The names of the Lords and others, unto whom the Commiſſion of Oyer and Terminer was directed under the Great ſeal of England. for the tryall of the pretended Judges of His late Sacred Majeſty. THomas Aleyn Knight and Baronet, Lord Mayor of the City of Lendon: The Lord Chancellor of England. The Earl of Southampton, Lord Treaſurer of England. The Duke of Somerſet. The Duke of Albemarle. The Marqueſſe ef Ormond, Steward of His Majeſties houſhold. The Earle of Lindſey High Chamberlain of England. The Earl of Mancheſter, Chamberlain of his Majeſties Houſhold. The Earle of Dorſet. The Earl of Berkeſhire. The Earl of Sandwich. Viſcount Say and Seale. The Lord Roberts. The Lord Finch. Denzill Hollis Eſquire. Sir Frederick Cornwallis, Knight and Baronet, Treaſurer of his Majeſties houſhold. Sir Charles Barkley, Knight, Comptroller of His Majeſties Houſhold. Mr. Secretary Nicholas. Mr. Secretary Morris, Sir Anthony Aſhley Cooper. Arthur Anneſley, Eſquire. The Lord Cheif Baron. Mr. Juſtice Foſter. Mr. Juſtice Mallet. Mr. Juſtice Hyde. Mr. Baron Atkins. Mr. Juſtice Twiſden. Mr. Juſtice Tyrrel. Mr. Baron Turner. Sir Harbottle Grimſton, Knight & Baronet. Sir William Wild, Knight and Baroner Recorder of London. Mr. Serjeant Brown. Mr. Serjeant Hale. John Howel Eſquire. Sir Geoffery Palmer, His Majeſtie's Atturney Generall. Sir Heneage Finch, his Majeſties Sollicitor Generall. Sir Edward Turner, Atturney to His Highneſs the Duke of York. Wadham Windham, Eſquire. Edward Shelton, Eſquire Clerk of the Crown. The Names of the Grand-Jury ſworn were Sir William Darcy, Baronet, Foreman. Sir Robert Bolles, Baronet: Sir Edward Ford, Knight. Sir Thomas Preſtwick. Sir William Coney, Knight. Sir Charls Sidley, Baronet. Sir Lewis Kirk, Knight. Sir Henry Littleton, Baronet. Sir Ralph Bovey, Baronet. Edward Chard Eſquire. Robert Giggen Eſquire. John Fotherley Eſquire. Charls Gibbons Eſquire. Thomas Geree Eſquire. Richard Cox Eſquire. Robert Bladwell Eſquire. Henry Muſtian Eſquire. John Markham Eſquire. Edward Buckley, Gent. Francis Bourchier, Gent. Edward Lole. Hart, Cryer.

HIs Majeſty (in purſuance of an Act of Parliament which had left the perſons following to be tried according to Law, for being the principall Actors in the ſad Tragedy of his Fathers death) iſſued out a ſpeciall Commiſſion of Oyer and terminer to the Judges and others Commiſſioners for that purpoſe: and accordingly Wedneſday the 10. of October they met at the Seſſions-houſe in the Old-baily, and the ſame morning the following perſons were ordered to be brought from the Tower to Newgate, and a way was made from the Preſs-yard backwards to the Seſſions houſe, privately to convey them to and again, to keep them from the preſſing of the people.

Thomas Harriſon. John Cooke. Robert Titchburne. Sir Hardreſs Waller. Symon Meyne. Owen Roe. Mr. John Carew. Peter Temple. Robert Liburne. Col. Adrian Scroop. James Temple. Gilbert Millington. Mr. Thomas Scott. Hugh Peters: Iſaac Pennington, Col. John Jones. Daniell Axtell. John Downes. M. Gregory Clement. Francis Hacker. Edmund Harvey. Auguſtine Garland. Henry Marten, Vincent Potter. Will. Heveningham. Henry Smith. Thomas Waite. George Fleetwood.

All which being brought to the Bar, were indicted and arraigned to the following effect:

That they not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being led by the inſtigation of the Divel, had maliciouſly, traiterouſly, and adviſedly imagined, conſulted, contrived, and compaſſed the death of His late Majeſty Charles the firſt of ever bleſſed memory; and that they had aided, procured, a betted, aſſiſted, and comforted a certain perſon with a vizard upon his face, and a frock upon his body for that purpoſe.

To which all pleaded Not guilty, except Sir Hardres Waller and Col. George Fleetwood, who being conſcious of their own guilt, and ſatisfied with the hainouſneſs of their fact pleaded guilty, and put in their Petitions to the Court craving mercy. And although Mr. Hugh Peters ſaid he would not plead guilty for ten thouſand worlds, yet he was found to be a great forwarder of that black deſigne.

This being the firſt daies work, which was only to arraigne, the next day being Thurſday Major Gen. Harriſon ſingly was brou • ht to the Bar, but before he could get a Jury that he liked, he took upon him the liberty of an Engliſh man & excepted againſt thirty five perſons, which being done twelve were choſen upon whom he put himſelf for his Tryal, and being charged by the Kings Councel for being one that Signed the Commiſſion for the eſtabliſhing a High Court of Juſtice, One that Sate among them, One that Signed that Horrid Warrant for the Kings Execution; and was One likewiſe who had Contrived the Time the Place and the Manner of the Kings Execution. Major General Harriſon in his Pleadings carried himſelf ſo confidently to the Court as if he thought himſelf Careleſſe and Unconcerned in the buſineſſe: and ſeemed to juſtifie not onely the Power under which he Acted but alſo the Act it ſelf, ſaying that Kings had formerly been privately Aſſaſſinated and Murthered, but what they had done was in the Face of the Sun and in the Fear of the Lord; whereat the Court was much troubled to ſee that he ſhould make God the Author of that Horrid Murther; and being told that the thing he called the Commons of England were ſo far from being a Parliament, that they had not the leaſt colour of Authority, and that if they had been the whole houſe of Commons and joyned to the whole houſe of Lords, they could not by any Act of theirs take away the Life of the leaſt Cripple at the Gate, much leſſe of the King, &c.

Major General Harriſon not being able to ſpeak to the matter of Fact, it was left to the Jury who without going forth of the Court immedia • ely found him Guilty, and Sentence accordingly paſſed on him, To go from that place to the place from whence he came, and from thence to be drawn upon a Hurdle to the place of Execution, there to be Hanged by the Neck till he were half Dead, that he ſhould be cut down a Live, and his Members cut off before his Face and burnt in the Fire, his Bowels to be taken out and burnt likewiſe, his Head to be cut off and his Body to be divided into four Quarters, & diſpoſed of as his Majeſty ſhall think fit. Which ſentence was put in Execution on Saturday following at Charing-croſs.

The next day being Friday the Court called to the Bar, Col. Adrian Scroope, Mr. John Carew, Mr. Thomas Scot, Mr. Gregory Clement, and Col. John Jones.

Col. Scroope leads the Van of theſe Five to the Bar, and after his Indictment was read, and being charged as one that ſate in that bloody Court, and ſet his hand to that Wicked Warrant for the Execution, the Kings Councel produced Witneſſes which confirmed the ſame, to which Col. Scroope pleaded that he could not juſtifie himſelf from the Fact, but did intreat Councel as to matter of Law, that he was no Parliament Man, but onely acted in the High Court of Juſtice by a Commiſſion from the Parliament which was then accounted the ſupream Authority of the Nation, and was owned by the Generality of the people, and that ſitting in that Court by command of that Authority he hoped it would juſtifie him, and therefore deſired Councel to provide himſelf. But being told as Major General Harriſon had been that there was no matter of Law in the thing, and that the Illegal Uſurpt power of thoſe few members which Authorized that black Court had not the leaſt colour of an Authority, which anſwer ſilenced him, and ſo being left to the Jury was likewiſe found Guilty.

Mr. John Car • w was next called for to the Bar, and being Taxt in manner and form with Col. Scroope for ſigning to the Act for Eſtabliſhing a High Court of Injuſtice and ſigning the aforeſaid bloody Warrant for the Kings Execution; he like Major Gen. Harriſon would have juſtifyed the Act, pleading Error to the Indictment becauſe that ſaid he did it not having the Fear of God before his Eyes whereas what he had done was in the Fear of the moſt Holy and moſt Righteous Lord; he likewiſe was found Guilty by the Jury.

Mr. Thomas Scot is called who ſo much Gloried in his being a Contriver of the Kings Death, that he deſired it might be writ upon his Tomb that all • he World might know it, but now being brought to the Bar he pleads not Guilty; he ſaid that he had often prayed with tears that if there were any wickedneſſe in the Death of the King God would be pleaſed to convince him of it, but that he never received any conviction; he would have pleaded the Authority of the Parliament, but being told there could not be a Parliament without King, Lords and Commons his Plea had the like ſucceſs of the former.

Col. John Jones who was Mr. Scotts bed-fellow, who ſeeing that all the Arguments which they had contrived between them to anſwer the charge proved ineffectuall, and that the Plea on the other ſide of the Kings Councell was un-anſwerable, confeſt his being preſent at the Court, and ſigning of the Warrant for the Kings Execution; upon which he was by the Jury returned guilty

Mr. Gregory Clement delivered a Petition to the Court and deſired to plead guilty to the Indictment, acknowledging the hainouſneſſe of the crime, and that his former plea of Not guilty might be waved. Upon which the five received the aforeſaid ſentence together.

On Saturday Mr. John Cocke and Mr. Hugh Peters were brought to the Bar. Mr. Cooke was taxed for ſigning that wicked Libel called A charge of High treaſon exhibited on behalfe of the people of England againſt Charles Stuart King. He pleaded ſo much like a Lawyer, that it was anſwered, That he he had tranſgreſt the Law very much that underſ • ood it ſo much; that whereas he pretended to be a ſervant to the people of England, it did concern the Jury to take notice thereof, for they were part of the people, and ifthey did own what he ſaid they juſtified the Priſoner; but it was hoped that they ſtood there to tell the World that the people of England had nothing to doe in it; that he was the man that ſaid the King muſt die, and Monarchy with him, and that he frequently interrupted the King, not ſuffering him to anſwer for himſelfe, and was aegry with the Court that (as he pretended) they ſuffered the King to trifle away time. He was likewiſe found guilty.

Mr. Hugh Peters ſtood ſtrangely amazed and could ſay nothing for himſelfe, againſt that Jury of witneſſes that appeared againſt him: as that he ſaid, England could not be ſetled till 150. were taken away, which he ſaid were L L L, viz. the Lords, the Levites, and the Lawyers; that he was often conſpiring privately with Oliver Cromwell the Kings death, that he could even reverence the High Court of Juſtice, it lookt ſo like the judgement of the world which ſhould be at the laſt day by the Saints: With many other blaſphemies too large to enumerate; he was as aforeſaid found guilty.

On Monday Col. Axtell, Col. Hacker, and Capt. Hewlet were brought to the Court; the Firſt for being Guard to the High Court of Injuſtice, the Second for guarding the King to the Scaffold, and the Third for cutting off his Head: Col. Aztell commanded the Souldiers to cry, Juſtice, juſtice, Execution, execution: Col. Hacker ſigned the bloudy Warrant for that wicked Murther, and Capt. Hewlet was the probably ſuppoſed Man that gave the Fatal BLOW, as by the courſe of the evidence may appear, viz. That his voice was heard upon the Scaffold, and his Breeches were ſeen under his Frock, that he confeſt he was to have 100 l. and preferment in Ireland to doe it; that being asked whether he Cut off the King's Head or no, he ſaid what he had done, he would not be aſhamed of; and if it were to doe again he would doe it: more to the ſame purpoſe was witneſſed by ſeveral witneſſes, and by one, who being ſworn, ſaid that the Common-Hangman profeſt he did not doe it; all three-were found guilty.

The other Eighteen, (viz. Sir Hardreſſe Waller, William Heveningham, Iſaac • enington, Henry Marten, Gilbert Millington, Rob. Tichburn, Owen Roe, Robert Lilburn, Henry Smith, Edmund Harvey, John Downes, Vincent Potter, Auguſtine Garland, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyne James Temple, Peter Temple, Tho. Waite,) were brought to the Bar on Tueſday morning; and having ſeen the vanity of wanding out and pleading not guilty, they all fairly laid down the Bucklers and ſubmitted to the mercy of the King, and received the Sentence of Death as the others had done before them, only Mr. Heveningham was that day ſet b • ; but on Friday following the 19. of October, the Court met on purpoſe, and paſſed the like Sentence upon him.

Mr. Carew was Executed according to his ſentence on Munday the 15th. of October, On Tueſday Mr. Cooke and Mr. Peters received the reward of their Iniquity, On Wedneſday Mr. Scot, Mr. Gregory Clement, Col. John Jones, and Col. Adrian Scroope received no other Favour then the former, all at Charing Croſſe, and on Friday Col. Hacker was onely Hang'd at Tyburn and carried home in a Herſe, but Col. Axtell was there Quartered and his Quarters carried back on the Sledge.