COBBETT'S

COMPLETE COLLECTION
COLLECTION

OF

State Trials

AND

PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON AND OTHER
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS

FROM THE

EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

VOL. IV.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD

FROM THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING

CHARLES THE FIRST, A. D. 1640, TO THE

FIRST YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING

CHARLES THE SECOND, A. D. 1649.

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DUBLIN.

1809.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

VOLUME IV.

STATE TRIALS IN THE REIGN OF

KING CHARLES THE FIRST.

*The new Matter is marked [N.]

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151. PROCEEDINGS in Parliament against JOHN Lord FINCH, Baron of FORD-

WICH, Lord Keeper, for High Treason, A. D. 1640

152. Proceedings in Parliament against Dr. JOHN COSIN, a Delinquent, a. D.

1640 [N.]

153. Proceedings against Dr. MATTHEW WREN, Bishop of Ely, on an Impeach-

ment for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, A. D. 1640 [N.]

154. Proceedings in Parliament against Sir FRANCIS WINDEBANK, knt. Secre-

tary of State, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, A. D. 1640 [N.]

155. Proceedings against Sir GEORGE RATCLIFF, knt. on an Impeachment for

High Treason, A. D. 1640 [N.]

156. Impeachment of Sir RICHARD BOLTON, knt. Lord Chancellor of Ireland;

Dr. JOHN BRAMHALL, Lord Bishop of Derry; Sir GERARD LOWTher,

knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; and Sir GEORGE RAT-

CLIFFE, knt. before the House of Lords in Ireland, A. D. 1641 [N.]

157. Proceedings against JOHN GOODMAN, a Seminary Priest, condemned for

High Treason, A. D. 1641 [N.]

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159. Proceedings against the TWELVE BISHOPS; namely, Dr. JOHN WILLIAMS

Archbishop of York, Dr. THOMAS MORETON Bishop of Durham, Dr.

ROBERT WRIGHT Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, Dr. JOSEPH HALL.

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Bishop of Norwich, Dr. JOHN OWEN Bishop of St. Asaph, Dr. ROBERT

SKINNER Bishop of Oxford, Dr. WILLIAM PIERS Bishop of Bath and

Wells, Dr. GEORGE COKE Bishop of Hereford, Dr. MATTHEW Wren

Bishop of Ely, Dr. GODFREY GOODMAN Bishop of Gloucester, Dr. JOHN

WARNER Bishop of Peterborough, and Dr. MORGAN OWEN Bishop of

Llandaff, upon an Accusation of High Treason, A. D. 1641 [N.]

159. Proceedings, by the King's Command, upon Charges of High Treason

and other High Misdemeanors, against Lord KIMBOLTON and Five

Members of the House of Commons; namely, Mr. DENZIL HOLLIS, Sir

ARTHUR HASLERIG, bart. Mr. JOHN PYм, Mr. JOHN HAMPDEN, and Mr.
WILLIAM STRODE, A. D. 1641 [N.]

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160. Proceedings in Parliament against JAMES Duke of RICHMOND, as a Malig-

nant and an Evil Counsellor to the King, A. D. 1641-2 [N.]

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161. Proceedings against Sir EDWARD HERBERT, knt. the King's Attorney Ge-

neral, upon an Impeachment for High Crimes and Misdemeanors,

A. D. 1462 [N.] -

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162. Impeachment of GEORGE Lord DIGBY, eldest Son of the Earl of Bristol,

for High Treason, a. D. 1642 [N.]

163. Impeachment of Mr. GEORGE BENYON, Citizen of London, for contriving a

Petition against the Ordinance for the Militia, A. D. 1642 [N.]-

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164. Impeachment of Sir EDWARD DERING, knt. for High Crimes and Misde-

meanors, A. D. 1642-[N.]-

165. Proceedings against Sir RICHARD GURNEY, knt. and bart. Lord Mayor of

London, on an Impeachment of High Crimes and Misdemeanors,

A. D. 1642 [N.]

166. Articles of Impeachment against Sir THOMAS GARDINER, Recorder of the

City of London, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, A. D. 1642 [N.]

167. Impeachment of HENRY HASTINGS, esq. (second Son to the Earl of Hun-

tingdon), Sir RICHARD HALFORD, Sir JOHN BALE, and JOHN PATE, esq.

for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, A. D. 1642 [N.]

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165. Impeachment of JAMES Lord STRANGE, for High Treason, A. D. 1642 [N.] 174

169. Proceedings against the NINE LORDS at York; namely, SPENCER Earl of

NORTHAMPTON, WILLIAM Earl of DEVONSHIRE, HENRY Earl of DOVER,

HENRY Earl of MONMOUTH, CHARLES Lord HOWARD of Charlton, ROBERT

Lord RICH, CHARLES Lord GREY of Ruthen, THOMAS Lord COVENTRY,

and ARTHUR Lord CAPEL, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, a. D.

1642 [N.]

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