Gunpowder Plot<\/a>, some time in May 1604. Along with Thomas Wintour, he was given the task of officially telling Guy Fawkes of the conspirators’ intentions to blow up the Houses of Parliament\u00a0[5]<\/b>, at which time he removed his family from Twigmore Hall to a house belonging to Catesby at Lapworth in Warwickshire\u00a0[1][5]<\/b>. John’s official position in the conspiracy is somewhat unclear, although by all accounts he was an active participant in all its events.<\/p>\nOn 4 November, the eve of the plot’s discovery, John fled London with Catesby to take the news to Sir Everard Digby and the hunting party which had gathered at Dunchurch in Warwickshire. Meeting several of their confederates on the way to the Midlands, their party eventually numbered almost 60 strong\u00a0[11]<\/b>. After receiving Mass at Huddington Court on November 6th, they finally reached Holbeche House, the home of Stephen Littleton, in the late evening of 7 November. The conspirators by now were weary, and according to their confessions, had all but given up hope that their plans would succeed.<\/p>\n
On the morning of 8 November, the house was surrounded and laid siege to by the Sheriff of Worcester’s men. In a brief stand, Christopher Wright was killed outright along with Catesby and Percy. However, according to Tesimond, who was later told by the Wintours’ priest Father Hart (alias Hammond) who had administered the Mass two days previous, John was also mortally wounded, but “lingered for a day, if not longer”\u00a0[2]<\/b>.<\/p>\n
After the capture and imprisonment of the conspirators, the bodies of those who had died at Holbeche were exhumed, and the heads removed for display at Westminster Palace.<\/p>\n
Sources<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n
[1]<\/b>\u00a0Dictionary of National Biography, 1895
\n[2]<\/b>\u00a0Spink, Henry Hawkes, “The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle’s Letter”, 1902
\n[3]<\/b>\u00a0“A History of Yorkshire : East Riding Vol. I-VI” (Oxford University Press)
\n[4]<\/b>\u00a0Gerard, John, “The Autobiography of a Hunted Priest, tr. Philip Caraman”
\n[5]<\/b>\u00a0Fraser, Antonia, “Faith & Treason – The Story of the Gunpowder Plot”, 1996
\n[6]<\/b>\u00a0Durst, Paul, “Intended Treason; What really happened in the Gunpowder Plot”, 1970
\n[7]<\/b>\u00a0Edwards, Francis, S.J., “The Gunpowder Plot: The narrative of Oswald Tesimond alias Greenway, trans. from the Italian of the Stonyhurst Manuscript, edited and annotated”, 1973
\n[8]<\/b>\u00a0Cross, Claire, “The Puritan Earl: Henry Hastings 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 1536-1595”
\n[9]<\/b>\u00a0Toyne, S.M., “Guy Fawkes and the Powder Plot’, History Today, I, 1951
\n[10]<\/b>\u00a0“Recusants in the Exchequer Pipe Rolls 1581-1592”, Catholic Record Society
\n[11]<\/b>\u00a0Simons, Eric N., “The Devil of the Vault”, 1963
\n[12]<\/b>\u00a0Poulson, George, “The History and Antiquities of the seignatory of Holderness Vol. II”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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