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
Greenway, _alias_ Tesimond, Father Oswald, S.J., proclaimed as a
principal conspirator, 5; Bates' alleged evidence against him,
178-183; his history of the Plot, 206; opinion of the official
narrative, 134; on the effects of an explosion, 133; on government
despatches concerning Percy, 155; his visit to the rebels at
Huddington, 206 _note_; fables respecting him, 264.
Gregory, Arthur, a forger employed by government, 203.
Grene, Father Martin, S.J., notes on the Plot, 45.
Gunpowder, amount procured by the conspirators, 78; difficulties
concerning it, 132 _seq._
Hagley Hall, R. Winter and S. Littleton captured there, 4.
Hallam, Henry (_Constitutional History_), repudiates imputations
against the government, 18; on Father Garnet's capture, _ibid_.,
_note_; on King James's title to the crown, 34.
Harington, Sir John, 4.
Hawarde, John (_Les Reportes del Cases in Camera Stellata_), 165
_note_.
Heiwood, or Heywood, Peter, 139 _note_, 258.
Hendlip House (Thomas Abbington's), the scene of Father Garnet's
capture, 18 _note_, 166 _note_.
Henry, Prince of Wales, anticipations concerning him, 33; the
conspirators' plans in his regard, 80, 81, 176.
Herring, Francis (_Pietas Pontificia_), 27 _note_, 143 _note_.
Higgons, Bevil (_English History_), 47.
Hoby, Sir Edward, on the death of Percy, 154.
Holbeche House (Stephen Littleton's), the conspirators there slain
or captured, 2, 4.
House of Lords, its situation and subsequent migrations, 55 _seq._;
never represented in pictures of the Plot, 228.
House, Percy's, at Westminster, its position, 60, 251; circumstances
of the bargain for it, 60; difficulties concerning it, 62, 64, 67,
88.
Howes, Edmund (continuation of Stowe's _Chronicle_), 127.
Huddington House (Robert Winter's), 206 _note_.
Ichrup, Thomas, name given to Faukes, 149, 244.
Inglefield, Sir Francis, 249.
James I., King of Great Britain, his claim to the succession, 34;
circumstances of his accession, 34, 35; hopes of the Catholics, 28;
who support his cause, 34; his policy at first favourable to them,
29; soon reversed, 31; his dealings with Pope Clement VIII., 104;
his supposed interpretation of the letter, 128, 131; Tuesday his
lucky day, 230; his speech to Parliament, 211; accuses Catholics in
general and the Pope, 4; suspected of previous knowledge of the
Plot, 46; anxiety for evidence against priests, 182; letter to the
Archdukes, 187 _note_; alleged subsequent opinion of the Plot, 45;
instructions for the torture of Faukes, 259; his Scotch dialect, 260
_note_; gives his royal word against Owen and Baldwin, 187; his
policy permanently affected, 209.
James, John, a supposed Dominican, 139 _note_, 258.
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