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<HEAD>AN ACCOUNT How the Earl of E&s;&s;ex Killed Him&s;elf in the Tower of London, The 13th. of <HI>July</HI> 1683. As it appears by the Coroners Inque&s;t, and the &s;everal Informations following.</HEAD>
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<P>THe Information of <HI>Paul Bomeny,</HI> Servant to the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> for about three or four years now la&s;t pa&s;t; taken upon Oath the fourteenth Day of <HI>July, Anno Regni Caroli Secundi Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae &amp; Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defen&s;oris,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>Trice&s;imo Quinto, Anno&abque; Domini</HI> 1683.</P>
<P><HI>SAith, That when my Lord came to Captain</HI> Hawley, <HI>which was the</HI> 11. <HI>Instant, my Lord of</HI> E&s;&s;ex <HI>asked him for a Pen-Knife to Pare his Nails, as he was wont to do; to which this Informant an&s;wered, Being come in ha&s;te, he had not brought it, but he would &s;end for one, and according|ly &s;ent the Footman with a Note for &s;everal things for my Lord, among&s;t which the Pen-Knife was in&s;erted; and the Footman went, and gave the Bill to my Lords Steward, who &s;ent the Provi&s;ions, but not the Pen-Knife, and he told the Footman, he would get one the next day. When the Footman was come, my Lord asked, if the Pen-Knife was come? This Informant an&s;wered, No, but he &s;hould have it the next day, and accordingly, he on the twelfth Instant in the morning, before my Lord of</HI> E&s;&s;ex <HI>was up, this Informant &s;ent the Footman home with a Note to the Steward, in which, among&s;t other things, he asked for a Pen-Knife for my Lord; and when the Footman was gone, about, or a little after eight of the Clock, My Lord &s;ent one Mr.</HI> Ru&s;&s;el, <HI>his Warder, to this Informant, who came, and then he asked him, if the Pen-Knife was come? This Informant &s;aid, No, my Lord, but I &s;hall have it by and by; to which my Lord &s;aid, That he &s;hould bring him one of his Ra&s;ours, it would do as well; And then this Informant went and fetched one, and gave it to my Lord; Who then went to Pare his Nails, and then this Informant went out of the Room into the Pa&s;&s;age by the Door, on</HI> Friday <HI>the thirteenth In&s;tant, and begun to talk with
<PB N="2" REF="2">the Warder, and a little while after he went down Stairs; and &s;oon after came the Footman with the Provi&s;ions, and brought al&s;o a Pen-Knife, which this Informant put upon his Bed, and thought my Lord had no more need of it, be|cau&s;e he thought he had Pared his Nails; and then this Informant came up to my Lords Chamber, about eight or nine in the Forenoon, on</HI> Friday <HI>the thirteenth In&s;tant, with a little Note from the Steward; but not finding his Lord in the Chamber, went to the Clo&s;e-&s;tool Clo&s;et-Door, and found it &s;hut; And he think|ing his Lord was bu&s;ie there, went down, and &s;taid a little, and came up again, thinking his Lord had been come out of the Clo&s;et; And finding him not in the Chamber, he knocked at the Door with his Finger, thrice, and &s;aid, my Lord? But no body an&s;wering, he took up the Hanging, and looking through the Chink, he &s;aw Blood, and a part of the Ra&s;our; Whereupon he called the War|der,</HI> Ru&s;&s;el, <HI>and went down to call for help; and the &s;aid</HI> Ru&s;&s;el <HI>pu&s;hed the Door open, and there they &s;aw my Lord of</HI> E&s;&s;ex <HI>all along the Floor, without a Periwig, and all full of Blood, and the Ra&s;our by him. And this Depo|nent further Depo&s;eth, That the Ra&s;our now &s;hewed to him, at the time of his Examination, is the &s;ame Ra&s;our which he did bring to my Lord, and which did lie on the Ground in the Clo&s;et, by my Lord.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>BOMENY.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe Information of <HI>Thomas Ru&s;&s;el</HI> one of the Warders of the <HI>Tower,</HI> who had the Cu&s;tody of the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> taken the Fourteenth day of <HI>July, Anno Regni Caroli Secundi, Dei Gratia Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defen&s;or',</HI> &amp;c. <HI>Trice&s;imo Quinto, Annoque Dom.</HI> 1683.</P>
<P>SAith, That on <HI>Friday</HI> the Thirteenth In&s;tant, about Eight or Nine of the Clock in the Forenoon, he was pre&s;ent when he did hear the Lord of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> call to his Man Mr. <HI>Bomeny</HI> for a Pen-knife to pare his nails, and then for a Ra&s;our, which Mr. <HI>Bomeny</HI> brought him, and then my Lord walked up and down the Room &s;craping his nails with the Ra&s;our, and &s;hut the outward door; Mr. <HI>Bomeny,</HI> half a quarter of an hour after|wards, not finding my Lord in his Bed-Chamber, went down &s;tairs again, believing that my Lord was then private in his Clo&s;et. <HI>Bomeny</HI> came up about a quarter of an hour afterwards, and knocked at the door, then called, My Lord, My Lord, My Lord; but he not an&s;wering, peeped through a Chink of the door, and did &s;ee the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> lying on the ground in the Clo&s;et, whereupon he did cry out, That My Lord was faln down &s;ick; and then this Informant went to the Clo&s;et-door, and opened it, the Key being on the out&s;ide, and then did &s;ee my Lord lye on the ground in his bloud, his Throat being cut.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Thomas Ru&s;&s;el.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe Information of <HI>Robert Sherwood</HI> of <HI>Fanchurch Street,</HI> Chyrur|gion, taken the Fourteenth day of <HI>July, Anno Regni Caroli Secundi, Dei Gratia, Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, &amp; Hiberniae Regis, Fidei Defen&s;or',</HI> &amp;c. <HI>Tri|ce&s;imo Quinto, Anno&abque; Dom.</HI> 1683.</P>
<P>SAith, That he hath viewed the Throat of the Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> and does find that there is a large Wound, and that the <HI>A&s;pera Ar|teria,</HI> or Wind-pipe, and the Gullet, with the <HI>Jugular Arteries;</HI> are all divided: Of which Wound he certainly died.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Robert Sherwood.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THe Information of <HI>Robert Andrews</HI> of <HI>Crutchet Friers</HI> Chyrurgion taken upon Oath the Fourteenth day of <HI>July, Anno Regni Caroli Secundi nunc Regis Anglia,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>Trice&s;imo Quinto, Annoque Dom.</HI> 1683.</P>
<P>SAith, That he hath viewed the Throat of the Lord of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> and does find, That it was cut from the one <HI>Jugular</HI> to the other, and through the Wind-pipe and Gullet, unto the <HI>Vertebres</HI> of the Neck, both <HI>Jugular</HI> Veins being al&s;o quite divided.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Robert Andrews.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters"> London &s;s.</NOTE>AN Inqui&s;ition Indented, Taken at the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> the Fourteenth day of <HI>July,</HI> in the Five and Thirtieth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord <HI>Charles</HI> the Second, by the Grace of God, of <HI>England, Scotland, France</HI> and <HI>Ire|land</HI> King, Defender of the Faith, <HI>&amp;c. Anno&abque; Dom.</HI> 1683. before <HI>Edward Farnham</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> Coroner of the &s;aid Lord the King, of the Liberty of the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> upon view of the Body of <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> then and there lying Dead, by the Oaths of <HI>Daniel Colwell</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>William Fi&s;her, Thomas Godfel</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Thomas Hunt, Nathaniel Mountney</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Thomas Pot|ter, William How, Robert Burgoine, Eleazar Wiggins, Thomas Hoggsfle&s;h, Henry Crips, Richard Rudder, William Knips, John Hud&s;on, John Kittle|beater, Lancolet Col&s;on, Morgan Cowarn, Thomas Bryan, William Thaxton, Richard Cliffe, Zebadia Richard, William Bayford,</HI> and <HI>Theophilus Charter,</HI> good and lawful men of the Liberty of the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London</HI> afore|&s;aid, who being Charged and Sworn to enquire how and in what manner the &s;aid <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> came to his Death, upon their Oaths &s;ay, that the afore&s;aid <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> the thirteenth day of <HI>July,</HI> in the &s;aid five and thirtieth year of His now Maje&s;ties Reign, at the &s;aid <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London,</HI> in the &s;aid County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> about the ninth hour of the &s;ame day in the Forenoon, not having God before his Eyes, but being moved and &s;educed by the In&s;tigation of the Devil, of his Malice fore|thought at the <HI>Tower</HI> of <HI>London</HI> afore&s;aid, in the &s;aid County of <HI>Middle|&s;ex,</HI> then and there being alone in a Clo&s;et, with one Ra&s;our of the value of one &s;hilling, Voluntarily and Feloniou&s;ly Cut his Throat, and did thereby give him&s;elf one Mortal Wound, it being cut from the one <HI>Jugular</HI> to the other, and through the Wind-pipe and Gullet unto the <HI>Vertebres</HI> of the Neck, both <HI>Jugular</HI> Veins being al&s;o quite Divided; of which &s;aid Mor|tal Wound the &s;aid <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> in&s;tantly Died; and thus the afore&s;aid Jurors, upon their Oaths &s;ay, That the afor&s;aid <HI>Arthur</HI> Earl of <HI>E&s;&s;ex,</HI> in Manner and Form afore&s;aid, did Voluntarily and Feloniou&s;ly, as <HI>Felo de &s;e,</HI> Kill and Murther him&s;elf, again&s;t the Peace of our Lord the King, His Crown and Dignity. In Witne&s;s whereof, as well I the &s;aid Coroner, as the Jurors afore&s;aid, to this Inqui&s;ition have put our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year above&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Vera Copia Examin'cum Originali, Per</HI> E. FARNHAM.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Re-printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> Printer to His mo&s;t Sacred Maje&s;ty, 1683.</P>
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