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By December, only Robert Wintour was still free. Under interrogation
Bates had admitted confessing the details of the plot to the Jesuit priest
Father Tesimond. With the Jesuits now implicated in the ?Powder Treason?,
the government set about finding them, ransacking Catholic homes in the
process. Finally, Wintour was captured.
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27 January 1606 the trials began. Westminster Hall was crowded as spectators
listened to Sir Edward Coke's speech.
Under Salisbury?s instructions, the Attorney General lay principal
responsibility on the Jesuits, before describing the traditional punishment
for traitors
Hanging, drawing and quartering.... *censored* :)-
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