473.

That this confession was genuine, and obtained without violence, may be entirely depended on.

Judge Rickhill, who brought it over from Calais, was tried on that account, and acquitted in the first parliament of Henry IV., when Glocester's party was prevalent.

His acquittal, notwithstanding his innocence, may even appear marvellous, considering the times.

See Cotton, p.393.putting them immediately in execution.