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547: 520:. Prance named as the actual killers three working men, Robert Green, Henry Berry and Lawrence Hill, who were arrested. Godden fled the country, while the two Irish priests simply vanished from sight. As with most solutions to the murder, the main weakness was the absence of a plausible motive. Prance could only say, vaguely, that Godfrey had been harassing the two priests in some way, which seems unlikely as he was noted for tolerance in religious matters. 490: 383: 49: 917: 274:. He lived with a maid named Elizabeth Curtis and his secretary, Henry More and a housekeeper, who were questioned at his inquest, where they gave evidence that in their opinion his death was suicide. He was considered eccentric in choosing to socialise with members of the working class instead of persons of his own class, although he did have a number of influential friends, including 436: 527:, and nearly froze to death. As a result, he recanted his recantation and recanted two more times, ending up verifying his original story. At the trial, he was a highly credible witness, although Hill's wife rightly prophesied "we shall see him recant after, when it is too late". The three men were sentenced to death 5 February 1679 and hanged at 788:. He is depicted as a very honest magistrate, who is reluctant to take part in any persecution, regularly warning both Catholics and Dissenters who are about to be arrested. In a (fictional) scene, Godfrey is depicted as meeting secretly with King Charles II, his brother James and Queen Catherine, and suggesting that they arrest 199:, the eleventh son of eighteen children born to Thomas Godfrey (1586–1664), a member of an old Kentish family and his second wife Sarah, née Isles. He was named after his godfathers, Edmund Harrison and Captain John Berrie (which led to the misconception that his first name was "Edmundbury"). His father had been MP for 466:(and extremely drunk) at that time, and the Court directed an acquittal. Bedloe claimed that Catholic plotters had killed Godfrey in order to steal his papers about the depositions (note that the witnesses whose words had been recorded were still alive). He changed his story several times afterwards but the 635:) concurred, concluding that if the body had been suspended, the marks would have been higher up on the body than they were. The circumstances of Godfrey's death were established and documented by two doctors, Zachariah Skillard and Nicholas Cambridge, for an inquest held at the White House tavern in 735:
argues that "this would have been an elaborate, even over-elaborate, way of going about things", and that there "is no proof that such a concealment ever took place". She suggests instead that murder "was the obvious plausible explanation, either by random muggers taking advantage of Godfrey's night
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argues that neither Catholics nor Whigs had a sufficient motive. The Catholics were almost certain to be blamed for the murder, with calamitous consequences; while neither Shaftesbury nor his colleagues, whatever their faults, were likely to murder an innocent man of their own social class whom many
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of them knew and liked, on the mere speculation that it would bring them some benefit. He discounts Oates' involvement on the ground that he was a physical coward; Bedloe's conduct suggests that he had heard something about the murder from his underworld connections but was not directly involved.
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Two committees unsuccessfully investigated the murder. They received conflicting statements about Godfrey's whereabouts before the murder. There was no evidence of a struggle on the spot where the body had been found and Godfrey still had his money and rings. On the other hand, curious people had
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Colin Haydn Evans' radio play, "A Walk Across the Green" broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (7 April 1990) depicts Godfrey's murder as the work of Protestant conspirators headed by the republican-leaning Earl of Shaftesbury, to foment further anti-Catholic hysteria. The story is narrated by the mysterious
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When Oates's accusations became known, the public became concerned. Godfrey had supposedly been concerned that he might be one of the victims of the scare, but he took no extra precautions for his own security; his conversation also became increasingly strange, with references to
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appeared before Godfrey and asked him to take their oath that the papers they presented as evidence were based on truth. Godfrey demanded first to know the contents of the papers and when he had received a copy on 28 September, took their depositions. He may have warned
509:. His lodger John Wren (who was in debt to Prance) testified that he had been away for the four nights before Godfrey's body was discovered. Bedloe claimed to recognize him. Both statements are now thought to be lies, but this did not help Prance. 350:. The club, unable to confront the king directly, stirred up popular ill feelings against the Roman Catholic Church. Peyton hand-picked twelve men (including himself and Godfrey) who plotted to replace the King with a republic, nominally led by 443:
Oates exploited the situation and encouraged the public perception that the murder was the work of Catholic plotters. There was a commemorative dagger and medal, sermons and pamphlets. These months were long remembered as "Godfrey's Autumn".
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in concluding that Godfrey most likely killed himself. He suggests Godfrey's brothers made the death appear to be a murder to avoid public disgrace and the forfeiture of Godfrey's estate. On the other hand, in her biography
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and to being "knocked on the head" (the contemporary phrase for assassination). It was this odd behaviour which led his household to conclude that he had committed suicide, despite the medical evidence to the contrary.
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wrote that suicide by hanging was impossible as the marks on his neck showed that he had had his neck broken with his cravat, which was too short to effect a breakage by "drop". An investigation by pathologist
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and his neck broken. The sword wound had not bled, meaning that Godfrey was already dead when he was impaled, maybe for 4–5 days. The authorities announced a reward of £500 for information about the murderers.
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Anti-papist pipe tamper with the head of the pope inscribed with "The church subverted takes on the face of the Devil" and Edmund Godfrey with "E(dmundbury) Godfrey by his death re-established the state",
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on the night of 14 October to see the body of Godfrey (although on the previous day he had claimed just the opposite). He said he had seen two men, including Samuel Atkins, secretary to
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walk, or by any one of the enemies a magistrate can acquire in the exercise of his profession", while conceding that "no one theory seems able to explain all the known facts."
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when he had stayed in his post regardless of the circumstances. In 1669 Godfrey was briefly imprisoned for a few days because he had the King's physician, Sir
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already trampled the ground when investigators arrived. The body was covered with bruises and a circular mark around Godfrey's neck revealed that he had been
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had taken revenge on Godfrey, who had prosecuted him that April for the murder of Nathaniel Cony. Herbert was convicted of manslaughter and exercised his
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British author Mark Francis has published a series of five novels concerning fictional accounts of Godfrey's earlier life. The books are entitled
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On 23 – 24 December, Prance announced that he had had a part in the murder but that the main instigators were three Catholic priests:
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He was in business with his brother-in-law, James Harrison. Originally their premises was in Greene's Lane (beneath present-day
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has since been concreted over. After his death, his papers were retrieved from a trunk in a coffee house at Swan's Court, by
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Prance later recanted his confession before the king and the council and was thrown back to prison: he was threatened with
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On 12 October 1678, he left his house in the morning but did not return home. He was found dead in a ditch on
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agreed to convert himself and England to Roman Catholicism in return for money paid by the French King
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There have been many theories of what really happened to Godfrey and who killed him. "To the minds of
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declared that he was murdered by the patrons of Oates, to give currency to the belief in the Plot.
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concurred (1974), but allowed that the matter could not now be settled with certainty. The author
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The killing of Justice Godfrey: an investigation into England's most remarkable unsolved murder
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Contemporary newspaper with the headline "Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey's Murder Made Visible"
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had left his deposition with Godfrey, Godfrey warned one of the intended scapegoats,
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on 17 October. Godfrey was lying face down and had been impaled with his own sword.
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Godfrey is a conspicuous character in Alison Macleod's 1976 historical novel
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The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey, Plots and Politics in Restoration London
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Atkins was arrested but was able to prove that he had been on a yacht at
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in religion, Godfrey had a number of Catholic acquaintances, including
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Godfrey's murder plays a key role in Kate Braithwaite's 2018 novel,
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The Popish Plot: A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles II
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hazards that Oates himself was the murderer, and is supported by
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There is a tablet dedicated to his memory in the cloisters at
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Prance's story was later discredited and he pleaded guilty to
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named Godfrey as a member of the so-called "Peyton Gang". Sir
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uproar in England. Contemporary documents also spell the name
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to escape punishment, leaving him without the use of that
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Andrew Lang - The Mystery of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
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and began an anti-Catholic campaign. Titus Oates and
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In 1678, Godfrey became involved with the schemes of
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