An appeal of murther from certain unjust judges, lately sitting at the Old Baily to the righteous judge of heaven and earth; and to all sensible English-men, containing a relation of the tryal, behaviour, and death of Mr. William Anderton, executed June 16. 1693. at Tyburn, for pretended high treason.

Abstract

By Samuel Grascome. Caption title. Discusses the trial of William Anderton, tried for high treason, after being accused of printing two pamphlets: "Remarks upon the present confederacy and the late revolution in England" and "A French conquest neither desirable nor practicable". He was sentenced to death and executed at Tyburn on June 16th, 1693. -- Cf. Plomer. Includes "To the Right Honourable Sir John Fleet, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the rest of the commissioners for the Goal delivery of Newgate. The humble petition of William Anderton a convicted prisoner in Newgate.". Reproduction of the original in the Christ College Library, Oxford.