FOOTNOTES:[468]Alterations and additions (in italics) made by Sir Edward Coke.[469]This name has seemingly been tampered with.[470]Changed by Cecil; but on November 14th, writing to Edmondes, he included Keyes amongst those that "wrought not in the myne," and R. Winter amongst those who did.[471]Interlined.[472]The words italicised are added in the published version.[473]Words in italics added by Coke.
[468]Alterations and additions (in italics) made by Sir Edward Coke.
[469]This name has seemingly been tampered with.
[470]Changed by Cecil; but on November 14th, writing to Edmondes, he included Keyes amongst those that "wrought not in the myne," and R. Winter amongst those who did.
[471]Interlined.
[472]The words italicised are added in the published version.
[473]Words in italics added by Coke.
Abbot, Robert, Bishop of Salisbury, his version of the missing confessions of Faukes,192seq.
Acton, Robert,113.
Alabaster, Thomas, a priest in government employ,204note.
Andrew, William, servant to Sir E. Digby, evidence of,78note.
Annals of England, cited,48.
Answere to Scandalous papers(Cecil's manifesto),44,219seq.
Babington's Plot,14.
Baldwin, Father William, S.J.; allegations against him,185,187seq.; which are not substantiated,195; correspondence with Father Schondonck,201,222.
Bancroft, Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury,46,147.
Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln,62,70note.
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 alsoConspirators.
Batty, Matthew, evidence regarding Monteagle,78note.
"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),79note.
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,167note.
Buck, Mr., alleged warning given to,51note,106.
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury,46.
"Bye," the,15note.
Camden, William, the historian,36note.
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,150note; his opinion of Percy,150.
Castlemaine, Earl of (Roger Palmer), on State plots,14,48; on Osborne's qualifications as an historian,44note; 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,35seq.; persuades his associates not to reveal their project to priests,179; undertakes to proclaim the new sovereign,83; his death,4,152seq.; suspicions concerning him,156,160.See alsoConspirators.
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,212seq.; its lasting effects in their regard,209,225.
Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury, his character,19seq.; dignities conferred by James I.,19note; and nicknames,19note; his unpopularity,21seq.; difficulties and dangers of his position,26seq.; in the pay of Spain,21; and probably of France,22note; 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,112note,203; his knowledge of the Plot,94seq.; alleged secret dealings with Percy,15; Tresham,158; and Catesby,160; contradicts himself concerning the "discovery,"123seq.; 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,4seq.,130; advantages reaped by him,30,213seq.; his Manifesto,218seq.; suspected of having originated or manipulated the Conspiracy,43seq.; alleged attempt to float a second Plot,225.
Cecil, Thomas, first Earl of Exeter,19note,160note.
Cecil, William, second Earl of Salisbury, his testimony reported,160.
Cecil, William, a priest in government employ,45note.
"Cellar," the, its situation and character,58,79note; hired by the conspirators,69seq.; problems concerning it,87seq.; its after history,137; accompanies the migrations of the House of Lords,80note.
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,81seq.
Chichester, Sir Arthur, Deputy in Ireland,4,108,124.
Coal, Father Greenway's description of,71note.
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,116note; his assertions,85,88; interrogatories prepared by him,176; his humour,63note; 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,29note.
Conspirators, the, list of,2,3; their character and antecedents,35-41; their enrolment,9,64,252; their plans and proceedings,9-11,60seq.; mining operations,10,63; incredibility of the story,65seq.,76seq.,141; they hire the "cellar,"69seq.; purchase and store gunpowder,78; difficulties concerning it,78,132,134-137; further designs,11,80-82; alarmed by the prorogation,114,230; flight and attempted rebellion,2; their fate,4-6.
Cope, Sir Walter, on the character of Cecil,27note.
Cornwallis, Sir Charles, English Ambassador in Spain, on the character of the conspirators,40; letter to Father Cresswell,195; on the Catholic design to murder Cecil,221note.
Cresswell, Father Joseph, S.J., allegations concerning him,195; Cornwallis' letter to him,ibid.
Dacre, Francis, titular Lord, efforts to connect him with the Plot,177.
Darnley, Henry, Lord, father of James I., the victim of a gunpowder plot,37,50.
Davenport, Father Christopher, O.P. (Francis à S. Clara),145note.
Davies, Joseph, a government "discoverer,"94.
De Beaumont, M., French Ambassador,119note.
De la Boderie, M., French Ambassador, on Cecil's insecurity,26; on the ruin of Northumberland,23.
Del-Rio, Father Martin, S.J., said to have described the Plota.d.1600,263.
Derby, Earl of (William Stanley), attempt to incriminate him,198.
De Ros, Lord, on Faukes' plan of escape,144note.
Devonshire, Earl of (Charles Blount),168note,170note,211,266.
Digby, Sir Everard, joins the Conspiracy,10,253; difficulties and contradictions regarding him,79note,253; his letter to Salisbury,33,245; part assigned to him,78note; his fate,6.See alsoConspirators.
Digby, Sir John, English Ambassador in Spain,22note.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, his evidence reported,160.
Digby, Sir Robert,38note.
Dixon, Hepworth (Her Majesty's Tower), on government intelligence,111note.
Dodd, Rev. Charles, on the origin of the Plot,18,51.
Dorset, Earl of (Thomas Sackville), his esteem for Cecil,21.
Dunbar, Earl of (George Hume),168note,172,266.
Dunfermline, Earl of (Alexander Seaton), on the effective use of torture,259.
Dunsmoor Heath, projected hunting match on,11.
Edmondes, Sir Thomas, English Ambassador at Brussels, account of the "discovery" sent to him,108,124; version of Faukes' confession sent to him,186; proofs against Owen sent to him,190,191; his negotiations with the archdukes, 186seq.; letters of,102,187,188,189; letters to,85,106,113,154,186,187,188,189,190.
Elizabeth, Princess, daughter of James I., designs of the conspirators regarding her,81.
England's Warning Peece,195,262.
English Protestants' Plea,40,51,108note,195note.
Eudaemon-Joannes, Father Andrew, S.J.,204.
Faukes, Guy or Guido,aliasJohn Johnson, his position and character,39,262; his Spanish mission,36; introduced to the Conspiracy,9,64; passes as Percy's servant,71,77; keeps guard while the others work,66; discovers the "cellar,"70; has charge of the premises,77,89,142; visits Flanders,91,162; appointed to fire the powder,1; plans for his escape,144; arrest,123-128; published confession,169seq.,268seq.; evidence falsified,200; missing depositions,191; tortured,172,200,260; trial and execution,6,260; fables respecting him,261.See alsoConspirators.
Favat, Mr., Cecil's letter to,5,182.
Ferrers, Henry, sub-lets the house at Westminster to Percy,61.
Fifth of November, a propitious day for the "discovery,"231; the day solemnized,5.
Floyde, Griffith, a government spy,49.
French historians on the Plot,141note.
French official accounts of the Plot,140,141.
Fuller, Mr., M.P.,132note.
Fuller, Thomas (Church History of Britain),46,225.
Fulman MSS.,169.
Gardiner, Professor Samuel Rawson, his favourable estimate of Cecil's character,20; on the Spanish pension,22note; repudiates imputations against the government,18; on the conspirators' plans,82; on the Monteagle letter,117; on the king's interpretation,132note; on the desire to incriminate priests,4note.
Garnet, Father Henry, S.J., proclaimed as a principal conspirator,5; his capture,7,166; lack of evidence,7; trial and execution,ibid.; his account of the conspirators' proceedings,208; his evidence against Catesby,157; on the accession of James,29note.
Gentleman's Magazine,52note,262.
Gerard, Col. John,160note.
Gerard, Father John, S.J., proclaimed as a principal conspirator,5; exonerated by historians,237; his history of the Plot,205; his experiences in the Tower,202; on the persecution of Catholics,32; opinion of the "discovery,"49; and of the official narrative,129; on the death of Percy and Catesby,156note.
Goodman, Godfrey, Bishop of Gloucester, on the origin of the Conspiracy,44; on the king's promises to Catholics,29note; on the persecution of Catholics,32; on the "discovery,"134note; on the death of Whynniard,92note; on Percy's intercourse with Cecil,151; on the death of Percy and Catesby,154; his religious views,145note.
Gowrie Conspiracy, the,231,232.
"Great Horses,"2note.
Grange, Justice E.,148note.
Grant, John,37.See alsoConspirators.
Green, Mrs. Everett, wrongly describes Owen as a Jesuit,185note.
Green, John Richard (History of the English People),30.
Greenway,aliasTesimond, 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,206note; 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,132seq.
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),165note.
Heiwood, or Heywood, Peter, 139note,258.
Hendlip House (Thomas Abbington's), the scene of Father Garnet's capture,18note,166note.
Henry, Prince of Wales, anticipations concerning him,33; the conspirators' plans in his regard,80,81,176.
Herring, Francis (Pietas Pontificia),27note,143note.
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,55seq.; 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'sChronicle),127.
Huddington House (Robert Winter's),206note.
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,187note; alleged subsequent opinion of the Plot,45; instructions for the torture of Faukes,259; his Scotch dialect,260note; gives his royal word against Owen and Baldwin,187; his policy permanently affected,209.
James, John, a supposed Dominican,139note,258.
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,132note; 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,36note,117note; on Father Gerard's innocence,207.
Jesuits, efforts to incriminate,177note; Cecil on their "insolencies,"106.
Kennet, White, Bishop of Peterborough,45note,46,263.
Keyes, Robert, contradictions respecting him,84note,183.See alsoConspirators.
"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,124seq.; receives a peerage,139note; the Countess of Suffolk his sister,224note.
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.,68note,231.
Littleton, Humphrey,167note.
Littleton, Stephen,2,4,156.
Lodge, Edmund, F.S.A. (Illustrations of British History),98.
Lopez' Plot,14.
"Main," the,15note,26,216.
Mar, Earl of (John Erskine),168note,172,266.
Mary, Princess, daughter of James I.,81,176.
Milton, poems on the Plot,226.
Mine, the, story told respecting it,63seq.; difficulties respecting it,84seq.
Mischeefe's Mystery,72,115,121,123,153note,159.
Money, value of,36note,117note; 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,"137note; 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,81note.
Morgan, Thomas,157note,193note.
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,26note; on Cecil's death,23; on the history of the "cellar,"58note; not admitted to all Cecil's secrets,112.
Northumberland, Earl of (Henry Percy), a rival of Cecil's,26; who secretly traduces him,26note,215,216; the Plot turned to his ruin,26,107,216-218; which is attributed to Cecil,26note,218, his sentiments in return,218.
Nottingham, Earl of, Lord Admiral (Charles Howard),170note,265.
Oates, Titus,46,138.
Oath taken by the conspirators,9.
Oldcorne,aliasHall, Father Edward, S.J., captured along with Garnet,7; never accused of complicityib.; Catholic demonstration at his execution,28note; tortured,173.
Oldmixon (Royal House of Stuart),25note,46.
Osborne, Francis, on Cecil's unpopularity,25; on the "discovery,"44; on the 5th of August celebration,232note; on Northumberland and Cecil,218; his qualifications as an historian,44.
Owen, Captain Hugh, falsely described as a Jesuit,173note,185note; particularly obnoxious to the government,173,185; evidence fabricated against him,174; Cecil's instruction respecting him,116note; efforts made to secure him,185seq.; his intercourse with Phelippes,112,185note.
Owen, Lewis,263.
Paris, Henry,162.
Parliament, its successive adjournments,67,70note,91,114,230; meets on the day of the "discovery,"136; activity against Catholics,5,212seq.
Parry, Sir Thomas, English Ambassador at Paris, instructions given to,28note; intelligence supplied by,98,101,102; account of the discovery furnished to,126seq.
Parry, Dr. William, his Plot,14,153.
Parsons, Father Robert, S.J., letters to,29note,77,223; his views as to the succession,249; on Walsingham's "spyery,"77.
Percy, Sir Charles,192note.
Percy, Thomas, one of the first and principal conspirators,9,64; his antecedents,36,37,148; house hired by him,60; and "cellar,"75; strange conduct in both transactions,88; conduct afterwards,88,91; undertakes to seize Duke Charles or Princess Elizabeth,82; his death,4,152seq.; profession of religious zeal,148; bigamy,ibid; Catholics suspicious of him,150; alleged secret dealings with Cecil,151; the case against him,148-156.See alsoConspirators.
Phelippes, Thomas, the "decipherer," employed by the government,111; their devices against him,112; correspondence with Hugh Owen,185note.
Pickering, Mr., and his horse,261.Plain and Rational Account of the Catholick Faith,49.
Plots under Elizabeth and James I.,14,15,153,157note,193note; their common feature,13.
Polititian's Catechism,51note,106,137note.
Pope Clement VIII., interchanges communications with James I.,104.
Pope Paul V., represented as an accomplice in the Plot,5,239.
Popham, Sir John, Lord Chief Justice,170note,197,266.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, Cecil's enmity towards him,26note,48note,198; his ruin,26,216; attempt to implicate him in the Powder Plot,197,198.