[7] Life of Father John Gerard, p. clii.

[8] History of England, Vol. vii. chap. i.

[9] S. P. James I., Gun. P. Book, Part II. No. 135, Exam, of Sir E. Digby—“He confesseth that he was a pencon to Quene Elizabeth about six yeres, and tooke the othe belonging to the place of a pencioner and no other.”

[10] Lord Henry Howard to Worcester.

[11] Letter of Lord Worcester, Lodge III. p. 148.

[12] MS. Letter. See Lingard, Vol. vi. chap. ix.

[13] MS. Letter. See Lingard, Vol. vi. chap. ix.

[14] History, Vol. vii. chap. i.

[15] Ib., Vol. vi. chap. ix.

[16] Lingard, Vol. vi. chap. iii.

[17] Narrative of the G. P., p. 88.

[18] Ib.

[19] Vol. iii. p. 180.

[20] Narrative of the G. P., p. 88.

[21] “Antiently Gaythurst,”says Pennant in his Journey. It is now called Gayhurst.

[22] See Pennant’s Journey from Chester to London, p. 437, seq. Also Lipscomb’s History and Antiquities of Bucks, Vol. iv. 158, seq.

[23] The house is still standing, and is the residence of Mr Carlile. The further side was enlarged, either in the eighteenth or very early in the nineteenth century, in the style of Queen Anne; but this in no way spoils the effect of the remarkably fine old Elizabethan front.

[24] This has disappeared.

[25] Poem on Everard Digby, written by the present owner of Gothurst, and privately printed.

[26] See Pennant’s Journey, p. 438.

[27] Criminal Trials, Vol. ii. p. 30.

[28] S. P. Dom. James I., Gunpowder Plot Book, Part II. No 135, B.

[29] Osborne’s Traditional Memorials, p. 468. I quote from a footnote on page 147 of the Somers Tracts, Vol. ii.

[30] See Lingard, Vol. vii. chap. i.