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Abbot, Robert, Bishop of Salisbury,
his version of the missing confes-
sions of Faukes, 192 seq.
Acton, Robert, 113.
Alabaster, Thomas, a priest in
government employ, 204 note.
Andrew, William, servant to Sir E.
Digby, evidence of, 78 note.
Annals of England, cited, 48.
Answere to Scandalous papers
(Cecil's manifesto), 44, 219 seq.

Babington's Plot, 14.

Baldwin, Father William, S. J.;
allegations against him, 185, 187
seq.; which are not substantiated,
195; correspondence with Father
Schondonck, 201, 222.
Bancroft, Richard, Archbishop of
Canterbury, 46, 147.
Barlow, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln,
62, 70 note.

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 also Con-
spirators.

Batty, Matthew, evidence regarding
Monteagle, 78 note.

"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), 79 note.

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, 167 note.

Buck, Mr., alleged warning given
to, 51 note, 106.
Burnet, Gilbert, Bishop of Salis-
bury, 46.

"Bye," the, 15 note.

Camden, William, the historian, 36
note.

Capon, William, on the old Palace
of Westminster, 79, 86; on traces
of the mine, 87.

Carleton, Dudley, afterwards Vis-
count Dorchester, patronized by
Cecil, 62; assists Percy to hire

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Carey,

evidence regarding

Percy, 150.
Catesby, Robert, a ringleader in
the Conspiracy, 9, 64; his cha-
racter and antecedents, 35 seq.;
persuades his associates not to
reveal their project to priests,
179; undertakes to proclaim the
new sovereign, 83; his death, 4,
152 seq.; suspicions concerning
him, 156, 160. See also Con-
spirators.

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, 212 seq.;
its lasting effects in their regard,
209, 225.
Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salis-

bury, his character, 19 seq.;
dignities conferred by James I.,

19 note; and nicknames, 19
note; his unpopularity, 21 seq.;
difficulties and dangers of his
position, 26 seq.; in the pay of
Spain, 21; and probably of
France, 22 note; his secret cor-
respondence with King James,
21; his intrigues against North-
umberland 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,
III; employs the services of
forgers, 112 note, 203; his know-
ledge of the Plot, 94 seq.; alleged
secret dealings with Percy, 15;
Tresham, 158; and Catesby, 160;
contradicts himself concerning the
"discovery," 123 seq.; his inex-
plicable delay in making it, 132;
and conduct afterwards, 137;
was not taken by surprise, 210;
at once turns the Plot to his ad-
vantage, 213; his determination
to incriminate priests, 4 seq.,
130; advantages reaped by him,
30, 213 seq.; his Manifesto, 218
seq.; suspected of having origin-
ated or manipulated the Con-
spiracy, 43 seq.; alleged attempt
to float a second Plot, 225.
Cecil, Thomas, first Earl of Exeter,
19 note, 160 note.
Cecil, William, second Earl of
Salisbury, his testimony reported,
160.
Cecil, William, a priest in govern-
ment employ, 45 note.

"Cellar," the, its situation and
character, 58, 79 note; hired by
the conspirators, 69 seq.; prob-
lems concerning it, 87 seq.; its
after history, 137; accompanies
the migrations of the House of
Lords, 80 note.
Challoner, Sir Thomas, information

addressed to, 94, 95.
Chamberlain, John, M. P., on Cecil's
death and character, 23, 24; ac-
count 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 con-
spirators regarding him, 81 seq.
Chichester, Sir Arthur, Deputy in

Ireland, 4, 108, 124.

Coal, Father Greenway's descrip-
tion of, I note.

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-Gene-

ral, his falsification of evidence,
200; Cecil's instructions to him,
116 note; his assertions, 85, 88;
interrogatories prepared by him,
176; his humour, 63 note; 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, 29 note.
Conspirators, the, list of, 2, 3;
their character and antecedents,

35-41; their enrolment, 9, 64,
252; their plans and proceedings,
9-11, 60 seq.; mining operations,
10, 63; incredibilty of the story,
65 seq., 76 seq., 141; they hire
the "
cellar," 69 seq.; purchase
and store gunpowder, 78; difficul-
ties concerning it, 78, 132, 134-
137; further designs, 11, 80-82;
alarmed by the prorogation, 114,
230; flight and attempted re-
bellion, 2; their fate, 4-6.

Cope, Sir Walter, on the character
of Cecil, 27 note.

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, 221 note.

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 o
James I., the victim of a gun-
powder plot, 37, 50.

Davenport, Father Christopher,
O.P. (Francis à S. Clara), 145

note.

Davies, Joseph, a government "dis-
coverer," 94.

De Beaumont, M., French Ambas-
sador, 119 note.

De la Boderie, M., French Ambas-

sador, on Cecil's insecurity, 26;
on the ruin of Northumberland,
23.

Del-Rio, Father Martin, S.J., said

to have described the Plot A.D.
1600, 263.

Derby, Earl of (William Stanley),

attempt to incriminate him, 198.
De Ros, Lord, on Faukes' plan of

escape, 144 note.
Devonshire, Earl of (Charles Blount),

168 note, 170 note, 211, 266.
Digby, Sir Everard, joins the Con-
spiracy, 10, 253; difficulties and
contradictions regarding him, 79
note, 253; his letter to Salisbury,
33, 245; part assigned to him, 78
note; his fate, 6. See also Con-
spirators.

Digby, Sir John, English Ambassa-

dor in Spain, 22 note.
Digby, Sir Kenelm, his evidence
reported, 160.

Digby, Sir Robert, 38 note.

Dixon, Hepworth (Her Majesty's
Tower), on government intelli-
gence, III note.
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),
168 note, 172, 266.
Dunfermline, Earl of (Alexander
Seaton), on the effective use of
torture, 259.
Dunsmoor Heath, projected hunting
match on, II.

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, 186 seq.; 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 conspira-
tors regarding her, 81.
England's Warning Peece, 195,
262.

English Protestants' Plea, 40, 51,
108 note, 195 note.
Eudaemon-Joannes, Father Andrew,
S.J., 204.

Faukes, Guy or Guido, alias John
Johnson, his position and char-
acter, 39, 262; his Spanish mis-
sion, 36; introduced to the Con-
spiracy, 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, I; plans for his
escape, 144; arrest, 123-128; pub-
lished confession, 169 seq., 268
seq.; evidence falsified, 200; miss-
ing depositions, 191; tortured,
172, 200, 260; trial and execu-
tion, 6, 260; fables respecting
him, 261. See also Conspirators.
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.

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