Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 519
Title	Memorandum; 5 Jan. 1705/6
Date	5 January 1706
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Provides details of the case of William Butler, a prisoner in Newgate; says that he was fined in May 1699 for saying that King William and the ArchBishop of Canterbury had perjured themselves; states Butler's view that William broke his oath of allegiance to King Charles II and the Archbishop of Canterbury [Thomas Tenison] broke the one which he swore to King James II; says that Butler has been in Newgate [prison] ever since in a 'miserable condition'. Old Style dating on letter
Term	crimes, high treason
Term	royalty, allegiance to

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1083	William III (1650-1702); King of England Scotland and Ireland	1650-1702
NA29265	Tenison; Thomas (1636-1715); Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop of Canterbury 1694-1715	1636-1715
NA29266	Butler; Thomas (fl 1699-1706); -; convicted of high treason; imprisoned in Newgate 1699-1706	fl 1699-1706