The body of Godfrey was found in a ditch near the White House Tavern,
and that tavern was used as a club by a set of Catholic tradesmen. Was
Prance a member? The landlord, Rawson, on October 24, mentioned as
a member ‘Mr. PRINCE, a silversmith in Holborn.’ Mr. PRANCE was a
silversmith in Covent Garden. On December 21, Prance said that he had
not seen Rawson for a year; he was asked about Rawson. The members of
the club met at the White House during the sitting of the coroner’s
inquest there, on Friday, October 18. Prance, according to the author of
‘A Letter to Miles Prance,’ was present. He may have been a member, he
may have known the useful ditch where Godfrey’s corpse was found, but
this does not rise beyond the value of conjecture.*
*Lords’ MSS. pp. 46, 47, 51.