Philip Marlow Sidney

Name: A history of the gunpowder plot — Chapter 22
Author: Philip Marlow Sidney

A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

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“A history of the gunpowder plot — Chapter 22”, published in 1904, is a work by Philip Marlow Sidney. It explores elements such as Lyttleton, Waad and Hagley.

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ And, whereas some of His Majesty's Council, but especially your Lordship, is known to be (as the Philosophers term it) primus motor of such uncharitable taking advantage by so foul a scandal to root out all memory of Catholics either by sudden massacre, banishment, prisonment, and some other unsupportable vexations, and oppression, or perhaps by decreeing in this next Parliament some more cruel and horrible law against Catholics than is already made. ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ He had faithfully served William Cecil, the great Lord Burleigh, [2] and was destined, in the matter of the Powder Plot, to serve with equal fidelity his son, Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Sir William Waad, under Elizabeth, had been Secretary to Sir Francis Walsingham, and afterwards Clerk of the Privy Council. He had been sent on frequent diplomatic missions to Madrid, Paris, and the Low Countries. In 1588 he was elected a member of Parliament, and in 1601 represented Preston, where his Protestant zeal made him very unpopular among the Roman Catholics of Lancashire. ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ He died, 1623, at Manuden, Essex.
I print below extracts from certain letters relating to him and his rule in the Tower, which contain matter of much interest and importance (extracted from Number 6178, in the Additional MSS., British Museum) . From the letters, recorded below, written by Waad, ample evidence is forthcoming of the strained relations existing between him and Sir Walter Ralegh, and of his subservience to Lord Salisbury. I also quote from other papers, derived from the same source, regarding the capture of Lyttleton and Winter at Hagley, the closing of the Ports, etc. ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ In regards of the promises there are some good men, who through their earnest desire for continuing of Catholic religion, and for saving of many souls, both at this time and of future posterity are resolved to prevent so great a mischief though full assurance aforehand of the loss of their dearest lives. ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ The Earl of Northumberland to Lord Salisbury, November 10, 1605: relating to the capture of Thomas Percy:—
"May it please your Lordship that what I have to say at this time is little, and few words will express my desire; not that I am to direct your Lordship's will, but only to lay down my own entreaty if you like it, and that is this.
'I hear Mr. Percy is taken, if that I hear be true, but withal shot through the shoulder with a musket; our surgeons in these countries are not over excellent for a shot, if heat take it, the patient with a fever will soon make an end ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ He gave evidence against her at her trial. ↑ And they were by no means few in number. ↑ Lions, the property of the Crown, were then kept in the Tower, and had been for centuries. The Tower menagerie was abolished in the reign of William IV. ↑ Gerard. ”

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Philip Marlow Sidney, A history of the gunpowder plot… (1904)

“ Yet Lord Salisbury afterwards caused it to be put in evidence that Gerard did know of the plot. ↑ This, again, proves the falsity of the Jesuit cock-and-bull story that Catesby and Percy were killed ↑ Creaks. ↑ 1606. ↑ The 'Worcestershire Men' were so proud of their feat, that they refused to yield their prisoners into the custody of the Sheriff of Staffordshire, and (despite all threats) took Winter and Lyttleton to Worcester. A similar 'fracas' had occurred between the men of these two counties after the capture of Holbeach. ↑ E.g. No. 4. 'Of quhat age he is '? ”

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