Salisbury, Earl of, alleged to have invented the plot, 7; said to have told his son that he had contrived the plot, 10; writes an account of the plot to Parry, 22; is a commissioner for the examination into the plot, 24; his letter to the ambassadors, 31; cannot have deceived his fellow-commissioners, 41; said to have known of the plot before the Monteagle letter, 115; said to have received visits from Percy, 117; said to have issued orders not to take Percy alive, 119; the Monteagle letter delivered to, 123; probably knew nothing of the plot independent of the letter, 124; was the probable interpreter of the letter, 125; receives a letter from Sir E. Digby, 169; has no motive for inventing the plot, 172; expects plots, 176; writes to Favat, 183; failure of the charge against, 200 Shepherd, John, evidence of, 77 Skinner, Mrs., gives up the cellar to Percy, 28, 105 Spedding, James, his canon of historical evidence, 5 Speed, John, his statement that Percy's house was only to be let when Parliament was not sitting, 85 Standen, Sir Anthony, mission of, 158 Suffolk, Earl of, a commissioner for examining the plot, 24; friendly to the Catholics, 25; sent to search the cellar, 131 Talbot of Grafton, John, summoned before the Council, 48 Tresham, Francis, informed of the plot, 66; probably informs the Government, 121; his connection with the letter to Monteagle, 122 Usher, language used about the plot by, 8 Vaux, Mrs., committed to the charge of an alderman, 48 Vowell, Peter, said to assert the plot to have been invented, 10 Waad, Sir William, gives information of Percy's movements, 23; pronounces Fawkes obstinate, 32; informs Salisbury that Winter is ready to confess, 70 Walsh, Sir Richard, writes to announce the death or capture of the plotters, 45 Whynniard, John, Fawkes's evidence about his lease to Percy, 18; position of the house of, 77; appointed keeper of the Old Palace, 86; history of the land held by him, 93, 94; position of the garden of, 95; leases the cellar to Percy, 105 Whynniard, Mrs., consents to the lease of the cellar, 28 Winter, Robert, arrest of, 47; incorrectly stated to have worked in the mine, 71; his name substituted for that of Keyes, 73 Winter, Thomas, inquiry into the movements of, 24; captured at Holbeche, 46; doubts as to the genuineness of his full account of the plot examined, 54-67; his account of the plot, 57-69; no evidence of the torture of, 70; explanation of the confusion between Keyes and, 72; Coke wishes to examine, 74 Wood, Anthony, statements by a correspondent of, 9; his character of Lenthall, 12 Worcester, Earl of, a commissioner to examine the plot, 24; is understood to be a Catholic, 25 Wotton, Sir Henry, says that Cecil invented plots, 10