The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes

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Edward Oldcorne described——A native of St. Sampson’s Parish, York—— A student of medicine——Goes to Rheims and Rome for higher studies——Ordained Priest——Joins Society of Jesus——In 1588 lands in England——Stationed by Father Henry Garnet, chief of Jesuits in England, at Hindlip Hall, four miles from Worcester——Hindlip Hall home of Thomas Abington, Esquire, and the Honourable Mary (Parker) Abington, daughter of the Lord Morley and sister to the Lord Mounteagle——Oldcorne’s extraordinary influence in Worcestershire——Styled “the Apostle of Worcestershire”——A man of mental equipoise.