, ▁the ▁main ▁weak ness ▁was ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁a ▁pla us ible ▁mot ive . ▁P rance ▁could ▁only ▁say , ▁v agu ely , ▁that ▁God f rey ▁had ▁been ▁har ass ing ▁the ▁two ▁pri ests ▁in ▁some ▁way , ▁which ▁seems ▁unlikely ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁toler ance ▁in ▁religious ▁matters . ▁ ▁P rance ▁later ▁rec anted ▁his ▁conf ession ▁before ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁the ▁council ▁and ▁was ▁thrown ▁back ▁to ▁prison : ▁he ▁was ▁threatened ▁with ▁tort ure , ▁and ▁nearly ▁fro ze ▁to ▁death . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁rec anted ▁his ▁rec ant ation ▁and ▁rec anted ▁two ▁more ▁times , ▁ending ▁up ▁ver ifying ▁his ▁original ▁story . ▁At ▁the ▁trial ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁highly ▁cred ible ▁witness , ▁although ▁Hill ' s ▁wife ▁right ly ▁proph es ied ▁" we ▁shall ▁see ▁him ▁rec ant ▁after , ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁too ▁late ". ▁The ▁three ▁men ▁were ▁sent enced ▁to ▁death ▁ 5 ▁February ▁ 1 6 7 9 ▁and ▁h anged ▁at ▁Prim rose ▁Hill . ▁For ▁a ▁time ▁this ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁" Green berry ▁Hill ", ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁hang ings ▁of ▁Green , ▁Ber ry ▁and ▁Hill . ▁ ▁P rance ' s ▁story ▁was ▁later ▁dis cred ited ▁and ▁he ▁ple aded ▁guilty ▁to ▁per j ury . ▁Because ▁the ▁three ▁men ▁were ▁executed ▁on ▁false ▁evidence , ▁and ▁histor ians ▁accept ▁their ▁complete ▁innoc ence , ▁the ▁murder ▁remains ▁officially ▁un sol ved . ▁