The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document: Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy FawkesSpink, Henry
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The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document: Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes
Spink, Henry
Gunpowder Plot, 1605; Monteagle, William Parker, Baron, 1574 or 1575-1622
I have sent vnto yo^{r} L. herin Inclosed the Copye off the declarac off
Mr Tatnall, off two that passed the fylde thys mornyg wherof some
Suspycyon may be gathered off confederacy he observed them so as he hopeth
he may mete w^{th} them and therfore I have gevin hym a warrant to attach
them a lyke note yo^{r} L shall receave herin off an expectacn that M^{rs}
Vaux hadd off some thyng to be done and I know yt by such a means as I
assured my selff the matter is trewe and both Gerrard and Walley the
Jesuyte make that the chefest place of their accesse and therfore lyke she
may knowe Some what both M^{r} Wenman hym selff & the lady Tasbard do
knowe of this wherfore howe farre forth thys shalbe fytt to be dealt in I
humbly leave to yo^{r} L consyderacn Chrystoffer Wright and M^{r} Ambrose
Rokewood were both together yesternyght at x of the Clocke and vpon
ffryday last at nyght they were together at M^{r} Rokwoode lodgyng and
this forenoon Rokwood Rode away into Suffolke about xj of the clocke alone
leavyng both hys men behynd hym one Keyes a Gentylma that lay these two
last nyghte w^{th} m^{r} Rokewood and gave hym hys lodgyng went away also
about eight off the clocke for w^{ch} Keyes I have layed weyet This
Rokwood ys of Coldham hall in Suffoke one of the most dangerous houses in
Suffolke he marryed m^{r} Tyrwhytte Syster & she ys now in Warwykshere
Chrystoffer Wright as I thyncke lay this last nyght in St. Gyles and yf he
be gone yt ys Lyke he ys gone into Warwykesher where I hyer John Wryght
Brother unto Chrystoffer ys marryed ther were thre hatts bought yesterday
in the afternoone by Chrystoffer Wryght the ar for his Brother and two
others for two Gentylwomen they cost xj^{£} and after that about ix of the
Clocke at nyght Chrystoffer Wryght cam again to that haverdasshers and
Boughte two hatts more for two Servante unto a Gentylman that was w^{th}
hym he thyncks that Gentylman was called Wynter but I dowbt that mans name
ys mystaken Ther cam a yong Gentylman w^{th} this wryght w^{th}in these
fewe dayes that gave to Cutler here by xix^{£} xv^{s} for a Sword whom I
am in some hoep to dyscover by the Sword and other cyrcumstance and even
so I humbly take my leave of yo^{r} L at Serienty Inn the v^{th} of
november 1605.
yo^{r} L very humbly
Jo Popham.[A]
[Footnote A: The Lord Chief Justice of England.]
(P.S.) I have this mornyg the vi^{th} noveber dyscovered where Wynter [is]
w^{th} the matter which I have delyverd to m^{r} Att^{r}ney wherof happely
yo^{r} L may make good vse I wyll see yf I can mete w^{th} m^{r} Wynter
Walley the jesuyt and Strang as I am Informed are now at ffrance Brownes
pcke about Surrey as I take yt and Sundry letters lately sent over are yet
Remaynyng at fortescues house by the Wadropp but yt wylbe hard to fynd any
thyng in that house.
(Endorsed) 5 Novemb^{r}
L Ch. Justice
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