Chapter X: Part 10

MRS. STAFFORD--Sir John hired me for a housekeeper in London,
and told me he had a great many servants, and he wanted a
housekeeper. When he brought me down, he ordered me to his
seat at Tockington; where, he said, he had a great deal of
company frequently. When I came there, I found there was
nothing in what he had told me; for, instead of a great many
servants, he had but one: a poor old shattered house, ready to
tumble down about one's ears, and the household goods all to
pieces: he was a madman, for if I had followed his directions
in any thing I should have done mischief. He hath sent me and
the rest of his servants to Thornbury market, when there was
none; he hath ringed the bell to call his servants to come to
his bedside to him, and when we have come up to him, he hath
asked us, what we did there? Sir, said I, you called me up; he
hath said he did not: and after we had been there a quarter of
an hour, he would take a knife, fork, glass-bottle, or anything
that came in his way, to throw at us, asking of us, What did we
come to rob him? And I was afraid of my life, to live with him.
I do believe he was a madman, or else he would never have acted
as he did; he would go into the kitchen, and take the pot, and
hang it on the fire. I style him a madman by his actions.

VERNON--And must he therefore be hanged himself like a mad dog,
think you?

MRS. STAFFORD--I know nothing of that, Sir.

VERNON--How long did you live with sir John?

MRS. STAFFORD--Three months, Sir.

GOODERE--Call Mr. Robert Cock.

THE RECORDER--What do you call him to prove?

GOODERE--My lord, in order to prove sir John Dineley a lunatic.
Mr. Cock, will you give an account to my lord and the jury what
you know of the lunacy of sir John Dineley?

_Robert Cock, sworn._

COCK--My lord, I have known Mr. Dineley at Charlton for some
years; I have been several times in his company; I have seen
him do several acts of lunacy, as a madman.

VERNON--Where do you live?

COCK--I live in Cumberland, when I am at home.

VERNON--Are you of any business?

COCK--I am an officer belonging to his majesty.

VERNON--What kind of officer?

COCK--A salt officer.

GOODERE--I will not give your lordship and the jury much more
trouble. I am entirely innocent; they have not proved that I
was present at the death of sir John Dineley.

THE RECORDER--Don't deceive yourself; though they have not
proved you was actually in the cabin, when sir John was
murdered, yet they have given evidence of that, which (if the
jury give credit to) will amount to presence in the eye of the
law.

GOODERE--I shall now call some witnesses to my character, and
likewise to shew how improbable it is that I should be guilty
of the murder of my brother.

Call Mr. Pritchard.

_Mr. Pritchard_ had known Goodere many years; he always bore the character of a good husband, a good neighbour, and a kind friend.

_The Rev. Mr. Watkins_, three months or half a year before Sir John's death, had told Goodere that Sir John had told him that he had made his will and cut his brother off from everything, and had given his estate to the Footes. The witness had found Sir John a good neighbour, and a kind friend; he was a man of strong passions, and if any one affronted him, he would let the party know that he did resent it. His tenants, and those the witness had conversed with, said that he was one of the best of landlords.

VERNON--I don't ask you, Sir, concerning his moral character;
but whether he was in his senses or not?

WATKINS--In his senses! I saw him last Christmas, he was making
up his accounts with several of his tenants; he was then in
very good understanding. I take him to have been a man that
always had his senses in a regular exercise.

VERNON--What have you heard the prisoner Mr. Goodere say in
relation to Sir John's making his will?

WATKINS--I believe he told me that sir John had not the power
to make a will; I told him it was my opinion, if they would be
reconciled together, sir John's will would not stand.

_Mr. Thomas_ and _Mr. Ashfield_ and the _Rev. Mr. Rogers_ spoke in general terms to Goodere's good character.

_George Forcevil_ had known him for fourteen or fifteen years; he had a very good character in the neighbourhood; he constantly attended his church twice a day Sundays, and would be there at prayers almost every day. He thought him to be a good man.

_Goodere_ said he would not trouble the Court with any more evidence as to his character; he was deprived of some evidence by reason of his sickness in gaol, which prevented his friends from coming to advise him about his defence; also there were witnesses on board the ship who might have been of great service to him, but the ship had sailed before he got an order from the Admiralty ordering them to stay on shore.

_Frederick_ drew the Recorder's attention to the fact that there had been several aspersions in the newspapers to the prejudice of Goodere, and that a pamphlet had been published in Bristol called _The Bristol Fratricide_; but he hoped that the jury would not be influenced by such matters against the prisoner.

The jury declared that they had never seen any such pamphlet or newspapers.

VERNON--Mr. Recorder, we must beg leave to ask Mr. Jarrit
Smith's opinion, as to Sir John's being a lunatic or not?

SMITH--I am surprised to hear it said by some of Mr. Goodere's
witnesses that sir John Dineley Goodere was mad. I knew him
fourteen or fifteen years, and conversed with him both in
person and by letter; but never discovered that he was in the
least disordered in his senses, I always took him to be a man
of sound understanding. On the Sunday before his death, he
expressed himself with a great deal of good nature and
affection at the sight of his brother.

_Shepard_ proposed to call evidence to show that the place where the ship lay was not in the city and county of Bristol.

_The Recorder_ said that the evidence that had been given as to the service of writs, proved that the King's Road was within the jurisdiction, and it was admitted that the ship lay within the Road. If, however, the prisoner could show that any part of the Road was, or ever had been esteemed to be, within any other county than the county of the city of Bristol, he would hear him. He then asked Mahony if he had anything to say.

MAHONY--I hope your Lordship will consider that I was a poor,
pressed servant, and that I was drunk when I made the
confession, and I was frightened out of my wits.

MR. RECORDER--You say you were drunk when you made the
confession; it is possible, that night when you were taken and
brought before the magistrates you were in liquor, but it seems
your confession was not taken until the next day.

_Vernon_ then replied on the whole case; confining himself to pointing out that if Goodere was abetting Mahony in killing Sir John, it made no difference that he was not in the cabin at the time that he was killed.

_Shepard_ replied, trying to distinguish Goodere's case from those which had been cited by Vernon, and suggesting that Goodere only brought his brother on board the ship in order that he might take proper care of him; but the Recorder stopped him, pointing out that he was going off from the point of law to matter of fact. He said that he should tell the jury that if they believed that Goodere stood at the cabin door to prevent any persons coming who might prevent the murder, or to encourage those within in the business they were about, they must find him guilty on the indictment. He then recapitulated the facts in some detail, but did not add any comment. He concluded by laying down the law as to whether Goodere was an accessory to what was done, in the sense already indicated, and told the jury that, in such a case as the present, they would be well-advised not to attach much weight to the evidence given as to Goodere's character.

The jury thereupon retired, and after a short space returned, and found both the prisoners Guilty.

The next day Charles White was tried on a separate indictment for the same murder. He pleaded Not Guilty, but was convicted, chiefly on the evidence of Jones the cooper and his wife, and his own confession.

On the next day all three prisoners were brought up, and having nothing to say for themselves were all sentenced to death.

They were all hung at Bristol on the 15th of April, having confessed the fact. 'The body of Mahony is hung in chains near the place where the horrid fact was committed.'

FOOTNOTES:

[51] Samuel Goodere (1687-1741) entered the navy in 1705, served through the War of Spanish Succession, but in 1719 was found guilty by a court-martial of having been very much wanting in the performance of his duty in the attack on St. Sebastian in the same year. He was temporarily appointed to another ship for rank in 1733. He was then living with his father, who had quarrelled with John; and apparently John had quarrelled with his wife, who was supported against him by Samuel. The father's will disappointed both sons, and John, having cut off the entail of his estate during his son's life, after his death announced his intention of leaving it to one of the Footes, a cousin of the actor, which probably led to his murder. Samuel left two sons; it seems doubtful whether they succeeded to the baronetcy. The elder died insane. The younger became a poor knight at Windsor, and dropped the name of Goodere. He made himself conspicuous by the oddity of his behaviour. He believed that a small sum of money expended in law-proceedings would realise a fortune, and that that money would be obtained through a wife. He therefore frequented crowded places, and on seeing any woman or girl he did not know would present her respectfully with a printed proposal of marriage. He died in 1809.

[52] Sir Michael Foster (1681-1763) entered Exeter College 1705, was called to the Bar in 1713, and practised locally at his native town of Marlborough. He became Recorder of Bristol in 1735, and a puisne judge of the King's Bench in 1745. He enjoyed a great reputation as a master of Crown Law, and was the author of the well-known _Discourses_ on that subject.

[53] After mentioning certain obsolete rules relating to indictments, Sir James Stephen says:--'I do not think that anything has tended more strongly to bring the law into discredit than the importance attached to such technicalities as these. As far as they went, their tendency was to make the administration of justice a solemn farce. Such scandals do not seem, however, to have been unpopular. Indeed, I have some doubt whether they were not popular, as they did mitigate, though in an irrational, capricious manner, the excessive severity of the old criminal law' (_Hist. Crim. Law_, vol. i. p. 284).

[54] It is curious that Shepard did not take the point that the prisoner was not described as a baronet, which he in fact became on his brother's murder. Till recently such an objection would have been fatal.

INDEX

Albemarle, Duke of, takes information in Lord Russell's case, ii. 36.

Albert, Archduke, sends embassy to James I., i. 3;
Cobham's connection with, 24.

Aldridge, George, witness against Cowper, how he left the town, ii.
170, 171.

Aleyn, Sir Thomas, witness against Col. Turner, i. 170-180, 186, 191,
192, 201.

Amy, Henry, wounds of French and Lord Warwick; arrival at the Bagnio of
other duellists; condition of their swords, ii. 101.

Anderson, Lord Chief-Justice, i. 10.

Andrews, Doctor, i. 22.

Anglesey, Lord, gives evidence in favour of Lord Russell, ii. 38, 39.

Applegate, chairman, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 92-95;
carried Lord Mohun to Leicester Fields, 92;
carried French to the Bagnio, 93;
Mohun tried to stop quarrel, 95.

Arabella. _See_ Stewart, Lady Arabella.

Aremberg, Duke of, ambassador of Henry IV., i. 3;
overtures to, 3, 12, 19, 29, 35, 55;
Raleigh's account of, 25, 47, 49, 57.

Argyle, Duke of, and Lord Russell's Plot, ii. 27.

Armstrong, Sir Thomas, and Lord Russell, ii. 8, 11, 13, 47;
and the Rye House Plot, 25.

Arundel, Lord, at Raleigh's execution, i. 69, 71.

Atterbury, a witness in Lord Russell's trial, ii. 32.

Axtel, Daniel, regicide, i. 129, 150;
statement by, as to Hulet, 162.

Babington, Dr., witness against Cowper, ii. 165.

Barefoot, Mrs., witness for Cowper, ii. 214.

Barter, witness against Lady Lisle, i. 249, 250;
re-examined as to Dunne's statements, 256.

Beavor, witness against Peters, i. 152, 154.

Berry, James, found Sarah Stout drowned, ii. 151, 153.

Blisset, Col., witness for Lord Warwick, ii. 115-117;
Warwick gives Coote 100 guineas, 115;
friendship between them, 116.

Blunt, Charles, Earl of Devon, i. 9.

Bocking, Jane, bewitched, i. 214, 225.

Bowd, witness for Cowper, as to Sarah Stout's melancholy, ii. 239, 240.

Bownes, John, regicide, i. 129.

Bradshaw, John. _See_ Charles I., i. 75-119, 76;
discusses authority of Court, 80-87;
asks the King to plead, 91, 92;
declares sentence settled, King to be heard, 96, 97;
final speech by, 103-117.

Brandon, George, the executioner of Charles I., i. 163, 165, 166.

Bridgman, Sir Orlando. _See_ Harrison, Peters, and Hulet, i. 125, 129;
tries Col. Turner, 169.

Brook, George, i. 4-8, 11;
and the 'Bye,' 16, 30;
Cecil's examination of, 28;
pension to, 35, 36;
and Copley, 39;
examination of, 40;
book given to, 40, 41;
and Arabella Stewart, 47.

Browne, Sir Thomas, witness against the Suffolk witches, i. 227.

Browne, Thomas, chairman, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 82-87;
carried Coote to Leicester Fields, 83;
tried to carry Coote to the surgeon, 84;
cross-examined, 81, 87.

Buchanan, David, witness against Goodere, ii. 268-272;
Goodere and Mahony at Sir John's cabin, 270, 271.

Burnet, Dr., gives evidence in favour of Lord Russell, ii. 40-44;
accompanies him to the scaffold, 54.

Campbell, Sir ----, and Lord Russell's plot, ii. 28.

Campian, Edmund, Jesuit, i. 47.

Capel, Lord, execution of, i. 164.

Carew, advises Raleigh to escape, i. 70.

---- John, regicide, i. 129.

Carpenter, Dunne's evidence as to, ii. 68, 81;
witness against Lady Lisle, 77.

Castlewood, Lord, duel with Lord Mohun, ii. 130-135.

Cavendish, Lord, gives evidence in favour of Lord Russell, ii. 42.

Cawthorne, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 68-82;
French and Coote start from Locket's and return, 70, 71;
quarrel at Locket's, 71;
party leave Locket's, 71, 72;
cross-examination, 72-82;
heard no quarrel between Warwick and Coote, 73;
quarrel at Locket's, 75-82.

Chamberlain, Sir T., witness against Turner, i. 189, 190, 201.

Chandler, Susan, bewitched, i. 214;
state of, at the Assizes, 214;
evidence as to, 226;
recovers on verdict, 234.

Charles, Prince of Wales, i. 61.

Charles I., trial of, i. 75-119:
assembling of the High Court, 76-79;
charge read, 79, 80;
authority of Court discussed, 80-83;
the Court adjourns and re-assembles, 83;
King charged, authority of Court discussed, and King refuses to
plead, 84-87;
Court adjourns and re-assembles, 89;
Solicitor-General demands judgment, 89-91;
King charged and refuses to plead, 91-95;
Court adjourns and re-assembles, 95;
sentence agreed on, King to be heard, 96, 97;
King demands to be heard by Lords and Commons and is refused, 97-101;
Bradshaw's speech, 103-117;
sentence on the King, 118.

Charles II. and the regicides, i. 120-125.

Clement, seaman, witness against Cowper, as to corpses floating, ii.
166-168.

Clifford, Lord, witness for Lord Russell, ii. 46.

Coatsworth, surgeon, witness against Cowper, ii. 158, 159, 163, 164.

Cobham, Lord. _See_ Raleigh, i. 1-71;
in opposition, 2;
overtures to French and Spanish, 3;
Raleigh accuses, 5;
avows Raleigh's guilt; 6;
not a witness, 33, 37-39, 47-49;
takes message to Aremberg, 19;
letter to, from Raleigh, 21;
Raleigh's instigation of, 21, 23;
examination of, 23, 24, 40, 41;
Raleigh's reply to, 25, 26;
second examination of, 26, 27, 35, 45;
Cecil's examination of, 28, 29;
Coke's argument as to Raleigh's complicity with, 29-33;
Raleigh's confession as to, 36;
letter to the lords, 55, 56;
to Raleigh, 56, 57.

Cochram, Sir John, and Lord Russell's plot, ii. 28, 29.

Coke. _See_ Raleigh's trial, i. 1-71;
opening speech by, 13-23;
on Raleigh's connection with Cobham, 29-33;
on Cobham's letter, 53-56;
final sentence of Raleigh by, 65.

Cook, John, solicitor to the Commonwealth, i. 79, 124, 129.

Coote, opening as to, in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 65-68;
leaves Locket's first and returns, 71;
leaves with Warwick and Lord Mohun, 71, 72;
no quarrel with Warwick, 73, 74, 76, 108, 110, 114, 117, 119;
quarrel with French, 75;
conversation of, with Warwick and Mohun in St. Martin's Lane, 83, 86,
87;
wounded in Leicester Square, 84, 88;
death of, 89;
killed by French, 102;
news of his death, 104;
Warwick's account of the death of, 111, 112;
receives money from Warwick, 115, 116.

Copley, i. 4;
his confession, 35, 39.

Corriton, prosecutes Lady Lisle, i. 241.

Cotton, Sir Robert, King Charles taken to his house, i. 89, 119, 150.

Court, Theodore, witness against Goodere, master of the _Ruby_, ii.
264-267, 268.

Cowper, Dr. W., witness for Spencer Cowper, ii. 197.

---- Spencer, trial of, ii. 139-228;
opening of case against, 141-146;
at Sarah Stout's house, Walker's evidence, 140-148;
Sarah Stout's melancholy, 140-151;
the finding of Sarah Stout's body, 151-155;
medical evidence for the prosecution, 154-162;
evidence as to dead bodies floating, 162-169;
how Cowper left Hertford, 169, 170;
Cowper's defence, 183-187;
the finding of the body, 187-194;
medical evidence, evidence of Sir Hans Sloane, etc., 194-199;
Sarah Stout's melancholy, 199-205;
Sarah Stout and Mr. Marshall, 206-208;
letters to Marshall, 208-210;
letters to Cowper, 210-212;
Cowper's connection with Sarah Stout, 212-214;
summing up, 224-246;
acquittal and appeal proceedings, 227, 228.

Cowper, William, witness for Spencer Cowper, ii. 212-214.

---- Mrs., evidence of, for Spencer Cowper, as to Sarah Stout's
melancholy, ii. 201, 202.

Cox, Dr. Thomas, witness for Lord Russell, ii. 44.

---- William, witness against Hulet, i. 164.

Crattle, James, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 90-92;
carried him to Leicester Square, 90;
and to the Bagnio, 91.

Creed, witness for Lady Lisle, i. 262.

Crippes, William, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 87-90;
helped to carry Coote to Leicester Fields, 87;
conversation in St. Martin's Lane, 87, 88;
Coote wounded, 88.

Cromwell, Oliver, and Peters, i. 142-145, 149, 150.

Cullender, Rose, trial of, i. 211-235;
indictment, 213;
bewitched the Pacys, 221; 223, 224;
and the Durents, 225;
and Susan Chandler, 226;
touches the children in court, 229;
bewitches Soam's cart, 231;
and Sherringham's beasts, 232;
defence of, 233;
summing up and verdict as to, 234.

Dew, Robert, witness for Cowper, as to finding Sarah Stout's body, ii.
188-190.

Dimsdale, John (senior), surgeon, witness against Cowper, ii. 160-162.

---- ---- surgeon, witness against Cowper, ii. 154-156, 161.

Dockwra, opening as to, in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 165;
arrival at the Bagnio, 97;
tried for murder of Coote, and convicted of manslaughter, 112.

Doncaster, Lord, at Raleigh's execution, i. 69, 70.

Duckinfield, Captain Loftus, witness against Lord Warwick, ii. 102-107;
interview with Warwick, James, and Dockwra, 102;
French killed Coote, 102;
Warwick fought with James, 103;
duellists to leave London, 104;
condition of Warwick's sword, 105.

Dunne, James, witness against Lady Lisle, i. 242;
examination in chief, 242-247;
cross-examination of, 247-249;
re-examined as to what he told Lady Lisle, 250-255;
re-examined as to arrests at Moyles Court, 255-257;
final examination of, 258-261.

Duny, Amy, trial of, for witchcraft, i. 211-235;
indictment, 213;
bewitches William Durent, 215, 217;
and Elizabeth Durent, 217;
and Dorothy Durent, 218;
touches Elizabeth Pacy, 219;
bewitches Elizabeth Pacy, 220-225;
admission by, 221;
bewitches Diana Booking, 225;
present while a child is touched by another, 229;
bewitches geese, a chimney, and a firkin of fish, 232, 233;
defence by, 233;
summing up as to, and verdict, 234.

Durent, Ann, bewitched, i. 213, 225;
state of, at the Assizes, 214.

Durent, Elizabeth, bewitched, i. 213;
bewitched by Amy Duny, 217, 218.

---- William, bewitched, i. 214;
bewitched by Amy Duny, 215.

Esmond, Henry, present at duel between Lord Castlewood and Lord Mohun,
ii. 130-135.

Essex, Earl of, i. 54, 59, 70, 71.

---- ---- and Lord Russell, ii. 8;
Howard's evidence as to, 26, 29.

Fairfax, Lady, interrupts Charles I.'s trial, i. 96.

Fane, guides Dunne to Moyles Court, i. 246.

Ferguson, and Lord Russell, ii. 8, 13.

Finch, Sir Heneage, i. 127;
prosecutes Russell when Solicitor-General, 5;
speech of, 47-50.

Fleetwood, George, i. 129.

Ford, Sir Richard, sheriff, complaint against, in Turner's trial, i.
169;
at Turner's execution, 208.

Foster, Sir Richard, tries Goodere, ii. 232.

Foster, Sir Robert, i. 126.

French, opening as to, in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 65-68;
leaves Locket's first, and returns, 71;
quarrel with Coote, 75;
wounded, 93;
arrival at the Bagnio, 96;
condition of his sword, 97, 98;
killed Coote, 102;
tried for murder of Coote, and convicted of manslaughter, 112.

Fry, Elizabeth, witness against Turner, i. 184, 185.

Garland, Austin, regicide, i. 129.

Garth, Dr., witness for Cowper, ii. 235, 236.

Gin, Richard, seaman, witness against Cowper as to corpses floating,
ii. 168, 169.

Gittens, witness against Hulet, i. 158-160.

Glover, Cornelius, witness against Peters, i. 154, 155.

Goodall, witness against Lord Warwick, arrival of the duellists at the
Bagnio, ii. 101.

Goodere, Sir John. _See_ Goodere, Samuel.

---- Samuel, trial of, ii. 231-304;
Vernon opens the case, 232-236;
Sir John at Jarrit Smith's house, 238, 239;
meets Goodere there, 241, 242;
counsel's right to cross-examine, 245;
description of Sir John in the indictment, 247, 248;
Goodere visits the White Hart, 249-254;
Sir John carried to the _Ruby_, 255-264;
Sir John on the _Ruby_, 264-289;
Sir John murdered, 274-282;
Mahony's confession, 291-295;
question of jurisdiction, 295;
Sir John's madness, 297-301;
Goodere's character, 301;
defence, 303;
summing up, verdict and sentence, 304.

Gore, Mr. Sutton, witness for Lord Russell, ii. 46.

Gregory, Clement, regicide, i. 129.

Grey, Lord, connection with Raleigh, i. 2-8, 16, 17;
Cecil arrests, 28.

Grey of Werk, Lord, and Lord Russell, ii. 7, 8, 11, 13, 47.

Gunter, witness against Peters, i. 145, 146.

Gurrey, John, Mrs., and Elizabeth, witnesses against Stephens, etc.,
their conduct and conversation in Hertford, ii. 171-180.

Hacker, Francis, regicide, i. 129.

Hale, Sir Matthew, trial of Suffolk witches by, i. 212;
Lord Campbell on, 213 _n._

Hamilton, Duke of, execution of, i. 164.

Hampden, John, and Lord Russell, ii. 10;
Howard's evidence as to, 26.

Harrison, Colonel Thomas, trial of, i. 130-139;
pleads after discussion, 130, 131;
present in the High Court, 133;
and at a Committee Meeting, 132, 133;
conducted the King from Hurst Castle to London, 133, 134;
defence of, 135-139;
sentence on, 139, 140.

Hatsell, Sir Henry, tries Spencer Cowper, ii. 140.

Hawles, Sir John, prosecutes Lord Warwick when Solicitor-General, ii.
122-127.

Heale, Serjeant, i. 13.

Henry, Prince of Wales, Raleigh's pupil, i. 61.

Henry IV. of France, i. 3.

Hevingham, William, regicide, i. 129.

Hewson, Colonel, and King Charles's execution, i. 159, 160, 161.

Hicks, and Lady Lisle, i. 241;
tried and hanged, 242;
Lady Lisle agrees to receive, 244;
journey with Dunne, 245;
discovered at Moyles Court, 255;
message to, and reception by, Lady Lisle, 258-261.

Hide, Sir Robert, i. 126;
tries Colonel Turner, i. 169;
summing up of, 193, 194.

Hill, William, witness against Turner, i. 182, 184, 191.

Hobbs, Morris, witness against Goodere, landlord of the White Hart, ii.
248-255;
Goodere's first visit, 290-292;
his second visit, 293-295.

Holland, Earl of, execution of, i. 164.

Hollis, Denzil, i. 136, 138.

Holt, John, defends Lord Russell, ii. 6.

Howard, Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, i. 8.

---- Henry, Earl of Northampton, i. 9.

---- of Escrick, Lord, and Lord Russell, ii. 8;
witness against Lord Russell, ii. 14-32;
declarations of Russell's innocence, 38-42, 44-46, 48, 52.

---- Mr., gives evidence in favour of Lord Russell, ii. 39-41.

Hulet, William, trial of, i. 158-166;
on the scaffold of Charles I., i. 159;
statements by, and reports as to, 160-163;
sentence on, 165, 166.

Ireton, General, and Peters, i. 146, 147, 148.

James, opening as to, in Lord Warwick's trial, ii. 65-68;
sent for to Locket's, 69;
tries to stop the quarrel, 80;
arrival at the Bagnio, 87;
condition of his sword, 100;
fought with Warwick, 103;
tried for murder of Coote, and convicted of manslaughter, 112.

Jeffreys, Lord Chief-Justice, tries Lady Lisle, i. 239-275;
summing up of, 263-269;
and the jury, 270-272;
prosecutes Lord Russell when a serjeant, ii. 50.

Jenkins, Sir Leoline, takes information in Lord Russell's case, ii. 36.

Jones, conducts prosecution of Cowper, ii. 140.

---- Edward, witness against Goodere, ii. 274-279;
saw murder of Sir John, 276;
helped to arrest captain, 278.

---- Mrs., witness against Goodere, saw murder of Sir John, ii. 280,
281.

---- John, regicide, i. 129.

Keeting, Captain, witness for Lord Warwick, ii. 113, 114.

Kelyng, Sir John, i. 127;
action in trial of Suffolk witches, i. 226, 229.

Kemish, Francis, i. 21, 45.

La Chesnee, i. 64, 70.

Lawrency, Raleigh plots with, i. 19, 25, 29;
examination of, 35.

Le Clerc, i. 63, 70.

Leeds, Duke of, cross-examination by, in Lord Warwick's trial, ii. 85,
86.

Lilburne, Robert, i. 129.

Lisle, John, husband of Lady Lisle, i. 239.

---- Lady Alice, trial of, i. 239-275;
agrees to receive Hicks, 244, 245;
Dunne's first account of her reception of Hicks, etc., 246-249;
Barter's account of the same, 249;
Dunne's second account, 250-255;
denial of, as to Hicks and Nelthorp, 257;
Dunne's third account, 258-261;
defence of, 262, 263;
summing up as to, 263-269; verdict, 272;
sentence, 272, 273;
execution of, 274;
reversal of attainder of, 274, 275.

Macartney, Captain, second to Lord Castlewood, ii. 130-135.

Mallett, Sir Robert, tries the regicides, i. 126.

Manchester, Lord, tries the regicides, i. 136.

Markham, Sir Griffen, and the 'Bye,' i. 4, 6, 21.

Marshall, witness for Cowper, acquaintance with Sarah Stout, ii. 207,
208;
letters from Sarah Stout, 208, 210.

Marson, John (see Cowper, Spencer, trial of, ii. 139-228);
leaves London and arrives at Hertford, 218, 224;
conversation at Gurrey's, 219;
at the Devil, 221;
character of, 221, 222;
summing up, 224-226;
verdict, 227.

Marten, Henry, regicide, i. 124, 129.

Masterson, witness against Harrison, i. 132.

Melvile, Lord, and Lord Russell's plot, ii. 28.

Meyn, Simon, regicide, i. 129.

Millington, Gilbert, regicide, i. 129.

---- witness against Turner, i. 188, 201.

Milton, John, i. 124.

Mohun, Lord, ii. 59;
true bill against, 62;
opening as to, 65-68;
tries to stop quarrel at Locket's, 71, 77, 79, 80;
leaves with Lord Warwick and Coote, 71, 72;
conversation of, with Coote and Warwick in St. Martin's Lane, 83, 86;
trial and acquittal of, 130;
duel with Lord Castlewood, 130-135.

Monmouth, Duke of, and Lord Russell, ii. 7, 11, 13;
connection with Lord Howard, 20-26, 47, 48, 51.

Montague, Lord Chief-Baron, tries Russell, ii. 5.

Mortimer, Dr., witness against Peters, i. 151, 152.

Mosely, witness for Turner, i. 201.

Mundy, prosecutes Lady Lisle, i. 241.

Nailor, Dr., witness against Cowper, ii. 164.

Nelson, Lieut.-Col., witness against Hulet, i. 162.

Nelthorpe, brought to Lady Lisle by Dunne, i. 245;
discovered at Moyles Court, 255;
reception by Lady Lisle, 258-261.

Nevill, Sir Edward, opinion of, in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 126.

Newburgh, Lord, witness against Harrison, i. 133.

Normanby, Marquis of, cross-examination by, in Lord Warwick's
trial, ii. 85.

Northampton, Lord, at Raleigh's execution, i. 61.

North, Sir Dudley, appointed Sheriff of London, ii. 3.

---- Francis, prosecutes Lord Russell, ii. 5;
opens the case, 7.

Northumberland, Earl of, i. 2, 3.

Nunnelly, Richard, witness against Peters, i. 150, 151.

Nutley, witness against Harrison, i. 132.

Pacy, Deborah, bewitched, i. 214;
too ill to be brought to the Assizes, 219;
evidence as to, 219-223.

---- Elizabeth, bewitched, i. 214;
state of, at the Assizes, 214;
being unconscious at the Assizes, recognises and assaults Amy Duny,
219;
evidence as to, 219-223.

Palmer, Sir Geoffrey, i. 127.

Payton, Sir John, i. 21.

Pemberton, Sir Francis, Lord Chief-Justice, tries Russell, ii. 4.

Pennington, Isaac, i. 129.

Penruddock, John, i. 239.

---- Col., i. 239;
witness against Lady Lisle, as to at Moyles Court, arrests 255-257.

Peterborough, Earl of, cross-examines in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 77.

Peters, Hugh, trial of, i. 140-158;
pleads, 140, 141;
in Pembrokeshire, 142, 143;
escape from London with Cromwell, 143;
replies to Dr. Young, 144, 145;
consultations with Cromwell, 145, 146;
with Ireton and others at Windsor, 147, 148;
in the Painted Chamber, 149;
rode before the King into London, 149;
at the trial and execution, 150, 151;
his preachings, 152, 154;
his defence, 155, 156;
summing up and sentence, 156-158.

Phillips, Serjeant, in Raleigh's trial, i. 36, 51.

Pollexfen, defends Lord Russell, ii. 6;
prosecutes Lady Lisle, 61.

Pomfret, witness against Lord Warwick, servant at the Bagnio, ii.
96-100;
arrival of Warwick and French, 96;
and Dockwra and James, 97;
state of the swords, 96-100.

Popham, Lord Chief-Justice, i. 6, 10;
examination by, of Lord Cobham, 27.

Potter, Vincent, regicide, i. 129.

Powys, Sir Thomas, appears for Lord Warwick, ii. 123, 125.

Preston, Sir Amyas, i. 42.

Pretty, account of Hulet by, i. 161.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, trial of, i. 1-71;
position on accession of James I., 2;
overtures of, to French and Spaniards, 3, 4;
examination and arrest, 5;
indictment, 11-13;
Coke's opening, 13-23;
Cobham's examination, 23, 24;
Raleigh's answer, 25, 26;
Cobham's second examination, 26, 27;
Raleigh's answer, 27, 28;
his connection with Cobham, 29, 30;
two witnesses required, 31-33;
examinations of Watson, etc., 35;
of Raleigh, 36;
Cobham not called, 37-39, 47-49;
examinations of Raleigh, Cobham, and others, 39-41;
book against the title of the King, 41-44;
letter to Cobham, 45;
Lady Arabella Stewart, 46, 50;
Dyer's evidence, 50;
Phillip's speech, 51;
Cobham's letter to the lords, 55, 56;
to Raleigh, 56, 57;
verdict, 57;
sentence, 58-60;
life in the Tower and the Guiana expedition, 61-65;
condemnation, 65;
letter to the King, 65, 66;
to his wife, 66-69;
execution, 69, 70.

Raymund, Edmund, witness for Lord Warwick, ii. 119.

Regicides. _See_ Harrison, Thomas; Peters, Hugh; Hulet, William; and
note i. p. 129.

Rich, appointed Sheriff of London, ii. 3.

---- Col., and Peters, i. 146, 148.

Richardson, Thomas, witness against Peters, i. 150.

---- Mrs., evidence against Marson, ii. 152.

Roe, Owen, regicide, i. 129.

Rogers, William (_see_ Cowper, Spencer, trial of, ii. 139-228);
leaves London and arrives at Hertford, 218-220;
conversation at Gurrey's, 219;
summing up, 224-226;
verdict, 227.

Rumsey, witness against Lord Russell, takes message from Shaftesbury to
the conspirators, ii. 10-12, 13, 34, 37, 47, 51, 55.

Russell, Lord, trial of, ii. 3-56;
charges against, 6;
objections to jurors, 6, 7, 56;
North opens case against, 7-10;
Rumsey's evidence against, as to meetings in Sheppard's house, 10-12;
Sheppard's evidence as to the same, 12-14;
Lord Howard's evidence against, as to Shaftesbury's plot, 14-26;
and Russell's plot, 26-31;
West's evidence as to connection of with Trenchard, 32, 33;
speech of, on question of law, 33, 34;
replies thereto, 34-37;
reply of, to Rumsey's evidence, 37, 38;
evidence as to declarations by Howard, 38-42;
evidence as to character, 43, 44;
Howard's reply, 44-46;
conclusion of speech of, 46, 47;
reply by Solicitor-General, 47-50;
summing up, 50-54;
verdict and sentence, 54;
execution of, and statement by, 54-56;
reversal of attainder of, 56.

Salisbury, Earl of (_see_ Raleigh); connection with Raleigh's trial, i.
1-8;
judge in Raleigh's trial, 9;
plots revealed to, 28.

Salmon, witness against Lord Warwick; describes Coote's wounds, ii.
107.

Sandeswell, Ann, witness against the Suffolk witches, i. 232.

Savoy, Duke of, and Raleigh, i. 61.

Sawyer, Sir Robert, prosecutes Lord Russell when Attorney-General, ii.
5.

Scot, Thomas, regicide, i. 129.

Scroope, Adrian, regicide, i. 129.

Shaftesbury, Earl of, connection with Lord Russell's trial, ii. 4-8;
message of, to conspirators, 11;
connection with Howard, 17-26, 47, 48, 51, 52.

Sheppard, conspiracy at the house of, ii. 11, 47, 51;
witness as to meetings of conspirators, 13, 14.

Sherringham, Robert, witness against the Suffolk witches, i. 232.

Sidney, Col. Algernon, and Lord Russell, ii. 9;
Howard's evidence as to, 26.

Simpson, Holland, witness against Peters, i. 150.

Sloane, Sir Hans, witness for Cowper, ii. 194, 195.

Smith, Aaron, conspires with Lord Russell, ii. 10, 28, 29.

---- Abraham, watchman, witness against Hulet, i. 163, 164.

---- Jarrit, witness against Goodere; two visits of Sir John to, and
reconciliation of brothers at his house, ii. 237-246.

Soam, John, witness against the Suffolk witches, i. 231

Somers, Lord John, ii. 61.

Somerset, Duke of, and the Guiana expedition, i. 61.

---- ---- witness for Lord Russell, ii. 44.

Spencer, Mr., witness for Lord Russell, ii. 46.

Stanhope, Col., witness for Lord Warwick, ii. 117, 118.

Starkey, witness against Peters, i. 146, 149.

Stephen, Sir James, on Coke, i. 7;
on validity of Lord Russell's objection to the jury, ii. 7;
on benefit of clergy, 121, 122;
on indictments, 247.

Stephens, Ellis (_see_ Cowper, Spencer, trial of, ii. 139-228);
leaves London and arrives at Hertford, 218;
conversation at Gurrey's house, 219;
journey to Hertford, 220;
summing up, 224-226;
verdict, 227.

Stewart, Charles. _See_ Charles I. and Charles II.

---- Lady Arabella, i. 12;
accusations against Raleigh as to, 20;
Raleigh's denial, 25, 26, 29, 49, 57;
statement on behalf of, 46.

Stout, Mrs., takes proceedings for an appeal against Turner, ii. 227,
228.

---- Sarah. _See_ Cowper.

Stringer, Justice's visit to Turner, i. 207.

Stubbards, Col., and trial of Charles I., i. 150.

Stukely, Vice-Admiral, i. 62-64, 70.

Suffolk witches, i. 311-325.
_See_ Cullender, Rose; and Duny, Amy.

Sully, Duke of, ambassador to James I., i. 3.

Tasker, Major Ralph, witness against Turner, i. 145, 146.

Temple, James, regicide, i. 129.

---- Peter, regicide, i. 129.

Tench, and Charles I.'s scaffold, i. 151.

Thomlinson, Col., in charge of Charles I., i. 78.

Tichburne, Robert, regicide, i. 124, 129.

Tillotson, Dr., witness for Lord Russell, ii. 42, 43;
accompanies him to the scaffold, 54.

Toogood, witness as to admissions by Hulet, i. 160.

Treby, Lord Chief-Justice, opinion of, in Lord Warwick's case, ii. 125,
126.

Trenchard, the rising of, ii. 8, 11, 24.

Trevor, Thomas Lord, prosecutes the Earl of Warwick when
Attorney-General, ii. 65;
speech of, 122.

Tryon, witness against Turner, i. 181, 182, 187, 193.

Turner, Sir Edward, i. 127;
opens the case against Hulet, 158.

Turner, Ely, trial of, i. 169-208;
was to bring money to Fry's house, 184, 185;
examined by Sir T. Aleyn, 191;
acquitted, 203.

---- James, trial of, i. 169-208;
Aleyn's evidence, 170-180;
Turner suspected, 171;
found in possession of money, 172, 186;
account of money and jewels by, 173;
arrest by Aleyn, 174, 175;
his wife sent for money and jewels, 175;
wife's account of them, 176;
committed to Newgate, 177, 178;
his account of his money to Aleyn, 179;
Tryon's account of the burglary, 180-182;
Turner's account to Hill, 182, 183;
as to forging Tryon's will, 183, 184;
deposits money with Fry and Ball, 185, 186;
account given by, of robbery to Cole, 187;
examined by Chamberlain and Aleyn, 189, 190;
defence of, 194-200;
summing up and verdict, 202, 203;
confession by, 204;
dying speech and execution of, 205, 208.

---- John, trial of, i. 169-208;
flies from Sir T. Aleyn, 179, 180, 191;
carried money to Fry's house, 185, 192, 197, 201, 202;
acquitted, 202.

---- Mary, trial of, i. 169-208;
sent for jewels and money by Turner, 175, 176, 199;
visit to Fry's house, 186, 197;
produced money and jewels, 188;
examined by Chamberlain, 190;
acquitted, 203.

Turner, Stephen, witness against Lord Warwick, Coote's servant, ii.
107;
Coote friendly with Warwick, 108.

---- William, trial of, i. 169-208;
arrest and examination of, 192;
identified by Tryon, 193;
denial by, 201;
acquittal and confession of, 203, 204.

Vanden Anchor, witness against Turner, i. 188.

Villiers and the Guiana Expedition, i. 61.

Wade, Sir Thomas, i. 11.

Wait, Thomas, and Raleigh's trial, i. 129.

Walcot, connection with Lord Shaftesbury and Lord Howard, ii. 15,
20-26.

Walker, Sir Clement, on omissions in Charles I.'s trial, i. 93 _n._

---- Sarah, witness against Cowper, his arrival and conduct at Mrs.
Stout's, ii. 146-152;
evidence contradicted, 216, 217.

Wall, witness for Cowper, ii. 193.

Waller, Sir Hardress, i. 129.

Ward defends Lord Russell, ii. 7;
opinion of, in Lord Warwick's case when Lord Chief-Baron, 166.

Warwick and Holland, Earl of, trial of, ii. 59-135;
preliminaries, 59-64;
opening speech, 65-68;
guests leave Locket's, 70-72;
course of quarrel between Coote and French, 75-79;
the journey to Leicester Fields and the Bagnio, 82-92;
arrival and proceedings at the Bagnio, 96-101;
Warwick's defence as to the facts, 109-112;
friendship between Warwick and Coote, 107, 113-119;
capacity of French to give evidence, benefit of clergy, 200-226;
verdict, 128, 129;
sentence, 129.

Watcher, witness against Turner, i. 192.

Watson, and the 'Bye' plot, i. 4, 16, 17, 35, 40.

Weller, Daniel, witness against Goodere, ship's carpenter, i. 272-274.

Westmoreland, i. 28.

Whichcot, Sir Jeremy, witness against Peters, i. 150.

Whiteman, Colonel, witness for Lord Warwick, ii. 119.

Williams, Thomas, witness against Goodere, capture of Sir John, ii.
255-259.

Wilson, Sir Thomas, i. 64.

Windham, Wadham, i. 127.

Winwood and the Guiana Expedition, i. 61.

Witches, Suffolk, the. _See_ Cullender, Rose; and Duny, Amy.

Woodhouse, Dr., witness against Cowper, ii. 65.

Wotton, Lord, of Morley, i. 10.

Wright, Sir Nathan, prosecutes the Earl of Warwick when a serjeant, ii.
64;
speech of, 104.

Wroth, Sir Robert, i. 44.

Young, Sir Edward, opens Peters' case, i. 141.

---- Dr. William, witness against Peters, i. 141, 143, 145;
Peters' reply to, 143, 145.

---- witness for Cowper, finder of Sarah Stout's body, ii. 190-192.

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TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES

Page 26: Algernone as in the original

Page 36: Abermarle as in the original

Page 53: beleive corrected to believe after "Whether upon this whole
matter you do"

Page 61: paragraph ending "their faces towards the state;" as in the
original

Page 101: 20th as in the original. Should perhaps be 30th.

Page 310: Fergusson standardised to Ferguson, as in the text

Page 313: inconsistent spelling of Nelthorp(e) as in original

Page 319: find- changed to finder in entry for Young, witness for Cowper

Footnote 12: Algernon Sidney. Year corrected from 1783 to 1683 in
"executed on 7th December 1783"

Footnote 14: Rumsey. Year corrected from 1785 to 1685 in "executed in
1785." Year corrected from 1783 to 1683 in "before, in 1783,"

Footnote 25: "became a a fellow" corrected to "became a fellow"

General : The following have been inconsistently hyphenated in the
original: ale(-)house, church(-)yard, cock(-)pit,
half(-)penny, lime(-)kilns, no(-)body, over(-)board,
sweet(-)heart, three(-)score, twelve(-)month. These have not
been standardised.

General : No attempt has been made to standardise or modernise spelling.
Corrections to punctuation have not been individually noted.

Index : Volume numbers omitted in the original have been added for
Cowper, William; Howard, Thomas; Howard, Henry; Northampton,
Lord; Suffolk Witches