1595
THE ENGLISH MARTYRS
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before the 1st of May, 32 Elizabeth [ 1590] , and came to Morton on the Marsh against the Statute & c . The Sheriff was ordered to take him & c., to answer &c. And now , that is on Tuesday next after the 18th of Holy Trinity , John Pibush comes under the custody of the marshal of the Queen's Bench (to whose custody he had been previously committed ) and was brought to the bar . Asked how he will be tried , he pleads Not Guilty and places himself on the country . The Jury come on Thursday after the 18th of Trinity & c . , and John Pibush also . They are elected, tried and sworn, and say that he is guilty of the above high treasons, and that he has no goods, chattels , lands or tenements. He is asked if he can say anything why the court should not pass judgment, who has nothing more to say than he has said before. The Queen's Serjeant and Attorney pray for sentence in the usual form , and the court having understood all, and called on the Queen's Serjeant and Attorney to be present , the sentenceis that John Pibush alias Grosvenor & c . , be returned to the Marshalsea prison , and from thence drawn to the place of execution at St. Thomas Waterings, and be there hanged , & c . &c. &c. ADHUC DE TERMINO SANCTE TRINITATIS, REGINA Alias scilicet die veneris proximo post Octavam Sancte Р indictment . & Trinitatis isto eodem termino coram domina Regina . contr istius term.* apud Westmonasterium per sacramentum xijcimJuratorum extitit presentatum quod Johannes Pybushe nuper de morton henmarshe in Comitatu Gloucester Clericus , alias dictus Johannes Grosvenor nuper de morton henmarshe predicta in dicto Comitatu Gloucester Clericus , alias dictus Johannes fforster nuper de morton henmarshe predicta in dicto Comitatu Gloucester Clericus , natus infra hoc regnum Anglie & post festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste Anno regni dicte domine Regine nunc primo, & ante primum diem Maii Anno regni dicte domine Regine nunc tricesimo secundo factus & ordinatus Sacerdos per authoritatem derivatam & pretensam a sede Romana , leges & statuta huius regni Anglie minime ponderans nec penam in eisdem contentam aliqualiter verens, nono die Julii Anno regni dicte domine Regine nunc tricesimo tercio apud morton henmarshe predictam in dicto Comitatu Gloucester proditorie et ut falsus proditor dicte domine Regine fuit & remansit , contra formam statuti in huiusmodi casu editi & prouisi & contra pacem dicte domine Regine , coronam & dignitatem suas . PROPTER QUOD preceptum fuit vicecomiti quod non omitteret & c. quin caperet eum , si & c . ad respondendum & c . ET MODO SCILICET die martis proximo post xviii Sancte Trinitatis isto eodem termino coram domina Regina apud Westmonasterium venit predictus Johannes Pybushe, als dictus Johannes Grosvenor alias dictus Johannes fforster Clericus , sub custodia marrescalli marescaltie domine Regine coram ipsa Regina , in cuius custodia preantea ex causis predictis & aliis certis de causis commissus fuit , ad barram hic ductus in propria persona sua. Qui comittitur prefato marrescallo & c. Et statim de premissis sibi superius impositis allocutus qualiter se velit inde acquietari , dicit quod ipse in nullo est inde culpabilis . Et inde de bono & malo ponit se super patriam . Ideo venerunt inde Jurati coram domina Regina apud Westmonasterium die Jovis proximo post xviij sancte Trinitatis . Et qui &c.: Ad recognoscendum & c.: Quia & c.: Idem dies datus est prefato Johanni sub custodia prefati marrescalli Midd. ss.