1687

Summary

[Q84] Saturday March 26 1687

Saturday March 26 1687. Mr. Nevell Paine — has charged the Earle of Sunderland with keeping Treasonable Correspondency with the Prince of Orange, and acquainted his Majestie therewith, who has heard them both face to face, the Earle utterly denyed any Correspondency with the Prince Paine — averred it the Earle denyed it, and confessed that his Wife did keepe correspondency with the Princesse, which he thought she was bound in duty to do because She was the Kings daughter and Payne — produced one Letter of the Countesse of Sunderland — to the Princesse, but had no obscure passage in it, but Complement that useth to pass betweene Ladyes of that quality (some incline to thinke Mr. William Pen, I know not for what reason was at the bottom of this Charge) the Earle of — Sunderland — went to his house in the Countrey the beginning of this weeke[.] The Lord Charles Hamilton and Mr. Henry Savell did intend and I believe go with them thither. Some thinke this is very considerable.

His Majestie sent — for Nell Gwyn and told her that her Son the Duke of Burford must be of the Religion his father dyed in if She expected that he should take any care of him, and that Mr. Gashoone that his mother had made the Dukes Governour or Tutor, a French Protestant who has been long in England must be removed because he was a Heretick and he would place another, and has placed Mr. Weyburn a very fierce active, discursive Papist whome Harrey Killegrew told the King would Sillogize the Duke to death.

Its discoursed in the Town as if Nell Gwyn were Commanded to restore all the things that King Charles the Second gave her, and that she did return a Dozen

Mr. Crisp [blank] of the City is like to be turned out.