Mistress Dorothie Robinson, Widdow, of Spur Alley, on the 7th of November, 1605, also deposed as follows:—— GUNPOWDER PLOT BOOKS——PART I., NO. 41. “The examinacon of Dorathie Robinson[127] widdow of Spurr Alley. “Shee sayeth that one Mr. Christopher Wright gent did lye in her house about a Moneth past for xviii^{en} dayes together and no more. And there did come to him one Mr. Winter w^{ch} did continually frequent his Company and about a moneth past the said Winter brought to her house two hampers[A] locked w^{th} two padlockes, and caused them to be placed in a little Closet at the end of Mr. Wright’s Chamber. But what was in the said hamps, was privately conveyed away by Winter w^{th}out her knowledge, and the hamps was geven to her use. “Shee sayeth that Mr. Wright could not chuse but know of the conveying of those thinges w^{ch} were in the hamper as well as Mr. Winter. “Shee sayeth that Mr. Winter by report of his man, was a Worcestershire man, and his living Eight score poundes by the yeare at the lest. “_The said Mr. Wright hath a brother in London,[B] whose servant came to him in this woman’s house, and the same morning of his going away, w^{ch} was a Moneth on Tuesday last._ “That the said Wright was to seeke his loding againe at this woman’s house; but she tould him her lodgings were otherwayes disposed of. And then he went his wayes. And since that tyme shee never saw him. “_She sayeth that shee saw Mr. Winter uppon Sunday last in the afternoone. But where he lodgeth she knoweth not._ (The italics are mine.) “I can find no manner of thing in this woman’s house whereby to geve us any incouragem^{t} to proceede any further. “The said Mr. Wright did often goe to the Salutation to one Mr. Jackson’s house; And one Steven the drawer as shee thinketh will tell where hee is.” [Footnote A: These hampers contained the fresh gunpowder, no doubt, mentioned by Thomas Winter in his “_Confession_” written in the Tower. This sentence tends to confirm the genuineness of the Confession.] [Footnote B: _Who was this brother?_ I _suggest_ that by brother is meant brother-in-law, and that as a fact Christopher Wright _had_ married Margaret Ward, the sister to both Marmaduke and Thomas Ward. If this be correct, then we have demonstrative proof of the servant of Thomas Ward calling upon Christopher Wright (probably with a message from Thomas Ward) the very same morning as, I hold, that Christopher Wright went down into Warwickshire, where he would be within twenty miles of Father Oldcorne. This evidence is important. The word _came_, too, is noticeable, implying, I think, a habit of coming, a frequentative use of the past tense of the verb. Observe also “_and the same morning_,” implying _cumulative_ acts of “_coming_,” the visit of that day being the last of a series of visits.] Mr. Jackson also deposed:——