The Gunpowder Plot: Terror & Faith in 1605 (64 page)

Caxton, William,
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Cecil, Sir Robert
see
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of

Chamberlain, John: on accession of James,
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; on James’s view of Catholics,
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; on Garnet’s drinking,
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; and Garnet’s death sentence,
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,
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Chappel, Percy,
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n

Charles II, King of England,
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Charles, Prince (
later
King Charles I): and James’s arrival in England,
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; travels to England,
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,
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; made Duke of York,
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n,
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; in Plotters’ plans,
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; Thomas Percy visits,
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; survival, accession and execution,
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; marriage,
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Charles Edward Stuart, Prince (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’),
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Chastleton, Oxfordshire,
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Christian IV, King of Denmark (Anne’s brother),
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Church Papists,
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,
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,
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Clarke, Father William,
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Clement VIII, Pope,
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,
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,
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,
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Clifford, Lady Anne,
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Clift, Montgomery,
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n

Clink (prison), Southwark,
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Clitheroe, Margaret,
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,
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Clopton House, near Stratford,
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,
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Cobham, Henry Brooke, 8th Baron,
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,
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Coe, Thomas,
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Coke, Elizabeth, Lady (
formerly
Lady Hatton;
née
Cecil),
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Coke, Sir Edward: attacks Thomas Wintour’s mission to Spain,
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; receives bribes,
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; on supposed mining of Parliament,
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,
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; on choice of Protector for Princess Elizabeth,
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; on Garnet and Holyweil pilgrimage,
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; on Garnet’s Coughton sermon,
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; on illegality of torture,
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; and naming of Owen,
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; and interrogation of Plotters,
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,
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,
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; at trial of Plotters,
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,
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,
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,
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; examines Garnet,
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,
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,
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,
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; on equivocation,
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,
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; and Anne Vaux’s confessions,
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; prosecutes at Garnet’s trial,
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; on Thomas Percy’s promotion as King’s bodyguard,
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; and significance of Gunpowder Plot,
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Coldham Hall, Suffolk,
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n,
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Commons, House of
see
Parliament

Coombe Abbey, near Rugby,
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,
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,
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,
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Cornelius, Father John,
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Cornwallis, Sir Charles,
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,
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Corsini, Filippo,
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Cotton Garden, Westminster,
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire: location,
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,
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; Little John’s hiding places in,
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n,
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; Digby stays at,
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; Feast of All Saints celebrated at,
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,
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; Garnet at,
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,
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,
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,
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Courthope, Joan,
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Cowling, Father Richard, S.J.,
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Craddock, John,
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Cranmer, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury,
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Cresswell, Father Joseph, S.J.,
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,
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Cressy, David,
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Cromwell, Oliver,
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Cromwell, Thomas,
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Dacre, Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron,
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Darnley, Henry Stuart, Earl of,
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Deene Park, Northamptonshire,
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n

Dehaure, Mrs (of Old Palace Yard),
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Dekker, Thomas,
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,
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,
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,
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Derby, Alice, Countess of,
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Derby, Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of,
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Devil of the Vault, The
(poem),
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Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of,
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Digby, Sir Everard: on Holywell pilgrimage,
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; Little John constructs hiding places for,
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,
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n; Garnet visits at Gayhurst,
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; marriage,
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,
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; qualities,
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,
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,
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; relations with Gerard,
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; recruited as Plotter,
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,
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; at Coughton Court,
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,
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; Gerard meets at Gayhurst,
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; at Dunchurch,
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; sends horses to fleeing conspirators,
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; Catesby meets after discovery of Plot,
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; absent from first list of suspects,
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; asks Garnet to excuse rashness,
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; on lack of popular support,
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; surrenders,
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,
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,
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; imprisonment and interrogation,
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; trial,
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,
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,
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,
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; executed,
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; poetry,
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Digby, John,
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Digby, Sir Kenelm,
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,
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,
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Digby, Mary, Lady (
née
Mulshaw): on Holyweil pilgrimage,
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,
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; marriage,
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,
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; converted by Gerard,
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; visits Harrowden,
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; visits Coughton,
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,
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; and failure of Plot,
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; home ransacked,
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; and husband’s trial,
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; and husband’s execution,
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Digby, Sir Robert,
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Disraeli, Benjamin (Earl of Beaconsfield),
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Doleman, R.,
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,
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Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of,
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,
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Douai,
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double-effect (principle),
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& n,
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Drayton, Northamptonshire,
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Dresden: bombed in Second World War,
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n

Dugdale, Sir William,
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Dunchurch, near Dunsmore Heath, Warwickshire,
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,
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,
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,
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Dunfermline, Alexander, 1st Earl of,
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Dutton, Anthony,
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Edmondes, Sir Thomas: dislikes Turner,
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; and Monteagle Letter,
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; letters from Salisbury on Plot,
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,
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,
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,
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; and Grant’s obduracy,
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; complains of reproductions of Garnet straw-husk,
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; and Catholic reaction to Plot,
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Edmund, Duke of York (son of Edward III),
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Edward III, King of England,
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Edward VI, King of England,
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n,
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n

Edwards, Father Francis, S.J.:
Guy Fawkes
,
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England: death and succession,
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,
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,
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; status as female ruler,
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; funeral,
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; excommunicated,
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,
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,
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,
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; attitude to Catholics,
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; low opinion of women,
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; and assassination dangers,
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,
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; and Arbella Stuart,
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; and Lord Thomas Howard (Suffolk),
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; Catholic plots against,
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Elizabeth, Princess (
later
Queen of Bohemia; James’s daughter): arrival in England,
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,
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; plotters plan to abduct and proclaim Queen,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; Protestantism,
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; post-Plot safety,
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; and Hanoverian dynasty,
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; portrait,
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Elizabeth of York, Queen of Henry VII,
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Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron,
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equivocation: doctrine and practice of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Erasmus, Desiderius,
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Erskine, Sir Thomas,
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Essex House, London,
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,
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,
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Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of: in power struggle with Robert Cecil,
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; rebellion,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; interrupts Elizabeth,
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n; Barlow on,
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Exeter, 1st Earl of
see
Burghley, 2nd Baron

Exeter: Bonfire Night celebrations,
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Fawcett, Edward,
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Fawkes, Anne (Guy’s sister),
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n

Fawkes, Edith (Guy’s mother)
see
Bainbridge, Edith

Fawkes, Edward (Guy’s father),
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,
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Fawkes, Elizabeth (Guy’s sister),
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n

Fawkes, Ellen (
née
Harrington; Guy’s grandmother),
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Fawkes, Guy (Guido): background and career,
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,
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,
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,
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; qualities,
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,
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,
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,
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; mission in Spain,
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,
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,
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,
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; supposed marriage,
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; adopts name Guido,
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; hostility to Scots,
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; recruited for Gunpowder Plot,
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,
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; in London,
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; on mining of Parliament,
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; and Northumberland’s role,
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; in Whynniard’s cellar,
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; on quantity of gunpowder,
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; returns to Flanders to summon support,
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; Salisbury’s intelligence on,
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; returns to England,
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; distance from other Plotters,
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; actions in Plot,
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,
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,
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; on abduction of Princess Elizabeth,
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; captured in cellars of Parliament,
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,
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,
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; fortitude,
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,
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; interrogated,
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,
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,
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; tortured,
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,
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,
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; confessions,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; and decayed powder,
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; trial,
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,
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,
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; denies Gerard’s knowledge of Plot,
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; conversation in Tower with Robert Wintour,
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,
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; executed,
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,
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; and Garnet’s confession,
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; in Salisbury conspirancy theory,
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; reputation,
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Fawkes, Thomas (Guy’s supposed son),
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Featherstonehalgh, Ralph,
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Feria, Jane, Duchess of (
née
Dormer),
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Fermor, Sir George,
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Ferrers, Henry,
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,
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Finwood, John,
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Flanders: Spanish armies in,
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; Isabella and Albert in,
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,
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,
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,
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; English interest in,
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,
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; Fawkes in,
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,
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;
see also
Spanish Netherlands

Fleming, Sir Thomas,
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Florio, John,
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Foreman, Simon,
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,
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Fortun, Agnes,
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Foster, Dr Richard,
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Frangipani, Ottavio,
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Gager, William:
Pyramis
,
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Gardiner, S.R.,
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n,
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Garnet, Father Henry, S.J.: assures James of Jesuits’ loyalty,
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; hopes for toleration,
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; and Vaux sisters,
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,
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; singing,
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; background,
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; at White Webbs,
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,
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,
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; envied by Appellants,
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; on Essex rising,
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; and Wintour’s mission to Spain,
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; belief in Catholic strength in England,
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; on succession to James,
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; criticises Bye Plot,
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; warned by Aquaviva,
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; pleads for restraint,
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; travels in England,
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; on legitimacy of James,
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; on Catesby’s assassination plot,
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; and choice of Protector for Princess Elizabeth,
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; on plans for Gunpowder Plot,
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,
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; hears Tesimond’s walking confession of Catesby’s plan,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; counsels Catesby against Plot,
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; writes to Aquaviva,
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; and Baynham mission,
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; on Holywell pilgrimage,
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,
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; and Nicholas Owen,
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; visits Gayhurst,
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; Anne Vaux confides anxieties to,
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,
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,
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; at Harrowden,
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,
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; denounced for connivance,
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; at Coughton Court,
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,
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,
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,
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; sermon from Office of Lauds,
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,
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n; informed of discovery of Plot,
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; goes into hiding,
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; implicated in Spanish Treason,
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,
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; in Bates’s confession,
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; and Tresham’s confession,
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,
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; charged,
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; at Hindlip,
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,
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; captured,
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; named as traitor,
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; accused of administering Sacrament to Plotters,
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; Francis Tresham and,
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,
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; in Tower,
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,
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,
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; removed to London prison,
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; dispute with Puritan,
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; examined and interrogated,
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,
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,
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; accused of relations with Anne Vaux and Dorothy Brooksby,
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,
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,
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,
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; and equivocation treatise,
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,
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,
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; and relief of tortured ‘inferior’ prisoners,
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; conversations and correspondence in Tower monitored,
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; drinking,
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; suspected torture and confessions,
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,
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,
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; in Anne Vaux’s statement under interrogation,
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,
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; trial,
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; sentenced,
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; final letter to Anne Vaux,
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; execution,
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,
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; and miraculous straw-husk relic,
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; foreknowledge of Plot,
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;
A Treatise of Christian Renunciation
,
ref 93