Depositions & Examinations
NCR Case 12b, Box 1 (Parcel 2)
NRO
Slander / Sedition
14 July 1690
Mon 19 July 1690
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Plaintiff
Richard Keepis
male
St John de Sepulchre, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Signature
Defendant
John Fenborough
male
Alehouse-keeper
Alcohol Retailer: Alehouse-keeper
St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Event
Jacobite songs in Fenborough's alehouse
Mon 14 July 1690
night
John Fenborough, All Saints, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Component
Music and songs
Setting
Alehouse
Location of Event
Statement
19 July 1690
Richard Keepis
On Monday being the 14th instant as he was in the street in the parish of All Saints right against one John Fenborough's house alehousekeeper, the informant heard (about ten a clock at night) divers persons singing which did occasion him to stop and he heard them sing a song about the late King James. And further the foresaid persons unknown did drink a health to the late King James wishing confusion to all his enemies.