A proclamation issued on January 15, 1605,…
January 1606 CE
A proclamation issued on January 15, 1605, had named Father Garnet, Father Gerard, and Father Greenway (Tesimond) as wanted men.
Tesimond and Gerard manage to escape the country and live out their days in freedom; Garnet is not so lucky.
Several days earlier, on January 9, Robert Wintour and Stephen Littleton had been captured.
Their hiding place at Hagley, the home of Humphrey Littleton (brother of MP John Littleton, imprisoned for treason in 1601 for his part in the Essex revolt) had been betrayed by a cook, who had grown suspicious of the amount of food sent up for his master's consumption.
Humphrey denied the presence of the two fugitives, but another servant led the authorities to their hiding place.
The local Justice and his retainers had arrived on January 20, tat Thomas Habington's home, Hindlip Hall, to arrest the Jesuits.
Despite Thomas Habington's protests, the men had spent the next four days searching the house.
Two priests, starving, had left their hiding places on January 24, starving and were discovered.
Humphrey Littleton, who had escaped from the authorities at Hagley, gets as far as Prestwood in Staffordshire before he is captured.
He is imprisoned, and then condemned to death at Worcester.
In exchange for his life, he tells the authorities on January 26 where they can find Father Garnet.
Worn down by hiding for so long, Garnet, accompanied by another priest, emerges from his priest hole the next day.
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