The Gunpowder Plot: Terror & Faith in 1605 (69 page)

Ward, Thomas,
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,
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Ward, Ursula (
née
Wright),
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,
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Warwick Castle,
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,
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,
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Washington, George,
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Watson, Father William,
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,
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Watson-Wentworth, Thomas,
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Waugh, Margaret,
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Wenman, Agnes, Lady (
née
Fermor),
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,
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,
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Wenman, Sir Richard,
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Wentworth, Peter,
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Westminster: described,
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Westminster, Palace of
see
Parliament

Weston, Father William,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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White Webbs (house), Enfield Chase, Middlesex,
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Whitgift, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, xxv

Whynniard, John,
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; Westminster house,
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,
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,
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Whynniard, Susan,
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Wilbraham, Sir Roger,
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Wilkinson, John,
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Wilkinson, Paul:
Terrorism and the Liberal State,
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n

William III (of Orange), King of England, nn,
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,
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Willoughby, William,
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Wilson, Thomas: spying,
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n;
The State of England
,
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Windsor, Thomas, 6th Baron,
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Winifred, St,
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;
see also
Holyweil Wintour family: name,
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Wintour, Gertrude (
née
Talbot; Robert’s wife),
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n,
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Wintour, Helena,
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Wintour, Jane (
née
Ingleby),
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Wintour, John,
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,
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,
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; executed,
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Wintour, Sir John (Robert’s son),
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Wintour, Sister Mary,
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Wintour, Robert: background and qualities,
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,
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; joins Gunpowder Plot,
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; Thomas joins after discovery of Plot,
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; not initially suspected,
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; denounces Warwick Castle raid,
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; on run after failure of Plot,
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,
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n; captured,
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; trial,
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,
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,
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; confession,
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; conversation in Tower with Fawkes,
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,
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; executed,
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,
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Wintour, Thomas (Tom): background and qualities,
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,
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; mission to Spain,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; Tassis meets in England,
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; and promised Spanish subsidy,
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; affection for Catesby,
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; in Gunpowder Plot,
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,
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,
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; meets Fawkes,
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; in Essex rising,
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,
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; and Northumberland’s role,
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; invasion plans,
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; and Francis Tresham,
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,
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; discovers decayed gunpowder,
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; Francis Tresham gives money to,
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; suspects Francis Tresham of treachery,
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; attempts to call off Plot,
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; confers with Catesby and Percy,
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; and Prince Charles,
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; and discovery of Plot,
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flees London,
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,
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,
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; as suspect,
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,
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; seeks support from Talbot,
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; shot and captured at Holbeach,
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,
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; in Tower,
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; confession,
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,
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,
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; trial,
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,
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,
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; executed,
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Anne Vaux reveals movements,
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; named at Garnet’s trial,
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Wisbech Castle, Lincolnshire,
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Wiseman, Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Stenhen_
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Wiseman, Dorothy
see
Lawson, Dorothy

Wiseman, Mrs (of Braddocks),
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Wolsey, Cardinal Thomas,
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women: protect Catholic priests,
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,
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,
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,
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; observing Catholics,
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,
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; legal status,
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; knowledge of Gunpowder Plot,
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,
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; fear of recusant fines for,
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,
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; witness executions,
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; heroism,
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Wood, Anthony à,
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Worcester, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of,
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,
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Wright, Christopher (Kit): qualities,
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; schooling,
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; joins Gunpowder Plot,
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; Catesby joins at White Webbs,
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; flees on discovery of Plot,
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; as suspect,
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,
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; on run,
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; shot and killed at Holbeach,
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,
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n named at trial of Plotters,
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Wright, Dorothy (Jack’s wife),
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Wright, John (Jack): qualities,
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,
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; in Essex rising,
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,
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,
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; schooling,
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; in Gunpowder Plot,
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,
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,
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; and Thomas Percy,
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,
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; at Twigmoor,
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; Catesby joins at White Webbs,
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; as suspect,
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,
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; on run,
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; shot and killed at Holbeach,
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,
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named at trial of Plotters,
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Wright, Margaret (
née
Ward),
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,
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Wright, Father William,
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York,
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Zuñiga, Don Baltasar de,
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,
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,
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Illustrations

Elizabeth I with Time and Death: towards the end of her life, Queen Elizabeth fell into a profound melancholy, underlined by the deaths of her old friends.

James I by an unknown artist: King James was thirty-six when he ascended to the English throne. The English found him at first encounter to be affable and ‘of noble presence’.

Accession medal of James I, as emperor of the whole island of Britain: the King (unlike the English courtiers) was enthusiastic about the concept of ‘Britons’.

Anne of Denmark by Marcus Gheerhaerts the Younger,
c.
1605–10: there had not been a Queen Consort in England since the days of Henry VIII. The King’s gracious wife was welcomed by the crowds.

Henry Prince of Wales and Sir John Harington by Robert Peake, 1603: the handsome young heir to the throne won golden opinions, a Royal Family being a new phenomenon in England.