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The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Ambrose Rookwood, for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His Sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason before His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, at Westminster on Tuesday the 21st of April 1696, and received sentence the day following, and was executed at Tyburn on the 29th day of the said month : in which tryal is contained all the learned arguments of the King's council and likewise the council for the prisoner, upon the new act of Parliament for regulating tryals in cases of treason.

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The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Ambrose Rookwood, for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His Sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason before His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, at Westminster on Tuesday the 21st of April 1696, and received sentence the day following, and was executed at Tyburn on the 29th day of the said month : in which tryal is contained all the learned arguments of the King's council and likewise the council for the prisoner, upon the new act of Parliament for regulating tryals in cases of treason.
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Rookwood, Ambrose, 1664-1696, defendant.
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London :: Printed for Samuel Heyrick ... and Isaac Cleave ...,
1696.
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Subject terms
William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702.
Rookwood, Ambrose, 1664-1696 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Treason) -- England.
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"The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Ambrose Rookwood, for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His Sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason before His Majesty's justices of Oyer and Terminer, at Westminster on Tuesday the 21st of April 1696, and received sentence the day following, and was executed at Tyburn on the 29th day of the said month : in which tryal is contained all the learned arguments of the King's council and likewise the council for the prisoner, upon the new act of Parliament for regulating tryals in cases of treason." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A25872.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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THE Arraignment, Tryal, and Condemnation OF Ambrose Rookwood, For the Horrid and Execrable CONSPIRACY TO Assassinate His Sacred Majesty King WILLIAM, In Order to a French INVASION of this Kingdom.

Who upon full Evidence was found Guilty of High Treason before His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer, at Westminster, on Tuesday the 21st. of April, 1696. and received Sentence the day follow∣ing. And was Executed at Tyburn on the 29th. day of the said Month.

In which Tryal is contained All the Learned ARGUMENTS of the King's Council, and likewise the Council for the Prisoner, upon the New Act of Parliament for Regulating Tryals in Cases of Treason.

LONDON: Printed for Samuel Heyrick at Grays-Inn-Gate, Holborn; and Isaac Cleave at the Star next Serjeants-Inn-Gate in Chancery-Lane. MDCXCVI.

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