What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original EvidenceGerard, John
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What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence
Gerard, John
Gunpowder Plot, 1605
_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.
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