sir january member group provincial english catholics planned failed raised protestant household married protestant wife converted catholicism jesuit priest autumn catholic pilgrimage shrine time met religious fanatic planned blow house_of_lords gunpowder killing planned popular revolt catholic monarch restored english throne extent knowledge involvement plot unknown behest rented prepared hunting party ready planned uprising plot failed joined conspirators took flight failing garner support way left soon captured taken tower london tried january despite defence found guilty high treason days later hanged drawn early life son née daughter cousin years placed considerable risk jesuit priests according author thomas family founded norman conquest england accompanied settled sir served sir lord owner manor member parliament sir lost life family fortune fighting family reversal fortune sir sons fought victorious battle field related 16th century scholar teenager married young brought accounts marriage happy sons born john unlike english catholics little hand experience england laws following death father ward raised protestant household wife mary converted catholicism jesuit priest fell seriously ill occasion convert subsequently close friends calling sic brother wrote spoke godfather eldest son built hidden chapel frequented court elizabeth informally associated gentlemen marriage significantly expanded holdings possibly reason left court manage estates apparently landlord tenants petitioned crown failed honour expensive granted father added property buying land month queen death social station elevated april james castle days later present elizabeth funeral london late august early september wife secret jesuit chaplain edward joined pilgrimage organised party set heading shrine occasionally stopped way collect followers thirty pilgrims returned mid september stopped hall sir recently died continued seat october wife celebrating delayed feast luke met point asked swear oath secrecy introducing later known english catholics hoped years persecution suffered elizabeth reign end james came throne attitude appeared moderate tolerant catholics view james promises quickly lost patience new dynasty planned kill james blowing house_of_lords gunpowder popular revolt catholic monarch restored throne enlisted aid catholics borne scheme financial cost running money group agreed expand numbers end recruited young wealthy catholic stable fine horses wealthy cousin extent knowledge plot unknown opinion author shocked heard asked catholic friends replied assure worth saving preserved matter friends caught explosion asked spoken matter doubt disapproved action lied said act named conspirators promised soon reached demonstrate religion allowed acts young lord discovering jesuit opinion matter told rent head family better able good cause kidnap princess elizabeth organise hunting party reality group armed men horseback ready kind military manoeuvre provided monetary assistance promised fellow failed pay rent properties westminster hunting party november making preparations hunting party visited having noticed house completely jesuit asked matter hand knew keen despite told weeks earlier plot jesuit approval told knew tell later conversation defend accused involvement plot lived regret given opportunity dissuade course days later servants inn hunt place took items clothing including white cut purple present uncle sir nephew ate supper joined fellow friend invited robert attended mass morning conducted father hammond party moved midnight november discovered guarding gunpowder placed beneath house_of_lords arrested conspirators london soon took flight finding way left prepare planned uprising met party told king salisbury dead true catholics stir doubted good conditions won party impressed badly worse associated treason servants asked happen told aware ignorance remedy flight november raided castle managed secure horses moving collect stored weapons continued journey ordered servant fellow deliver letter father asked excuse asking help raising army wales reply stop wicked actions listen pope teachings priest tried comfort burst tears decreasing band supporters remaining arrived expectation support began met showed concern safety fearful involved morning rode rain stopping briefly help supplies home absent lord locals refused later admitted man joined arrived night border tired desperate spread soaked gunpowder fire dry spark fire landed powder resultant flames grant man surrender fellow conspirators brother christopher killed men early november left servants possibly son took horses hid nearby woods tracks soon found intended surrender worthy early morning presented senior looking adversaries taken tower london servants belongings stolen livestock sold left sheriff later remarked goods carried away floor great tower clothing searched found contain gold white money lieutenant tower asked pay food unsuccessfully sought audience james try explain opinion suggesting extent involvement limited naive sovereign forgiveness imprisoned writing secret letters smuggled tower rediscovered death fortunate suffer fate tortured occasions letters hints fashion offered described refusal cooperate boasted plot appear fellow catholics carved inscription wall cell extant trial execution tried day seven surviving conspirators westminster hall monday january king family watched secret charges read aloud pleaded guilty tried separate indictment dressed black suit gown gave short moving speech defending actions explaining affection cause religion accused king james promises catholics told fears laws pleaded behalf family pay actions making final request beheaded words fell deaf ears prosecution poured james supposed ridiculed asking given found guilty led hall hear forgive shall reply came god forgive spent days tower writing letters wife sons urging brothers avoid examples set figures wrote poetry knocks stay lord come know know makes joy run gone duty lord know thee cross thou offer unto loss hanged drawn early thursday january spectators lined streets alongside dragged horse western end old cathedral churchyard delivered similar fashion armed guards interspersed route defend possible rescue families witnessing fate men cold face mounted addressed audience telling knew broken law morally eyes religion committed offence asked god forgiveness country protested father innocence refused protestant clergyman speaking latin saying goodbye friends stripped clothing shirt jesus jesus save climbed ladder hanged short period cut rope fell wounding forehead fully conscious taken block grant followed remaining conspirators suffered similar following day old palace yard westminster
Everard Digby