case the king and queen against thorp and other Hilary term will and mary roll  a information by the attorneygeneral against several person for conspire to  marry a young gentleman of fortune with a woman of inferior character and  condition Southampton to wit be it remember that Edward ware knight  attorneygeneral of our present lord the king and lady the queen who for our  say present sovereign Lord the king and lady the queen in this behalf  prosecute in his proper person come here into court of our say present  sovereign Lord the king and lady the modern er p queen before the king and  queen themselves at Westminster on Tuesday next after the octave of saint  Hilary in this same term and for our say present sovereign Lord the king and  lady the queen give the court here to understand and be inform that Henry  Thorp late of read in the county of Berks gentleman Ursula Holton late of  London widow Thomas dear late of Winton in the county of Southampton yeoman  whether dear wife of the aforesaid Thomas Elizabeth streper wife of William  streper late of read in the county of Berks gentleman otherwise call Elizabeth  streper late of read aforesaid in the county aforesaid widow otherwise call  Elizabeth streper late of the same spinster and Francis Harguile late of read  in the county of Berks yeoman be person and each of they be a person of evil  name fame and dishonest conversation and disregard the law of this realm of  England on the ten day of October in the five year of the reign of the Lord  William and the lady mary of England Scotland France king and queen defender  of the faith c and on diverse other modern day and time as well before as  after at Winton in the county of Southampton wicked deceitful and unlawful  conspire contrive and intend one Edward Mitchell gentleman be within the age  of eighteen year and the son and heir of one Robert Mitchell do not say that  Mr Mitchell be a man of a estate a of Petersfield in the county of Southampton  esquire out of the custody counsel and government of the say Robert Mitchell  without notice and against the will of the aforesaid Robert Mitchell to take  and seduce and with one Cormelydon Holton a person of bad name fame and  dishonest conversation and also of no fortune or substance the same Edward  Mitchell in matrimony to join and in pursuance of the say conspiracy  contrivance and diabolical intention the say Henry Thorp Ursula Holton Thomas  dear whether dear Elizabeth streper and Francis Harguile afterward to wit on  the aforesaid ten day of October in the five year of the lord the now king and  the lady the now queen abovementioned at Winton aforesaid in the county  aforesaid wicked unjust and unlawful confederate and assemble themselves and  that the same Henry Thorp Ursula Holton Thomas dear whether dear Elizabeth  streper and Francis Harguile afterward to wit on the same day and year  aforesaid at Winton aforesaid in the county of Southampton aforesaid in  execution of the conspiracy aforesaid so as beforementioned between they false  malicious unjust and deceitful bad by diverse false malicious and deceitful  way do inveigle and persuade and each of they the aforesaid Henry Thorp Ursula  Holton Thomas dear whether dear Elizabeth streper and Francis Harguile then  and there do deceive and persuade the say Edward Mitchell the say Robert  Mitchell his kind and tender father to bold in hatred and contempt and also to  relinquish and abdicate the school at Winton in the county of Southampton  aforesaid where the say Edward Mitchell to be instruct and educate in sound  literature and good moral be by his say father before that time place and also  the house of he Henry Thorp be at Winton in the county of Southampton  aforesaid to frequent and the same Henry Thorp c by diverse iniquitous and  false solicitation then and there do persuade and unlawful compel and each of  they the aforesaid Henry Thorp c do persuade and compel the say Edward  Mitchell diverse very strong and intoxicate water and liquor to drink and the  aforesaid Edward Mitchell then and there make and cause to be make and each of  they make and cause to be make drink and also with the aforesaid Cormelydon  Holton then and there and on the aforesaid other day and time afterward in  company the aforesaid Edward Mitchell deceitful and crafty introduce and  procure and by diverse batter false and deceitful speech and word unlawful and  deceitful then and there persuade and solicit the aforesaid Edward Mitchell  the say Cormelydon Bolton to join in matrimony and the say attorneygeneral of  our say lord the king and lady the queen for the say lord the king and lady  the modern queen give the court here further to understand and be inform that  the same Henry Thorp Ursula Holton Thomas dear whether dear Elizabeth streper  and Francis Harguile in the further prosecution of their machination and  intention aforesaid afterward to wit on the sixteenth day of October in the  five year of the reign of the lord the now king and lady the now queen at  Winton aforesaid in the county of Southampton aforesaid unlawful false and  wicked and modern er p by diverse false asseveration and promise solicit  incite and procure the same Edward Mitchell from his school aforesaid frequent  to stay and thencefrom to depart against the will and without notice or  consent of the aforesaid Robert Mitchell his father and also the same Edward  Mitchell without notice and against the will of the say Robert Mitchell then  and there receive maintain and keep with intention to deceive and persuade the  same Edward Mitchell in matrimony with the aforesaid Cormelydon Holton to join  and that the aforesaid Cormelydon Holton afterward to wit on the twenty day of  October in the aforesaid year of the reign of the say lord the now king and  lady the now queen abovementioned at Watlington in the county of Oxford by the  abetment and aforesaid false mean of the say Henry Thorp c contract matrimony  with the say Edward Mitchell to the great damage of the say Edward Mitchell to  the misery disconsolation and sorrow of the aforesaid Robert Mitchell the say  father to the say Edward Mitchell and all his friend in manifest contempt of  the law of this realm of England in evil example of all other in like case  offend and against the peace of our say lord the now king and lady the now  queen their crown and dignity c whereupon the say attorneygeneral of our say  lord the now king and lady the now queen for the say lord the king and lady  the queen pray the consideration of the court here in the premise and that due  process of law may be award against they the aforesaid Henry Thorp c in this  behalf to make they answer to our say lord the now king and lady the now queen  of and in the premise aforesaid c and the juror c say that the defendant  Ursula Holton Thomas dear whether dear the wife of the say Thomas Elizabeth  streper the wife of William streper and Francis Harguile be not guilty and  that the defendant Thorp as to all thing in the information contain except  compel the say Edward Mitchell in the information aforesaid mention to drink  the strong water and liquor in the information aforesaid be guilty and as to  the compel the say Edward Mitchell to drink the water and liquor aforesaid the  juror aforesaid say that the defendant Thorp be not guilty