House, for the purpose of securing 'the examinations' that Godfrey
had taken. 'Coleman and Lord Bellasis advised to destroy him.' His
informant was Le Fevre. One Walsh (a 'Jesuit'), Le Fevre, Lord
Bellasis's man, and 'the chapel keeper' did the deed. The chapel
keeper carried him' (Godfrey) 'off.' 'HE DID NOT SEE HIM' (Godfrey)
'AFTER HE WAS DEAD.'

On the following day Bedloe told his tale at the bar of the House of
Lords. He now, contradicting himself, swore THAT HE SAW GODFREY'S
DEAD BODY IN SOMERSET HOUSE. He was offered 2,000 guineas to help
to carry him off. This was done by chairmen, 'retainers to Somerset
House,' on Monday night (October 14).*

*Pollock, p. 387, Lords' Journals, xiii. p. 343.

On that night, Bedloe saw Samuel Atkins, Mr. Pepys's clerk, beside
the corpse, by the light of a dark lantern. Atkins had an alibi, so
Bedloe shuffled, and would not swear to him.

On November 14, before the Lords' Committee, Bedloe again gave
evidence. The 2,100 pounds were now 4,000 pounds offered to Bedloe,
by Le Fevre, early in October, to kill a man. The attendant in the
Queen's chapel was at the scene (a pure figment) of the corpse
exposed under the dark lantern. The motive of the murder was to
seize Godfrey's examinations, which he said he had sent to
Whitehall. At a trial which followed in February 1679, Mr.
Robinson, who had known Godfrey for some forty years, deposed that
he had said to him, 'I understand you have taken several
examinations.' 'Truly,' said he, 'I have.' 'Pray, Sir, have you
the examinations about you, will you please to let me see them?'