"Johnson" may have been placed in manacles…
November 1605 CE
"Johnson" may have been placed in manacles and hung from the wall, but he is almost certainly subjected to the horrors of the only rack in England, which is in the Tower of London.
His resolve is broken on November 7; he confesses late that day, and again over the following two days.
The conspirators' principal aim had been to kill King James, but many other important targets would also have been present at the State Opening, including the monarch's nearest relatives and members of the Privy Council.
The senior judges of the English legal system, most of the Protestant aristocracy, and the bishops of the Church of England, would all have attended in their capacity as members of the House of Lords, along with the members of the House of Commons.
Another important objective was the kidnapping of the King's daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth.
Housed at Coombe Abbey near Coventry, the Princess lived only ten miles north of Warwick—convenient for the plotters, most of whom lived in the Midlands.
Once the King and his Parliament were dead, the plotters had intended to install Elizabeth on the English throne as a titular Queen.
The fate of Princes Henry and Charles would be improvised; their role in state ceremonies was, as yet, uncertain.
The plotters planned to use Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, as Elizabeth's Protector, but most likely never informed him of this.
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