Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-20

els against the king and concealing in
her dwelling, on the day OF the battle or
Sedgemore, Richard Nelthorpe, a lawyer.
and John Hicks, a clergyman, refugees
from Monmouth's army.
Senator Hoar once visited the ancient
home of the Isles at Ringwood, about
twenty miles from Southampton. and In
Ellingham Church found the tomb OF
Lady Alicia, who was executed in 1855.
She lies beneath heavy slab Of gray
stone bearing the following inscription:
Here Lies Dame Alicia Lisle and her
daughter Ann Harfeld who dyed the 18th
of Feb. 1904. Alicia Llsle Dyed the
second of Sept. 1855
follows: 'She declared herself innocent
of guilty knowledge, and protested
against the illegally of her trial. be-
cause the supposed rebels, to whom she
had given hospitality, had not been con-
victed. She was then advanced In years
and so feeble that it was said she was
unable to keep awake during her tedious
trial. Jeffreys arrogantly refused her the
aid of counsel. admitted Irrelevant testi-
mony excelled himself in violent abuse
and so intimidated the jurors. who were
disposed to dismiss the charge. that they
unWiIlingly at last brought in verdict
of guilty. She was hurriedly condemned
to be burned alive the very afternoon OF
owing to the indignant protests of the
clergy Of Winchester, execution was post
poned for five DAYS and the sentence was
altered from burning to beheading.
King Refuses Pardon.
This punishment was exacted in the
market place of Winchester on the ap-
pointed day, the impacable King James
II refusing pardon. although it was
proved that Lady Lisle had protected
many cavaliers in distress and that her
son John was serving in the royal army.
Many persons of high rank interceded for
her. among whom was Lord Clarendon,
brother-in-law to the king.
Lady I.ise was connected by marriage
with the Bond, Whitmore, Churchill and
other families of distinction, and her
granddaughter married Lord James Rus
sell. fifth son of the first Duke OF Bed
ford, thus connecting this tragedy with
that of Lord William Russell. the martyr
of English liberty.
George F. Hoar, in 1892, paid a visit to
Moyles' Court. the ancient home OF the
Iisles and made notes, which, with the
above details, were wrought into an &C
count Of THE Hoar Family in America
and Tits English Ancestry" by Henry
Sedman Nourse. Interest in the Lady
Alicia is so much deepened by these notes
that the temptation to quote few OF
them is not wisely to be resisted:
Lady Lisle was carried on norsenacK
lost shoe and fell lame; she insisted
that the trooper should stop at a smiths
and have the shoe replaced, and on his
refusing declared that she would make
an outcry and resistance unless he did.
saving she could not bear to have the
horse suffer. The blacksmith at first re-
fused. He said he would do nothing to
help the carrying of Lady Lis'e, but she
entreated him to do it for her sake. She
said she should come back that way in a
few days; the trooper said, Yes, you will
come back in a few days. but without
your head
..The body was returned to Moyles.
Court the day of the execution: the head
was brought back a few days after in
tasLet and nut in at the pantry window;
the messenger said that the head was
sent afterward for greater indi l;nn;
;nss nv +. M. Ward. r. A.. which adorn
the leading to the serss Of
1o I Isles arrest for relieving the two
fngitives from Monmouth's army de-