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The Gunpowder Plot

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by Antonia Fraser


  Grant, Wintour (John and Dorothy’s son), ref 1

  Greenwich Palace, ref 1

  Greville, Sir Fulke, ref 1

  Grey, Lady Catherine (Countess of Hertford), ref 1

  Grey, Lady Mary, ref 1

  Grey, Thomas, 15th Baron Grey de Wilton, ref 1

  Griffin, Mrs (tailor’s wife), ref 1

  Grissold, Robert, ref 1, ref 2

  Grove, Gideon, ref 1n

  gunpowder: availability and acquisition, ref 1, ref 2; quantities used, ref 3, ref 4; decayed, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; accident at Holbeach, ref 8; removed to Tower, ref 9

  Gunpowder Plot: participants, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; beginnings, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7; and double-effect principle, ref 8; supposed tunnel, ref 9, ref 10; known to non-participants, ref 11; detailed planning, ref 12; discovery, ref 13; commemorated, ref 14, ref 15; historical interpretations of, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18; success considered, ref 19

  Guy Fawkes Day see Bonfire Night

  Gwinn, Matthew: Tres Sybillae, ref 1

  Gwinne, Dr Matthew, ref 1

  Habington, Dorothy, ref 1

  Habington, Mary (née Parker): marriage, ref 1; anxieties over Plot, ref 2; suspected of writing Monteagle Letter, ref 3; and fugitives, ref 4; Tesimond visits, ref 5; defies Bromley, ref 6

  Habington, Thomas: imprisoned in Tower for Mary plot, ref 1, ref 2; Little John constructs hiding places for, ref 3; recusancy, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6; refuses to admit fugitives, ref 7; Tesimond visits, ref 8; and search at Hindlip, ref 9; reprieved, ref 10

  Habington, William, ref 1, ref 2

  Hagley (house), Worcestershire, ref 1

  Hammond, Father, ref 1

  Hanoverian dynasty, ref 1n

  Harewell, Sir Edward, ref 1

  Harington, John, ref 1st Baron, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Harrowden Hall, Northamptonshire: Eliza Vaux at, ref 1, ref 2; regularly searched, ref 3; Catesby visits, ref 4; location, ref 5; James visits, ref 6; priests at, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9; Little John works at, ref 10; feasts celebrated at, ref 11; fears of search for fugitives, ref 12, ref 13; searched for Plot fugitives, ref 14; sold and replaced, ref 15

  Hart, Father (Hammond), ref 1

  Hay, James, 1st Baron (later 1st Earl of Carlisle), ref 1

  Hazlitt, William, ref 1

  Helena, St (mother of Constantine the Great), ref 1, ref 2n, ref 3

  Heneage, Eliza, Lady (née Tresham), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Heneage, Sir George, ref 1

  Henri III, King of France, ref 1

  Henri IV, King of France, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Henry III, King of England, ref 1n

  Henry IV, King of England, ref 1

  Henry VII, King of England, ref 1, ref 2

  Henry VIII, King of England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (son of James I): James visits in Stirling, ref 1; under guardianship of Mar, ref 2; arrival in England, ref 3; qualities and character, ref 4; Household, ref 5; proposed marriage to Spanish princess, ref 6; at Tower zoo, ref 7; public appearances, ref 8; Plotters’ plans for, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12; visits Oxford, ref 13; watches trial of Plotters, ref 14; death, ref 15, ref 16; portrait, ref 17

  Herring, Francis: Popish Pietie, ref 1, ref 2

  Hertford, Catherine, Countess of see Grey, Lady Catherine

  Hertford, Edward Seymour, Earl of, ref 1

  Hewell Grange, Worcestershire, ref 1, ref 2

  Hexter, Sir Edward, ref 1

  Hill, Father, ref 1

  Hilliard, Nicholas, ref 1n

  Hindlip (house), Worcestershire, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Hoboken, Baron (emissary of Flanders), ref 1, ref 2

  Hoby, Sir Edward, ref 1, ref 2

  Holbeach House, Staffordshire, ref 1, ref 2n, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Holywell (North Wales): pilgrimage to St Winifred’s shrine, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Home, Sir George (later Earl of Dunbar), ref 1, ref 2

  Hopkins, Gerard Manley, ref 1n

  horses: for war, ref 1, ref 2

  Howard, Lady Elizabeth (later Countess of Banbury; then Lady Vaux), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Howard, Henry see Northampton, 1st Earl of

  Huddington Court, Worcestershire, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4n, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Huddlestone family, ref 1n

  Huddlestone, Henry, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Huguenots, ref 1

  Hunsdon, George Carey, 2nd Baron, ref 1

  Huntly, George Gordon, 6th Earl (later 1st Marquis) of, ref 1, ref 2

  Huntly, Henrietta (Stuart), Countess of, ref 1, ref 2

  Hurstfield, J.H., ref 1n

  Hutchinson, Thomas, ref 1

  Ingleby, Father Francis, ref 1

  Ingleby, Sir William, ref 1

  Inquisition, Spanish, ref 1, ref 2n

  Ireland: Spanish attack on, ref 1

  Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain and Archduchess of Austria: regency in Spanish Netherlands, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; proposed for succession to English throne, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10; sends welcome to James, ref 11; and Gunpowder Plot, ref 12; and extradition of Owen, ref 13

  Isham, John, ref 1

  James I, King of England (James VI of Scotland): succeeds to English throne, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; qualities and character, ref 6; personal tolerance towards Catholics and Catholicism, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25; arrival in England, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30; and Philip III, ref 31; hunting, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37; and Book of Succession, ref 38; homosexual proclivities, ref 39; marriage relations and children, ref 40; rumoured conversion to Catholicism, ref 41, ref 42, ref 43, ref 44; on Catholic women, ref 45; promises to Catholics, ref 46, ref 47, ref 48; receives Thomas Percy, ref 49, ref 50; views on Scotland, ref 51; family, ref 52, ref 53; informality, ref 54; succession to, ref 55; coronation, ref 56; 1603 Catholic conspiracies against, ref 57, ref 58, ref 59; allows pardons to recusants, ref 60; and Gowrie conspiracy, ref 61; early fears and threats against, ref 62; pacific inclinations, ref 63; meets Tassis, ref 64; opens 1604 Parliament, ref 65; condemns Puritans, ref 66; condemns Catholic religion, ref 67, ref 68; and treaty with Spain, ref 69; urges union with Scotland, ref 70; Scots favourites, ref 71; as target of Plotters, ref 72, ref 73; turns against Catholics, ref 74, ref 75, ref 76; visits Oxford, ref 77; and Monteagle Letter, ref 78, ref 79, ref 80, ref 81; pleads innocence of Northumberland, ref 82; and search of Parliament cellars, ref 83; Catesby believes dead, ref 84; interrogates Fawkes, ref 85, ref 86; authorises torture of Fawkes, ref 87, ref 88, ref 89; speech to Parliament after Plot, ref 90, ref 91, ref 92; and use of torture, ref 93n; interrogates Northumberland, ref 94; and Digby, ref 95; denounces smoking, ref 96; watches trial of Plotters, ref 97; Coke denies promise of tolerance to Catholics, ref 98; and Garnet’s confession, ref 99; interrogates Garnet, ref 100, ref 101; attends Garnet’s trial, ref 102; Garnet writes to after sentence, ref 103; mistrusts Northumberland, ref 104; Henri IV counsels religious toleration to, ref 105; on need for support of Plot for success, ref 106; Basilikon Doron, xxxvi; Counterblaste to Tobacco, ref 107; King’s Book, ref 108n, ref 109, ref 110

  James II, King of England, ref 1n, ref 2

  James Edward Stewart, Prince (‘the Old Pretender’; ‘James III’), ref 1n

  James, Thomas, ref 1

  Jardine, David: A Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot, ref 1

  Jesuits: welcome James’s accession, ref 1; regular meetings, ref 2, ref 3; Cecil (Salisbury) condemns, ref 4; dispute with Appellants, ref 5; and Gunpowder Plot oath, ref 6; persecuted under James, ref 7; and tyrannicide, ref 8; counsel against violence, ref 9, ref 10; supposed approval of Plot, ref 11; alleged involvement in Plot, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15; and Spanish Treason, ref 16; vengeance against, ref 17; maligned at trial of Pl
otters, ref 18; give absolution to Plotters, ref 19, ref 20; use of equivocation, 294–5; organisation in England, ref 21; accused at Garnet’s trial, ref 22; gifts from Helena Wintour, ref 23; attacked after Plot, ref 24; and Oath of Allegiance, ref 25; see also Catholics

  John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, ref 1

  Johnson, James, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Johnson, William, ref 1

  Jones, Inigo, ref 1, ref 2

  Jonson, Ben, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; Eastward Ho!, ref 6, ref 7; The Masque of Blackness, ref 8; The Satyr, ref 9

  Judith and Holofernes, ref 1

  Kennedy, John F., ref 1n

  Kennedy, Robert, ref 1n

  Kent, Susan, Countess of, ref 1

  Kerdrel, Br Stephan de, O.P.M., ref 1n

  Keyes, Christiana, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Keyes, Robert: joins Gunpowder Plot, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3; and Rookwood, ref 4; flees London, ref 5; as suspect, ref 6; captured, ref 7; trial, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11; examined, ref 12; executed, ref 13; and Mordaunt, ref 14

  King’s Servants (players), ref 1, ref 2

  Kinsale (Ireland), ref 1

  Knevett, Sir Thomas, ref 1, ref 2

  Knollys, Sir William see Banbury, 1st Earl of

  Kruger, Paul, ref 1

  Lake, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  Lanier, Emilia, ref 1

  Lapworth, Warwickshire, ref 1, ref 2

  Lawley, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  Lawson, Dorothy (née Wiseman), ref 1

  Lawson, Roger, ref 1

  Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, ref 1

  Lennox, 1st Duke of see Stuart, Esmé

  Lerma, Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of, ref 1, ref 2

  Lessius, Father Leonard, S.J.: The Treasure of Vowed Chastity in Secular Persons, ref 1

  Lewes, Sussex, ref 1

  Lewkenor, Sir Lewis, ref 1

  Lindsay, Sir James, ref 1

  Line, Anne, ref 1n

  ‘Little John’ see Owen, Nicholas

  Littleton, Humphrey (‘Red Humphrey’): recusancy, ref 1; at Hagley, ref 2; offers to betray priests, ref 3; executed, ref 4

  Littleton, Muriel (née Bromley), ref 1

  Littleton, Stephen: joins Digby, ref 1; recusancy, ref 2; on Warwick enterprise, ref 3; at Holbeach, ref 4; groom escapes, ref 5n; captured, ref 6; and Humphrey Littleton, ref 7; executed, ref 8

  Locherson, John, ref 1

  London: size and population, ref 1; reaction after discovery of Plot, ref 2

  Lordan, Father D.B., ref 1n

  Lords, House of see Parliament

  Louis XI, King of France, ref 1

  Louvain, Spanish Netherlands, ref 1

  Lyte, Thomas, ref 1n

  Lyveden ‘New Bield’, near Oundle, Northamptonshire, ref 1n

  Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1st Baron, ref 1

  Maccabees, ref 1

  Main Plot (1603), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Maitland, F.W., ref 1

  Mandela, Nelson, ref 1

  Mar, John Erskine, 2nd or 7th Earl of, ref 1

  Margaret, Queen of James IV of Scotland (later Countess of Angus), ref 1

  Mariana, Father Juan de, S.J.: De Rege et Regis Institutione, ref 1

  Markham, Anne, Lady, ref 1

  Markham, Sir Griffin, ref 1, ref 2

  Martin, Richard, ref 1

  Mary I Tudor, Queen of England, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3,333

  Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, ref 1

  Mary of Modena, Queen of James II, ref 1n

  Mary, Princess (daughter of James and Anne), ref 1 & n, ref 2, ref 3; death, ref 4

  Mary, Queen of Scots: and Elizabeth’s life and reign, ref 1; execution, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; abdication, ref 6; James and, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10; and Catholic succession, ref 11; and Northern Rising, ref 12; threatened, ref 13; burial place, ref 14; and Casket Letters, ref 15; papers rearranged, ref 16

  Mayne, Father Cuthbert, ref 1

  Mermaid Tavern, London, ref 1

  Middleton, Father Robert, ref 1

  Milton, John, ref 1

  Mischeefes Mysterie… The Powder Plot (popular rhyme), ref 1, ref 2

  Molin, NiccolÒ, ref 1, ref 2

  Montague, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount, ref 1, ref 2

  Montague, Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Montague, Sir Edward, ref 1

  Montague, Sir Henry, ref 1

  Montague, Magdalen, Viscountess, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Monteagle, Elizabeth, Lady (née Tresham), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Monteagle, William Parker, 4th Baron (later 13th Baron Morley): in Essex conspiracy, ref 1, ref 2; and Gunpowder Plot, ref 3; regard for Catesby, ref 4; religious affiliation, ref 5; as potential victim in blowing up of Parliament, ref 6; Garnet meets, ref 7; and Francis Tresham, ref 8; receives anonymous warning letter, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16; benefits from revealing letter, ref 17; helps search Parliament, ref 18; and discovery of Plot, ref 19; Salisbury praises at trial of Plotters, ref 20; and Garnet trial, ref 21; children, ref 22; pension and later life, ref 23; portraits, ref 24

  Mordaunt, Henry, 4th Baron, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  More, Sir Thomas, ref 1n

  Morgan, Henry, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Morley, Henry Parker, 12th Baron, ref 1

  Morley, Henry Parker, 14th Baron, ref 1

  Morton, James Douglas, 4th Earl of, ref 1

  Mush, Father John, ref 1

  Newdegate, Charles Newdigate, ref 1

  Nicholls, Mark: Investigating Gunpowder Plot, ref 1

  Nicodemism see ‘secret adherence’

  Nicolson, George, ref 1

  Norbrook (house), Warwickshire, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Norfolk, Dukedom of: under attainder, ref 1n

  Norfolk, Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of, ref 1, ref 2n, ref 3

  North, Frederick, Lord (later 2nd Earl of Guilford), ref 1

  Northampton, Henry Howard, 1st Earl of: questionable loyalty, ref 1; Earldom, ref 2; fortune, ref 3; and Mary Queen of Scots’ monument, ref 4; learns of Monteagle Letter, ref 5; and Eliza Vaux, ref 6; at trial of Plotters, ref 7, ref 8; examines Garnet, ref 9; mentioned by Garnet in Tower, ref 10; at Garnet’s trial, ref 11

  Northern Rising (1569), ref 1

  Northumberland, Dorothy, Countess of (née Devereux), ref 1, ref 2

  Northumberland, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of, ref 1

  Northumberland, Henry Percy, 9th Earl of: and James’s accession, ref 1; and religious toleration, ref 2; sends Thomas Percy on mission to James, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5; background and qualities, ref 6; supposed kinship to Thomas Percy, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9; made Captain of Gentlemen Pensioners, ref 10; employs Thomas Percy, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13; appoints Thomas Percy Gentleman Pensioner, ref 14, ref 15; as potential victim of Gunpowder Plot, ref 16; as proposed Protector for Princess Elizabeth, ref 17; and Monteagle Letter, ref 18, ref 19; Thomas Percy visits at Syon, ref 20; and search of Parliament cellars, ref 21; and discovery of Plot, ref 22, ref 23; arrested, ref 24; in Tower, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27; interrogated, ref 28; as Catholic apologist, ref 29; James mistrusts, ref 30; trial, ref 31; fined and imprisoned, ref 32; release and death, ref 33

  Norton, Thomas, ref 1

  Nottingham, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Nottingham, Katharine, Countess of, ref 1, ref 2

  Nottingham, Margaret, Countess of (née Stewart), ref 1

  Oates, Titus, ref 1, ref 2

  Oldcorne, Father Edward, S.J.: at St Peter’s, York, ref 1; and Digbys, ref 2; suspected of writing Monteagle Letter, ref 3; and fugitives, ref 4; at Hindlip, ref 5, ref 6; captured, ref 7, ref 8; imprisoned in London, ref 9; tortured, ref 10; Little John denies knowing, ref 11; conversations monitored, ref 12, ref 13; in Tower, ref 14; executed, ref 15

  Olivares, Guzmán, Duke of, ref 1

  Overal, John, Dean of St Paul’s, ref 1, ref
2

  Overbury, Sir Thomas, ref 1

  Owen, Henry, ref 1

  Owen, Hugh: career, ref 1, ref 2; hostility to Scots, ref 3; discounts Spanish help, ref 4, ref 5; introduces Fawkes to Wintour, ref 6; and Gunpowder Plot, ref 7, ref 8n, ref 9; intelligence on, ref 10; named by Fawkes under torture, ref 11; attempts to extradite, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14; in Garnet’s confession, ref 15; survives to old age, ref 16

  Owen, Father John, S.J., ref 1

  Owen, Nicholas (‘little John’): devises hiding places, ref 1, ref 2n, ref 3, ref 4n, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9; physical disabilities, ref 10; and Coughton Court, ref 11; suffers torture, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14; at Hindlip, ref 15, ref 16; captured, ref 17; death, ref 18, ref 19; canonised, ref 20n; heroism, ref 21

  Owen, Father Walter, S.J., ref 1

  Oxford: James visits, ref 1

  Papists’ Powder Treason, The (engraving), ref 1

  Parker, Sister Frances, ref 1

  Parliament: 1604 Opening, ref 1; as target of Gunpowder Plotters, ref 2; postponements (1605), ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6; supposed mine dug, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9; area and buildings described, ref 10; searched by Council, ref 11, ref 12; and James’s speech after Plot, ref 13, ref 14; reassembles (1606), ref 15; annual search ceremony, ref 16

  Parma, Alexander Farnese, Duke of, ref 1

  Parneil, Geoffrey, ref 1n

  Parry, Sir Thomas, ref 1, ref 2

  Paul V, Pope, ref 1, ref 2

  Pepys, Samuel, ref 1n

  Percy, Father John, ref 1, ref 2

  Percy, Josceline, ref 1

  Percy, Martha (née Wright; Thomas’s wife), ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Percy, Lady Mary, ref 1

  Percy, Thomas: mission to James, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4; qualities and background, ref 5; in Gunpowder Plot, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12; kinship to Northumberland, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16; in London, ref 17, ref 18; made Gentleman Pensioner, ref 19, ref 20; and supposed mining of Parliament, ref 21; deputed to capture Prince Charles, ref 22; London accommodation, ref 23; unaware of Rookwood’s recruitment, ref 24; Francis Tresham attempts to persuade, ref 25; and Monteagle Letter, ref 26, ref 27; confers with Catesby and Wintour, ref 28; visit to Prince Charles, ref 29; visits Northumberland at Syon House, ref 30; and discovery of Plot, ref 31, ref 32; as suspect, ref 33; flight and actions after failure of Plot, ref 34; shot and killed at Holbeach, ref 35, ref 36n; body decapitated, ref 37, ref 38; named at trial of Plotters, ref 39; in Salisbury conspiracy theory, ref 40, ref 41

 

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