Chapter VII: 21

All thirteen plotters “gentlemen of name and blood” (save Thomas
Bates, a respectable serving-man of Catesby)——Names of plotters
as follow:——Robert Catesby (Ashby St. Legers, Northamptonshire)——
Thomas Winter (Huddington, near Droitwich, Worcestershire)——
Thomas Percy (Beverley, E.R. Yorkshire)——John Wright (Plowland,
Holderness, E.R. Yorkshire)——Guy (or Guido) Fawkes (York)——
Robert Keyes (Drayton, Northamptonshire)——Christopher Wright
(Plowland, Holderness, E.R. Yorkshire)——Robert Winter,
(Huddington, near Droitwich, Worcestershire)——Ambrose Rookwood
(Coldham, Stanningfield, Suffolk)——John Grant (Norbrook,
Warwickshire)——Sir Everard Digby (Gothurst, near Newport
Pagnell, Buckinghamshire)——Francis Tresham (Rushton,
Northamptonshire)——Four out of conspirators natives of
Yorkshire: Thomas Percy, John Wright, Christopher Wright, and
Guy (or Guido) Fawkes——Five others indirectly connected with it:
Thomas Winter, Robert Winter, John Grant, Robert Keyes, and
Ambrose Rookwood——Thomas Winter and Robert Winter, grandsons of
distinguished Knight, Sir William Ingleby, of Ripley Castle,
near Knaresbrough and Bilton-cum-Harrogate, Nidderdale,
Yorkshire——John Grant’s wife, Dorothy Grant, a grand-daughter of
said Knight——Robert Keyes, a grandson of Key (or Kay), Esquire,
of Woodsome, Almondbury, near Huddersfield.

CHAPTER VIII. (same continued) 26

CHAPTER IX. 32

Jesuit Father Edward Oldcorne a native of York——Oswald Tesimond
most probably a native of York likewise——Before going to Rheims
and Rome Oldcorne studied medicine.

CHAPTER X. 35

Further analysis of problem as to what conspirator would be likely
to “discover” Plot——A subordinate plotter——Introduced late into
Plot——One with good moral training at home in childhood——One
with trustworthy friend to act as Penman of warning Letter——One
with trustworthy friend who could act as Go-between with
Government——Christopher Wright, Edward Oldcorne, Thomas Ward.

CHAPTER XI. 37

Fawkes, in Confession, dated 17th November, 1605, says mine from
Percy’s house, adjoining Parliament House, begun 11th December,
1604, by five principal conspirators——Christopher Wright sworn
in to help in mining work “soon after”——Text of conspirators’
secret oath.

CHAPTER XII. 40

Christopher Wright’s family further described——Father: Robert
Wright, Esquire, of Plowland, Holderness——Mother: Ursula
Rudston, of Rudstons, Lords of Hayton, near Pocklington——Mother
akin to Mallories, of Studley Royal, near Ripon——Wrights akin to
Wards, of Mulwith, Newby, and Givendale, near Ripon, likewise——
Christopher Wright’s wife, Margaret Wright, possibly _née_
Margaret Ward, of the Wards, of Mulwith.

CHAPTER XIII. 45

Edward Oldcorne described——A native of St. Sampson’s Parish, York——
A student of medicine——Goes to Rheims and Rome for higher
studies——Ordained Priest——Joins Society of Jesus——In 1588 lands
in England——Stationed by Father Henry Garnet, chief of Jesuits
in England, at Hindlip Hall, four miles from Worcester——Hindlip
Hall home of Thomas Abington, Esquire, and the Honourable Mary
(Parker) Abington, daughter of the Lord Morley and sister to the
Lord Mounteagle——Oldcorne’s extraordinary influence in
Worcestershire——Styled “the Apostle of Worcestershire”——A man of
mental equipoise.

CHAPTER XIV. 48

“The Letter” critically examined.

CHAPTER XV. 54

Further critical examination of “the Letter.”

CHAPTER XVI. 56

Mounteagle “knew there was a Letter to come to him before it
came”——Who was his “Secretary,” Thomas Ward?——Almost certainly
brother-in-law to Christopher Wright——Proofs of this assertion——
Entry of marriage in St. Michael-le-Belfrey’s Church, York, of a
“Thomas Warde of Mulwaith, in the p’ishe of Rippon, and M’rgery
Slater, 29th May, 1579”——Entry of burial of “Marjory wife of
Thomas Warde of Mulwith,” in Register at Ripon Minster, about
eleven years after, 20th May, 1590.

CHAPTER XVII. 59

Entry of christening of Edward, son of Christopher Wright, of
Bondgate, Ripon, in Ripon Minster Registers, 6th October, 1589——
Of Eliza, daughter of Christopher Wright, of Newbie, 23rd July,
1594——Of Francis, son of Christopher Wright, of Newbie, 12th
July, 1596——Of Marmaduke, son of Christopher Wright, of Skelton,
3rd February, 1601——Thomas Warde, of “Mulwaith,” in 1579——Thomas
Warde, of “Mulwith,” in 1590——Inference of propinquity between
Christopher Wright and Thomas Warde, at least between years 1589
and 1590 inclusive——Thomas Warde probably in diplomatic service
of Queen Elizabeth, under Sir Francis Walsingham——Probably sent
on mission to Low Countries in 1585.

CHAPTER XVIII. 63

Proof that William Ward, a son of Marmaduke Ward, of Newby, had an
uncle who lived at Court——Inference that this was Thomas Ward,
member of household of Lord Mounteagle.

CHAPTER XIX. 68

Inference drawn that Christopher Wright, Thomas Warde, and Lord
Mounteagle were personally acquainted.

CHAPTER XX. 70

Marmaduke Ward at Lapworth, in Warwickshire——Arrested by
Government——Released——Inference that he had a powerful friend at
Court.

CHAPTER XXI. 74

Suggested proof of how Mounteagle came to be associated with
Thomas Ward——Biographical and Topographical evidence adduced in
support.

CHAPTER XXII. (same continued) 76

CHAPTER XXIII. (same further continued) 81

CHAPTER XXIV. 85

Letter conveyed to Hoxton on Saturday evening, 26th October, 1605,
between six and seven of the clock, in pursuance of
pre-arrangement——Suggested that pre-arrangement was made by
Thomas Ward.

CHAPTER XXV. 87

Thomas Ward sees Thomas Winter, one of the chief conspirators——
Suggested inference that Christopher Wright had bidden Thomas
Ward so to do——In order to compass flight of rest of
conspirators.

CHAPTER XXVI. 90

Thomas Winter interviews Francis Tresham, one of subordinate
conspirators, on Saturday night, 2nd November, one week after
delivery of Letter to Lord Mounteagle.

CHAPTER XXVII. 92

Tresham tells Winter that Government knew of existence of _the
mine_——How had Government such knowledge?——Suggested
concatenation of evidence that Christopher Wright told fact to
Thomas Ward (or Warde); Ward to Lord Mounteagle; Mounteagle to
Francis Tresham; Tresham to Thomas Winter.

CHAPTER XXVIII. 94

Earl of Suffolk (Lord Chamberlain) accompanied by Lord Mounteagle
visits cellar under House of Lords, where thirty-six barrels of
gunpowder are stored——They light upon Guy (or Guido) Fawkes.

CHAPTER XXIX. 96

Quotation from “_King’s Book_”——Version of Gunpowder Plot put
forth by “lawful authority”——Showing procedure of Earl of
Suffolk and Lord Mounteagle on search of cellar under House of
Lords, Monday, 4th November——Thirty-six barrels of gunpowder
stored ready for firing by Fawkes on fatal Fifth.

CHAPTER XXX. 99

Quotation from the “_Hatfield MSS._,” giving account of meeting at
Fremland, Essex, in July, 1605——Present thereat (amongst others)
Lord Mounteagle, his brother-in-law Francis Tresham, and Father
Henry Garnet, then Superior of English Jesuits——Account of Sir
Edmund Baynham——Despatched in September on double mission to
Pope of Rome——Baynham described——A Gloucestershire Roman
Catholic gentleman——Belike of the swashbuckler type.

CHAPTER XXXI. 102

Christopher Wright.

CHAPTER XXXII. 104

Marmaduke Ward, of Newbie (or Newby), near Ripon, comes up to
Lapworth, in Warwickshire——Lapworth, the birthplace of
arch-conspirator Robert Catesby——One of the large Catesby
Warwickshire possessions——In May, 1605, Lapworth let by Catesby
to John Wright——Marmaduke Ward, brother-in-law to John Wright
and Christopher Wright, arrives at Lapworth about 24th October,
1605——Suggestion that Marmaduke Ward was sent for by Thomas
Ward——In order, haply, to prevail upon brothers Wright to
abandon scheme of insurrectionary stir in Midlands.

CHAPTER XXXIII. 107

What _objections_ against hypothesis that Christopher Wright was
Revealing conspirator?——What _objections_ against hypothesis
that Father Edward Oldcorne was Penman of Letter?——Evidence of
one William Handy, serving-man to Sir Everard Digby, Knt.,
quoted, weighed, and disposed of.

CHAPTER XXXIV. 110

Evidence of a certain Dr. Williams, of reign of Charles II.,
author of pamphlet purporting to be History of the Gunpowder
Treason Plot, quoted.

CHAPTER XXXV. 112

Probable untrustworthiness of Dr. Williams’ reported statement
manifested by convincing argument——Singular story that Letter
was penned by the Honourable Anne Vaux, one of the daughters of
William Lord Vaux of Harrowden——Story told, examined, and
disposed of.

CHAPTER XXXVI. 116

Dr. Williams’ reported statement a faint adumbration of truth——
Why?——Because Williams’ report tends to corroborate evidence
that Letter _emanated_ from Hindlip Hall——Suggestion made as to
whence and how Williams’ report had its origin——The Lady of
Hindlip may have _guessed truth_, through her womanly
perspicacity.

CHAPTER XXXVII. 120

Evidence, deductions, and suggestions finally considered tending
to show that Christopher Wright _after_ delivery of Letter
exhibited _consciousness_ of having revealed Plot.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 124

Old Dutch print, published immediately after detection of Plot
(reprinted in “_Connoisseur_” for November, 1901), shows
Christopher Wright in act of engaging in earnest discourse with
arch-conspirator Robert Catesby——Slightly tends to confirm
tradition that (1) Christopher Wright first ascertained that
Plot was discovered, and that (2) Christopher Wright counselled
that “each conspirator should betake himself to flight in a
different direction from any of his companions.”

CHAPTER XXXIX. 126

Evidence of William Kyddall——Kyddall accompanies Christopher
Wright from Lapworth (twenty miles from Hindlip Hall) to London,
on Monday, 28th October——Arrive in London, on Wednesday, 30th——
Evidence of Mistress Dorathie Robinson, Christopher Wright’s
London landlady, as to padlocked hampers, evidently containing
fresh gunpowder.

CHAPTER XL. 131

Conspirators are “shriven” and “houselled” at Huddington by Jesuit
Father Nicholas Hart——Ambrose Rookwood——Rookwood “absolved” by
the Jesuit priest “without remark”——Reason why suggested.

CHAPTER XLI. (same continued) 134

CHAPTER XLII. 136

Robert Cecil first Earl of Salisbury, Principal Secretary of
State, instructs Sir Edward Coke, Attorney-General, _to disclaim
that any of these wrote Letter_——Reason why suggested.

CHAPTER XLIII. 140

Archbishop Usher reported divers times to have said “that if
Papists knew what he knew, the blame of the Gunpowder Treason
would not lie on them”——Suggested explanation of the oracular
words——Second Earl of Salisbury reported to have confessed that
the Gunpowder Plot was “his father’s contrivance”——Suggested
explanation of this strange report.

CHAPTER XLIV. 144

Critical examination of the Letter renewed——Writer must have
regarded Plot as a scheme defecated of criminous quality——Reason
why.

CHAPTER XLV. 148

Coughton Hall (now Coughton Court), in Warwickshire, ancestral
home of grand old English Roman Catholic family of Throckmorton——
Father Henry Garnet, Superior of English Jesuits, harboured here
from 29th October, 1605, to 16th December, 1605——Father Oswald
Tesimond at Coughton on Wednesday, 6th November——Bates sent with
letters from Catesby and Sir Everard Digby to Father Garnet and
Lady Digby——Bates despatched from Norbrook, in Warwickshire——
Arrives at Coughton——Fathers Garnet and Tesimond have conference
for half-an-hour——Garnet gives leave to Tesimond to proceed to
Huddington, in Worcestershire——Whither conspirators and rebels
were come, early on Wednesday, 6th November——Tesimond arrives at
Huddington——Psycho-electrical will force of Catesby works on
mind of Tesimond——Tesimond inspired with rebellious ardour
against Government——Dashes on to Hindlip, within five miles of
Huddington.

CHAPTER XLVI. 152

Tesimond arrives at Hindlip——Urges the Master of Hindlip and
Father Oldcorne to join rebels——Master of Hindlip and Father
Oldcorne decline——Anger kindled in breast of Tesimond——Rides off
towards Lancashire in hope of rousing to arms dwellers in that
Catholic county.

CHAPTER XLVII. 154

Who and what was Father Henry Garnet?——A native of Nottingham
(1555)——A scholar of Winchester School——Joins Jesuit Novitiate
in Rome (1575)——Problem of Garnet’s moral and legal guilt (or
otherwise) impartially discussed.

CHAPTER XLVIII. (same continued) 157

CHAPTER XLIX. 160

At the end of August, 1605, Garnet leaves London for Gothurst——
Famous pilgrimage to St. Winifred’s Well, Flintshire, North
Wales, about 5th September, made from Gothurst——Lady Digby,
Ambrose Rookwood and his wife, the Honourable Anne Vaux, and
upwards of thirty others, join the pilgrim-band——Father Garnet
and Father Percy, chaplain to Sir Everard Digby, lead the
cavalcade——Away about a fortnight.

CHAPTER L. 165

Pilgrims return from St. Winifred’s Well to Gothurst——A fortnight
before Michaelmas (11th October, old style)——Father Garnet at
Great Harrowden, Northamptonshire,——Ancestral home of Edward
Lord Vaux of Harrowden.

CHAPTER LI. 167

4th October, 1605, Father Garnet at Great Harrowden——Pens a long
letter to Father Parsons in Rome.

CHAPTER LII. 169

21st October, Father Garnet at Gothurst (most probably)——Pens a
short _post scriptum_ to letter of 4th October——Blots out three
lines of letter——Assigns as cause therefor “FOR REASON OF A
FRIEND’S STAY IN THE WAY”——_Who was this friend?_