Oates is summoned before the magistrate Sir…

Oates is summoned before the magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey on September 6 to swear an oath prior to his testimony before the king.

Oates claims he had been at a Jesuit meeting held on April 24, 1678 at the White Horse Tavern in the Strand.

According to Oates, the purpose of that meeting was to discuss the assassination of Charles II.

The meeting discussed a variety of assassination methods which included: Stabbing by Irish ruffians, shooting by two Jesuit soldiers, or the assassination of Charles II by the Queen's physician, Sir George Wakeman.

Oates and Tonge are brought before the Privy Council later this month.

The council interrogates Oates.

He makes forty-three allegations on September 28 against various members of Catholic religious orders—including 541 Jesuits—and numerous Catholic nobles.

He accuses Sir George Wakeman, the queen's physician, and Edward Colman, the secretary to the Duchess of York (Mary of Modena), of planning to assassinate the king.

Although Oates probably had selected the names randomly or with the help of the Earl of Danby, Coleman will be found to have corresponded with a French Jesuit, which condemns him.

Wakeman will later be acquitted.

Others Oates accuses include Dr. William Fogarty, Archbishop Peter Talbot of Dublin, Samuel Pepys, and Lord Belasyse.

With the help of the Earl of Danby the list grows to eighty-one accusations.

Oates is given a squad of soldiers and he begins to round up Jesuits.