[72] Mr. Gardiner (_Hist._ i. 229, note) says that arrears were never demanded in the case of the fine of £20 per lunar month for non-attendance at the parish church. Father Gerard, however, a contemporary witness, distinctly states that they were. (_Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot_, ed. Morris, p. 62.)
[75] Stonyhurst MSS., _Anglia_, iii. 103.
[76] Of the Prince of Wales it was prophesied:
"The eighth Henry did pull down Monks and their cells, The ninth will pull down Bishops and their bells."
[77] Concerning this letter see Appendix B, _Digby's Letter to Salisbury_.
[79] Hallam, _Constitutional Hist._ i. 392 (3rd ed.).
[80] See Appendix C, _The Question of Succession_.
[84] Trial of Father Garnet (Cobbett's _State Trials_, ii. 243).
[85] Camden, the historian, to Sir R. Cotton, March 15th, 1596. (Birch, _Original Letters_, 2nd series, iii. p. 179.) Various writers erroneously suppose this transaction to have occurred in March, 1603, on occasion of Elizabeth's last illness. The correct date, 1596, given by Sir Henry Ellis, is supplied by a statement contained in the letter, that this was her Majesty's "climacterick year," that is, her sixty-third, this number, as the multiple of the potent factors seven and nine, being held of prime importance in human life. Elizabeth was born in 1533.
From Garnet's examination of March 14th, 1605-6 (_Dom. James I._ xix. 44), we learn that Catesby was at large at the time of the queen's demise.
For Cecil's description of the men, see Winwood's _Memorials_, ii. 172.
[86] Catesby purchased his life for a fine of 4,000 marks, and Tresham of 3,000. Mr. Jessopp says that the former sum is equivalent at least to £30,000 at the present day. (_Dict. Nat. Biog., Catesby_.)
[87] But see Appendix D, _The Spanish Treason_.
[88] Father Gerard says of him that "he paid them [the pursuivants] so well for their labour not with crowns of gold, but with cracked crowns sometimes, and with dry blows instead of drink and other good cheer, that they durst not visit him any more unless they brought store of help with them." (_Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot_, p. 86.)
[91] _E.g._, by Mr. Talbot of Grafton, father-in-law of Robert Winter, who drove their envoys away with threats and reproaches (Jardine, _Gunpowder Plot_, p. 112), and by Sir Robert Digby, of Coleshill, cousin to Sir Everard, who assisted in taking prisoners. (R.O. _Gunpowder Plot Book_, 42.)