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The Life of Judge Jeffreys This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com TheLifeofJudgeJeffreys HenryBrodribbIrving i 46 < THE LIFE OF JUDGE JEFFREYS THE LIFE OF JUDGE JEFFREYS ,t' \ BY B. IRVING M.A. OXON. WITH THREE PORTRAITS LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1898 All rights reserved. PREFACE THIS book is an attempt, however imperfectly executed, to fill a gap in the biographical literature of the seven teenth century, and to reproduce the general features of a period during which the proceedings in the courts of law were intimately associated with the history of the nation. After consulting all accessible authorities, both printed and manuscript, some of which have not been hitherto made use of, I have formed a rather different estimate of Jeffreys' life and character from that generally accepted. I venture to hope that my reasons for arriving at such an estimate may not appear unjustifiable. Among many to whom I owe my thanks for help kindly given in the preparation of this book, I would select a few for special acknowledgment. To the officials at the Record Office, to Mr. Fortescue and Mr. Anderson of the British Museum Library, to Mr. Walkes of the Privy Council Office, to the late Mr. Alfred Morrison, and lastly to Mr. M. R. Jeffreys, who, with the greatest courtesy and kindness, placed at my disposal the few family papers in his possession relating to the career of Lord Jeffreys, to these I would express my especial obligation. H. B. IRVING. February, 1898. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE BOYHOOD OF JEFFREYS. 1648 — 1663 I II. STUDENT LIFE AND EARLY YEARS AT THE BAR. 1663 — 1671 7 III. THE RISE OF THE COMMON SERJEANT. 1671 — 1678 . 18 IV. THE RECORDER OF LONDON. 1678 34 V. THE POPISH PLOT. 1678, 1679 48 VI. THE TRIAL OF SIR GEORGE WAKEMAN. JULY, 1679 . 84 VII. THE FIRST ABHORRER— THE PARLIAMENTARY RECKONING. 1679, 1680 101 VIII. THE JUDICIAL WAR. 1681 — 1683 130 IX. THE RYE-HOUSE PLOT — LORD CHIEF JUSTICE JEFFREYS. 1683 158 X. IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH. 1684 1 86 XI. CHIEF JUSTICE AND LORD KEEPER — THE TRIALS OF ARMSTRONG AND ROSEWELL. 1684 204 XII. THE DEATH OF THE KING — THE TRIAL OF TITUS DATES. 1685 229 XIII. THE FALL OF NORTH, AND THE TRIAL OF BAXTER. 1685 248 XIV. THE "BLOODY ASSIZES." AUG.-SEPT., 1685 258 XV. THE "BLOODY ASSIZES" — continued 286 XVI. THE LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR. 1685, 1686 .... 309 XVII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END. 1687 331 XVIII. THE DOWNFALL OF JEFFREYS. 1688 345 XIX. THE TOWER OF LONDON. DEC., 1688 — APRIL, 1689 . 357 b PORTRAITS OF JEFFREYS To face page CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND Frontispiece RECORDER OF LONDON 30 LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND 310 FAC-SIMILE OF A LETTER FROM LORD JEFFREYS TO THE EARL OF SUNDERLAND, SEPTEMBER J, 1685 Appendix III. THE BOYHOOD OF JEFFREYS 1648 — 1663 AT Acton Park, in a beautiful green corner of the county of Denbighshire, near the town of Wrexham, George Jeffreys was born in the year 1648. Acton Park had been the family seat for a considerable period. De scended from a long line of distinguished ancestors, the house of Jeffreys could claim to be one of the oldest families among the gentry of Wales. But its historical importance had passed away with Tudor Trevor, Earl of Hereford, and other heroes of the national history ; and the Jeffreys had settled down as quiet country gentlemen, living in dignified ease, and sharing those responsibilities that usually fall to people in their station of life. The name of Jeffreys had attained local prominence in the persons of High Sheriffs and Welsh Judges, but its fame had not yet passed beyond the limits of its county. The father whose son was destined to dissipate so rudely the unpretentious merit of the family achievement was Mr. John Jeffreys. He had proved no alien to the honourable traditions of his house ; and, at the age of eighty-four, when " Judge Jeffreys " had ceased to be anything but a hated name, this sturdy old gentleman felt justified in blessing God " that he had always studied the welfare and happiness of his children, and had never been guilty of an unkind or unjust act to any of 2 THE LIFE OF JUDGE JEFFREYS them." l He had chosen a fitting wife in Margaret Ireland. This lady was the daughter of Sir Thomas Ireland, a Lancashire gentleman, erstwhile a Serjeant-at- law and learned editor of Coke's Reports. Mrs. Jeffreys was a pious good woman, if we are to believe the testimony of her friend Philip Henry, the eminent Dissenter, and one who did her best to bring up her children in a godly fashion. There is some reason for believing that Jeffreys' parents were themselves Dissenters, and it may well be that George's bringing up was unpleasantly austere to a child of his temperament. At any rate, it is admissible to suggest that in his early training and the religious tone of his father's household, Jeffreys found a primary cause for the lively hatred he evinced in later years towards the Nonconformists. It must not also be forgotten that Jeffreys' earliest years, 1648 — 1660, were passed during the period of Puritan ascendency, a period no doubt trying in many respects to vivacious children. Of such estimable parents came "Judge Jeffreys." George was the fourth son. Three of his brothers grew to manhood, and, as far as we know, perpetuated the modest virtues of their parents, leading honourable if uneventful lives, and dying under circumstances that left nothing to be desired. John, the eldest, was a respectable High Sheriff, Thomas an amiable Consul, and James, the youngest, a very sufficient Prebendary. There is no reflection of either the abilities or the energy of the Judge in any of his immediate relatives. If his qualities are a reproduction of some remote ancestor, they cannot be traced at this distance of time. From his maternal grandfather he may have inherited some of his legal talents, and his paternal grandfather was a Welsh Judge. An unconvincing attempt has been made to establish the existence of a maternal grandmother with ambitious designs, but it remains unconvincing. It must not be 1 Letter of Mr. John Jeffreys to the widow of his son, Dr. James Jeffreys, Prebendary of Canterbury, Jan. 18, 1690, in the possession of M. P. Jeffreys, Esq. THE BOYHOOD OF JEFFREYS 3 forgotten that "Judge Jeffreys" was a Welshman. Matthew Arnold has described wit, vivacity, an audacious love of excitement, a want of measure and steadfastness and sanity, as prevailing characteristics of the Celtic nature. Lord Justice Vaughan Williams has added disregard of personal liberty. These qualities have been for some time associated in the public mind with " Judge Jeffreys." Amidst the Teutonic moderation of his immediate relatives, it may not be unreasonable to regard George as a wilful protest on the part of the Celtic element in the family character against threatened extinction. The memory of the Judge has not escaped that mis representation which is the everlasting portion of unpopular characters. There is a prevalent impression that he was a man of obscure and ignoble origin, an uneducated declaimer, violent and ignorant, whose short comings may be comfortably attributed to the mysterious consequences of want of breeding. Insinuations of this kind are very fatal to character, and, if there is any hope of mercy for Jeffreys, should be immediately corrected. It is impossible to calculate the enormous damage which the reputation of Scroggs (Jeffreys' only peer in judicial infamy) has suffered from the assertion of his enemies that he was a butcher's son, and the unfortunate support that questionable statement has derived from his caco phonous name. All that can be said with certainty of Jeffreys' boyhood amounts to this — he was considered by those who knew him a lad of exceptional talents, and, for that reason, received at the hands of his parents the best education possible to a gentleman of that period. Philip Henry examined the boy's learning at his mother's request, and found him remarkably proficient. He was first sent to Shrewsbury School, then the prepar atory school for the gentry of the neighbourhood. Lord Campbell unmercifully accuses Jeffreys, even at this tender age, of cheating his schoolfellows at marbles and leapfrog ; but adds that, in spite of these failings, he contrived to get himself elected Master of the Revels by B 2 4 THE LIFE OF JUDGE JEFFREYS his long-suffering companions, whatever that may mean ! In his eleventh year Jeffreys was removed to St. Paul's School in London, with the view, Lord Campbell has it, of ultimately entering life as a shop apprentice. Here he became the pupil of Dr. Cromleholme, Pepys' " con ceited, dogmatic pedagogue Crumlum," who was at any rate sufficiently in earnest to die of the loss of his library in the Great Fire. Jeffreys remained at St. Paul's two years. In 1661 he was removed to Westminster, at that time under the Mastership of the awful Busby. As Jeffreys only remained in the school a year, he had not time to benefit fully by the training which mellowed Locke, Dryden, and many a divine, to the comfort of succeeding generations. Locke complains that at West minster greater efforts were shown in directing tongues to learned languages than minds to virtue. Some may be inclined to cite Jeffreys in confirmation of this charge. They can, if they will, call Lord Campbell in evidence, for he says that Jeffreys was occasionally flogged for idleness and impudence.
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