God’s Secret Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests & the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot

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by Hogge, Alice


  childhood of 23-24

  death of 364-366

  and Hindlip Hall 141, 355-356, 358, 361n

  and Oxburgh Hall 119-121

  pilgrimage to Wales 342

  torture of 226-227, 363

  Owen, Robert 70

  Owen, Robert and Elizabeth 200

  Owen, Walter (father) 23, 199-200

  Owen, Walter (son) 128, 133, 287

  Oxburgh Hall 113-114, 119

  Oxford 37, 40-44, 66, 201, 342

  Oxford Castle 24

  Oxford Movement 391

  Oxford University 22, 25-27, 29, 37-40, 40-44, 48-55, 84, 160n, 342, 390-391

  Padua 69

  Paget, Charles 172n, 209, 242n

  Paget, Thomas, Lord 81, 81n, 172n

  Palmer, Valentine see Gerard, John

  Papal supremacy 12, 31, 232-4

  Parliament 32, 47, 50, 86, 107-108, 161, 125, 208-209

  see also following Acts: Popish

  Recusants; Succession;

  Supremacy; Treason; Uniformity

  Parma, Duchess of 37

  Parma, Duke of 4, 7, 72

  Parry Plot 126

  Paul IV, Pope 31

  Paul V, Pope 341, 347, 352, 356, 372

  Paul’s Cross 67, 177n

  Payne, John 60, 89

  Peine forte et dure 210-211n

  Percy, Henry see Northumberland, 9th Earl of

  Percy, John 253, 274-275, 386

  Percy, Thomas 305-306, 332, 344n, 350, 352, 380

  Percy, Thomas see Northumberland, 7th Earl of

  Perne, Dr Andrew 36-37, 104

  Perrot, Sir Thomas 8

  Persons, Robert

  attitude towards religious toleration 174n

  and Campion’s death/biography 132-133

  death of 387

  Elizabeth’s health 295

  English College 277, 284

  English mission 68-72, 73-77, 81-85, 87, 89, 96, 98, 102-103, 148, 176, 196, 274, 280, 362n, 389

  Garnet’s death 374

  Garnet’s pilgrimage to Wales 342

  and hiding-place 117

  and James I 300-301, 314, 316, 321, 323, 326, 343

  Leicester’s Commonwealth 172n

  and missionaries 135-136, 140, 177, 268

  and plot against Elizabeth 90, 91n, 280, 285-286

  and Pope Gregory’s Explanatio 73

  priests in prison 228n

  refuge in Rouen 92, 132, 146

  secret press 162-163, 166

  slanderous attacks on 284-285, 289, 306

  and succession question 266-268, 280-281, 284, 293, 306, 342, 386

  on the torture of priests 245

  underground network 146-147, 216

  and Valladolid seminary 128-129

  A Brief Apology 285

  A Brief Discourse 162

  see also A Conference about the Next Succession

  Peyton, Sir John 257

  Phelippes, Thomas 240n, 265

  Philip II, King of Spain 2-4, 6, 8, 29, 39n, 46, 55, 59, 63n, 73, 79, 100, 129, 158-159, 173, 235, 239, 261, 280

  Philip III, King of Spain 315-318, 323-324, 347n

  Pibush, John 140n

  Pilgrimage of Grace 122n

  Pitts, Arthur 84-5, 85n

  Pitts, Mrs 207

  Pius V, Pope 46-47, 50, 59-61, 73, 126

  Regnans in Excelsis 46, 61, 61-66, 73

  Pius XI, Pope 387

  Pole, Cardinal 234

  Pollard, James 194

  Polwhele, William 239

  Pomerancio see Circignani, Niccolo

  Pooley, Robert 243n

  Popham, Sir John 187-188, 313, 337, 348, 363, 368

  Pormont, Thomas 272

  Portugal 4-5, 73

  Poultry Counter (prison) 223-224, 228-229

  Pound, Thomas 75-76, 83

  Prague 2, 69

  Privy Council 37, 83, 91, 95n, 107-9, 123, 126, 161, 178, 238, 272, 290, 303, 310, 314, 335, 356, 396

  Protestant, early use of word 10n

  Protestantism 27

  centres of 30, 32, 342

  conflict with Catholicism 4, 9-10, 14, 47-48, 172, 383

  as foreign interloper 110

  on lying 185, 186n

  and Mary’s death 30

  in Netherlands 55

  non-conformity 213

  religious tolerance 316

  State religion see Elizabethan Religious Settlement

  see also Puritanism

  Protestation of Allegiance 291-292, 295, 306, 347

  Puckering, Lord Keeper 131, 145, 183n, 216, 220n, 224, 271

  Puritanism 195, 209n, 213, 289-290, 303, 321-322, 336, 342

  Quadra, Bishop Alvaro de la 37, 38-39

  Raleigh, Sir Walter 168

  Book of the Ocean to Cynthia 42n

  Recusants

  Act against Popish 209, 215

  see also Catholicism

  Reformation 33, 48n, 134, 160, 185, 197

  Regiomontanus 1-3, 6

  Regnans in Excelsis see Pius V

  Reims, English College 13, 15, 16, 55, 57, 59, 70-72, 84, 91-92, 128, 150

  Renard, Simon 105n

  Rich, Lady 214

  Rich of Rochford, Lord 213

  Richard II 52

  Ridley, Nicholas 29

  Ridolfi, Roberto 165n

  Ridolfi Plot 126

  Rishton, Edward 35-36, 45, 50, 86, 90-92, 110

  Rivers, Anthony 293, 295, 314, 323

  Roberts see Garnet, Henry

  Rome

  Catacombs 64

  English College 13, 15, 55, 56, 59, 91-92, 126, 150, 174n, 228n, 277-278, 281, 284, 285n, 287, 376

  Rookwood, Ambrose 343, 359-360

  Rookwood, Edward 106, 193

  Rookwood, Elizabeth 343

  Rookwood family 214

  Roscarock, Mr 86

  Rouen 92, 146

  Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 2, 6

  Russell, Lord 27

  Sadler, Sir Ralph 265

  St Bartholomew massacre 10, 29, 47

  St Bernard’s College, Oxford 26, 28

  St John’s College, Oxford 28, 49, 61, 64, 390

  St Katherine’s prison 183

  St Mary’s Hall, Oxford 44, 69

  St Paul’s Cathedral 7-9, 96, 373

  St Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford 23-24

  St Winifred’s Well 294, 342-344, 351, 369

  Salden House 205, 206n

  Salisbury, Earl of see Cecil, Sir Robert San Martin 7n

  Sanders, Nicholas 38, 58-59, 70, 207

  Sandoval, Cardinal de Rojas y 319

  Sandys, Edwin 47, 48

  Santander 7n

  Sawston Hall 213-214

  Scaramelli, Giovanni Carlo 295, 296n, 299, 302-303, 364, 368, 372, 373-374

  Scotland 38, 79, 129, 261, 300, 302, 310, 322

  Scott, Mary 109

  Scupoli, Lorenzo

  Spiritual Conflict, The 274

  Settlement, Act of (1701) 392

  Seymour, Edward 262

  Seymour, Thomas 262

  Shakespeare, William 52, 57n, 168, 337, 386, 388

  Shaw, Henry 49, 79

  Sheffield, Lord 320

  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 125n

  Sherlock, Anthony 359

  Sherwin, Ralph 86, 91

  Shoby 151

  Shorte, John 143

  Shrewsbury, Elizabeth, Countess of see Bess of Hardwick

  Shrewsbury, George Talbot, Earl of 99, 106, 265n

  Sixtus V, Pope 2, 3-4, 7, 9, 11, 15

  Sledd, Charles 82, 91, 97

  Smith, Richard 203

  Smith, Sir Thomas 247

  Somerset, Duke of 27

  Somerset, Lord 367

  Southampton, Henry, 3rd Earl of 168

  Southwark Counter (prison) 223n

  Southwell family 105, 110-111, 169

  Southwell, Robert 169-171, 175-179, 195, 241

  Baddesley Clinton raid 150, 152, 154n

  Bloody Question 236

  and
conscience 52-53

  at Cowdray Park 204

  canonization of 387

  detention/trial/execution of 179-182, 184, 187-190, 238, 271, 285n, 369

  English mission 98, 111, 116, 127n, 145, 147, 149, 169-171, 230, 287

  in Europe 56, 98, 126

  falconry 171

  Jesuit press 163-164, 166, 176, 384

  joins Jesuits 98

  letters to Aquaviva 164, 168, 169, 170, 236

  martyrdom 169

  and Monks’ Curse 169

  patriotism of 168-169

  as poet and writer 98, 108, 159, 166-167, 171-177

  A Sinner’s Complaint 171

  An Epistle of Comfort 166

  An Humble Supplication 171-177, 288-290, 384

  Burning Babe, The 171

  Decease, Release 166

  Southwell, Sir Richard 97, 167, 169, 181-182

  Southwicke, George 348-349, 351, 377

  Spain 39, 157, 299-301, 314-319, 323-324, 329-330, 331, 350, 356, 376

  see also Elizabeth, succession issue; Philip II; Philip III

  Spanish Armada 1-10, 11, 15, 17n, 20, 58-59, 63, 73, 96-98, 100, 109, 152, 157-158, 170, 173, 201, 207, 235, 280-281, 373

  Spanish Treason, The 330, 350, 359, 362, 369

  Spiritual Conflict, The see Scupoli, Lorenzo

  Spiritual Exercises see Loyola, Ignatius

  Spring, Richard 177

  Squire, Adam 76

  Stafford, Sir Edward 8

  Stanley, Ferdinando see Lord Strange

  Stanley, Sir William 239, 263-264, 350

  Stanney, Thomas 150n, 154n

  Stationers’ Company 161

  Sterrel, W. 240n

  Stonor, John 77

  Stonor Park 87, 89, 162-163, 399

  Stow, John 94, 223n, 341

  Strange, Ferdinando Stanley, Lord 262-266, 287

  Strasbourg 30

  Stuart, Esmé 79

  Stuart, Lady Arbella 262, 265, 295

  Stuart, Mary see Mary, Queen of Scotland

  Style, Lady 106

  Succession Act (1543) 31

  Suffolk (county) 106, 193, 213

  Suffolk, Earl of 367

  Supplication see An Humble Supplication

  Supremacy, Oath of 32-33, 35, 38, 49, 51, 80, 124, 144, 202, 235

  Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of 167

  Swetnam, Francis 199

  Taming of the Shrew, The 102

  Tasborough, Lady 337

  Tassis, Don Juan de 315-320, 323-326, 334-335, 347n

  Tate, William 349

  Ten Reasons see Decem Rationes

  Tesimond, Oswald 137n, 149, 329-331, 334-335, 339-340, 343-345, 351-354, 356, 358-360, 363, 365, 368, 370-372, 394

  Thelwal, Simon 297

  Thomas, John 144

  Thomas, St 11n

  Thompson, Robert see Gerard, John

  Throckmorton, Edward 77

  Throckmorton, Francis 77

  Throckmorton Plot 126

  Throgmorton, Thomas 242n

  Tichbourne, Henry 174n

  Topcliffe, Richard 106, 122-127, 130-131, 135, 149, 172, 175-184, 187-188, 203n, 204, 207, 216, 220, 225, 232, 237, 241, 242n, 270-272

  Tottel, Richard 95

  Tower of London 13, 182, 223n, 238, 239, 243-249, 252-257, 284, 312, 361-362

  Torture, Government’s report on 248

  Treason Legislation 17, 26, 86-87, 90, 107, 114-116, 138, 214

  Tregian, Sir Francis 60-62, 102

  Tregwell, John 26

  Trent, Council of 47, 48n, 291

  Tresham, Francis 275, 330-331, 338, 343, 350, 362, 369-370

  Tresham, Sir Thomas 110, 115, 274, 281, 313, 325, 329

  Tresham, William 77

  Trinity College, Oxford 28, 38, 133n

  Turner, Dr Peter 109

  Tutbury Castle 13

  Tute, Mr 216

  Tyndale, William 100, 161

  Tyrrell, Anthony 145, 169

  Tyrrell, Sir John 339

  Udall, William 383

  Ulmer, Johann 28

  Uniformity, Act of 32, 34, 38

  University College, Oxford 390

  Uxendon Manor 148, 176-179, 184, 187

  Valladolid, English College 128-129, 131, 133, 240

  Vaughan, Edward 217n

  Vaux, Anne 151-153, 200, 329-331, 334n, 342, 344, 355, 361-363, 369, 371-372, 386, 394

  Vaux, Elizabeth 273, 329, 337, 342-343, 348-349, 351, 375, 386-387

  Vaux, George, Lord 273

  Vaux, Henry 77, 115, 170

  Vaux, William, Lord 115, 151, 164, 170, 199, 325, 329

  Vendeville, Dr Jean 50-51, 54

  Vere, Sir Francis 295

  Waad, Sir William 242, 244, 348, 352, 363-365, 368, 377-378

  Waldegrave, Sir Edward 105

  Walley see Garnet, Henry

  Wallis brothers 216-217

  Walpole, Christopher 127, 128

  Walpole, Edward 128

  Walpole family 127-128

  Walpole, Henry 127-131, 133, 135, 147, 191, 238-241, 242n, 243, 252, 263, 271, 288n, 387

  Walpole, Michael 128, 134

  Walpole, Thomas 128n, 129-130

  Walsingham, Sir Francis 6, 16, 70, 80, 107, 108, 115, 121, 124-125, 133, 220n, 241n, 260, 269, 276, 277, 386

  Wanton Jesuit, The 389

  Ward, Margaret 96, 306

  Warham, William, Archbishop 25

  Watson, Robert 217n

  Watson, William 96, 285, 306, 310-314, 325, 356

  Decacordon of Ten Quodlibetical Questions 306

  Waugh, Evelyn 391, 393

  Wellington, Duke of 384

  Wenman, Agnes, Lady 205, 337

  Westmoreland, Earl of see Neville, Charles

  Weston, William 115-117, 145, 148, 165, 177, 241, 242n, 252n, 278, 284, 296, 303

  White, John 51

  White Lion Counter (prison) 223n, 275

  White, Sir Thomas 64

  White Webbs 329, 333, 336, 339, 349, 363, 366, 375

  Whitgift, John 195, 295

  Widdecombe, Ann 392-393

  William II, Prince of Orange 10, 386

  William III and Mary 386

  Williams, Arthur 109

  Williams, Mrs 37n

  Willoughby family 124n

  Wilson, Arthur 298

  Wilson, Thomas 351, 375

  Wimbish see Broadoaks Manor

  Winchester, Bishop of 30, 38

  Winchester School 95

  Windsor, William, Lord 215n

  Wintour, Robert 329, 343, 359-360

  Wintour, Thomas 317-319, 320, 325, 328-333, 338, 341, 348, 350, 352, 354, 359-360, 376

  Wisbech Castle 277-278, 281

  Wiseman, Jane and Bridget 226

  Wiseman, John 212

  Wiseman, Mrs (Jane) 218-219

  Wiseman, Thomas 212, 220n

  Wiseman, Widow (Jane) 215-216, 227

  Wiseman, William 212-217, 227, 243n

  Wodehouse, Thomas 95

  Wolsey, Cardinal 25

  Woodhouse, Sir Henry 108

  Worsley (pursuivant) 219n, 221n, 242n

  Wotton, Sir Henry 371

  Wray, Sir Christopher 270

  Wrench, William 289-290

  Wright, Jack 331-332, 334, 352

  Wriothesley, Henry see Southampton, 3rd Earl of

  Wroth, Mr 209

  Wycliffe, John 160

  Wylford, Mr 115

  Wynshcomb, Mr 117n

  Yate family 87-88

  Yelverton, Charles 104

  Yelverton, Edward 20, 101, 104, 113, 118, 368n

  Yelverton, family 105, 110-112

  Yelverton, Sir Christopher 101, 368

  York, Archbishop of 30

  Young, Richard 169, 170n, 183, 216, 225, 228, 242n, 270

  Younger, James 145, 157n, 224, 263

  Zúñiga, Don Pedro de 347

  Zurich 30

  Acknowledgements

  I should like to thank the following people for the advice, assistance and enco
uragement they gave me while I was writing this book: Father Thomas M. McCoog S.J., Father Geoffrey Holt S.J., Brother Hotkinson S.J., and their colleagues at the Jesuit Archives, London; the staff of the British Library; Mrs Joan Bond and all at the Catholic Central Library; the staff of the Public Record Office, Kew; the staff of the Oxfordshire Record Office; Professor John Guy; Mr Michael Hodgetts and Mr Julian Foord at Harvington Hall; Mr John Jarmen, Ian and Alan at Baddesley Clinton; Mrs Angela Sills and family; Yeoman Warder Alan Fiddis and his colleagues at the Tower of London; Mrs Jan Graffius at Stonyhurst College; Teresa Squires at Oxburgh Hall; Amanda Troop at Sawston Hall; Downside College; Lady Camoys; Mr Gerard Kilroy; Father Nicholas King S.J.; Father Michael O’ Halloran S.J.; Professor V.A. McClelland and Recusant History; Philip Punwar; Nigel Barnes, Alan Morton, Lucie Dodds, Julie Wong and all at Models 1; Mr John Hartley; Mr and Mrs Andrew Hunter-Blair; Philip Hogge; Simon and Suzie Fordham; Emma Höglund; Gavin and Ann Marie Hogge; Fred and Kay Hogge; Dr Corinna Peniston-Bird; Andrew Green; Richard Baron; Hywel Morgan; Alex Baillie-Hamilton; Outlook; Robert and Fiona Maida; Wanda Whiteley; Corinna Arnold.

  Especial thanks go to Jane Bradish Ellames; to Amanda Russell; to my agent Stephanie Cabot, and all at William Morris; to all at HarperCollins, in particular Arabella Pike, Terry Karten, Kate Hyde and Annabel Wright; to Paul Baggaley, Essie Cousins and Sarah O’Reilly at Harper Perennial; to Joyce Hogge and Dan Goode.

  And if without the help of those above I would never have completed this book, then without the help of Nicholas Fordham I should never have begun it. To him I express my deepest gratitude.

  About the Author

  ALICE HOGGE was educated at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She lives in London. This is her first book.

  From the reviews of God’s Secret Agents:

  ‘Hogge’s sympathetic portrait of the Jesuit mission to England is set thrillingly among dangers with a star cast of characters…excellently researched and beautifully written; impossible to put down’

  A. C. GRAYLING, Financial Times

  ‘Compelling storytelling’

  Observer

  ‘Hogge has skillfully digested a century of Catholic scholarship and has woven it into a gripping tale; a book that will open for many readers a window into a neglected aspect of a cruel and colourful age’

  EAMON DUFFY, New York Review of Books

  ‘Hogge’s absorbing narrative reads like a historical novel but it was no fiction’

  Guardian

  ‘Lucidly argued…Hogge brings the characters vividly to life’

  Daily Express

  ‘Effectively captures the difficulties of living as a member of a persecuted minority in England in the decades preceding the Gunpowder Plot’

  Daily Telegraph

  ‘Fully alive to the drama of all the Catholic martyrs’ lives. The book opens with the secret landing of two young Jesuit priests on the Norfolk coast, and Alice Hogge is brilliant at evoking the climate of suspicion and fear that met them’

 

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