He selected thirty Triers; and the selection was characteristic of the man and of the times.

All the thirty were in politics vehemently opposed to the prisoner.

Fifteen of them were colonels of regiments, and might be removed from their lucrative commands at the pleasure of the King.

Among the remaining fifteen were the Lord Treasurer, the principal Secretary of State, the Steward of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Queen's Chamberlain, and other persons who were bound by strong ties of interest to the court.

Nevertheless, Delamere had some great advantages over the humbler culprits who had been arraigned at the Old Bailey.