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WE do appoint Thomas Simmons and
no other, to Print theſe our Informations,
Concerning the HORRID POPISH
PLOT.
THE
SEVERAL
INFORMATIONS
OF
Mr.
Simeon Wright,
Thomas Launders
AND
Richard Perkin.
Concerning the Horrid POPISH PLOT IN ENGLAND.
And the ſeveral ways that have been uſed to
take off the KINGS Witneſſes, and to hinder
the further diſcovery of it. The two former,
being witneſſes in the Trial of the late Lord
Stafford, their Informations were taken upon
Oath by Edmond Warcup, Eſq; One of His
Majeſties Juſtices of the Peace for Middleſex
and Weſtminſter, in December laſt 1680.
The latter was taken upon Oath by Sir Robert Atkyns,
Kt. at the Aſſizes at Stafford, 1679.
The whole Informations being nothing but matter of Fact.
LONDON, Printed for Thomas Simmons, at the
Princes-Arms in Ludgate-ſtreet, MDCLXXXI.
IT is a Truth notoriouſly known to all conſidering PerHelliſh and Damnable Popiſh Plot,
againſt the life and Government of His Majeſty,
and againſt our Proteſtant Religion, and Liberties, and
eſpecially upon the Trials of ſeveral of the Conſpirators
many deep Artifices have been uſed by the Plotters for deKings Witneſſes, and for invalidating of their
Teſtimonies; for theſe ends witneſſes have been fetch'd
from Saint Omers, and have appeared at ſeveral Trials,
but how ill they acted their parts, and how unworthy they
were of the names of Juſt and lawful Witneſſes, all men
know. Beſides theſe we may remember, Mr. READINGS,
endeavouring to take off Mr. BEDLOE; and
PRICE and TASBOROUGHS Tampering with Mr.
Dugdale, though all iſſued in their own ſhame; and they
Knox, Osborn, and Lane, to take off Doctor Oates's
Evidence be obliterated, it is well known how they alſo
made uſe of Mr. Dangerfield, who, as himſelf acknowledgPowis, the five Popiſh Lords
in the Tower, and their Accomplices in a horrid and
damnable deſign of charging the Presbyterians with a prePlot againſt the preſent Government and Religion
by Law eſtabliſhed. A very fine trick to take the Odium of the
Plot off from themſelves; But it pleaſed Almighty God
out of his Infinite mercy to this Diſcoverer, and to many Infree Diſcovery
of whatever he had been Privy to, in this Deſign;
The Popiſh Cauſe ſtill being expoſed, by diſcovering the
Artifices above, they were put upno new contrivances to
hide it, or blaſt the diſcovery of it, ſeveral of which are in
the following Informations fully laid open.
One Thing I dare not omit here, Viz. My own Obſervation
all along in the progreſs of this Matter, That ſince the firſt
Diſcovery of this Plot, when ever the Kings Evidence hath
ſeemed to be as it were at a Bay, as diſcouraged by the
Power or Policy of malevolent Perſons, then by the ProviMoſt High another Witneſs hath riſen up to
retrieve and confirm what before ſeemed to be at a loſs:
Thus after the endeavours to diſparage and vilifie Dr. Oats,
in came Mr. Bedloe, then Mr. Dugdale, to aſſert, and
more fully to evince the Truth of the Doctors Teſtimony,
which was then and ſince, by many intereſted Perſons enGod raiſed up Mr.
Praunce, who fully diſcovered the Horrid and Bloody
Murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, and confirmed
the Plot in ſeveral particulars, Viz. As to the deſigned
Murther of his Sacred Majeſty, the Right Honourable the
Earl of Shaftsbury, and others: And ſince him a Cloud of
Witneſſes, to put the Plot paſt diſpute, have appeared, as
Mr. Jeniſon, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bolron, Mr. Mowbray,
Mr. Turbervil, Seignior Franciſco de Faria, and ſeveral
others: And beſides this Plot in England, there hath been
another, altogether as cruel and bloudy, carried on in Ireland,
which hath been fully diſcovered by ſeveral Perſons of
good Credit, as Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Macnemarra, Mr.
Boork, Mr. Fitz-Gerald, Mr. Sampſon, and others.
But notwithſtanding theſe great diſcoveries how many
wilfully (or at leaſt pretendedly) ſhut their eyes, but tho
they will not ſee (according to that Scriptural Expreſſithey ſhall ſee and ſhall be aſhamed, for
the hand of God hitherto hath been more then ordinarily
ſeen in theſe matters.
The Reader hath here before him a few of the very
many Decrees of Popiſh Adverſaries againſt the Diſcoverers
of their Plot. Enough to ſatisfie any unprejudic'd
and unbiaſſed man of the Truth and reality of the Plot,
viz. Stabbing, Forſwearing and
Burning, were to be uſed to take off thoſe that revealed it.
The firſt Information you have before you is Mr.
Wrights, who hath fully diſcovered, the ſeveral ways
wherein he was inſtructed for the taking off Mr. Dugdale,
and having ſo great opportunities to have muthered him,
his Preſervation is only to be aſcribed to the wonderful
mercy of God, and that failing, his next work was to
blaſt his Reputation, by Swearing Subornation of perjury
againſt him, but when this was to be done his ConGod at length brought him to
diſcover the whole Intreague.
The ſecond Information is that of Thomas Launder,
who hath alſo diſcovered the ſeveral ways by which he was
perſwaded to take off Mr. Dugdale, and when it was perMr. Dugdale to their fury, the houſe in which
God wonderfully appeared for his Preſervation.
That none of theſe Gracious Providences of the Almighty
may be loſt upon this Kingdome, but all improvTrue Proteſtant.
The third contains a Horrid ſtory of Romiſh Prieſts,
and their followers impiety, a ſtory, the like (but among
Papiſts) has not been heard of, no wonder that a Dying
Traytor may go out of the world with a Lie in his Mouth,
ſince ſo notorious falſhoods as theſe are allowed by their
Prieſts themſelves, ſince ſuch Truths, may be ſo ſolemnly
denied, and that with ſuch Horrid Imprecations, and
dreadful Oaths.
Theſe Papers are publiſhed to the end that all ſuch as
are concerned for the Welfare and Proſperity of their ReInformations to all Engliſh-men,
and to all the True Lovers of the True Proteſtant Religion.
Mr. Pleſſington coming from beyond the
Seas went into Stafford-ſhire, and at
the Right Honorable Lady Gerards
at Saudon, he became acquainted with a Siſter
of mine, that then waited on the young Lord,
by whoſe meanes, he came to the knowledg of
Stafford-ſhire; at his return to London
he brought recommendations from them to me,
to my Maſters a Barber and Periwig maker in
Chancery-lane. This was the beginning of our ac
This was about the year 1672 or 1673, and to
the beſt of my memory he did then belong to
Lincolns-Inn, from thence he went to ſerve the
Lady Marchioneſs of Clinrickard in Covent-Garden,
and was from thence advanced to be the
Lord Bellaſis his Steward, which place I ſuppoſe
he ſtill holds.
After the diſcovery of the Helliſh and damGermanſtreet,
and told him the talk of the Town about
his Lord, whereupon he replyed, dear Child it
is a falſe thing, and my Lord is as clear as the
Child unborn, and is with the King at New-Market,
and as great a Favorite as any one what
When ſtrict enquiry was made after the
Murtherers of Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey, Mr.
Pleſſington was upon ſuſpition taken into the
Cuſtody of Mr. Wickham a Meſſenger, and upSaturday Night came to the Ship Tavem
without Temple Barr with his Keeper, whether
he ſent for me, and when I came to him, after
Marques of Wincheſters
to acquaint his Lordſhip with the greatPleſſington did,
and after I had delivered my Meſſage, he bad
me remember his kind reſpects to Mr. Pleſſington,
and tell him he did not think it conveniMarques, and on the Tuſday following
he was diſcharged and came to return me thanks
for my care and paines, adding, that he would
not be ungrateful to me when occaſion ſhould
ſerve. Whereupon I replyed; Sir I am very
glad that you have ſo good a friend, meaning
my Lord Marques of Wincheſter, to which he
thus anſwered, Ah Child if you were in my
condition, you would have as good and better.
Upon the firſt rumour of Mr. Stephen Dugdales
diſcovery Mr. Pleſſington was very in
Dugdales coming to Town, he
obſerving a great intimacy betwixt us; Told me,
that he would come oftner to ſee me, but that he
did not care to ſee Dugdale; and yet at the ſame
time would expreſs his deſire to ſee him, but
would bid me take no notice of it to Dugdale,
and was very frequently asking queſtions con
He told me he was very well ſatisfied of my truth and honeſty, and that it ſhould not be long before I ſhould know more of his mind, which diſcourſe was ſoon over.
Not long after he came to me again, and told
me he wanted ſome ſecret diſcourſe with me, and
thus went on. You are (ſaid he) Dugdales Barber
ſtill; yea (ſaid I) I am; pray (ſaid he) where do
you trim him? I anſwered in my ſhop, with three
or four Souldiers about him. Do you, ſaid he, never
trim him privatly? I told him I never yet had, but
was once asked by him to trim him at his ChamReaves an
Apothecary, and one Mr. Croſs, at the Horſhoo-Tavern,
both in Chancery-lane, about ſecurity for
ſuch a ſumme, Mr. Croſs went twice with me to
ſpeak with Mr. Pleſſington about one of the hunDugdales perſon, which accordingly I did,
after this manner. Mr. Dugdale being late one
Evening at the Horſeſhoo-tavern in Chancery-lane,
ſent ſo me (as he uſed frequently to do,) to acWalling
ford houſe; when we came into the Strand near
Summerſet Houſe, I ſitting oppoſite to Mr. Dugdale
in the Coach felt how low his bodice came,
that I might know were to ſtab him ſecurely, but
Mr. Dugdale miſtruſted me ſo far that he called to
the Coach-man to ſtop, but I perſwaded him on,
but at Charing-croſs, I again was attempting him,
and he again was calling to the Coach-man to let
him outCook-pit, he imCamomil-ſtreet near
Biſhopſ gate, this was in the Month of July, 1679.
Mr. Dugdale perceiving his perſon was attemptPleſſington unDugdale
his Paſ-port for another world, and comCroſs comming
into the room at that inſtant of his delivering
them me, I immediatly return'd them him a
Some time after this ſome unexpected trouPleſſington,
near middle row in Holbourn, and told him
I feared I could not performe my promiſe to
Monday
following at Billings-gate, this was in September
1679, but I failed then meeting him.
I then took a lodging in Wapping, unknown to
Mr. Pleſſington, but he meeting Mr. Leacroff of
Walton in Stafford ſhire, my very good friend, enBillings-gate according to appointment, Mr.
Leacroff told him that I was under a Cloud, at
which he ſeemed very ſorry, and ſaid, he might
notwithſtanding have met me, for he knowes I
deſign him no hurt but ſhould have met him for
his advantage.
After this he underſtanding that I was removCheeſmonger in Ratcliff, cauſed me freTower, and if at any
time I was queſtioned whether I went, he orderTower, as Mr. Shenton in the Minte, Mr.
Hubbard at Sir George Whartons, or Mr. Spenſer
at Sir Jonas Moores, any of which names
would have gained me admittance.
At one of our meetings there, I told him that
Mr. Dugdale had appointed me to meet him on
ſuch a day (which day I then told him) at the
Fleece Tavern at Billings-gate, then he deſired
I went to Dugdale,
which I did, and dined with him at his Lords
Lodging in the Tower, it was the day after His
Grace the Duke of Monmouth returned from be
When we had dined Mr. Pleſſington conveyTower near the LieuPleſſington, who imporDugdale away from Billins-gate
by water, deſigning to attempt him upon the
water, as I ſuppoſed. I told them I would go to
him to the Fleece and ſee what Company was
with him, and if he were alone would acquaint
them. Accordingly I went, and found two per
The next day I went to Mr. Pleſſington for my
Cane, who ſaid to me we miſſed a brave opportuniStrand, no ſaid he,
but have at the third time, and then he ſeemed to
ſuſpect me for refuſing the thirty Guinnies at the
Horſeſhoo-tavern, which I told him I did fearing Mr.
Croſs ſhould diſcover ſomething of our deſigne,
hang him (ſaid he) if he do, weel tell him another
ſtory.
But be ſure ſaid he, that you continue to blaſt
Dugdale all you can, for we can have no fitter
perſon for the purpoſe than your ſelf, but I will
ſuddainly be with you again, and contrive a way
for you to do it more eaſily and effectually.
Accordingly he came on a Saturday niDugdale in the Trial of Price,
might do them the ſervice they deſired, by
ſwearing that Mr. Dugdale profered me I moJames
Symons, Mr. Gerard, and others, this I promiſPleſſington to put it off, and told him I
would be out of the way before I was ſubpaena'd,
deſigning to go to Chelmsford in Eſſex, but he
would by no meanes conſent to it, and ſo I was at
the trial of Anne Price and John Tasborough, but
did not ſwear againſt Dugdale as I had promiſed,
and as they expected, at which I after perceived
they were much ſtartled.
Pleſſington coming to me; told
me that I had loſt my ſelf, and that I was not the
man he took me for, and after ſome other diſYork, and
did not in the leaſt queſtion but by his meanes to
get me a Pardon for Perjury. And he then inDugdale threatned me
(if I owned a word of our meeting at Billings-gate,
or of his promiſes to me) that he would
bring two to ſwear Treaſon againſt me and have
me hanged, or at leaſt ſuch Crimes as ſhould
cauſe me to be Pillored.
And at his inſtigation I did tell ſeveral in and
about London, that Dugdale was a Rogue, and
that I would do his buſineſs for him 'ere long,
that he had made me forſwear my ſelf to do
him a kindneſs, with more ſuch notorious fal
About four days after the Trial, I was upon
ſuſpition apprehended for a Prieſt, and carryed
before Sir William Waller, but was releaſt by the
meanes of a Letter from my Honored Friend,
Sir Humphery Doleman, this was in February,
1679.
After this I began to ſtand firm to the Popiſh
Dugdale in the Trial of the Lord Aſton and
Sir James Symons, this was in the beginning of
the year, 1680.
That which confirmed me more to their InDugdale, viz. That he
was the cauſe of my being apprehended for a
Prieſt, and that he deſigned miſchief againſt me,
and that he had profered ten pounds, to take
me before the Lord Aſtons Tryal; with which
I acquainted Sir Thomas Whitegrave, who bid
me if any trouble of that Nature came upon
me, to ſend to Mr. Thomas Robinſons in Curſitors
Alley, where he and his Son Bromley lodgThomas was ſubpaena'd as a witneſs for the
Lord Aſton, and was a witneſs for the Lord
Stafford, I therefore was forced frequently to
ſhift my lodgings, and was entertained at MaEgertons, he being from home: withGermin Drayton, Butler
both to Mr. Heningham and Sir James Symonds,
and one Samuel Holt a Black ſmith to the Lord
Aſton of Tixal, which Holt was alſo a witneſs in
the Lord Staffords trial, came to me frequently
to the Bull-tavern in Southampton ſtreet, Mr.
Drayton oftner than the other, and did interceed
with me to write ſomthing that might blaſt Dugdale,
Two or three dayes after Mr. Drayton told
me that he muſt bring a Gentleman to ſpeak with
me, but would not name him, accordingly the
next day he called me, and we went together
to the Crown in Kings ſtreet in Blooms-bury,
whether he brought one Mr. Longner, repuStaffords Solicitor, vvho thus
accoſted me; that he was glad to ſee ſo hoDugdale was, adding that Sir James
Symons was better able to perform than Dugdale
was to promiſe, and that I ſhould not
need to fear a gratuity; for they were the
ſtrongeſt ſide. Upon this I replyed, that I
was I ready to ſerve them in ſuch ways, as
they ſhould propoſe to me, then they deſiDugdales
Evidence, I told them that I had alDrayton,
but this we now deſire, is to ſatisfie Sir James
Symonds, yet I often denyed them for that
very reaſon, becauſe I had before given them
one, but at laſt agreed to vvrite a Paper in
their method, and they vvere to pick the beſt
out of both for their purpoſe, which when
done, I vvas to ſvvear to, I cannot undertake
Sir, I can, I bleſs GOD for it, with a ſafe
Conſcience ſwear, that Mr. Dugdale did at a
private meeting betwixt him and my ſelf profJames
Symons, and Mr. Gerard and others; this I do
neither for fear nor favour, nor in hopes of a
SIMEON WRIGHT.
This was by their direction, and then Mr.
Drayton invited me to the Kings-bench Priſon,
whither I went, and after Dinner, Sir James
Symonds ſent for me to him to Mr. Coolings,
and when I came, told me he hoped I was
ſenſible how great his future gratitude ſhould
be, and that he hoped I would ſtand and fall
by them when occaſion ſhould ſerve, and that
he was ſorry that he had no occaſion for me
at preſent, and then thruſt twenty ſhillings into
my hand.
Many other contrivances they had which
William
Viſcount Stafford produced in Court, up
They have another Paper of this nature;
would they be ſo juſt to produce it, which I
delivered to Mr. Drayton, but I know not in
whoſe hands it is now; Mr. Henry Lee (BayWalter Heningham Eſq; who was acDugdale, eſpecially
about the beginning of October laſt, to one Mr.
Moore, at the Houſe of Thomas Aſpery, of Aſton,
in Stafford-ſhire, which Mr. Moore then
queſtioning him for, and asking his name, he reSimeon VVright a Barber,
in Chancery-lane; by which it is very plain, that
he was knowing to my being imployed to ruine
Mr. Dugdale, as aforeſaid, as indeed he was,
and therefore made uſe of my Name to obſcure
his own.
They had within three Monthes laſt paſt,
told me, that theirs is the ſtrongeſt ſide, and
have given me ſevere charge to ſtand or fall
with them, and not be danted, from which enDugdale whereever I came; but it hath
pleaſed God to bring me to an acknowledgment
of the truth, partly by meanes of His Majeſt
THE
INFORMATION
OF
Thomas Lander
OF
Shutborrow in the County of Stafford,
Another of the Witneſſes in the
TRYAL
OF
The late Lord Stafford,
As it was taken upon Oath
By Edmund Warcup, Eſquire; one of His Majeſties
Juſtices of the Peace for the County of Middleſex,
and City and Liberties of Weſtminſter, on the 24th
day of December, 1680.
LONDON,
Printed for Thomas Simmons at the Princes Arms
in Ludgate-ſtreet, M DC LXXXI.
THIS Informant ſaith, That having been
employed as a Workman ſeveral times at
the Houſe of my Lord Aſton at Tixall in
the County aforeſaid, he was ſollicited by
Mr. Francis Hind, Steward to the Lord Aſton, to
become a Witneſs againſt Stephen Dugdale, late
Steward to the Lord Aſton, any way to invalidate
or take off his Evidence in relation to the Popiſh
Plot, and he ſerved this Informant with a Subpoenae
to come up to London for that purpoſe, at the
Aſton in June
laſt paſt; but before his coming up, the ſaid Mr.
Hind, Francis Aſton, Son to the Lord Aſton, and
Thomas Sawyear, Servant to the ſaid Lord Aſton, &c.
ſent for this Informant into a private Room in the
ſaid Lord Aſton's Houſe; and there told him, That
if he would ſwear ſuch things as ſhould be dictated
to him by the Perſons aforeſaid, to invalidate or
take off the ſaid Dugdale's Evidence, he ſhould
have ſuch a Reward as ſhould be to his own conLondon accordingly.
They perſwaded this Informant likewiſe to ſwear
that Dugdale was a Cheating Rogue, and had
cheated this Informant and many more in the
Country, whilſt he was the Lord Aſton's Steward.
To which this Informant anſwered he would, and
ſaith that Hind told him, That if he would do
according as they directed him, that he ſhould
(beſides the Rewards agreed upon) have his CharJames Anſell, (being a Witneſs in ſome
things relating to the Diſcovery of the Plot) was
a Perjured Rogue, and a Thief, and had perjured
himſelf ſeveral times; and all ſuch other things
as they ſhould dictate to him when he came up
to London, in order to take off both their EviHerbert
Aſton, his Lordſhips Uncle, Francis Aſton, Son to
Aſton, and Thomas Sawyear, Servant to
the ſaid Lord Aſton.
And this Informant ſaith, That being in London,
and my Lord Aſton's Tryal not being come on,
he received no more of his Reward but his bare
Charges; however they faithfully promiſed him
when he had made good what he had promiſed
them to ſwear, he ſhould have his full Reward
made good to him.
And this Informant ſaith, That in September
laſt going up to my Lord Aſton's Houſe, he was
made very welcome, and after ſome time was askAſton's,
where Mr. Dugdale lay; and this Informant told
him, at one Richard Perkins next Houſe to his own
in Shutborrow, about a Mile diſtant from my Lord
Aſton's; the ſaid Servant, after ſome diſcourſe had
with this Informant, told him that he might do
them good ſervice, and have a good Reward for
his pains, if he could deviſe to ſet fire on the
Room where Mr. Dugdale lay, and burn him in
his Bed. To which this Informant anſwered, that
if he ſhould do ſo, he ſhould burn his own Houſe,
and endanger the whole Town: To which the
Servant replyed, that it were better that his Houſe
and the whole Town were burnt, rather than he
(meaning Mr. Dugdale) ſhould eſcape, who was
a Rogue, and had betray'd his Lords Secrets, with
ſeveral other Gentlemen; he at the ſame time telWalter
Moore▪
another Servant of my Lord Aſton's,
who was to join with this Informant in the ſaid
Fact; and this Informant going home, ſaw the
ſaid Walter Moore walking about the ſaid Houſe
that was ſo to be fired; and this Informant not
being willing that ſuch a wicked Act ſhould be
done, acquainted one of his Neighbours with it,
and ſo a Watch was ſet to preſerve the ſaid Houſe
where Mr. Dugdale lay, and all the Town, that
night, and all the time after ſo long as Mr. Dugdale
ſtayed there: This Informant having likeMoore ſay, that Dugdale was a
Rogue for having betrayed his Lords Secrets:
And likewiſe ſaith, that when this informant was
to be a Witneſs for the Lord Aſton, one Samuel
Holt who was another Servant of my Lord Aſton's,
and alſo one Sawyear, being Subpoena'd up as WitAſton; they told this InforDugdale was a Perjured Rogue,
for laying the Plot of the Presbyterians upon the
Papiſts, and if they or either of them could meet
the ſaid Mr. Dugdale conveniently, they would do his
buſineſs for him: And ſaith, That the ſaid Holt
had received a ſum of Money for the ſaid ſerWalter Moore.
And this Informant ſaith, That all thoſe things
which were ſo by them, as aforeſaid, dictated to
him, were altogether falſe, to any knowledge of
this Informant, in relation to the ſaid Mr. Dugdale
James Anſell. And ſaith that
ſeveral other Matters and Perſons he knows of
that were concerned herein (this Informant be
I Do appoint Tho. Simmons, and no
other, to Print this my Information,
Witneſs my Hand,