A Brief
Historical Relation
&c.
by Narcissus Luttrell
1679 - June
In which Foreign Ambassadors, Rebellion and High Treason
June: On the 6th the sieur van Leeuwen, ambassador from the states general of the United Provinces, had a private audiense of his majestie.
On the 7th, the marquesse d'Auronches, ambassador from the crown of Portugall, made his publick entry; being received at Greenwich by the earl of Kent, and sir Charles Cotterell, master of the ceremonites, was brought by water in the kings barge to Tower hill, where landing, he was placed in his majesties coach of state, and conducted to his lodging.
His excellencies equipage was very rich, haveing three coaches, one whereof was extraordinary rich.
And the 9th he was conducted to his audience of their majesties in the banquetting house.
We have advice from Scotland of a great company of men being in arms; that some of them had come to Rugland and proclaimed the covenant, and burnt severall acts of parliament; the act about the kings supremacy, the recissory act, the act for establishing episcopacy, and the act appointing the 29th of May; and that done, affixed a scandalous and traiterous paper or declaration, on the markett crosse, and intended to have done the like at Glasgow, but were repulsed by the kings forces there.
The 13th, Thomas White, alias Whitebread, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gaven, alias Gawen, and Anthony Turner, preists and Jesuites, were brought to their tryall at the Old Baily, by virtue of a commission of oyer and terminer, being indicted of high treason, for conspireing the death of his majestie, the subversion of the government, and of protestant religion; and, upon full evidence, were found guilty.
And the next day, Richard Langhorn, esq., councellour at law, was indicted for the same crimes, and found guilty; and then sentence passed upon all six to be drawn, hang'd and quartered.
We have further advice from Scotland of the defeat of severall small parties of the rebells by the kings forces, and of the arrivall of the duke of Monmouth there, post from London.
On the 7th, the marquesse d'Auronches, ambassador from the crown of Portugall, made his publick entry; being received at Greenwich by the earl of Kent, and sir Charles Cotterell, master of the ceremonites, was brought by water in the kings barge to Tower hill, where landing, he was placed in his majesties coach of state, and conducted to his lodging.
His excellencies equipage was very rich, haveing three coaches, one whereof was extraordinary rich.
And the 9th he was conducted to his audience of their majesties in the banquetting house.
We have advice from Scotland of a great company of men being in arms; that some of them had come to Rugland and proclaimed the covenant, and burnt severall acts of parliament; the act about the kings supremacy, the recissory act, the act for establishing episcopacy, and the act appointing the 29th of May; and that done, affixed a scandalous and traiterous paper or declaration, on the markett crosse, and intended to have done the like at Glasgow, but were repulsed by the kings forces there.
The 13th, Thomas White, alias Whitebread, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gaven, alias Gawen, and Anthony Turner, preists and Jesuites, were brought to their tryall at the Old Baily, by virtue of a commission of oyer and terminer, being indicted of high treason, for conspireing the death of his majestie, the subversion of the government, and of protestant religion; and, upon full evidence, were found guilty.
And the next day, Richard Langhorn, esq., councellour at law, was indicted for the same crimes, and found guilty; and then sentence passed upon all six to be drawn, hang'd and quartered.
We have further advice from Scotland of the defeat of severall small parties of the rebells by the kings forces, and of the arrivall of the duke of Monmouth there, post from London.
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