Proceedings against the Five Popish Lords, viz. the Earl of Powis, Lord Viscount Stafford, Lord Petre, Lord Arundel of Wardour, and Lord Bellasyse, for High Treason : Together with the Trial of Lord Viscount Stafford, 1678-1685. An Original Trial Report from Cobbett's State Trials, part of the great 19th-century archive of courtroom history.
London: Cobbett's State Trials, 1810. Booklet - Unbound Pages. Between 1678 and 1685, five Catholic peers were accused of high treason in connection with the fabricated Popish Plot. The charges, rooted in Titus Oates's notorious allegations of a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II, led to prolonged imprisonment and..... More
























