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OF

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State Trials

AND

PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON AND OTHER

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

FROM THE

EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1783,

WITH NOTES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS:

COMPILED BY

T. B. HOWELL, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A.

INCLUDING,
IN ADDITION TO THE WHOLE OF THE MATTER CONTAINED IN THE

FOLIO EDITION OF HARGRAVE,
UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED CASES NEVER BEFORE COLLECTED;

TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED

A TABLE OF PARALLEL REFERENCE,

RENDERING THIS EDITION APPLICABLE TO THOSE BOOKS OF AUTHORITY IN

WHICH REFERENCES ARE MADE TO THE FOLIO EDITION.

IN TWENTY-ONE VOLUMES.

VOL. XIII.
8-12 WILLIAM III....... 1696—1700.

L O N D ON:

Printed by T. C. Hansard, Peterborough-Court, Fleet-Street :
FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; J. M. RICHARDSON ;

BLACK, PARBURY, AND ALLEN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY ;
E. JEFFBRY; J. HATCHARD; R. H. EVANS; J. BOOKER; E. LLOYD;
J. BOOTH; BUDD AND CALKIN; AND T. C. HANSARD.

1816.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME XIII.

The new Articles are marked [N.]

Page

984. THE Trial of Sir JOHN FREIND, knt at the Old-Bailey, for

High Treason, A. D. 1696 .....

1

985. The Trial of Sir WILLIAM PARKYNS, knt. at the Old-Bailey,

for High Treason, A. D. 1696..........

63

386. The Trial of AMBROSE ROOKWOOD, for High Treason,

A. D. 1696.............

................................... 199

S87. The Trial of CHARLES CRANBURNE, for High Treason, A. D.

1696

222

988. The Trial of ROBERT LOWICK, for High Treason, A. D. 1696... 267

989. The Trial of PETER COOK, at the Old-Bailey, for High Treason,

A. D. 1696

..... 311

890. The Trial of ALEXANDER KNIGHTLEY, at the King's-Bench,

for High Treason, A. D. 1696

998

391. The Proceedings against the Three Nonjuring Clergymen, Mr.

COLLIER, Mr. COOK, and Mr. SNATT, for publicly absolve

ing Sir William Parkyns and Sir John Freind at Tyburn, A.D.

1696 ..........

406

Page

892. The Trial of JOSEPH DAWSON, EDWARD FORSEITH,

WILLIAM MAY, WILLIAM BISHOP, JAMES LEWIS,

and JOHN SPARKES, at the Old-Bailey, for Felony and Piracy,

A. D. 1696........

451

993. The Trial of Captain THOMAS VAUGHAN, at the Old-Bailey,

for High Treason on the High Seas, A. D. 1696

486

394. Proceedings in Parliament against Sir JOHN FENWICK, bart.

upon a Bill of Attainder for High Treason, A. D. 1696

538

395. The Case, with the Proceedings against Major JOHN BERNARDI,

Mr. COUNTER, Mr. BLACKBURN, Mr. CASSELS, Mr.

CHAMBERS, and Mr. MELDRUM, on Account of the Assas-

sination-Plot, A. D. 1696 *.

759

S96. Proceedings against Sir DUNCAN CAMPBELL, and other Heri-

tors of the Shire of Argyle, for High Treason, A. D. 1686-1687.

(Now first printed from the Records of Justiciary in Edin-

burgh.] [N.] ...

787

397. Proceedings in the Parliament of Scotland against the Viscount of

DUNDEE and others, for High Treason, A. D. 1690. [Now first

printed from the Parliamentary Records at Edinburgh.] [N.)... 818

398. The Trial of ALEXANDER HALYBURTON and WM. FRA.

SER, for High Treason, A. D. 1692. [Now first printed from

the Records of Justiciary in Edinburgh.] [N.] ..... ......

831

399. Proceedings against Captain JAMES MIDDLETOUN and others,

for High Treason, A. D. 1694. [Now first published from the

Records of Justiciary at Edinburgh.] [N.] ........

849

400. Proceedings in the Parliament of Scotland respecting the MAS-

SACRE OF GLENCO, A. D. 1695. [N.].

879

401. Proceedings against THOMAS AÍKENHEAD, for Blasphemy,

A. D. 1696. [Now first printed from the Records of Justiciary

in Edinburgh, and MSS. the property of Lord King.] [N.]...... 918

402. The Trial of EDWARD Earl of WARWICK and HOLLAND,

before the House of Lords, for the Murder of Richard Coote, esq.

A. D. 1699 ...

999