seven in the morning of the 14th of
September
Nor did the young wife herself appear to possess much real affection for poor Antony , of whom she had seen very little . There must have been great faults on his side ; yet certainly Richard felt that there was some excuse for him in the mother-in-law , and that if the unfortunate young man could have married Cicely his lot might have been different . Yet the good Captain felt all the more that if Cis had been his own he still would never have given her to Babington . Beneath the noble roof of Westminster Hall , with the morning sun streaming in high aloft , at seven in the morning of the 14th of September , the Court met for the trial of Antony Babington and his confederates . The Talbot name and recommendation obtained ready admission , and Lord Talbot , Richard , and his son formed one small party together with William Cavendish , who had his tablets , on which to take notes for the use of his superior , Walsingham , who was , however , one of the Commissioners . There they sat , those supreme judges , the three Chief-Justices in their scarlet robes of office forming the centre of the group , which also numbered Lords Cobham and Buckhurst , Sir Francis Knollys , Sir Christopher Hatton , and most of the chief law officers of the Crown . `` Is Mr. Secretary Walsingham one of the judges here ? ''