Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, is in…
December 1605 CE
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, is in a difficult position.
His midday dinner with Thomas Percy on November 4 is damning evidence against him, and after Thomas Percy's death there is nobody who could either implicate him or clear him.
The Privy Council suspects that Northumberland would have been Princess Elizabeth's protector had the plot succeeded, but there is insufficient evidence to convict him.
Northumberland remains in the Tower and on June 27, 1606, will finally be charged with contempt.
He is stripped of all public offices, fined thirty thousand pounds(about four point three million as of 2010), and will until June 1621 be kept in the Tower.
The Lords Mordaunt and Stourton were tried in the Star Chamber.
They were condemned to imprisonment in the Tower, where they will remain until 1608, when they will be transferred to the Fleet Prison.
Both are also given significant fines.
Several other people not involved in the conspiracy, but known or related to the conspirators, are also questioned.
Northumberland's brothers, Sir Allen and Sir Josceline, are arrested.
Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu had employed Fawkes at an early age, and had also met Catesby on October 29, and is therefore of interest; he is released several months later.
Agnes Wenman is from a Catholic family, and related to Elizabeth Vaux.
She is examined twice but the charges against her will eventually be dropped.
Percy's secretary and later the controller of Northumberland's household, Dudley Carleton, had leased the vault where the gunpowder was stored, and consequently he is imprisoned in the Tower.
Salisbury believes his story, and authorizes his release.
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