A
Letter from Feversham,
Giving a True
ACCOUNT
Of several Persons who were Taken, being Embark'd with His
MAJESTIE
In a Vessel which lay in a Creek near Feversham in Kent .
Dated the 12th . of December , 1688.
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HIS Majesty having of l0ate, (to the great dissatisfaction
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of the whole Kingdom) thought it convenient at this
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juncture, to withdraw Himself from White Hall , in or[-]
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der (as it was supposed) to Transport Himself for
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some time beyond Sea, being Attended with several Gentlemen,
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of whom we shall proceed to give you an Exact Account.
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His MAJESTY, (in order to prosecute His Intention) on the
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Eleventh of December Imbarked Himself in a small Vessel, which
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lay in a Creek near Feversham , with these following persons to At-
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tend Him, Sir Edward Hales , Mr. Shelton , and some other Gentlemen,
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whose Names, as yet, we have no certain information off: But
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being on Board lying for a fair Wind, to Convey them to the
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Place intended, were discovered, and the above Nam'd Gentle-
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men, who waited on His MAJESTY, were Seized by a Party,
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in behalf of the Prince of Orange ; upon which His MAJESTY
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thought it Convenient to omit His Passage, and countermand His
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Resolution to return to Town.
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We have likewise an Account that Baron Jenner , Graham , and
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others, were likewise taken at Feversham .
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The Earl of Salisbury , and Mr. Hales at Ashford .
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Also old Obediah Walker and other Jesuits at Sittingborn , who are
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now under the County Guards, in Order to the bringing of them
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with all convenient Speed to London .
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