Catalogue description 2nd Examination

--Believes that he left home in Easter term last on a Tuesday, lay on Tuesday night at Godleming "at a widow's house, called Mrs. Anthony," who dwelleth at the King's Arms, and reached London on Wednesday, where his horses remained at the King's Head in Southwark.

Being asked why he came to London to receive money when himself and his brother both live in Hampshire, he saith that his brother received the money in London and appointed to pay it there. "And besides, men have sometimes little businesses up to London."

Touching his dealing with Francis Young the Jesuit, lying in Newgate, "when this examinate wrote this letter unto him to know his opinion touching the taking of the oath of allegiance, he saith that because the matter was diversely talked of, some holding one thing and some another, he was desirous to know his opinion in that point. Whereupon, being asked what his opinion is of the oath of allegiance, and whether he would take it if it should be offered unto him, he answereth that fear might compel him to take it, but otherwise he would be loath to do it, and humbly entreateth my Lord of Canterbury's grace that he be not urged thereunto. As to his not going home on his return from Wiltshire, which he said in his last examination was lest he should be pursued for his religion, "he did it only for fear lest he should be urged to take the said oath of allegiance," and whereas he said that on hearing of the proclamation against him his heart was very heavy, it was not "because of any guiltness, but because he feared he might thereby be prevented of his presenting himself before the Earl of Southampton, as his purpose was in his coming."

When he went over sea in Queen Elizabeth's time, he had leave to travel the first and third time but not the second. How the leave was granted the first time he remembereth not, for he was then very young, and it was procured by his friends, but the third time he went over with one Mr. Henry Boswell, clerk of the Wards, who had a licence from the Queen to go over sea, but whether examinate were named in the licence or went as one of his company he remembereth not. His going to Rome was voluntary, "his desire being to see Our Lady of Loretto, where when he was, being then within three or four days journey of Rome, he thought it worth his labour to see that city also."

His reason for telling Ginman to shift for himself, when Ginman was but a young man and a servant, was his fear that "as himself might fall into some trouble about matters of his conscience so might his man too."

Concerning his apparel when in London, he saith "that he wore then the very same clothes which he hath on him now; that is to say a jerkin and hose of pheasant-coloured cloth, with a lace of the same colour," but being asked whether the cloak which now he weareth (being of a medley colour much like the jerkin, with buttons before of silk) were the same he wore then, he saith that in Easter term he had with him also a cloak of a grayish colour, with buttons and loops; and wore sometimes the one and sometimes the other.

He hath divers times seen his Majesty's book, called his Monitory Preface or Epistle, and hath read part of it, and also heard much of it read; "but for reverence sake he refuseth to give any judgment of it; only being asked his opinion whether he think that Henoch and Elias shall bodily come before the day of judgment, he saith that some of the Fathers and ancient writers have set down so much in their books, and he thinketh likewise that they shall come." Signed by deponent. Also by the Archbishop and the Bishops of London, Bath and Wells and Coventry and Lichfield.