INVENTORY #128536
The Tryals of William Ireland, Thomas Pickering, And John Grove; For Conspiring to Murder the King
Robert Pawlet
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Title continues: "Who upon Full Evidence were found Guilty of High Treason, At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily, December the 17th 1678. And received Sentence accordingly." Ireland was a victim of the Popish Plot, arrested on the false testimony of Titus Oakes, and executed for treason along with John Grove. Ireland's stated he was not in London when the alleged plot took place, despite other evidence that he was. Charles II himself believed in Ireland's innocence.
Publication Info
- Publisher: n/a
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1678
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
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- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
84 p. 34 cm. Edges chipped and torn. Tiny ink inscription bottom of first leaf and number notation at bottom of title page.