Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 830
Title	Statement of William Poston, taken before Bartholomew Beale, Shropshire; 30 Sep. 1704
Date	30 September 1704
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Says that Poston testified upon oath that he heard Charles Jones say that he had lost 'a place of fifty pounds' per annum for saying that the late King William was 'King de facto, but not King de jure'; states that Poston swears that he heard Charles Jones say that the late King William was a 'Rogue and an usurper and dyed like an Asse'.
Term	legal cases, high treason, Charles Jones
	crimes, high treason
	legal business, affidavits

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29574	Postan; William (fl 1704); -; husbandman; of Sheford	fl 1704
NA1083	William III (1650-1702); King of England Scotland and Ireland	1650-1702
NA29575	Jones; Charles (fl 1704); -; accused of high treason against King William III	fl 1704
NA29576	Beale; Bartholomew (fl 1704); J.P.; of Shropshire	fl 1704