rebellion in this kingdom of England,
and to work slaughter amongst the subjects of the Lord the King, and
to depose the said king from his royal style and authority, and to bring
the same Lord the King to death and final destruction, and to subvert
and destroy the government of the same kingdom and the pure religion
established within the same kingdom by its laws, and to levy war within
this kingdom of England against the said Lord the King; And That
on the aforesaid day, in the aforesaid parish the said George Wakeman,
William Marshall and William Rumley, together with other false traitors
to the jurors unknown, maliciously and traitorously assembled themselves together, and agreed to put the said Lord the King to death and
final destruction, and to change the lawfully established religion of this
country.to the superstition of the Roman Church; And That to move
and persuade the said William Marshall and William Rumley to fulfil
and accomplish their said agreement to overthrow the government and
change the religion of the kingdom, the aforesaid George Wakeman on
the aforesaid day and at the said parish treacherously and traitorously
undertook to slay and murder (subdole et proditorie suscepit ad dictum
dominum Regem proditorie interficiendum et murdrandum); And
moreover that the aforesaid George Wakeman traitorously received a
commission of Physician-General of the army, about to be raised against
the Lord the King, from an unknown person pretending he was the
Provincial of the Society commonly called the Society of Jesus, and
claiming authority from the See of Rome to grant a commission in
that respect (persona ignot' pretenden' se fore Provincial' Societat'
angce vulgariter vocat' Society of Jesus . . . . et claman' authoritat'
concedend' Commission' in ea parte a sede Romana) &c.—On the dorse
of the bill appears this clerical note, "Titus Oates, Will'ms Bedlow,
Steph'us Dugdale— . . . . Jur'" = Titus Oates, William Bedlow,
Stephen Dugdale . . . . Sworn.—Putting themselves on a jury on
16th July, Sir George Wakeman and William Marshall were both
found 'Not Guilty.' Putting himself on a jury on 15 July, William
Rumley was found 'Not Guilty.' The parchment has suffered so much
from exposure and friction, that the indictment is illegible in places.
G. D. R., 5 June, 31 Charles II.
30 September, 30 Charles II.—The Newgate Kallender of 16
October, 1678 exhibits the following note touching persons, committed
to the prison for High Treason, to wit, 'Dr William Fogarty, Wm Ireland,
John Fenwick, Thomas Pickering, John Grove, John Smith and Thomas
Jennison: Committed by the Rt. Honoble the Lords of his Majties Privy
Councill for High Treason in conspireing to take away the King at
Whitehall, 30° September 1678.' G. D. R., 16 Oct., 30 Charles II.
16 October, 30 Charles II.—The Newgate Calendar of the aforesaid
date contains the following entries touching persons committed to the
prison.—(1) John Nelleville (?) Committed by Lords of the Privy
Council for speaking contemptuously of . . . ., and for having also
assaulted Mr Williams in his Majesties presence. Dated 30th Sept
1678.—(2) John Crump, Committed by Lords of the Privy Council
for having in his Majesties presence confessed that he was formerly a
Protestant, but by the perswasion of his father-in-law Mr Ja . . . . left
his religion to embrace the Romish, and was reconciled to the Church
of Rome . . . . Dated . . . . September, 1678.—(3) Richard Langhorne esq., Committed by Lords of the Privy Council for High Treason
in compassing and imagining the death of his sacred Majestic Dated
7° October, 167 . . . .—(4) Edward Cole . . . ., Committed by Lords
of the Privy Council for High Treason in holding correspondence with
forreigners, for the destruction of the King and subversion of the
Government. G. D. R., 16 Oct., 30 Charles II.
24 October, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, James Corker late of the said parish
clerk, born within the dominions of the Lord now King, and made and
ordained a priest by authority derived from the See of Rome after the
Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in 1 Eliz. and before the
said 24 Oct., 30 Charles II., weighing little the laws and statutes of this
kingdom of England, and in no degree fearing the penalties contained
in them, traitorously and as a false traitor of the Lord now King was
and remained. Endorsed "Test Titus Oates, Wm Bedlow, Miles
Prance—jur'." On the bill's face appears the clerical record that James
Corker put himself on a jury, was found 'Guilty,' and was sentenced to
be executed in the manner, prescribed for the execution of culprits
convicted of high treason. G. D. R., 15 Jan., 31 Charles II.
9 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Botolph'swithout-Algate co. Midd. on the said day, Alice Woodfeild wife of
William Woodfeild late of the said parish laborer, alias Alice Woodfeild late of the said parish spinster, a woman diabolically affected
towards the said most serene king, in the the presence and hearing of
divers of the King's lieges spoke these seditious words, to wit, 'I doe
know them and will bring out, and will make Mr Hubbard' (Mr
Hubbard being one of the constables of the said parish) 'bring them
out, that would wash their hands in his Majesties heart-blood.' Alice
Woodfeild was found 'Not Guilty.' G. D. R., 11 Dec, 30 Charles II.
11 November, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before James
Dewy esq. J.P. on the said day, of Henry Capell of St. Martin's-in-theFields yeoman, in the sum of twenty pounds, and of John Peasley of
the same parish gentleman in the sum of ten pounds: For the said Henry
Capell's appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex, "to
receive that which by the Court shall be then and there injoyned him,
for saying that Mr. Bedlow could make nothing out of what he had
spoken concerning the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, after he
had been examined by both Houses to that effect." S. P. R., 9 Dec,
30 Charles II.
15 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Martin's-inthe-Fields co. Midd. on the said day, Daniel Keymish late of the said
parish clerk, born within the dominions of the said Lord now King, and
made and ordained a priest by authority derived from the See of Rome
after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in 1 Eliz. and
before the aforesaid 15th of November, 30 Charles II., weighing little
the laws and statutes of this kingdom, and in no degree fearing the
penalties contained in the same, traitorously and as a false traitor of the
said Lord now King was and remained. Endorsed "Test Titus Oates,
Will'us Bedlow, Tho: Dangerfield, Jur." = Witnesses, Titus Oates,
William Bedlow, Thomas Dangerfield—Sworn. No clerical notes
touching subsequent proceedings in the case.—Also, on the same file,
another True Bill to the same effect, against David Joseph Keymish
late of St. Giles'-in-the-Fields co. Midd. for traitorously being and remaining in the said parish on 15 Nov., 30 Charles II. Bearing on its
face over David Joseph Keymish's name the clerical note "Po se"
= he puts himself 'Not Guilty' on a jury, this bill resembles the other
indictment in being endorsed 'Test' Titus Oates, Wm. Bedlow, Thomas
Dangerfield, Jur.'" G. D. R., 15 Jan., 31 Charles II.
23 November, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken on the said
day before John Phelips esq. and Peter Sabbs esq. Justices of the
Peace, of Thomas Smith surgeon and Henry Graves wheelwright, both
of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields co. Midd., in the sum of fifty pounds each,
and of James Worsley of the said parish tobacco-seller, in the sum of
two hundred pounds: For the said James Worsley's appearance at the
next Session of the Peace for Middlesex, "to answere to and abide the
lawe for refusing to take the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacie,
being brought before us by the officers of the parish of St. Giles-in-theFields as a popish recusante and acknowledging himselfe to be soe."
S. P. R., 9 Dec, 30 Charles II.
23 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at Whitechappell co.
Midd. on the said day, Mathew Momford late of the said parish a footegranadeer, in the company of John Price esq. Captain of a company now
in the King's service, in conversation with a certain Thomas Tapping
and James Saunders, concerning the religion established by law in this
kingdom, said he (Mathew Momford) had for the seven years last past
been of the religion of the Roman Church, to wit, a papist; and that,
when James Saunders declared him no fit person to serve the King as
a soldier, the said Mathew Momford, in the presence and hearing of
divers of the king's lieges spoke these words, to wit, 'I hope to see you
all burnt, and to be att the burning of you.' Found 'Guilty,' Mathew
Momford was sentenced to pay a fine of twenty shillings, and to remain
in prison till he should have paid it. G. D. R., 11 Dec., .30 Charles II.
27 November, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Peter
Sabbs J.P. on the said day, of Richard Wheeler currier, Henry Duncombe tobacco-seller and Christopher Hurt glassier, all three of St.
Giles's-in-the-Fields, co. Midd. in the sum of forty pounds each: For
the appearance of the said Richard Wheeler, Henry Duncombe, and
Christopher Hurt and of Martha Duncombe, wife of the aforesaid Henry
Duncombe, at the next General Session of the Peace for Middlesex, to
give evidence against John Worsley a papist and Charles de la Rue Du
Feu a reputed priest, both being apprehended in Weld Streete since the
vii of this instant November. S. P. R., 9 Dec., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer during one month beginning
on the said day against Richard Pierson yeoman, George Evans yeoman,
Dorothy Pound wife of Edward Pound esq., Leonard Wivill writing-master,
John Christian painter, Robert Baudin cabinet-maker, John Provost
picture-drawer, George Prockett fan-maker, John Morris surgeon, William
Bayly barber, William Heath gentleman, Henry Tayler joyner, George
Hall carpenter, Joseph Bennett printer, Thomas Walker patten-maker,
John Blundell milliner, Benedict Prosser silversmith, Thomas Cammall
taylor, Ralph Smith schoolmaster, James Richardson taylor, John Ridley
surgeon, Mary Worsley wife of John Worseley tobacconist, and John
Worsely tobacconist, all twenty-three late of St. Giles-in-the-Fields co.
Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan. 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other place of common prayer during one month,
beginning on the said day, against Hugh Flannegar victualler, Margaret
Duncombe widow, John Collard clothdrawer, Elizabeth Moore wife of
Richard Moore yeoman, Robert Penn cook, Jane Terrier widow, Lewis
Ferr carver, John Tayler carver, Lewis Duvoy carver, Peter Lennee
cordwayner, Eleanor Newgent wife of Richard Newgent laborer and
John Turpin varnisher, all twelve late of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields co.
Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said said day, against Andrew Ashton surgeon,
Charles Cattoway painter, Sampson Jeroe painter, Henry Yorke tayler,
Roger Colchester porter, Jeremiah Swellivent victualler, and Dorothy
Wild wife of Lawrence Wild tobacconist, all seven late of St. Giles's-inthe-Fields co. Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer, during a month beginning
on the said day, against Charles Bartyne fan-maker, Anthony Ballard
yeoman, James Delaroach merchant, James Le Duke fan-maker, Charles
Sharfe weaver, his wife Susan Sharfe, James Woodcock laborer, his
wife Isabella Woodcocke, and Thomas Eyres gardener, all nine late of
Nortonfoalgate co. Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer during one month
beginning on the said day, against Paul Turpinny weaver, Anthony
Squire weaver, Mary Lermee wife of Anthony Lermee weaver and
Nicholas Gannowe weaver, all four late of St. Leonard's Shoreditch co.
Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against Antony Pogmore chandler, Jane
Poore widow, George Keene yeoman, Thomas Yates gentleman, John
Gerrald yeoman, Thomas Howlett tayler, James Anderson tayler,
Percivall Sutton soldier, Geoffrey Rowse tayler, William Byerley tayler,
Thomas Everson tayler, Thomas Blacker cordwayner, Susan Webb
widow, all thirteen late of St. Giles-in-the-fields co. Midd. S. P. R., 13
Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 November, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer, during a month beginning
on the said day, against Gloud Lantes frindge-maker, Frances Rosimor
fan-maker, Nicholas Depelee fan-maker, and John Tetter fan-maker, all
four late of St. Leonard's Shoreditch co. Midd. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30
Charles II.
1 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that John Morris late of
Stepney co. Midd. yeoman, a person greedy of gain and seeking his own
private advantage by injury to others, on the said day at the said parish
assaulted a certain Thomas Russells, and afterwards on the said day
unlawfully and by force conveyed him on board a certain ship called
The Cambridge then lying in the river Thames, and afterwards in the
said ship transported the same Thomas Russells, without the consent of
the same Thomas, to a place called Virginea in parts beyond sea, with
the intention of there selling him for the gain and profit of himself the
said John Morris. Found 'Guilty' by a jury, John Morris was sentenceed
to pay a fine of forty marks, and was committed to the New Prison,
there to remain until he should have paid the fine. S. P. R., 7 Oct.,
32 Charles II.
4 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, John Nayler alias John Carpenter
late of the said parish clerk, born in this kingdom of England, and
made and ordained a priest by authority derived from the See of Rome
after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in 1 Eliz. and
before the said 4 Dec., 30 Charles II., weighing little the laws and
statutes of this kingdom of England, and in no degree fearing the
penalties contained in them, traitorously and as a false traitor of the
said Lord now King was and remained. Endorsed "Henry Smith, Sam
Barrow, Joh'es Spratt—Jur." Putting himself on a jury, John Nayler
alias Carpenter was fonnd 'Not Guilty.' G. D. R., 26 Feb., 32
Charles II.
10 December, 30 Charles II—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Henry Richards merchant, Francis Richards gentleman, Mary
Richards widow and Frances Warner spinster, all four of St. Bride's
London, at the next G. Q. Sessions of the Peace for Middlesex. At the
same next Session of the Peace, the matter in respect to Henry Richards
was deferred, as Mr. Wyrley junior took oath that he believed the said
Henry had gone to parts beyond sea. It appearing that Frank Richards,
Mary Richards and Frances Warner were too sick and weak to appear,
the matter was also deferred in respect to them. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30
Charles II.
11 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Charles
Marquis of Winchester J.P., of John Langley vintner and George
Richardson haberdasher, both of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields co. Midd., in
the sum of fifty pounds each, and of William Bromley of the same parish
baker, in the sum of one hundred pounds; For the said William
Bromley's appearance at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. William Bromley failed to appear at the said Session. S. P. R.,
13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
11 December, 30 Charles II.—The Newgate Calendar of this date
contains the following notes touching prisoners, to wit,—(1) John Mullenoe, Committed by Josiah Ricroft esq., accused upon the oathes of
two several persons for being at Piedmont in the Dukedom of Savoy,
when 6,000 Protestants were there massacred, and further that he had
there cut off the ears and hands of a little child, and kept it as a trophy of
honor, and likewise that he is a Roman Catholic. Dat. 8° November,
1678.—(2) George Gould and Richard Kirkham, Committed by Philip
Mathews esq., and taken by . . . . Wheeler, constable of Edmonton,
having confessed themselves to be Popish Recusants, and . . . . lodged
being within ten miles of the Cittye, and in contempt of his Majties Proclamation. Dat. 12 Nov. 1678. (3) John Gibbons, committed by
several of the Privy Council for High Treason. Dat. 10 Oct. 1678.—
(4) Joseph Lane, committed by warrant from Lords of the Privy Council,
for imagining the death of his Majestie. Dated 23 October 1678.—(5)
Mathew Medburne, committed by Sir William Scroggs knt., Lord Cheif
Justice of England, being accused upon oath for High Treason, for
attempting to levie warr against the King and his subjects.—(6) Sir
Ellis Leighton knt., committed by warrant under the hand and seal of
his most sacred Majestie, for holding forreigne correspondence for the
. . . . of Poperie in this Realme. Dated, 26 Oct. 1678.—(7) William
Bromwell, committed by his Grace the Duke of Buckingham the Rt.
Hon. Charles Lord Marquess of Winchester for felonie about the
murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. Dat. . . . .—(8) Peter Gomley,
committed by the Duke of Buckingham, the Marquess of Winchester,
upon suspicion . . . . the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. Dated
. . . .—(9) Samuell Atkins, committed by the Duke of Buckingham,
the Marquess of Winchester, and Sir Phillip Howard knt. . . . .felonie
in concealing the murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. Date . . . .
(10) Francis Corrall coachman, committed by the same for the same
offence. Date . . . . November, 1678.—(11) Richard Langhorne
junior, committed by the Rt. Honoble the Lords. . . . . for treason
wherewith he is charged. Date . . . . November, 1678.—(12) Marke
Preston, committed by the same for treason, wherewith he is charged,
Date 1mo November, 1678.—(13) John Carrill, committed by the Rt.
Hon. Sir Wm. Scroggs knt., Lord Cheife Justice of England, accused by
the Honble House of Commons, . . . . to be guiltie of High Treason
for attempting to destroy His Majestie and subvert the Government of
this Kingdome. Date, 4 Nov. 1678.—(14) Thomas Waller esq., committed by severall of the Lords of the Privie Councell, for assaulting
and challenging . . . . Neale esq., who is a prisoner committed to a
Serjeant at Armes by order of the House of Commons. Date 26°
November, 1678.—(15) Thomas White alias Whitbread, committed by
the Lords Spiritual and Temporall in Parliament. (16) James Skinner,
committed by the Rt. Honble Sir William Scroggs Knt., Lord Chief
Justice of England, upon suspicion of being a Romish Priest, and the
Oath of Supremacie being tendred to him and he refusing to take the
same. Date 12° Dec. 1678.—(17) Edward Whitaker, committed by
warrant from the Rt. Honble the Lords Spirituall and temporall. G.D.R.,
11 Dec, 30 Charles II.
11 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of George Mosonovie of St. Clement's Danes' victualler, at the next
General Quarter Session of the Peace for Middlesex, then and there to
answer &c. "for being a reputed Roman Catholic." S. P. West. R.,
7 Jan. 30 Charles II.
12 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Charles Skinner of St. Paul's Covent Garden lynnen-draper at the
next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster, then and there to
answer &c. "for being a reputed Roman Catholic." S. P. West. R.,
7 Jan. 30 Charles II.
13 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance of
Ellen Le Franck, wife of Alexander Franck of St. Martin's-in the-Fields
co. Midd., at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster, to
answer &c. "for being a reputed Roman Catholic." S. P. West. R.,
7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place for common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against eighty-four persons, late of St. Paul's
Covent Garden within the Liberties &c. of Westminster, comprising
John Conquest M.D., Edward Gifford apothecary, and Charles Gifford
apothecary,—The other eighty-one persons charged by this indictment
with religious misdemeanour are respectively described in the bill as
yeomen, tradesmen, artificers, craftsmen, wives of men to whom no
gentle quality is assigned, widows, spinsters. No clerical minutes touching subsequent proceedings. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against one hundred and sixty-one persons,
late of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, within the Liberties &c. of Westminster;
the same 161 persons being respectively described as yeomen, tradesmen, artisans, craftsmen, laborers, wives of men to whom no gentle
quality is assigned, widows, spinsters. No clerical minutes touching
subsequent proceedings. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel, or any other place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against sixty-four persons late of St. Margaret's
Westminster within the Liberties &c. of Westminster, comprising Archibald Douglas gentleman, Hannah Bayles the wife of Thomas Bayles
esq., Elizabeth Joy the wife of John Joy gentleman, Thomas Duvall
gentleman, Shelden Napper gentleman, Claude Fride picture-drawer,
Cybil Rennee the wife of Charles Rennee gentleman, Elizabeth Dillon
the wife of Charles Dillon gentleman, and Austin Vancove gentleman—
nine persons. The other individuals charged by this indictment with
religious misdemeanour are respectively described as yeomen, tradesmen, artisans, craftsmen, laborers, wives of men to whom no gentle
quality is assigned, widows, spinsters. No clerical minutes touching
subsequent proceedings. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against nineteen persons late of St. Martin'sin-the-Fields, within the Liberties &c. of Westminster, comprising
William Napper gentleman, Adrian Vanneer gentleman, John Southwell
gentleman, George Gregson gentleman, Elizabeth Bowteel the wife of
Barnaby Bowteel gentleman, Richard Clayton gentleman, his wife Mary
Clayton, Richard Fitzgerald gentleman, Cesar Pearce gentleman, and
John Beach gentleman—ten persons. The other persons charged by
this indictment are respectively described in the bill as yeomen, tradesmen, craftsmen, wives of men to whom no gentle quality is assigned,
spinsters. No clerical minutes touching subsequent proceedings. S. P.
West. R., 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against one hundred and seventy two persons,
late of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields within the Liberties &c. of Westminster,
comprising Charles Arnold esq., his wife Mary Arnold, Thomas Porter
esq., the Lady Elizabeth Cannowle, Edward Frank gentleman, the Lady
Margaret Purbeck, Gratian de Perinant gentleman—seven persons. The
other persons charged by this indictment with religious misdemeanour
are respectively described in the bill as yeomen, tradesmen, artisans,
craftsmen, laborers, wives of men to whom no gentle quality is assigned,
widows, spinsters. No clerical minutes touching subsequent proceedings appear on the bill. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against Ann Staveley wife of Christopher
Staveley yeoman, Richard Leigh gentleman, and Thomas Whitbread
victualler, all three late of St. Margaret's Westminster within the liberties
&c. of Westminster. 3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel, or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against thirty-three persons, late of St Clement's
Danes' within the Liberties &c. of Westminster co. Midd. comprising
Lord Weldin. All the other persons charged by this bill with religious
misdemeanour are respectively described in the indictment as yeomen,
wives of men to whom no gentle quality is assigned, widows or spinsters.
No clerical minutes touching subsequent proceedings. S. P. West. R.,
3 April, 31 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month
beginning on the said day, against one hundred and seventeen persons,
late of St. Margaret's Westminster, comprising the following individuals
of gentle quality, to wit, John Cary gentleman, Edward Thorrall esq.,
Thomas Sandyes, esq., Edward Fitz-Harris gentleman, Francis Sturke
gentleman, the Lady Elizabeth Slingsby, the Lady Mercy Oveby, George
. . . . gentleman, John Joy gentleman, in all, nine persons to whom
gentle quality is definitely assigned by the draughtsman of the bill. The
men indicted by the bill, whose names are not mentioned in this note,
were tradesmen, yeomen, craftsmen, artisans, laborers. . . . Some of
the indicted widows and spinsters bear gentle surnames: but most of
the indicted women are the wives or daughters of male misdemeanants, to whom no gentility is attributed. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 30
Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer, during one month beginning
on the said day, against two hundred and forty-two persons, late of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields within the Liberties of Westminster, comprising Sir
George Wakeman knt., Thomas Awbrey clerk, George Ashley yeoman,
Andrew Robinson distiller, Francis Larances apothecary, John Christian
painter, the Lady Mary St. John, David Power surgeon, his wife Mary
Power, the Lady Frances Green, Alexander Pryor laborer, John Devall
esq., Henry Skelton yeoman, Grace Wharton spinster, the Lady Margaret Purbeck, Laurence Aurabilis yeoman, Sir . . . . Lancaster knt.,
his wife Mary Lady Lancaster, John Glassington yeoman, the Lady
Dorothy Napper, Sir . . . . knt., George Haines gentleman, . . . .
Burdet gentleman, George Rathbone gentleman, Philip Hamerton gentleman, . . . . Ragway gentleman, Thomas . . . . M.D., his wife
Elizabeth . . . . With the exception of the few persons of gentle
quality, mentioned amongst these twenty-eight selected persons, no one
of the individuals charged by this bill with religious misdemeanour is
credited with any sort of gentility. The male misdemeanants not already
named in this note were tradesmen, yeomen, artificers or laborers, and
most of the indicted women were the wives or daughters of the 'not
gentle' misdemeanants. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 30 Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month beginning on the said 15 Dec, 30 Charles II. against thirty-nine persons, late
of the parish of St. Mary Le Savoy. The men indicted in this bill are
tradesmen, artisans, craftsmen, yeomen or laborers, no one of them
being described as of gentle quality; and no one of the indicted women
appears to have been of gentle degree. S. P. West. R. 3 April, 30
Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any other usual place of common prayer, during one month begining on the said 15 Dec, 30 Charles II. against eighty-two persons late
of St. Clement's Danes' &c. within the Liberties of the City of Westminster, co. Midd. comprising the following persons of gentle quality, to
wit, John Richard gentleman, Edward Pedley gentleman, John Cummins gentleman, Henry Fenwick gentleman, his wife Elizabeth Fenwick,
—five persons in all, to whom the draughtsmen of the indictment
assigns gentility. The four gentlemen excepted, all the male persons
charged with religious misdemeanor by this indictment are tradesmen,
craftsmen, artisans, yeomen or laborers. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 30
Charles II.
15 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill for not going to church,
chapel or any usual place of common prayer, during the month beginning
on the said day, against sixty-four persons, late of St. Paul's Covent
Garden, within the Liberties of the City of Westminster &c, comprising
these persons of gentle quality, to wit, Charles Greene gentleman,
Margaret Arrington spinster, Mathew Stilboy gentleman, George Birto
gentleman, Felix Mountaine gentleman, Sebastian Bremont gentleman,
Francis Best gentleman, Francis Groves gentleman, Edward Griffin gentleman—in all nine individuals. The other men charged in the indictment are tradesmen, artisans, craftsmen, yeomen, laborers,—the persons
described as labourers far outnumbering the individuals of any other
sort of workers. S. P. West. R., 3 April, 30 Charles II.
16 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Paul's Shadwell
co. Midd. on the said day, in the course of conversation had between
Bartholomew Taylor, a loyal subject of the Lord the King, and a certain
William Shaw late of the said parish laborer, a perverse and seditious
man, of and about the lawfully established religion of this kingdom of
England, William Shaw then and there daringly said, that he still was
and ever from the time of his nativity had been of the religion of the
Roman Church, to wit, a papist, upon which the said Bartholomew
Tayler, having a cup of ale in his right hand, then and there drank the
said cup towards the same William Shaw, and then and there said "An
health to our Lord Charles the Second now King of England!" whereupon the said William Shaw with malice aforethought, and in the
presence and hearing of divers persons spoke and uttered this wicked,
detestable and diabolical answer, malediction and deprecation against
our most serene lord Charles the Second &c. to wit, "God dam him!
I will not pledge him: "—On his arraignment for this extremely shocking speech, Will Shaw put himself 'Not Guilty' on a jury of the country;
but the jury by consent forthwith (per consensum immediate) declared
him 'Guilty,' and he was fined six pounds and thirteen shillings, and
was committed to Newgate, there to remain till he should have paid
the fine. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
21 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of William Beomont of Cheeswick co. Midd. at the next General Session
of the Peace for Middlesex, to answer &c. "for being suspected to be a
popish recusant." He appeared, and was redelivered to his bail. S. P. R.,
13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
22 December, 30 Charles II—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Humphrey Painter of Fulham inholder at the next G. Q. Session of
the Peace for Middlesex, to answer &c. "for being a reputed popish
recusant." He appeared and was redelivered to his bail. S. P. R., 13
Jan., 30 Charles II.
22 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Peter Duff of St.
Giles's-without-Cripplegate victualler and a suspected "papist," and of
two sureties: For the said Peter Duff's appearance at the next Session
of the Peace for Middlesex. He appeared and was discharged. S. P. R.,
13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Phillipp Le Feaver
of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields cordwinder, in the sum of one hundred
pounds, and of Zacharias Aglas of St. Paul's Covent Garden coffee-man,
and Henry Slaughter of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields cooper, in the sum of
fifty pounds each: For the said Phillipp Le Feaver's appearance at the
next G. Q. Session of the Peace, "he being a popish recusant." On 28
April, 1679, the matter was deferred, as Phillipp Le Feaver on that day
pleaded 'Not Guilty,' and put himself on a jury. S. P. R., 13 Jan.,
30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Charles
Marquis of Winchester J.P. on the said day, of Ralph Johnson jeweller
and John Dipsey tailor, both of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields co. Midd., in
the sum of two-hundred-and-fifty pounds each, and of Henry Pane alias
Nevill of the City of London gentleman, in the sum of five hundred
pounds: For the appearance of the said Henry Pane alias Nevill at the
next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. The gentleman failed
to appear at the Session. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Devorie of
Quakers Street in Spittlefeilds broadweaver, and of two sureties: For
the appearance of the said John Devorie ("hee haveing confest himself
to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace. He appeared,
when the matter was deferred and he was redelivered to his bail.
S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Thomas
Hariot esq., J.P., of John Tyson of Islington victualler and Richard
Frisby of Clerkenwell victualler, in the sum of twenty pounds each, and
of Lancelot Kirk of St. James's Clerkenwell gentleman, in the sum of
forty pounds: For the appearance of the said Lancelot Kirk at the next
G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex, "then and there to answer
the personating of Jeremiah Buckly alias Buckle on Wednesday the
seventeenth of this instant month, and taking the Oath of Allegiance
and Supremacie instead of and for him the said Buckly alias Buckle."
Lancelot Kerk appeared and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30
Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of James Hodgson
of Old Staires in Wapping in Whitechappell gun-maker, and John
Overing of the same place brewer, in the sum of forty pounds each:
For the appearance of the wife of the said James Hodgson ("shee
haveing confessed herself to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of
the Peace. She did not appear. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Henry Richardson
of Greene Banck in Wapping in Stepney victualler and William Alderson of Trinity Lane in the parish of Queenehive London haberdasher,
in the sum of forty pounds each: For the appearance of Elizabeth
Robinson and Elizabeth Mennell ("they having confessed themselves
to be papists") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace. Both women
appeared and were discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
24 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Charles
the Marquis of Winchester J.P., of Ralph Johnson jeweller and John
Dipsey tailor, both of St. Martin's-in the-Fields, in the sum of two
hundred and fifty pounds each, and of Henry Pane alias Nevill of the
City of London gentleman, in the sum of five hundred pounds: For the
appearance of the said Henry Pane alias Nevill at the next G. Q. Session
of Peace for the city of Westminster, then and there to answer to such
matters, as shall be objected against him. S. P. West. R., 7 Jan., 30
Charles II.
25 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of William Fitzgerald
of Milend co. Midd. victualler, and of two sureties: For the appearance of the said William Fitzgerald ("hee being suspected to bee a
papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He
appeared and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
26 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Richard Spicer of
East Smithfield in Aldgate barber, and of two sureties: For the appearance of the said Richard Spicer ("hee being suspected to bee a papist")
at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He appeared
and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Muckleberry of York Street in Bethnall Greene frame-work-knitter, and of two
sureties: For the appearance of the said John Muckleberry ("hee being
suspected to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace.
He appeared and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Vincent Shirley
near the Armitage in Wapping in Whitechappell potter, and of two
sureties: For the appearance of the said Vincent Shirley ("hee being
suspected to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace.
He appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate that he
had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30
Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of George Howard
of Katherine Wheel Alley in Whitechappell laborer, and of two sureties:
For the appearance of the said George Howard ("hee being suspected
to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex.
He did not appear; and the matter was deferred till his return from
sea, Mary Loadman, wife of Robert Loadman of Rosemary Lane in
Whitechappell, having taken oath that the said George Howard was at
sea in the King's service. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on two several
parchments, for the appearance of Henry Conyers barber and Henry
Talbott musitianer, both of St. Clement's Danes' co. Midd., at the next
G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster, to answer &c. for being
"popish recusants." S. P. West. R., 7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on two several
parchments, of Edward Pedley of Vere Street in St. Clement's Danes
victualler and Susanna Rose (wife of Marmaduke Rose) of the same
parish at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace, each of them "being a
reputed Roman Catholick." S. P. West. R., 7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
27 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on twelve several
parchments, for the appearance of (1) Mathew Dixon of St. Andrew's
Holborn painter and his wife Mary Dixon, (2) Robert Whitfeild of St.
Martin's-in-the-Feilds stationer, and his wife Elizabeth Whitfeild, (3)
Timothy Peniston of St. Andrew's Holborne tailor, (4) Ursula Jones of
St. Andrew's Holborn widow, (5) Elizabeth Biniard, wife of William
Biniard of St. Andrew's Holborn vitler, (6) Dorothy Smithson, the wife of
Bernard Smithson of . . . ., (7) Robert Corwin of St. Andrew's Holborn tailor, (8) Katherine Watkins of St. Andrew's Holborn widow, (9)
James Bartlett of St. Andrew's Holborne surgeon and his wife Mary
Bartlett, (10) Sarah Allman of St. Andrew's Holborn widow, (11) William
Baldwin of . . . ., and (12) Ellianore Harwood of St. Andrew's Holborn
spinster, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex, each of
the aforesaid persons being described as "a suspected papist" or "a
suspected popish recusant."—Robert Whitfeild's case is more fully set
forth in the words, which speak of him as bound to appear at the
Session of the Peace, then and there to anwer &c. for "being a Popish
Recusant, and for being in Towne contrary to his Majesties Proclamacion." S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Ridley of
St. Giles's-in-the-Fields surgeon, in the sum of one hundred pounds, and
of his two sureties, in the sum of fifty pounds each: For the said John
Ridley's appearance at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex, to answer &c. for being "a popish recusant." He appeared and
was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Elizabeth Timber
man of St. Giles's-without-Cripplegate co. Midd. widow, in the sum of
forty pounds, and of two sureties in the sum of twenty pounds each:
For the said Elizabeth Timberman's appearance at the next G. Q.
Session of the Peace for Middlesex. She appeared and was discharged,
on producing a certificate that she had taken the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken at Hicks Hall
before three Justices of the Peace, of Elizabeth Wilson of Swan Alley
in St. James's Clarkenwell widow, and of two sureties: For the said
Elizabeth Wilson's appearance at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace
for Middlesex. She appeared on 5 Jan., 1678, and was discharged on
producing a certificate that she had taken the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken at Hicks Hall
before three Justices of the Peace, of John Wise gentleman and John
Collyer wyer-drawer, both of Holborne co. Midd., in the sum of forty
pounds each: For the appearance of Ellen Wise, wife of the said John
Wise, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. She
appeared on 28 April, 1679, when the matter was deferred as "Sir Wm.
Smith knew her to bee a protestant." S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken at Hicks Hall
before three Justices of the Peace, of Frances Bell of Golden Lane
Plow-Court widow, in the sum of forty pounds, and of two sureties in
the sum of twenty pounds each: For the said Frances Bell's appearance
at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace &c. She appeared and was discharged on producing a certificate that she had taken the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Phillipp Nicholl
the Elder of White Hart Court in White-chappell co. Midd. wood-hatmaker, and of two sureties: For the appearance of the said Phillipp
Niccoll the Elder, and also of Phillipp Nicholl the Younger, Leonard
Leberk and John Buket ("they being suspected to bee papists") at the
next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. Phillipp the Elder
appeared and was discharged; the others were re-delivered to their bail.
S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Vandercluse
of St. Katherine's co. Midd. cordwainer, and of two sureties: For the
appearance of the said John Vandercluse ("hee being justly suspected
to bee a papist") at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace. He appeared
and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Farskell of
St. Katherine's co. Midd. victualler and of two sureties for the appearance
of the said John Farskell ("hee being suspected to be a papist") at the
next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He did not appear.
S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Margaret Abittely
of Whitechappell widow, and of two sureties: For the appearance of the
said Margarett Abittely ("shee having confessed herself a papist") at
the next G. Q. Session of the Peace. She appeared, and was discharged
on producing a certificate that she had taken the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Henry Corbisheere
of Whitechappell co. Midd. wood-hat-maker and of two sureties: For
the appearance of the said Henry Corbisheere and also of John Cullin,
Bartholomew Raskin, Mathias Pott, Henry Vuckly and Reyner Bawdwynn ("they being suspected to bee papists") at the next G. Q. Session
of the Peace for Middlesex. Henry Corbisheere appeared and was
redelivered to his mainpernours; all the others appeared and were
discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Harding
barber and William Boxman weaver, both of Whitechappell, in the sum
of forty pounds each: For the appearance of the wife of the said John
Hardman ("shee being suspected to bee a papist") at the next G. Q.
Session of the Peace. She appeared and was discharged. S. P. R.,
13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Susannah Palmer
of Chequer Alley in St. Giles's-without-Cripplegate, widow and a suspected "papist," and of two sureties: For the said Susannah Palmer's
appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex. She
appeared and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Thomas Shepard
of St. Giles's-without-Cripplegate pipe-maker and a suspected "papist,"
and of two sureties: For the said John Shepard's appearance at the
next Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate that he had taken the Sacrament of
the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Timothy Price of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields co. Midd., in the sum of one, hundred pounds,
and of two sureties in the sum of fifty pounds each: For the appearance
of the said Timothy Price at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for
Westminster, "to the end that he may then and there be proceeded against
according to the law, he being a suspected papist." S. P. West. R.,
7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
28 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Christian Brampton, daughter of John Brampton of St. Mary's-leSavoy gentleman, and Mary Brampton, wife of the aforesaid John
Brampton gentleman, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster, to answer &c., the one woman being described as "a Roman
Catholic" and the other as "a popish recusant." S. P. West. R.,
7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of John Tavernour of Maydenhead Row in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields glover
at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He appeared,
and was discharged on producing a certificate that he had taken the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on nine several
parchments, for the appearance of (1) James Cotter of St. Clement's
Danes' gentleman, (2) Charity Norris of St. Clement's Danes' widow, (3)
John Richardson of the Ship Yard in St. Clement's Danes' gentleman,
(4) John Brookes of St. Clement's Danes' victualler, (5) George Brett of
St. Clement's Danes' taylor, (6) Anne Brookes, the wife of the aforesaid
John Brookes, (7) Stephen Mason of the King's Head in Drury Lane
taylor, (8) William Turbeck of St. Paul's Covent-garden perriwigmaker,
and (9) Cecily Webster of Duke Street in St. Clement's Danes' spinster,
at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster to answer &c.,
each of them being described as "a reputed Roman Catholic" or "a
suspected popish recusant." S. P. West. R., 7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Charles Munds of Hammersmith co. Midd. gentleman at the next
Session of the Peace for Middlesex, "to answer for being suspected of
recusancy." He appeared and was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30
Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Anne Baldwin of St. Andrew's Holborn spinster, and Edward Pepper
of St. Dunstan's-in-the-West gentleman, at the next G. Q. Session of the
Peace for Middlesex, to answer &c. for being suspected "popish
recusants." S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Henry Fervid of
Shoe Lane in St. Bride's London taylor, and William Roscoe of St.
Clement's Danes' co. Midd. taylor, in the sum of forty pounds each:
For the appearance of Ellen, the wife of John Phillipps of St. Clement's
Danes' co. Midd. taylor, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for
Middlesex, then and there to answer &c. "for being a reputed popish
recusant." She did not appear. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Phillipps of
St. Clement's Danes' co. Midd. tayler, and of two sureties: For the
appearance of the said John Phillipps at the next G. Q. Session of the
Peace for Middlesex, then and there to answer "for being a reputed
popish recusant." He did not appear. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Joseph Bowes of
St. Clement's Danes' taylor, and of two sureties: For the appearance
of the said Joseph Bowes at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for
Middlesex, then and there to answer &c. "for being a reputed popish
recusant." He did not appear. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of William Kempson,
of St. Clement's Danes' co. Midd. victualler, and of two sureties: For
the said William Kempson's appearance at the next G. Q. Session of
the Peace for Middlesex, then and there to answer &c. "for being a
reputed popish recusant."—He appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate, that he had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Lucas of
Blew Anchor Alley in St. Giles's-without-Cripplegate laborer and "a
suspected papist" and of his two sureties: For the said John Lucas's
appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He
appeared and was redelivered to bail. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Rudder of
St. Giles's-in-the-Fields co. Midd. . . . . and of two sureties: For the
said John Rudder's appearance at the next Session of the Peace for
Middlesex. He appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate,
that he had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper (comp et produc
certif q'd rec Sacr'm' Cene D'nice exon). S. P. R., 13 Jan., Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Joan Simpson of
Luteners' Lane in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields . . . ., and of two sureties:
For the said Joan Simpson's appearance at the next General Session of
the Peace for Middlesex. She appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate, that she had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of John Porter of
St. Giles's-in-the-Fields . . . ., and of two sureties: For the said John
Porter's appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex. He
appeared 5 Jan., 1678, and was discharged on producing a certificate
that he had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13
Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before three
Justices of the Peace at "le vestri" in St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, of Jane
Poore of . . . ., and of two sureties: For the said Jane Poore's appearance at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex. She appeared
and was discharged on producing a certificate, that she had taken the
sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before Sir
John Cutler, knt. and bart. J.P., of William Edwards silk-weaver and
William Glover yeoman, both of St. Margaret's Westminster, in the sum
of twenty pounds each: For the appearance of Jane Edwards at the
same parish at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Westminster, to
answer to what "shall be objected against her for beinge a popish
recusant, and refusinge to take oaths of Supremacy and Obedience."
S. P. West. R., 7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on three several
parchments, for the appearance of John Dankers of Long Acre in St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields picture-drawer, Henry Dankers of Long Acre
aforesaid, and Charles Vivion of Clare Street in St. Clement's Danes'
barber, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace, each of the three
"being suspected to be a popish recusant." S. P. West. R., 7 Jan.,
30 Charles II.
30 December, 30 Charles II.—True Bill that, at St. Giles's-in-theFields co. Midd. on the said day, Daniel Maccarty late of the said
parish clerk, born in the kingdom of Ireland within the dominions of
the Lord now King, and made and ordained a priest by authority
derived from the See of Rome after the Feast of the Nativity of St.
John the Baptist in 1 Eliz. and before the said 30 Dec, 30 Charles II.,
weighing little the laws and statutes of this kingdom of England, and in
no degree fearing the penalties contained in them, traitorously and as a
false traitor of the Lord now King was and remained. Endorsed "Test
Sebastian Jones, Thomas Stiffe, . . . . Rockhall . . . . Jur." On the
face of the bill appears the clerical record, that Daniel Maccarty put
himself on a jury, was found 'Guilty,' and was sentenced to be executed
in the manner, prescribed for the execution of culprits convicted of high
treason. G. D. R., 26 Feb., 32 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, on three several
parchments, for the appearance of Andrew Ashton surgeon, Anthony
Tomlingson taylor and Lewis Savory coachman, all three of St. Giles'sin-the-Fields, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. All
three appeared, and each of them was discharged on producing a
certificate, that he had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—One hundred and thirty-two sets of
recognizances (entered upon two long strips of parchment, closely written
on both sides), taken before Sir Charles Harbord knt. the King's
Surveyor General, Sir John Cutler knt. and bart., Sir William Waller,
bart., Sir Thomas Orby bart., and Francis Wythens, Thomas Robinson,
Humphry Wirly, William Bridgman, Thomas Bayles, Thomas Lewis,
Thomas Povey, George Farwell, and Walter Lapp esquires, Justices of
the Peace for the City and Liberties of Westminster:—Beginning with
the Recognizances of Adrian Vanneer of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
brasier, in the sum of one hundred pounds, and of Matthew Rogerman
cook and Robert Greenway . . . ., both of the aforesaid parish, in the
sum of fifty pounds each; the condition of the said Recognizances being
"that the above-named Adrian Vanneer and his wife Mary, who are
suspected to bee papists, shall personally appear at the next Generall
Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be held for the said City and Liberties
of Westminster, and in the meantime shall keep the peace and bee of
good behaviour towards our Soveraigne Lord the King and all his liege
people, and not departe the Court without licence &c."—Followed by
recognizances under the same condition for the appearance &c. of the
following persons, suspected to be papists, to wit, (1) Charles Vincent
of Shandois Street in St. Paul's Covent Garden silk-dyer, (2) Mark
Goodyeare of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields apothecary, (3) Elizabeth Sheldon
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (4) Katherine Sheldon of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (5) Daniel Guy of St. Paul's Covent
Garden tayler, (6) Anne wife of the said Daniel Guy, (7) William
Barroon of St. Paul's Covent Garden tayler, (8) Katherine Barroon, wife
of the said William Barroon, (9) John Labar of St. Paul's Covent Garden
tayler, (10) Lucy Labar, wife of the said John Labar, (11) William King
of St. Clement's Danes tayler, (12) Elianor King, wife of the said
William King, (13) John Le Roux of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler,
(14) Katherine Le Roux, wife of the said John Le Roux, (15) Dennis
Gannoe of St. Clement's Danes' gentleman, (16) Nicholas Casson of St.
Clement's Danes' fringe-weaver, (17) Peter Duran of St. Martin's-in-theFields confectioner, (18) Nicholas Smyth of St. Martin's-in-theFields goldsmith, (19) Daniel Mair of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler,
(20) Elizabeth Roach of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields widow, (21) Elizabeth
Griffith of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (22) Anne Folliard the wife
of Ralph Folliard of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields esq., (23) Dorothy Wood
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (24) Charles Cavener of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler, (25) Martha Cavener, wife of the said
Charles Cavener, (26) John Grunnell of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
barber, (27) Christopher Birch of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler,
(28) Robert Whitfeild of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields stationer, (29) James
Pemberton of St. Martin's Ludgate painter-stainer, (30) Timothy Dwynn
of St. Martin's Ludgate, chandler, (31) Mary De Summore, wife of
Daniel De Summore of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields goldsmith, (32) Mary
Wright, wife of Christopher Wright of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields . . . .,
(33) Claud Fride of St. Margaret's Westminster picture-drawer, (34)
James Pollard of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields cook, (35) Remmoe Cerwell
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields merchant, (36) Lambert Miller of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler, (37) John Tallow of St. Martins-in-theFields cook, (38) Jane Rusham of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster,
(39) Anne Pettyt of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (40) Arundle
Bradshaw of St. Paul's Covent Garden . . . ., (41) Katherine Bradshawy
wife the said Arundle Bradshaw, (42) Mark Roy alias King of St.
Paul's Covent Garden merchant, (43) Peter Bushway of St. Paul's
Covent Garden embroiderer, (44) Katherine Bolger of Covent Garden
widow, (45) Mary Hodges, wife of Daniel Hodges of St. Paul's Covent
Garden tayler, (45) Mary Hubart, wife of Richard Hubart of St. Mary's
Savoy . . . ., (46) William Trevethell of St. Mary's Savoy engraver,
(47) John Stacy of St. Paul's Covent Garden gentleman, (48) Mary
Parker of St. Clement's Danes' widow, (49) Elizabeth Rawlins of St.
Clement's Danes' widow, (50) Prudence Meachamp of St. Clement's
Danes' widow, (51) Nicholas Delassall of St. Clement's Danes' cook,
(52) William Sympson of St. Clement's Danes' barber, (53) Darby
Langley of St. Margaret's Westminster victualler, (54) Nicholas Stubbs
of St. Margaret's Westminster victualler, (55) Thomas Travers of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields gentleman, (56) John Rigg of St. Martin's-in-theFields tayler, (57) John Cocus of St. Paul's Covent Garden, (58)
Gartrude Cocus, wife of the said John Cocus, (59) William Keyzer of
St. Paul's Covent Garden . . . ., (60) Cornelia Dorothy Keyzer, wife of
the said William Keyzer, (61) Charles Blake of St. Paul's CoventGarden tayler, (62) Trecia Blake, wife of the said Charles Blake, (63)
Richard Jones of St. Paul's Covent Garden tayler, (64) Anne Jones wife
of the said Richard Jones, (65) Rice Price of St. Paul's Covent-Garden
tayler, (66) May Price, wife of the said Rice Price, (67) Dominick
Rouge of St. Paul's Covent-Garden tayler, (68) Dominick Dufour of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler, (69) Nicholas Poynts of St. Martin's-in-theFields tayler, (70) Margaret Dubren, wife of Maxene Dubren of St.
Paul's Covent-Garden . . . ., (71) Francis Guiltier of St. Martin's-inthe-Fields merchant, (72) Mary Guiltier, wife of the said Francis Guiltier,
(73) Nicholas Delansant of St. Paul's Covent Garden tayler, (74) Peter
Alexander of St. Paul's Covent-Garden tayler, (75) John Savery of St.
Paul's Covent-Garden tayler, (76) Nicola, the wife of Nicholas Delansant
of St. Paul's Covent-Garden tayler, (77) Richard Harris of St. Mary's
Savoy upholsterer, (78) William Clayton of St. Mary's Savoy uphosterer,
(79) Richard Burton of St. Mary's Savoy joyner, (80) Thomas Holder
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields esq., (81) John Delantre, of St. Martin's-inthe-Fields . . . ., (82) Elizabeth Delantre, wife of the said John
Delantre, (83) John Williams of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields gentleman, (84)
John Dupere St. Martin's-in-the-Fields peruque-maker, (85) Charles
Daniel of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields strong-water-man, (86) Henry Milford
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields patterne-drawer, (87) Francis Suckley of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields inholder, (88) Margaret Storey of St. Martin'sin-the-Fields widow, (89) William Gillerton of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
upholsterer, (90) Thomas Fling of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler,
(91) Peter Crosse of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields gentleman, (92)
Thomas Hickman of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tallow-chandler, (93)
Abigail Shreeve, wife of John Shreeve of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
. . . ., (94) Nicholas Molleneux of St. Martins -in-the- Fields
. . . ., (95) John Deane of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields bricklayer,
(96) Giles Bignall of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields merchant, (97) Mary
Cantrell, the wife of John Cantrell of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields baker,
(98) Joan Slade of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster, (99) Joseph Brady of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields merchant, (100) Patrick Nash of St. Martin'sin-the-Fields merchant, (101) Robert Hand of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
smith, (102) Thomas Kelly of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields shoemaker,
(103) Nicholas Clarke of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler, (104) Charles
Gilford of Covent Garden apothecary, (105) Andrew Tompson of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler, (106) Robert Jennison of St. Andrew's
Holborn gentleman, (107) Thomas Budding of St. Martin's-in-the
Fields cook, (108) Mary Budding, wife of the said Thomas Budding,
(109) Bryan Ryley of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields gentleman, (110) Humphrey Prescott of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields baker, (111) Andrew Napper
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler, (112) Ursula Napper, wife of the
said Andrew Napper, (113) Mark Holder of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
. . . ., (114) Thomasine the wife of John Gill of St. Martin's-in-theFields, (115) Anne Holder of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, (116) Francis
Deplissey of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields peruque-maker,' (117) Thomas
Harris of St. Margaret's Westminster, petty-chapman, (118) David
Lloyd of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields watchmaker, (119) Cybell Ranneer,
the wife of Joseph Ranneer of Westminster gentleman, (120) Elizabeth
Dillon, the wife of Charles Dillon of St. Margaret's Westminster gentleman, (121) Augustine Vancove of St. Margaret's Westminster gentleman,
(122) Mary Vancove, wife of the said Augustine Vancove, (123) James
Richardson of St. Margaret's Westminster victualler, (124) Lucas May
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields victualler, (125) Laurence Martindale of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields blacksmith, (126) John Baptist Colperes of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields gentleman, (127) Patrick Wood of St. Martin'sin-the-Fields gentleman, (128) Bridget Whistler, wife of Robert Whistler
of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields . . . ., (129) Margaret Dukes, wife John
Dukes of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields . . . ., (130) Elizabeth Odinet of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields widow, (131) Christopher Staveley of St.
Margaret's Westminster glover, (132) Anne Staveley, wife of the said
Christopher Stavely, (133) Robert Power of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
tayler, (134) John Tent of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler, (135) Elizabeth Joy, the wife of John Joy . . . ., (136) Francis Collett of St.
Paul's Covent-Garden gentleman, (137) Mary Collett, wife of the said
Francis Collett, (138) Marian Collett of St. Paul's Covent-Garden
spinster, (139) Dominick Hurrett . . . ., (140) Katharine Leneer
. . . . spinster, (141) Mary Baker, wife of John Baker of St. Margaret's
Westminster tayler, (142) Katherine Brown of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
widow, (143) Dorothy Brown of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields spinster,
(144) Darby Mulraine of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields barber, (145) Margaret Beresford of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields widow, (146) Richard
Tufton of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler, (147) Grace Dudley, the
wife of Francis Dudley of St. Margaret's Westminster gentleman, (148)
Edward Weldon of St. Clement's Danes' victualler; Edward Higgs of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields brickmaker, (149) Jane Higgs, wife of the said
Edward Higgs, (150) Elizabeth Fenwicke, wife of Henry Fenwicke
. . . ., (151) George Harris of St. Margaret's Westminster joyner,
(152) Christopher Ives of St. Margaret's Westminster plaisterer, (153)
Edward Duvall of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields tayler, (154) Mary Mazzantini
wife of . . . . Mazzantini of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields chirurgeon, (155)
Anthony Deligny of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields merchant, (156) Frances
Pool, wife of Godfrey Pool of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields milliner, (157)
Charles Shelley of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields goldsmith, (158) Edward
Edwards of St. Margaret's Westminster tayler, (159) Frances Cox, wife
of Nathaniel Cox . . . ., (160) Mary Nelson, wife of Robert Nelson
of St. Margaret's Westminster gentleman, (161) Nicholas Desert of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields musician, (162) Robert Paddon of St. Margaret's
Westminster gentleman, (163) Elizabeth Collins of St. Martin's-in-theFields spinster, (164) Henry Thunder of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
victualler, (165) Mathew Philboy of St. Paul's Covent-Garden gentleman,
(166) Isaac Thorpe of St. Clement's Danes gentleman, and (167)
Mathew Le Fountaine of Rose Street . . . . With the exception of
two recognizances, in which the principal was bound in the sum of two
hundred pounds, the principals in the 133 recognizances, for the
appearance &c. of these aforenamed persons suspected to be Catholics,
were all bound in the sum of one hundred pounds, the mainpernors
being bound in the same sum when there was only one surety, and in
the sum of fifty pounds each, when the principal was supported by two
mainpernors. S. P. West, R., 7 Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Richard Tomson
painter-stayner and John Norris joyner, both of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields,
in the sum of fifty pounds each, and John Hayles of the aforesaid parish
gentleman, in the sum of one hundred pounds: For the appearance of
the said John Hayles at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace, to answer
&c. for "being a reputed papist." S. P. West. R., 7. Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Dorothy Wyld, wife of Lawrence Wyld of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields
tobacconist, at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex. She
appeared, and was discharged on producing a certificate, that she had
recently taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan.,
30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, for the appearance
of Elizabeth Browne of St Andrew's Holborne widow, and John . . . .
of the same parish cutler, and Anne Smith of the same parish spinster,
at the next G. Q. Session of the Peace for Middlesex, to answer &c.
"for being popish recusants." They appeared and were discharged.
S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances, taken before John
Underwood esq. J. P., of John Williams victualler and Daniel Gardiner
blacksmith, in the sum of fifty pounds each, and of Thomas Wright of
. . . . victualler, in the sum of one hundred pounds: For the said
Thomas Wright's appearance at the next Session of the Peace. The
matter was deferred on 28 April, 1679, when it appeared that Thomas
Wright had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. S. P. R., 13
Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of George Tilley
needlemaker and William Cattler carpenter, both of St. Giles's-withoutCripplegate in the sum of forty pounds each: For the appearance of
Elianor Tilley, wife of the said George Tilley, at the next Session of the
Peace for Middlesex, she being a suspected papist. She appeared and
was discharged. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Thomas Maley of
St. Botolph's-without-Aldgate apothecary and Robert Kighley of St.
Leonard's Shoreditch chandler, in the sum of forty pounds each: For
the appearance of Francis Moyne the wife of Simon Moyne and of
Elizabeth Dermunde at the next Session of the Peace for Middlesex,
both women being suspected "papists." They appeared and were
discharged. S. P. R. 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.
31 December, 30 Charles II.—Recognizances of Mary Willard of
Chequer Alley in St. Giles's-without-Cripplegate spinster, and a suspected
"papist," and of two sureties: For the said Mary Willard's appearance
at the next Session of the Peace. She appeared, and was discharged on
producing a certificate, that she had taken the Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. S. P. R., 13 Jan., 30 Charles II.