An account of the proceeding to sentence against Miles Prance, for wilful perjury who was sentenced in the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster: upon a conviction, by his own confession, on the 15th. of June, 1686. In wilfully forswearing himself at the tryals of Robert Green, Lawrence Hill, and Henry Berry, &c in relation to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A75450 of text R229652 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A345aA). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A75450 Wing A345aA ESTC R229652 99899543 99899543 153783 2240850219

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A75450) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 153783) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2379:1) An account of the proceeding to sentence against Miles Prance, for wilful perjury who was sentenced in the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster: upon a conviction, by his own confession, on the 15th. of June, 1686. In wilfully forswearing himself at the tryals of Robert Green, Lawrence Hill, and Henry Berry, &c in relation to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689. England and Wales. Court of King's Bench. 1 sheet (2 p.) printed for A.M., London : 1686. At foot of text: This may be printed, R.P. June 25. 1686. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. eng Godfrey, Edmund Berry, -- Sir, 1621-1678 -- Early works to 1800. Berry, Henry, d. 1679 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Hill, Lawrence, d. 1679 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Green, Robert, d. 1679 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Early works to 1800. Trials (Perjury) -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. Popish Plot, 1678 -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Early works to 1800. eebo An account of the proceeding to sentence against Miles Prance, for wilful perjury; who was sentenced in the Court of King's-Bench, Westminster: upon a [no entry] 1686 2 537 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2010-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-12 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2011-01 Sampled and proofread 2011-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ACCOUNT OF THE Proceeding to Sentence AGAINST MILES PRANCE , FOR Wilful Perjury ; Who was Sentenced in the COURT of King's-Bench , Westminster : UPON A Conviction , by his Own Confession , on the 15th . of June , 1686. In Wilfully Forswearing Himself at the TRYALS of Robert Green , Lawrence Hill , and Henry Berry , &c In Relation to the MURTHER of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey .

MILES PRANCE , a Silver-Smith , having been the last Easter Term , Arraigned upon an Information of Wilful Perjury , Exhibited against him in the Court of Kings-Bench ; for Wilfully Forswearing himself , against Robert Green , Lawrence Hill , and Henry Berry , &c. In Relation to their Murthering Sir Edmundbury Godfrey , and for which , upon his Oath , &c. they were Executed for the said Murther at Tyburn ; and he , Confessing himself Guilty of the Perjury , specified in the said Information , was , on Tuesday the 15th of this Instant June , again brought to the Court of Kings-Bench , to receive his Sentence . The Court , having a while considered the heinousness of the Crime , and puting him in mind of it , told him it was well he was so sensible of his Offence , it being so great a one as to extend to the taking away the Lives of Innocent Persons , which did agravate it ; though One that had before him been found Guilty of two notorious Perjuries in that Court continued obstinate to the last ; and , for ought appears , has not hitherto shewn any remorse . Yet seeing he ( meaning the Prisoner ) was sensible of his Crime , and had Confessed it , the Court had considered his Condition , and would have some Compassion on a true Penitent .

The Sentence of the Court was ,

That he should pay a Fine of One hundred Pound to the King .

That he should appear before each Court in Westminster-hall , &c. with a Paper upon his Forehead , expressing his Crime .

That on Monday next he should stand at Westminster in the Pillory , between the Hours of Eleven and One , for the space of an Hour . On Wednesday , the like , before the Exchange ; and , on the following Monday , at Charing-Cross .

And , he was likewise Sentenced , to be Whipped from Newgate to Tyburn . And he to continue in Prison till all was performed .

Prance , upon the aformentioned Exhortation Declared , That his last Confession was the Truth ; and that he was very sensible of , and sorry for what he had done ; upon which the Court desired God to continue him so .

The Sentence past , the Keeper of the Gate-house was ordered to take back his Prisoner , which he accordingly did , conveying him to the Gate-house Prison , where he now remains in Custody .

FINIS .

This may be Printed ,

R. P. June 25. 1686.

London , Printed for A. M. 1686.