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_.