"We, Your Majefty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects," the faid Letter; and Monfieur le Chefe's Letter, "the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affem- whereby he owns the Receipt thereof; which have "bled, having been acquainted by Your Majefty, "not been read in this Houfe, may, by His Majefty's "that there is Information given of a horrible Design "Order, be brought hither. "against Your Majefty's Sacred Life (which God long "preferve), are humble Suitors to Your Majefty, that "You would vouchfafe to communicate to us (as far as "Your Majefty fhall think fit) fuch Papers as have any Tendency to the Discovery thereof, or of any. "other Design against the Proteftant Religion as it is "now established in the Church of England, that we 66 may use our utmost Endeavours to ferve Your Majefty, according to our bounden Duty and Alle"giance." "23° Octobr. 1678. "The Papers concerning the Plot were delivered to "the Deputy Clerk of the Parliaments, by One of the "Clerks of the Council. "Lords Committees were appointed, to confider of "the Papers tranfmitted from the Council, by His Ma"jefty's Directions, concerning the Discovery of the "horrid Defign against His Majefty's Sacred Perfon, or "of any other Defign against His Majefty or His King"dom, by introducing Popery; whofe Lordfhips have "Power to fend for Perfons, Papers, and Records, as they fhall fee Caufe." 31° Оobris, 1678. "ORDERED, That the Lords with White Staves do "attend His Majefty, humbly to defire Him, from this "House, That the Papers of Mr. Whitebread and Mr. "Micho, which have been read at the Council Table, may be, by His Majefty's Command, brought before "the Committee to examine Papers relating to the "horrid Design against His Majefty; and also that the "Clerks of the Council may bring the Minutes taken "by them, upon the Examination of Titus Oates and "others, before the Council, concerning this Matter.” "ORDERED, That the Lords Committees, appointed "to examine the Lords who are Prisoners in The Tower "of London for Treafon, fhall also examine fuch other "Perfons, who are now Prifoners in The Tower for Trea"fon, as their Lordships fhall think fit; and also Sir "Ellis Leighton, now Prifoner in Newgate; and that "the Lord Chief Juftice of England do affift their "Lordships, at fuch Times as they fhall appoint; "and that One of the Clerks of the Privy Council do se attend their Lordships." "8° Novembris, 1678. "The Lord Treafurer reported His Majefty's An "fwer: "That His Majesty will give Order that the faid "Letters fhall be brought to this House, as foon as may be." 66 "ORDERED, That the Lords with White Staves do humbly defire His Majefty, That His Majefty will "pleafe to give Order, that the Papers of Mr. Good"C win, now in the Hands of the Clerks of the Council, may be brought before the Lords Committees appointed to confider of and prepare the Evidences "for the Trial of Mr. Coleman." 66 "23° Novembris, 1678. "ORDERED, That the Serjeant at Arms attending "this Houfe, his Deputy or Deputies, do forthwith "repair to Stratford upon Avon, in Warwickshire, and bring thence the Body of Mr. John Gerard, fuppofed to be a Prieft, and One other Perfon men"tioned, but not named (in a Letter dated there the "the 20th of November), and subscribed Simon Cale "The House received an Account, "That Doctor "ORDERED, That the Lords with White Staves do "Lower and Doctor Warner have vifited Whitebread; attend His Majefty, humbly to defire Ilim, from this "and they find that his former Diftempers have left "Houfe, That the Letter of Mr. Coleman, of 29th him, and he hath now only a Tertian Ague; and September 1675, to Father le Chefe; and another of "their Opinion is, That he may be removed fafely upon his to Father le Chefe, wherein he owns the fending "his intermitting Days:" It is ORDERED, That the "Serjeant 3 "Whereas Daniel Maccarty, a Romish Priest, was, by Order of the 29th of November last, brought "from the Gaol at Thetford, in the County of Norfolk, by the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, and is "now in his Cuftody here: It is this Day ORDERED, "by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament "affembled, That the Lords Committees for examining "Perfons and Papers, for Difcovery of the horrid "Defign against His Majefty's Perfon and Government, "fhall examine the faid Daniel Maccarty; and if their Lordships find that he is not charged with any Par"ticulars relating to the faid Defign, he is to be re"mitted and left to the Law; but if otherwife, their Lordships are to report to the Houfe, what they find concerning him." ་་ "Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affem"bled, That the faid Edward Whitaker may and fhall "have Order for fummoning his faid Witneffes to be "heard, viva voce, on the Second Day of the Sitting "of the Parliament next after Christmas, if he defires "it; at which Time alfo the Witneffes, who have in"formed against him, fhall be fummoned to be heard, "viva voce; and that, in the mean Time, the faid Ser"jeant at Arms fhall deliver the faid Edward Whitaker "into the Prison of Newgate, there to remain in fafe Cuftody till further Order; and this fhall be a fufficient "Warrant on that Behalf." "Edward Whitaker being called for, to answer the "Charge against him, fent up from the Mayor of Wor"cester; but being not to be found: It is ORDERED, "That if the faid Edward Whitaker come not and "render himself before the Houfe rifes, he fhall be at"tached. And he not coming, it is ORDERED, by the "Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, "That the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, or "his Deputy, do forthwith attach the Body of Edward "Whitaker, of London, Gentleman, and bring him in "fafe Cuftody to the Bar of this Houfe, To-morrow "Morning, to answer to the Informations put into this House, upon Oath, against him; and this fhall be a "fufficient Warrant on that Behalf." "Die Sabbati, 14° die Decembris, 1678. "Whereas Edward Whitaker was this Day brought to "the Bar, by the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, to anfwer to the Informations against him; which he "denies; alledging, "That he hath Witneffes to clear himfelf from the Matters charged on him :" Upon Confideration had thereof, it is ORDERED, by the "Die Sabbati, 14° die Decembris, 1678. Whereas Henry Barnefly, who was, by Order of "this Houfe, fent for from the Gaol in Worcester, was "this Day brought to the Bar, by the Serjeant at Arms "attending this Houfe, and there examined, being fup"pofed to be a Popish Priest: It is ORDERED, by the "Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affem"bled, That the faid Henry Barnefly fhall, by the faid Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy or Deputies, be re"turned into the Gaol in Worcester, there to remain in "fafe Cuftody till he fhall be thence delivered by due "Courfe of Law; and this fhall be a fufficient War"rant on that Behalf." "Die Luna, 23° die Decembris, 1678. "Upon reading the Petition of Henry Barnefly, now "in the Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending "this Houfe; fhewing, "That being, by Order of this "Houfe, brought from Worcester, and by like Order "to be returned thither again, and that, being very "old and fickly, he is not able to bear the Journey in "this hard Seafon of the Year; and therefore praying, that he may remain here, upon Bail:" It "is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Tem"poral in Parliament affembled, That the faid Henry Barnefly (being charged to be a Popish Prieft) fhall, by the faid Serjeant at Arms, be delivered into the "Prifon of The King's Bench, there to remain in fafe Cuftody, till he be better able to be returned to Worcester, in order to his Trial there; and this fhall "be a fufficient Warrant on that Behalf." 66 tody till farther Order; and this fhall be a fufficient "Warrant in that Behalf. "Upon Information given to this House, upon Oath, ""That Tho. Thorn, now or late Servant to Richard Tafbrough Efquire, hath uttered dangerous and trea"fonable Words; and that he is at prefent in the Gaol "at Bury, in Suffolk:" It is ORDERED, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe, or his Deputy "or Deputies, fhall forthwith repair to Bury, and bring "thence the Body of the faid Thomas Thorn, in safe "Cuftody, to the Bar of this House, to answer there"unto." "21° Decembris, 1678. "Whereas Richard Tafbrough Efquire was this Day "brought to the Bar by the Serjeant at Arms, and de"nied all that was alledged against him; and whereas "there is a Warrant of the Lord Chief Justice of "England iffued against him: It is ORDERED, That "the Serjeant at Arms deliver the faid Richard Taf "brough, in fafe Cuftody, to fuch Perfon or Perfons as "the Lord Chief Justice of England shall direct," "29° Martii, 1679. "That "Upon Information given to this House, "Richard Tafbrough Eiquire, who is charged to be "guilty of the late horrid Confpiracy, for which he "was committed to the Prifon of The King's Bench, "hath fince been enlarged upon Bail, and is now to be "brought to his Trial at the Aflizes at Bury, in the "County of Suffolk:" Upon Confideration had of the "Cafe of the faid Richard Tafbrough, it is ORDERED, "by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament "affembled, That the Judge of Affize for that County "be, and is hereby, directed, that his Lordfhip pro"ceed no further upon the Trial of the faid Richard "Tafbrough, than to the Indictment of him, and the finding thereof by the Grand Jury; and that the faid "Richard Taforough may be fafely fent up to London, "in order to his Trial, to be had at the Bar of the "Court of King's Bench: And it is further ORDERED, That Mr. Thomas Beate, One of the Meffengers attending His Majefty's Council Board, be, and "is hereby, authorized and required, with all Speed, to "attend the faid Judge of Affize for this Purpose, and "to take Care of the Execution of this Order, as to the bringing up the faid Richard Tafbrough, in fafe Cuftody, in order to his intended Trial; and for fo doing, this fhall be a fufficient Warrant." 86 66 "26° Decembris, 1673. "ORDERED, That it be referred to the Lords Com"mittees for examining Perfons and Papers, to examine "Richard Tafbrough and Thomas Thorn. "Upon Information to this Houfe, by the Lord' "Viscount Newport, "That one Valentine Harcourt, a Popish Priest, is taken, and now in Cuftody in the "Gaol at Shrewsbury:" It is ORDERED, That the She"riff for the County of Salop be, and is hereby, re quired to take and give Order for the fending of the "faid Valentine Harcourt, in fafe Cuftody, to appear "at the Bar of this Houfe; and that the Charge of the "faid Sheriff fhall be allowed, upon his Accompt, in "the Court of Exchequer : And it is ORDERED, That the Sheriffs of the refpetive Counties through "which the faid Valentine Harcourt fhall pafs, in his being fent up as aforefaid, be aiding and affifting to the Furtherance thereof, as Occafion fhall require." "Die Veneris, 21° Martii, 167. Upon Report made from the Lords Committees "for examining Matters relating to the Discovery of "the late horrid Confpiracy, "That Captain Francis Spalding, Deputy Governor of Chepstow-Castle, who 66 66 was, by Order of this House, dated the 21ft Day of "November laft, committed to the Prifon of The King's "Bench, for Matters wherewith he ftands charged, "hath, fince that Time, been enlarged upon Bail; "and, being upon Bail, commands ftill at Chepflow Castle as Deputy-Governor, and hath mifbehaved"himself, as hath appeared to the faid Lords Com"mittees:" It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords "Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, "That the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, or "his Deputy or Deputies, do forthwith attach the "Die Jovis 27° die Martii, 1679. "Captain Francis Spalding, being brought to the Bar "by the Serjeant at Arms, was asked, "Whether he "is not under Bail ?" Which he acknowledged, and "that Sir Ralph Delaval and Mr. Banks are his Bail, "taken in the King's Bench. And being afked, "Why "he went down to Chepstow Cafile, being a Prifoner "under Bail, and by whofe Order ?" He faid, "He had no Order for it; but went of his "Head." "Then the Matter wherewith he was charged, and "for which he was committed on the 21st November "laft, was read; and alfo the Depofition of Thomas "Crowder, a Soldier of that Garrison, was read, &c. ""Whereas Captain Francis Spalding, who was on "the 21ft of November laft committed to the Prifon of "The King's Bench, there to remain in fafe Cuftody "till further Order, hath fince procured his Enlarge"ment upon Bail, and repaired to Chepstow-Cafile "as Deputy Governor thereof, and mifbehaved himfelt "there, as appeareth by the Depofition of Thomas "Crowder, and other Matters upon which he was this Day examined at the Bar, being now in the Cuftody "of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe: It is "ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in "Parliament aflembled, That the faid Francis Spalding "be re committed to the Prifon of The King's Bench, "there to remain in fafe Custody till further Order; "and that the faid Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, "take Care to convey him the faid Francis Spalding ta "the faid Prifon; and this fhall be a fufficient Warrant "on that Behalf." 25° Martii, 1679. "Upon Report made by the Earl of Clarendon, from the Lords Committees for examining Matters relating "to the Discovery of the late horrid Confpiracy, "That "their Lordfhips are of Opinion, that Edward Tur"ner, a Prieft and Jefuit, who hath been examined "before them, and is now in Custody of Francis Strutt, "a Meffenger, fhould be committed to Prifon :" It is "ORDERED, That the faid Francis Strut fhall forth"with deliver the faid Edward Turner into the Prifon "of The Gatehouse at Westminster, there to remain as "a Prifoner till he fhall be delivered by due Course "of Law. "To Francis Strutt, Meffenger, his "Deputy and Deputies; and to "the Keeper of the Prifon of "The Gatehouse." દ 15° Aprilis, 1679. "Whereas Sir William Andrews is feized on, and "brought to Town in Cuftody, as an Agent in the late "horrid Confpiracy against the King: It is this Day "ORDERED, That the Officer, in whofe Cuftody the "faid Sir William Andrews is, fhall forthwith deliver "the faid Sir William Andrews into the Prifon of The "Gatehouse at Westminster, there to remain a Prisoner till further Order" 28° Aprilis, 1679. "The Gatehoufe at Westminster, there to remain a Pri"foner till further Order." "23° Aprilis, 1679. "Upon Report from the Lords Committees for Examinations, "That their Lordships find it requifite, "that David Lewis, who hath been tried, and con"demned as a Popish Prieft, at the Affizes held for the County of Monmouth, and is now in Gaol there, may be brought to Town:" It is ORDERED, That "the Sheriff for the faid County of Monmouth be, and is hereby, required to take Care and give Order for "the speedy conveying of the faid David Lewis in Safety from the faid Gaol, to be delivered into the "Prifon of Newgate; the Charges of which Service fhall be allowed to the faid Sheriff, upon his Accompt, in the Exchequer. 56 "The like Order for Roger Hanflip, in the Gaol at "Gloucester. "The like Order for John Kemble, in the Gaol at "Hereford "The like Order for Francis Johnson, alias Webb, in "the Gaol at Worcest'r." " 8° Maii, 1679. "The Earl of Clarendon reported, from the Lords "Committees for Examinations, "That William Harcourt "the Jefuit is taken, and now in the Hands of the "Officer that took him." It is ORDERED, That the "faid William Harcourt be brought to the Bar, prefently. "Upon Report made from the Lords Committees "for examining Matters relating to the Discovery of "the late horrid Confpiracy, "That their Lordships. "have received Information, made upon Oath, that "Sir Wm. Andrews, now Prifoner in The Gatehouse "at Westminster, is engaged in the Confpiracy against "His Majefty's Perfon and Government:" It is thereupon ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament affembled, That the Keeper of "The Gatehoufe aforefaid be, and is hereby, required "to take Care that the faid Sir William Andrews be forth"with conveyed, and fafely delivered, into The Tower "of London, there to remain a Prifoner till he shall be difcharged by due Courfe of Law; and for fo doing," "this fhall be a fufficient Warrant." 66 "21° Aprilis, 1679. "Upon Report from the Committee for Examinations, ""That James Allen, who was taken into Cuftody, being charged with encouraging Eliz. Oxley to fire "Houfes, hath been examined by their Lordships; and "denieth what is charged upon him ;" and in regard "the Examinations taken concerning a Houfe fired in "Fetter-Lane are before a Committee of Commons: "It is ORDERED, That the Serjeant at Arms attending "this House do forthwith carry the faid James Allen to "the faid Committee, to be examined and difpofed of "as they pleafe." "Eodem Die, poft Meridiem. "William Harcourt was brought to the Bar; and "being there charged with Treafon, the Houfe made "the following Order: "Whereas William Harrison, alias Harcourt, was "this Day brought to the Bar, and was there charged with High Treafon : It is ORDERED, That the Gen"tleman Ufher of the Black Rod attending this House, "do take fpecial Care forthwith to convey the faid "William Harrison, alias Harcourt, in Safety to Newgate, there to remain a Prifoner, till he fhall be difcharged by due Courfe of Law. 66 "To the Gentleman Ufher of the Die Luna, 19° Maii, 1679. "Whereas Richard Gerrard Efquire is charged, upon Oath, with Treafon: It is ORDERED, That "the Keeper of the Prison of The Gatehoufe at West"minfter (in whofe Cuftody the faid Richard Gerrard Upon Report from the Committee of Examina- "now is) be, and is hereby, required forthwith to take "tions, "That their Lordships think it neceffary, that "Care for the conveying of the faid Richard Gerrard "William Sturges, now a Prifoner in the Gaol at "to the Prison of Newgate, there to remain a Prifoner Chelmsford, thould be brought to Town:" It is Or- "till he fhall be difcharged by due Course of Law; "DERED, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this "and this fhall be a fufficient Warrant in that Be"House do forthwith repair to the Gaol at Chelmsford, "in Effex, and bring thence the Body of the faid "William Sturges, and deliver him into the Prison of VOL. XVII. 66 " 30 Octobris, 1680. 66 "Prifon of Newgate; and that the Keeper of the faid "Prifon do receive and keep him there, in fafe Cuftody, until he fhall be difcharged by due Course of "Law; and this fhall be a fufficient Warrant on that Behalf. "It being fignified to this House, "That Oliver "Plunket, the Titular Primate of Armagh, in the "Kingdom of Ireland, is, by His Majefty's Order," brought over hither, in order to his Trial here; and is now in Cuftody, in the Hands of a Meffenger:" "It is ORDERED, That the Meffenger, in whofe Hands the faid Oliver Plunket now is, be, and is hereby, au"thorized and required forthwith to convey and de"liver the Body of the faid Oliver Plunket into the *Prifon of Newgate; and that the Keeper of the faid "Prifon do keep him there in Safety until he fhall be difcharged by due Courfe of Law; and that the "faid Keeper and his Under Officers do take Care that "the faid Oliver Plunket be kept as a clofe Prifoner, till the Pleasure of this House be further fignified; and this fhall be a fufficient Warrant in that Be half. "To the Meffenger in whofe Cut "tody the faid Oliver Plunket "is; and alfo to the Keeper of "the Prifon of Newgate, his Deputies and Under Officers, and every of them." 66 4° Januarii, 1680. « ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal "in Parliament affembled, That Mr. Attorney General "do perufe the Information read this Day, and draw "Warrants for the Commitments of Sir John Fitz"gerald, Colonel Pierce Lacy, and Lieutenant Colonel པ་ The like Order for Colonel William Bradley." Die Martis, 10 die Decembris, 1689. in Parliament affembled, That Mr. Vernatti, now in ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal Cuftody, do ftand committed to the Gentleman Usher "of the Black Rod attending this Houfe: And it is "further ORDERED, That the faid Gentleman Ufher "do go to the Lodging of the faid Vernatti, and secure "his Papers, and feal them up in his Prefence, and fet 86 a Guard on his Houfe or Lodging." દ Precedents out of the Journals of the House of "Commons. Nó 2." "24° Martii, 14° Car. II. 8 Upon Information, "That George Withers had been the Author and Publisher of a scandalous and feditious Pamphlet, to enrage the People, and to vilify and "defame the Members of this House, and to blemish the Honour and Juftice of this Houfe, and their Proceedings; and was now a Prifoner in Newgate :" "Refolved, That the faid George Withers be brought "in Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Bradley, as may be available in the Law; and attend "House, or his Deputy, to the Bar of this House, at "the Judges, for their Affiftance therein; and prefent" Four of the Clock this Afternoon, to be examined "the fame to the House To-morrow, at Ten of the "Clock in the Forenoon. "ORDERED, That Sir John Fitzgerald, Colonel "Pierce Lacy, and Lieutenant Colonel Bradley do remain in the Cuftody of the Purfuivant, as now they "are, till the Houfe gives further Order." 5° Januarii, 1680. "George Withers being then brought, in Cuftody, to the Bar of this House; and the fcandalous fe"ditious Libel with which he ftands charged being "ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal "fhewn unto him, the fame being in Two diftinct Pa"in Parliament affembled, That Sir John Fitzgerald be "pers; upon View of the First of them, he declared, "committed to The Gatehoufe, for Treafon, in com- "That the fame might be his Hand; but that it was paffing the King's Death, and in levying War, and "but Parcel of what he intended:" And the other practiling to introduce a Foreign Force into the "Writing being fhewn unto him, he confeffed the "Kingdom of Ireland, and to depofe the King from the "fame to be of his own Hand-writing. And Two "Crown of Ireland; and that the Meffenger, in whofe "Witnesses being called in, videlicet, Henry Northrop "Hands the faid Sir John Fitzgerald is, be, and is "and Robert Heybourne, and teftifying, "That they hereby, authorized and required forthwith to deliver "took the faid Papers from under Mr. Withers's Hand; "and convey the Body of the faid Sir John Fitzgerald" and that he was writing Part of them juft when they "into the Prifon of The Gatehouse; and that the Keeper "of the faid Prifon do receive and keep him there in "fafe Cuftody till he fhall be discharged by due Course "of Law; and this thall be a fufficient Warrant in that "Behalf. 66 "ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal "in Parliament affembled, that Pierce Lacy Esquire be "committed to Newgate, for Treafon, in compaffing "the Death of the King, and in levying War, and "practiting to introduce a Foreign Force into the King dom of Leland, and to depofe the King from his "Crown of Ireland; and that the Meffenger, in whofe "Hands the faid Pierce Lary now is, be, and is hereby, "authorized and required forthwith to convey and "deliver the Body of the faid Pierce Lacy into the Origin, Admagh; vide Vol. XIII. P. 629. a. "Refolved, upon the Queftion, That George Withers, "who was this Day brought from the Prison of Newgate to the Bar of this Houfe, be fent Prifoner, and "delivered into the Cuftody of the Lieutenant of the Tower, there to be kept in clofe Cuftody, and to be "denied Pen, Ink, and Paper, and debarred from having any Company to come unto him: And it is "referred unto Mr. Pryn, Mr. Serjeant Charleton, Mr. "Solicitor General, Serjeant Maynard, Doctor Birkin"head, Mr. Thurland, Mr. Smith, Mr. Vaughan, and "Mr. Clifford, or any Three of them, to perufe the Bis in Originali. "feditious |