Alderman hanged him selfe (Hoyle.) And, as we were creadibly informed, did affterwards hang himself, out of consiousnesse of his Cryme: he was guilty of, against, that innocent martyer, whose blood yett cryes against this guilty Nations;

Nesbit affter some yeares injoying the Living of K.(but not Peacably) died, of a sad distemper in vomitting up his very Excraments. As to the making way, for Nesbitt to gett the Possession of the Parsonage of Kirklington, it was found the most Plausible to be don, by proveing my deare brother, Georg Wandesford, to be a Delinquant, to the Parliament. by which meanes, he not only forfeted his right to present to that Liveing butt allso thereby forfeted all his whole Estate, which strucke all the Family, Roots, & Branch, which Profitable prospect, to injoy this poore Gentlemans Estat — was an undeniable argument to prevaile for the guift of this Living to Nesbitt by the Parliament, who gained soe well by his in- formation,. & such was his art he used, That he prevailed for a Sequestration to issue forth, uppon my Brother Georg, my brother Christopher; & my Mother. & brother John (then a Childe) & myself.

A false Sequestration against the whol family of my deare Father by Mr Nesbitt Which shewed the height of malice & covetousness. To grind the face of the Poore, (which att this time was fallen uppon us) beeing but lately fled from the horrid Irish Rebellion, wherein we were designed to have bin murthered; & escaped, that missery, we fell under this second Persecution by the factions in England (which may be accounted, from the Roote of that said Popery, which designd a catastrophy, uppon, England, allso, to the true Christian faith).

our Preservation But Alass, what had my deare mother, my selfe or my too yonger brothers don to offend the Parliament, — which was not in a capacity to offend them, beeing but a weake widow, & 3 smale Children; — only to make us a Prey to theire vengeance because of our oppinnion, & true faith, against theire Heathenisme. But, Blessed be (to) God, it was not in there power to destroy us; Tho they followed, us with all theire stormes, yett, in God, we found mercy for our deliverance, Oh, that I may never forgett the goodness of our God, to us, for all our Preservations, in the time of this English: as Irish, Rebellions.

The meathod they used in this Tradigytragedy was to cal upp 2 of my Cozen Nortons Troopers to yorke, which was on the moore at that fight, uppon promise, to give them a great reward, if they did gve information of my poore brother georges beeing theire then.

The way of proceeding agantagainst my brothr G.W. by A fallse oath Which these poore men, by a mistake; did confess They see him on the moore at the time of the fight; but they did not see him fight: they would have had, them, by cross, examination, to have confesed, they saw him fight. & forced them to have sworne to it: but the poore men, perceaving they aymed to make them sweare to a fallse thing, tould the Comitees, That they never would take Take a fallse oath against any man, for any gaine in the world; to take any, mans Life, or Estate from him; for tho he was on the moore: They did not see him fight; but only saw him on the moore that day; uppon which saing; the poore men was reproched by the Comittee. because they would not sweare they saw him fight (which would have bin clearer evidence, against my deare Brother).

Butt noe charges paid them as was promised, nor reward, because they would not perjure them selves, but dismissed in displeasure.

Plumer & his freind would not sweare a fallse oath against my brother was dismisd in displeasure -------- March 31 1651 Which, when John Plumer, & his fellow, saw the Plott against them, was in great Rage, against the Committee, & wished they had never come to them, & repented, them of theire folley, & one thing was very remarkable; These poore men was the first that ere found the body of my deare Brother in the River Swale, when he was drowned, in goeing to Richmond, to write to uncle Darley to returne him thankes, for clearing his Sequestration;

But the occasion of his beeing on the Moore that day was as followes, my deare B.brother, G.George, being sent in to France by his Gaurdians for Education (as most of the English Gentry was) for better Accomplishm — under the caire & conduct of a most Pieous, Learned; Scollers. Tuition affter my Fathers death.) whose name was Mr George Anderson. —

my B. G. W. sent in to France for Education. staied there, & improved himselfe in all Learning. & qualityes was sutable to his birth & Family:) att Length was compelled to re- turne into England, in the heate of the warres; & could stay noe longer in France, (nor Mr Anderson; his Tuetor, for the want of his maintenance; which could not be gott out of the Estate in England beeing distroyed by the Parliaments warres against the King.

Returned home for want of suply uppon the warres. Butt was forced to returne home, to Sir Ed.Edward Osbornes, my uncle, for releife, & (in his comming from thence to Kirklington to my deare mother, in order to his Releife; was very infortunately in his Jorney cast uppon Hessom-Moore in his way, to my mother, beeing ignorant of any battaile or ingagement that day.

For, if he had not bin a stranger to that Action or those dangers which followed, no man in his witts would have purposly soe exposed himselfe, into blood; when he might have exapedescaped;

This accident happned very propitious for Mr Nesbitt to gaine his poynt, & to make these mens information good in that objection, & to 39 Falsley objected Prove, him an, Enimy; to the Parliament (beeing actually in Armes on that moore, to which they gott the testimony of the poore men against him, as really as if he had taken up Armes; & had fought, (which he did not, neither did the wittnesses accuse him of it).

But the very beeing there, was sufficient, for theire ends; and on which Nesbitt gained, his desire, & by a fallse wittness obtained, his Sequestration; soe makeing him incapable to present to the Liveing, & there by, it fell into my Lord Fairfax, and the Parliaments hands, who immeadiatly, Presented him Mr Sydall Sequestered to that noble Living of Kirklington of 300l per Annum and cast Mr Sidall quite out, by a speedy Sequestration of him allso.

Thus, we see how fallsehood; & treatchery, prevailed against our Poore, & Loyall Family; for this one mans Covetousness; & treatchry, we weare all Ruined & broaken to peices, & my deare brothr compelled to fly into the Dales for shelter, against theire prosecution; , for having bin sequestred as an Enimy, to the estate. it was noe matter to take his life; by any meanes they could obteine it.

Uncle W. Wandesford Aplication to Mr R. Darley to Remove the Sequssequestration. Butt my uncle, Will.mWilliam Wandesford, desiring to seeke what remedy he could, to remove or cleare the Sequestration & relieve this Family then under this oppression & apparant Ruine, applyed himselfe to my uncle, Richard Darley, one & the most witty of the then Ruling Comittee at yorke, a leading man of the rest; who, having formerly married A kinswoman of my Fathers, Sir william Hilliards Daughter, he pretended a kindnes for the family & that he would do what service he could for it.

And, haveing an Eye, of some prospect of advantage to his owne Relation. inquered what Children my Father (the Lord Deputy) left, was tould by my uncle of my 3 Brothers & my selfe, And, finding I was likely to have a considerable Fortun & other desirable Perqusitts in a good match.

Mr R. D. an Eye on Mr Th. match with A. W. Immeadiatly pressed forward in the mater, And said to my uncle That he had a nephew, which was a good man & a good Estate (about 700l) pound Per Annum, which he judged might make a good match for me, And, if my uncle would be a meanes to obteine me for his Nephew, in marriage, he would assure him of the clearing my Brothers Sequestration. I supose my uncle was not backward, to promise his uttmost assistance & it should not be his fault, if he did not prevaile.

Thus, the bargaine was strucke betwixt them. before my deare mother, or my selfe ever heard a silable of this mater.