Chapter LXXXVIII: Appendix: D

GUNPOWDER PLOT BOOKS——Part I., No. 25.

The Examination of Richard Browne taken the 5^{th} of
Novemb^{r} 1605.

This Examinat sayith that xpofer Wright cam to S^{t} Gilis in the ffeild to the Maydenhead there vpon Weddnesday laste & sent Wilt Kiddle (that cam vp w^{t} him as his man) to Westm the same night for this Examinat to come & speek w^{th} him, which this Examinat did com thither vpon Thursday morning, when Wrights request was to him to fetch his child which he had at nurss some 13 myles off. And Kiddle & this Examinat went vpon ffriday brought the child vpon Satterday to St. Giles & carryed it away agen vpon Sonday which night this Examinat returned back to Westm and lay there at his owne lodging, the next morning being monday this Examinat went to S^{t} Gyles to speak w^{t} M^{r} Wright only vpon Kiddle’s intreaty & not fynding M^{r} Wright there he retorned towards London & mett M^{r} Wright in S^{t} Clem^{t} ffeilds, at which tyme Wright sent this Examinat to S^{r} ffrancis Manners w^{th} a message concerninge a kinsman of M^{r} Wrights that serveth M^{r} Manners after which tyme this Examinat did not see the sayd Wright.

This Examinat sayeth that he saw the sayd Wright onely 4 tymes since Wright last coming to London, viz., vpon Thursday morning when he came first vnto him upon Satterday night when he brought his child, vpon Sonday morning when he carryed the child away, and vpon monday at noone when he mett of the back syd of S^{t} Clem^{t}s

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Richard Browne

(Endorsed) Examination of Richard Browne
6 Nov. 1605 Concerning Wright.