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
Jardine, David, on the character of the official narrative, 129,
163; on the falsification of evidence, 199; on the Monteagle letter,
117; on the king's interpretation, 132 _note_; on the established
facts of the case, 12; not perfectly impartial, 161, 207; on the
results of the Plot, 213.
Jessopp, Augustus, D.D., on the value of money, 36 _note_, 117
_note_; on Father Gerard's innocence, 207.
Jesuits, efforts to incriminate, 177 _note_; Cecil on their
"insolencies," 106.
Kennet, White, Bishop of Peterborough, 45 _note_, 46, 263.
Keyes, Robert, contradictions respecting him, 84 _note_, 183. _See
also_ Conspirators.
"King's Book," the, its character, 108; Cecil's description of it,
219, 220.
Knyvet, or Knevet, Sir Thomas, leads the party which captures
Faukes, 124 _seq._; receives a peerage, 139 _note_; the Countess of
Suffolk his sister, 224 _note_.
Lake, Sir Thomas, 19, 232.
Lenthal, William, Speaker of the Long Parliament, his evidence
reported, 160.
Lindsay, Sir James, conveys messages between King James and Pope
Clement VIII., 104.
Lingard, John, D.D., 68 _note_, 231.
Littleton, Humphrey, 167 _note_.
Littleton, Stephen, 2, 4, 156.
Lodge, Edmund, F.S.A. (_Illustrations of British History_), 98.
Lopez' Plot, 14.
"Main," the, 15 _note_, 26, 216.
Mar, Earl of (John Erskine), 168 _note_, 172, 266.
Mary, Princess, daughter of James I., 81, 176.
Milton, poems on the Plot, 226.
Mine, the, story told respecting it, 63 _seq._; difficulties
respecting it, 84 _seq._
_Mischeefe's Mystery_, 72, 115, 121, 123, 153 _note_, 159.
Money, value of, 36 _note_, 117 _note_; amount raised by
conspirators, 39.
Monteagle, Lord (William Parker), his character and antecedents,
118; relations with the king and court, 34, 119; letter to the king,
119, 256; connection with the conspirators, 118; communicates the
warning letter to Cecil, 120-123, 160; attends parliament on the day
of the "discovery," 137 _note_; devices of the government on his
behalf, 116; rewards conferred, 116; subsequent conduct, 258.
Moore, Sir Francis, his evidence reported, 151.
Moore, Sir Jonas, 138.
More, Father Henry, S.J., 49.
Morgan, Harry, 81 _note_.
Morgan, Thomas, 157 _note_, 193 _note_.
Naunton, Sir Robert, on Cecil's character, 19.
Northampton, Earl of (Henry Howard), a nominal Catholic promoted by
King James, 29; Cecil's agent in his secret correspondence, 26
_note_; on Cecil's death, 23; on the history of the "cellar," 58
_note_; not admitted to all Cecil's secrets, 112.
Northumberland, Earl of (Henry Percy), a rival of Cecil's, 26; who
secretly traduces him, 26 _note_, 215, 216; the Plot turned to his
ruin, 26, 107, 216-218; which is attributed to Cecil, 26 _note_,
218, his sentiments in return, 218.
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