Bg W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 



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• John Penruddock 



• Heugh Grove 

 t Richard Ryve8 



Robert Duke 



Francis Jones 



George Duke 



Thomas Fitz-James 

 t Thomas Hilliard 

 f Edward Davis 



William Jenkins 



"William Wake 



Joseph Collier 



Henry Collier 



Those mark'^ w* Death's 

 the rest banished." 



Christopher Haveland 

 •]• Thomas Poulton 

 t Edward Willis 



John Bibby 



John Cooke 



Abraham Wilson 

 t William Horsington 



Richard Browne 



John Harris 



Nicholas Mussell 



Uans Stiver a Dutch Trumpeter 

 f John Gyles 



Robert Harris 

 i head were beheaded, those with a crosse were hanged, 



Persons beheaded 

 marked thus * [A 

 death's head in original 



Persons hanged marked 

 thus f [A cross in or- 

 inal 



The rest reprieved 

 during pleasure 



It is almost needless to say that the asterisk's (in the original 

 death's heads) and cross marks must have been added subsequently. 



This general petition was followed by one last appeal from 

 Penruddock himself, no doubt presented the 1st or 2nd of May. 

 How pathetic is its language ! His prostration at the great man's 

 feet, not for his own sake, but for those "too, too numerous/' 

 who were dependant upon his life. 



" To his Highnesse the Lord Protector of England Scotland and Ireland. 



The Humble Petition of John Penruddock nowe Prisoner in the goale of 

 Exon Condemned for Treason. 



That not w*'' standinge his many Petitions both Joyntly and in Particular hee 

 againe Presents this humble Addresse to your Highnesse wherein w*"" All 

 Humility hee prostrates himselfe at your Highnesses feet for mercy. 



neither doth hee beg it for his owne sake but for the Sakes of soe many Inno- 

 cents his wi fe Children and Relations who are too too numerous to bee made 

 miserable by his Death. 



knowinge therefore that in your Hignesses Breath depends his Life or Death 

 twould bee selfe murder not to Implore your mercy since hee knowes that 

 Heaven it seKe is conquerd by Prayers. 



If therefore your Highnesse shall be graciously Pleased to Answer him in 

 mercy and not in Justice hee will not onely give such Security for his future 

 Demeanour as by your Highnesse shall bee thought fitt but for ever as in Duty 

 bound together w"" his Relations Pray for your Highnesse &c." 



But it was not to be, the Protector fully appreciated the wide 

 extent and gravity of the rebellion : north, south, east, and west it 

 had spread, and so he came to the conclusion that nothing but a serious 

 example would secure the Government. This was a second offence 

 moreover of some of the prisoners, amongst others, Penruddock; he had 



