Arraignment of Sir John Perrot, defendant, for high treason before the King's Bench at Westminster [manuscript], 1592 April 21.

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Arraignment of Sir John Perrot, defendant, for high treason before the King's Bench at Westminster [manuscript], 1592 April 21.

p. 111-115.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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Perrot, John, Sir, approximately 1527-1592

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Sir John Perrot served as lord deputy to Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. It was speculated that he was an illegitimate son of Henry VIII....

England and Wales. Court of King's Bench

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James Corker (1636-1715) converted to Roman Catholicism in his youth, and joined the English Benedictines at Lambspring in Hanover in 1656. Returning to England in 1665, he eventually became chaplain to Queen Catherine. Named by Titus Oates in the Popish Plot, Corker was imprisoned in Newgate until his acquittal in 1679. He was then reimprisoned, charged with high treason for accepting ordination as a Catholic priest, and condemned to death in 1680. Reprieved by Charles II, he was released from ...