Grey had stipulated for their lives before he consented to become a witness against them.

[37] But there was a still stronger reason for sparing them.

They were heirs to large property: but their fathers were still living.

The court could therefore get little in the way of forfeiture, and might get much in the way of ransom.

Gerard was tried, and, from the very scanty accounts which have come down to us, seems to have defended himself with great spirit and force.