WHAT WAS THE GUNPOWDER PLOT? THE TRADITIONAL STORY TESTED BY ORIGINAL EVIDENCE, by JOHN GERARD, S.J

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Author

Gerard, John, 1840-1912

Title

What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence

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Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Adam Styles and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Gunpowder Plot, 1605

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34807

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34807

Release Date

January 1, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.WHAT WAS THE GUNPOWDER PLOT? — by — John Gerard, S.J. — LONDON OSGOOD, McILVAINE & CO. 45, Albemarle Street, W. 1897
3. 3.PREFACE. — FOOTNOTES:
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — THE STATE OF THE QUESTION. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — THE PERSONS CONCERNED. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — THE OPINION OF CONTEMPORARIES AND HISTORIANS. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — THE TRADITIONAL STORY. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — THE GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — THE "DISCOVERY." — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — PERCY, CATESBY, AND TRESHAM. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE. — i. The Trial of the Conspirators. — ii. The Fundamental Evidence. — iii. The Confession of Thomas Bates (December 4th, 1605). — iv. Robert Winter. — v. Captain Hugh Owen, Father William Baldwin, and others. — vi. Other Documents. — vii. Catholic Testimony. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE SEQUEL. — A Summary. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.APPENDIX A. — NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS. — Frontispiece. The Powder Plot. I. — Title-Page. — Group of Conspirators (p. 3). — The Houses of Parliament in the time of James I. (pp. 56-7). — Ground Plan of House of Lords and adjacent Buildings (p. 59). — The House of Lords in 1807 (p. 61). — Interior of "Guy Faukes' Cellar" (p. 71). — Vault under the East End of the Painted Chamber (p. 73). — Arches from Guy Faukes' Cellar (p. 75). — Cell at S.E. corner of Painted Chamber (p. 83). — The Powder Plot. II. (p. 90). — Interior of the old House of Lords (Scene on occasion of the King's Speech, 1755) (p. 97). — Lord Monteagle and the Letter (p. 115). — Arrest of Guy Faukes (p. 125). — Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (p. 136). — " Guy Faukes' Lantern " (p. 139). — Thomas Percy (p. 149). — Thomas Winter's Confession (p. 168). — Signatures exemplifying the Effects of Torture (p. 173). — Guy Faukes' Confession of November 9th, 1605 (p. 199). — The Powder Plot. III. (p. 215). — The Powder Plot. IV. (p. 227). — The Powder Plot. V. (p. 229).
16. 16.APPENDIX B. (p. 33). — Sir Everard Digby's letter to Salisbury.
17. 17.APPENDIX C. (p. 34). — The Question of Succession.
18. 18.APPENDIX D. (p. 36). — The Spanish Treason.
19. 19.APPENDIX E. (p. 60). — Site of Percy's lodging [ see View, p. 56 , and Plan, p. 59. ]
20. 20.APPENDIX F. (p. 64). — Enrolment of Conspirators.
21. 21.APPENDIX G. (p. 94). — Henry Wright the Informer.
22. 22.APPENDIX H. (p. 119). — Lord Monteagle to King James , (British Museum MSS. Add. 19402, f. 146.)
23. 23.APPENDIX I. (p. 140). — Epitaph in St. Anne's, Aldersgate. [Maitland, London (1756), p. 1065.]
24. 24.APPENDIX K. (p. 173). — The Use of Torture.
25. 25.APPENDIX L. (p. 227). — Myths and Legends of the Powder Plot. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.APPENDIX M. — Sir William Waad's Memorial Inscriptions. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.APPENDIX N. — The Published Confession of Guy Faukes. A. — The draft, November 8th, 1605 (G.P.B. 49). — The Confession of Guy Fawkes, taken the 8 of November, 1605. — The Published Confession of Guy Faukes. B. — As signed by Faukes, November 17th, 1605 (G.P.B. 101). — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.INDEX.

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