constables of the county of Middlesex, preceded by one of
the high constables; a party of horse grenadiers, and a
party of foot; Mr Sheriff Errington, in his chariot,
accompanied by his under-Sheriff, Mr Jackson; the landau
escorted by two other parties of horse grenadiers and
foot; Mr Sheriff Vaillant's chariot, in which was
Under-Sheriff Mr Nichols; a mourning-coach and six, with
some of his lordship's friends; and, lastly, a hearse and
six, provided for the conveyance of his lordship's corpse
from the place of execution to Surgeons' Hall.

"The procession moved so slowly that Lord Ferrers was two
hours and three-quarters in his landau but during the
whole time he appeared perfectly easy and composed,
though he often expressed his desire to have it over,
saying that the apparatus of death and the passing
through such crowds of people was ten times worse than
death itself. He told the Sheriff that he had written to
the King, begging that he might suffer where his
ancestor, the Earl of Essex, had suffered--namely, on
Tower Hill; that 'he had been in the greater hope of
obtaining this favour as he had the honour of quartering
part of the same arms and of being allied to his Majesty;
and that he thought it hard that he should have to die at
the place appointed for the execution of common felons.'
As to his crime, he declared that he did it 'under
particular circumstances, having met with so many crosses
and vexations that he scarcely knew what he did."

At the top of Drury Lane he paused to drink his last glass of wine,