Bg W. W. RavenhiU, Esq. 



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Persons beheaded 



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Frlwnrrl Willie 



death's head in original 



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Persons hanged marked 







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William Horsington 



The rest reprieved 



t Thomas Hilliard 





Richard Browne 



during pleasure 







John Harris 





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Nicholas Mussell 





William W'llrp 





Hans Stiver a Dutch Trumpeter 



Joseph Collier 



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John Gyles 





Henry Collier 





Robert Harris 





Those mark d w th Death' 



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



the rest banished." 









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. 



11 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 th standinge his many Petitions both Joyntly and in Particular hee 

 againe Presents this humble Addresse to your Highnesse wherein w th 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 wife 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 selfe 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 th 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 thejprisoners, amongst others, Penruddock; he had 



