188 Records of the Rising in the West, A.D. 1655. 
‘The Tryall and sentence of Death to be Drawn, Hanged and Quartered. 
Pronounced against 
Mr. Mack [Mackes] an apothecary of Salisbury 
Mr. John Thorp an Innkeeper of same town 
Mr. Kensey a Chiourgeon of Newbury 
and Mr, Dean and Mr. Lukes of Hungerford 
upon a charge of High treason for conspiring together to take up arms and raise 
new forces for the King of the Scots 
(London G. Horton 1655) April 19th written upon it.” 
It contains a supposed resumé of the indictment, and the law on 
the subject; as that it was an offence against the Protector and the 
present Government by the late ordinance, &c. 
Then follows the expression of the feelings of some of the prisoners. 
Of Mackes when reaching “ the place of restraint.” The pamphlet 
is written by some Royalist, and is of very little value; it 
says 
‘the was not tried by a jury of the country and that Mr. Heyley [Hely] and 
sundry other gentlemen of Salisbury are posting after the judges to get a reprieve 
for Mack(es].” 
Finally the Attorney-General writes from Dorchester 
*T am also to represent Edmond Macke[s] from them, [the Commissioners] as 
fit for mercy; it is conceived ill offices are done him by some at Salisbury, yet 
some honest people spoke to me for him, to have spared proceedings against him, 
though Mr. Richard Hill the Justice were one of them[who had done ill offices ?].”? 
Mr. Hill is mentioned just before as having been faithful and 
active in the business. 
But I must leave the fate of Mackes and the others whom I have 
not mentioned, in suspense, for nothing more do I know about them. 
“Et jam tempus equim Jumantia solvere colla” at the gates of 
Exeter Castle. 
(To be Continued.) 
Norr:'—At the time this paper was originally penned I had not had the oppor- 
tunity of seeing Mr. Waylen’s account of the Rising in the West, published 
many years ago in the Wiltshire Independent. It will appear, on comparison, 
that the present records carry our knowledge still further; and in some points 
necessarily differ from the view Mr. Waylen presents tous. It is a matter for 
regret that the whole of the valuable papers published by him in the Devizes or 
other newspapers have not been collected and edited with notes and references. 
Our debt of gratitude to him, at present large, would be vastly increased to the 
mutual pleasure and profit of both parties. W. W. RR. 
