Sworn and examined saith that he was at William Yates's house in Upholland upon the 17th of July being Sunday about 2 of the clock in the afternoon and John Whittaker invited him up into a room above stairs to drink with him, and when he came there found nobody there but the said Whittaker and Richard Worthington of Upholland, and their discourse was of several healths that had been drunk in their company with Michael Jackson a little before and the said John Whittaker told this deponent that he had begun several healths in the company of Michael Jackson and several others, and particularly the Duke of Monmouth's health, which some in the company did drink, and some refused to drink it, and at the same time he saw the said John Whittaker upon his knees in the same room, and then he again began the Duke of Monmouth's health unto the said Richard Worthington and he pledged him, and then Whittaker said he hoped to see him in England or live to see him in England meaning the Duke of Monmouth and said God bless him, and said he cared not for the King and further saith not.
Depositions & Examinations
QSP 641/6
LRO
Slander / Sedition
1687 (Michaelmas)
Wigan, Lancashire, England
Plaintiff
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Defendant
John Whittaker
male
Witness
James Dawson
male
Husbandman
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Event
Healths to the Duke of Monmouth in William Yates's house
Sun 17 July 1687
2 afternoon
Upholland, Lancashire, England
Components
Commercial hospitality
Inferred
Company and drinking groups: male
Healths, pledging, and drinking rituals
Sedition
Alcohol | Unspecified
Setting
Drinking house: unspecified
Location of Event
Inferred
Statement
1 October 1687
James Dawson