A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF State Trials AND PROCEEDINGS FOR HIGH TREASON AND OTHER CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1783, WITH NOTES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS: COMPILED BY T. B. HOWELL, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A. INCLUDING, IN ADDITION TO THE WHOLE OF THE MATTER CONTAINED IN THE FOLIO EDITION OF HARGRAVE, UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED CASES NEVER BEFORE COLLECTED; TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED A TABLE OF PARALLEL REFERENCE, RENDERING THIS EDITION APPLICABLE TO THOSE BOOKS OF AUTHORITY IN WHICH REFERENCES ARE MADE TO THE FOLIO EDITION. Printed by T. C. Hansard, Peterborough-Court, Fleet-Street: FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN; J. M. RICHARDSON; BLACK, PARBURY, AND ALLEN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; E. JEFFERY; J. HATCHARD; R. H. EVANS; J. BOOKER; E. LLOYD ; J. BOOTH; BUDD AND CALKIN; AND T. C. HANSARD. 1816. TABLE OF CONTENTS то VOLUME I. Mr. SALMON'S Preface to the First Edition of the State Trials, in four Volumes folio: printed in the Year 1719 Mr. SALMON'S Preface to the Case of Ship Money, which was printed in a separate Volume, by way of Supplement to the First Edition - Mr. EMLYN'S Preface to the Second Edition of the State Trials, in six Mr. HARGRAVE'S Preface to the Eleventh (or Supplemental) Volume of the Fourth Edition of the State Trials: printed in the Year 1781 STATE TRIALS IN THE REIGN OF HENRY THE SECOND. The new Matter is marked [N.] 2. Articles of Accusation against HUBERT DE BURGH, with the Answers of Master Laurence, Clerk of St. Alban's, on behalf of Hubert de Burgh, EDWARD THE SECOND. 4. Proceedings against HUGH and HUGH LE DESPENSER, [N.] 5. Proceedings against ADAM DE ORLETON, Bishop of HEREFORD, for EDWARD THE THIRD. 8. Impeachment of ROGER MORTIMER, Earl of MARCH, for Treason, [N.] 9. Proceedings against THOMAS DE BERKELE, for the Murder of King 12. Proceedings in Parliament against ALEXANDER NEVIL, Archbishop of YORK, ROBERT VERE, Duke of IRELAND, MICHAEL DE LA POLE, Earl of SUFFOLK, ROBERT TRESILIAN, Lord Chief Justice of England, and NICHOLAS BRAMBRE, some time Mayor of London, 13. Impeachment of THOMAS FITZ-ALAN, Archbishop of CANTERBURY, 14. Impeachment of THOMAS Duke of GLOUCESTER, RICHARD Earl of 15. Articles of Accusation against RICHARD THE SECOND, King of Eng- 16. Proceedings against JOHN HALL, for the Murder of Thomas Duke of - 18. Trial and Examination of MASTER WILLIAM THORPE, Preste, for Here- sye, before Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury: Written by HENRY THE FIFTH. 20. Trial and Examination of Sir JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD COBHAM, for Heresy, before the Archbishop of Canterbury: Collected by John Bale 225 HENRY THE SIXTH. In the Title prefixed to this Article, at p. 267, he is erroneously called "Beaumont." He was |