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Sentenced for involvement in the Rye House Plot...
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Sentenced for involvement in the Rye House Plot...

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THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Dec. 14, 1685   

* Charles II of England & brother
* Assassination plot sentencing


The front page begins with a report from Jamaica noting impart: "We have now a second confirmation of the news from the South Seas, that the Privateers there are in great distress; their return home by land is cut off by the Indians deserting them, and their vessels are not sufficient...to carry them about by sea...".
The back page has a report from London noting: "...Charles Bateman was brought to his trial...upon an indictment f High Treason for conspiring with other false traitors the death of the late King of Ever Blessed Memory, and to raise a rebellion within this kingdom, of which he was upon  full evidence found guilty, and this day received sentence of death, as in cases of High Treason." Meaning he would be hanged till near-death, then drawn open, then quartered. This was for his involvement in the Rye House Plot.
A single sheet newspaper, 6 1/2 by 11 inches, very nice condition.

Background: The Rye House Plot of 1685 was a failed conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II and his brother James to stop a Catholic succession. The plan to ambush them near Rye House was foiled when the king changed his route. After the plot was uncovered, several conspirators were arrested and executed. The event heightened political tensions that eventually led to the Glorious Revolution.
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