What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence by John Gerard (top 10 most read books in the world .TXT) 📕

Abbot, Robert, Bishop of Salisbury, his version of the missing confessions of Faukes, 192 seq.

Acton, Robert, 113.

Alabaster, Thomas, a priest in government employ, 204 note.

Andrew, William, servant to Sir E. Digby, evidence of, 78 note.

Annals of England, cited, 48.

Answere to Scandalous papers (Cecil's manifesto), 44, 219 seq.

Babington's Plot, 14.

Baldwin, Father William, S.J.; allegations against him, 185, 187 seq.; which are not substantiated, 195; correspondence with Father Schondonck, 201, 222.

Bancroft, Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury, 46, 147.

Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln, 62, 70 note.

Barnes, a government agent, 112.

Bartlett, George, servant to Catesby, his evidence reported, 160.

Bates, Thomas, servant to Catesby, his introduction to the Conspiracy, 3, 178; his alleged evidence against Greenway, 178-183; trial and execution, 6. See also Conspirators.

Batty, Matthew, evidence regarding Monteagle, 78 note.

"Blackfriars Downfall," the, 242.

Blount, Father Richard, S.J., on government intelligence, 77; on Suffolk's proposal of toleration, 224; on Cecil's "new stratagem," 224, 225.

Brayley and Britton (Palace of Westminster), 79 note.

Brewer, Rev. John Sherren, on the fate of Parry, the conspirator, 14; on government devices, 15; on Cecil's knowledge of the Plot, 48; on the Monteagle letter, 117.

Bromley, Sir Henry, Sheriff of Worcestershire, 167 note.

Buck, Mr., alleged warning given to, 51 note, 106.

Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury, 46.

"Bye," the, 15 note.

Camden, William, the historian, 36 note.

Capon, William, on the old Palace of Westminster, 79, 86; on traces of the mine, 87.

Carleton, Dudley, afterwards Viscount Dorchester, patronized by Cecil, 62; assists Percy to hire the house at Westminster, 61; reports the French version of the Plot, 140; and its contradiction, 141; his mysterious connection with the Conspiracy, 150 note; his opinion of Percy, 150.

Castlemaine, Earl of (Roger Palmer), on State plots, 14, 48; on Osborne's qualifications as an historian, 44 note; on the fate of decoy ducks, 152.

Carte, Thomas (General History of England), 46.

Carey, ----, evidence regarding Percy, 150.

Catesby, Robert, a ringleader in the Conspiracy, 9, 64; his character and antecedents, 35 seq.; persuades his associates not to reveal their project to priests, 179; undertakes to proclaim the new sovereign, 83; his death, 4, 152 seq.; suspicions concerning him, 156, 160. See also Conspirators.

Catholics, their numbers, 28; their condition under Elizabeth, 29; their hopes from James, 31, 33, 247, 248; his promises to them, 29; they welcome his accession, ibid, 34; temporary relief at his hands, ibid; their consequent increase, 28, 30; Cecil's hostility, 28, 30, 47, 48, 51, 105; attempt to charge them with the Plot, 4-6, 107, 108; legislation against them on account of it, 212 seq.; its lasting effects in their regard, 209, 225.

Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury, his character, 19 seq.; dignities conferred by James I., 19 note; and nicknames, 19 note; his unpopularity, 21 seq.; difficulties and dangers of his position, 26 seq.; in the pay of Spain, 21; and probably of France, 22 note; his secret correspondence with King James, 21; his intrigues against Northumberland and Raleigh, 26, 198, 216; hostility to the Catholics, 27, 95, 105; anxiety on account of the king's attitude, 28; and dealings with Pope Clement VIII., 104; endeavours to commit James to a policy of intolerance, 105; his political methods, 44, 111; employs the services of forgers, 112 note, 203; his knowledge of the Plot, 94 seq.; alleged secret dealings with Percy, 15; Tresham, 158; and Catesby, 160; contradicts himself concerning the "discovery," 123 seq.; his inexplicable delay in making it, 132; and conduct afterwards, 137; was not taken by surprise, 210; at once turns the Plot to his advantage, 213; his determination to incriminate priests, 4 seq., 130; advantages reaped by him, 30, 213 seq.; his Manifesto, 218 seq.; suspected of having originated or manipulated the Conspiracy, 43 seq.; alleged attempt to float a second Plot, 225.

Cecil, Thomas, first Earl of Exeter, 19 note, 160 note.

Cecil, William, second Earl of Salisbury, his testimony reported, 160.

Cecil, William, a priest in government employ, 45 note.

"Cellar," the, its situation and character, 58, 79 note; hired by the conspirators, 69 seq.; problems concerning it, 87 seq.; its after history, 137; accompanies the migrations of the House of Lords, 80 note.

Challoner, Sir Thomas, information addressed to, 94, 95.

Chamberlain, John, M.P., on Cecil's death and character, 23, 24; account of the "discovery," 128; on the King's lucky day, 231; on Percy's character, 150.

Charles, Duke of York, afterwards Charles I.; plans of the conspirators regarding him, 81 seq.

Chichester, Sir Arthur, Deputy in Ireland, 4, 108, 124.

Coal, Father Greenway's description of, 71 note.

Cobham, eighth Lord (Henry Brooke), his charge of forgery against Waad, 202.

Cobham, ninth Lord (William Brooke), his evidence reported, 45.

Coke, Sir Edward, Attorney-General, his falsification of evidence, 200; Cecil's instructions to him, 116 note; his assertions, 85, 88; interrogatories prepared by him, 176; his humour, 63 note; proofs against Owen, 190; witnesses Thomas Winter's declaration, 169; and that of Faukes, 172; his treatment of Raleigh and Northumberland, 217.

Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice, on the English penal laws, 29 note.

Conspirators, the, list of, 2, 3; their character and antecedents, 35-41; their enrolment, 9, 64, 252; their plans and proceedings, 9-11, 60 seq.; mining operations, 10, 63; incredibility of the story, 65 seq., 76 seq., 141; they hire the "cellar," 69 seq.; purchase and store gunpowder, 78; difficulties concerning it, 78, 132, 134-137; further designs, 11, 80-82; alarmed by the prorogation, 114, 230; flight and attempted rebellion, 2; their fate, 4-6.

Cope, Sir Walter, on the character of Cecil, 27 note.

Cornwallis, Sir Charles, English Ambassador in Spain, on the character of the conspirators, 40; letter to Father Cresswell, 195; on the Catholic design to murder Cecil, 221 note.

Cresswell, Father Joseph, S.J., allegations concerning him, 195; Cornwallis' letter to him, ibid.

Dacre, Francis, titular Lord, efforts to connect him with the Plot, 177.

Darnley, Henry, Lord, father of James I., the victim of a gunpowder plot, 37, 50.

Davenport, Father Christopher, O.P. (Francis à S. Clara), 145 note.

Davies, Joseph, a government "discoverer," 94.

De Beaumont, M., French Ambassador, 119 note.

De la Boderie, M., French Ambassador, on Cecil's insecurity, 26; on the ruin of Northumberland, 23.

Del-Rio, Father Martin, S.J., said to have described the Plot A.D. 1600, 263.

Derby, Earl of (William Stanley), attempt to incriminate him, 198.

De Ros, Lord, on Faukes' plan of escape, 144 note.

Devonshire, Earl of (Charles Blount), 168 note, 170 note, 211, 266.

Digby, Sir Everard, joins the Conspiracy, 10, 253; difficulties and contradictions regarding him, 79 note, 253; his letter to Salisbury, 33, 245; part assigned to him, 78 note; his fate, 6. See also Conspirators.

Digby, Sir John, English Ambassador in Spain, 22 note.

Digby, Sir Kenelm, his evidence reported, 160.

Digby, Sir Robert, 38 note.

Dixon, Hepworth (Her Majesty's Tower), on government intelligence, 111 note.

Dodd, Rev. Charles, on the origin of the Plot, 18, 51.

Dorset, Earl of (Thomas Sackville), his esteem for Cecil, 21.

Dunbar, Earl of (George Hume), 168 note, 172, 266.

Dunfermline, Earl of (Alexander Seaton), on the effective use of torture, 259.

Dunsmoor Heath, projected hunting match on, 11.

Edmondes, Sir Thomas, English Ambassador at Brussels, account of the "discovery" sent to him, 108, 124; version of Faukes' confession sent to him, 186; proofs against Owen sent to him, 190, 191; his negotiations with the archdukes, 186 seq.; letters of, 102, 187, 188, 189; letters to, 85, 106, 113, 154, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190.

Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of James I., designs of the conspirators regarding her, 81.

England's Warning Peece, 195, 262.

English Protestants' Plea, 40, 51, 108 note, 195 note.

Eudaemon-Joannes, Father Andrew, S.J., 204.

Faukes, Guy or Guido, alias John Johnson, his position and character, 39, 262; his Spanish mission, 36; introduced to the Conspiracy, 9, 64; passes as Percy's servant, 71, 77; keeps guard while the others work, 66; discovers the "cellar," 70; has charge of the premises, 77, 89, 142; visits Flanders, 91, 162; appointed to fire the powder, 1; plans for his escape, 144; arrest, 123-128; published confession, 169 seq., 268 seq.; evidence falsified, 200; missing depositions, 191; tortured, 172, 200, 260; trial and execution, 6, 260; fables respecting him, 261. See also Conspirators.

Favat, Mr., Cecil's letter to, 5, 182.

Ferrers, Henry, sub-lets the house at Westminster to Percy, 61.

Fifth of November, a propitious day for the "discovery," 231; the day solemnized, 5.

Floyde, Griffith, a government spy, 49.

French historians on the Plot, 141 note.

French official accounts of the Plot, 140, 141.

Fuller, Mr., M.P., 132 note.

Fuller, Thomas (Church History of Britain), 46, 225.

Fulman MSS., 169.

Gardiner, Professor Samuel Rawson, his favourable estimate of Cecil's character, 20; on the Spanish pension, 22 note; repudiates imputations against the government, 18; on the conspirators' plans, 82; on the Monteagle letter, 117; on the king's interpretation, 132 note; on the desire to incriminate priests, 4 note.

Garnet, Father Henry, S.J., proclaimed as a principal conspirator, 5; his capture, 7, 166; lack of evidence, 7; trial and execution, ibid.; his account of the conspirators' proceedings, 208; his evidence against Catesby, 157; on the accession of James, 29 note.

Gentleman's Magazine, 52 note, 262.

Gerard, Col. John, 160 note.

Gerard, Father John, S.J., proclaimed as a principal conspirator, 5; exonerated by historians, 237; his history of the Plot, 205; his experiences in the Tower, 202; on the persecution of Catholics, 32; opinion of the "discovery," 49; and of the official narrative, 129; on the death of Percy and Catesby, 156 note.

Goodman, Godfrey, Bishop of Gloucester, on the origin of the Conspiracy, 44; on the king's promises to Catholics, 29 note; on the persecution of Catholics, 32; on the "discovery," 134 note; on the death of Whynniard, 92 note; on Percy's intercourse with Cecil, 151; on the death of Percy and Catesby, 154; his religious views, 145 note.

Gowrie Conspiracy, the, 231, 232.

"Great Horses," 2 note.

Grange, Justice E., 148 note.

Grant, John, 37. See also Conspirators.

Green, Mrs. Everett, wrongly describes Owen as a Jesuit, 185 note.

Green, John Richard (History of the English People), 30.

Greenway, alias Tesimond, Father Oswald, S.J., proclaimed as a principal conspirator, 5; Bates' alleged evidence against him, 178-183; his history of the Plot, 206; opinion of the official narrative, 134; on the effects of an explosion, 133; on government despatches concerning Percy, 155; his visit to the rebels at Huddington, 206 note; fables respecting him, 264.

Gregory, Arthur, a forger employed by government, 203.

Grene, Father Martin, S.J., notes on the Plot, 45.

Gunpowder, amount procured by the conspirators, 78; difficulties concerning it, 132 seq.

Hagley Hall, R. Winter and S. Littleton captured there, 4.

Hallam, Henry (Constitutional History), repudiates imputations against the government, 18; on Father Garnet's capture, ibid., note; on King James's title to the crown, 34.

Harington, Sir John, 4.

Hawarde, John (Les Reportes del Cases in Camera Stellata), 165 note.

Heiwood, or Heywood, Peter, 139 note, 258.

Hendlip House (Thomas Abbington's), the scene of Father Garnet's capture, 18 note, 166 note.

Henry, Prince of Wales, anticipations concerning him, 33; the conspirators' plans in his regard, 80, 81, 176.

Herring, Francis (Pietas Pontificia), 27 note, 143 note.

Higgons, Bevil (English History), 47.

Hoby, Sir Edward, on the death of Percy, 154.

Holbeche House (Stephen Littleton's), the conspirators there slain or captured, 2, 4.

House of Lords, its situation and subsequent migrations, 55 seq.; never represented in pictures of the Plot, 228.

House, Percy's, at Westminster, its position, 60, 251; circumstances of the bargain for it, 60; difficulties concerning it, 62, 64, 67, 88.

Howes, Edmund (continuation of Stowe's Chronicle), 127.

Huddington House (Robert Winter's), 206 note.

Ichrup, Thomas, name given to Faukes, 149, 244.

Inglefield, Sir Francis, 249.

James I., King of Great Britain, his claim to the succession, 34; circumstances of his accession, 34, 35; hopes of the Catholics, 28; who support his cause, 34; his policy at first favourable to them, 29; soon reversed, 31; his dealings with Pope Clement VIII., 104; his supposed interpretation of the letter, 128, 131; Tuesday his lucky day, 230; his speech to Parliament, 211; accuses Catholics in general and the Pope, 4; suspected of previous knowledge of the Plot, 46; anxiety for evidence against priests, 182; letter to the Archdukes, 187 note; alleged subsequent opinion of the Plot, 45; instructions for the torture of Faukes, 259; his Scotch dialect, 260 note; gives his royal word against Owen