Sir Edward Coke (pronounced "Cook") is in…
November 1605 CE
Sir Edward Coke (pronounced "Cook") is in charge of the interrogations.
Over a period of about ten weeks, in the Lieutenant's Lodgings at the Tower of London (now known as the Queen's House) he will question those who had been implicated in the plot.
For the first round of interrogations, no real proof exists that these people were tortured, although on several occasions Salisbury certainly suggested that they should be.
Coke later revealed that the threat of torture was in most cases enough to elicit a confession from those caught up in the aftermath of the plot.
Only two confessions are printed in full: Fawkes's confession of November 8, and Wintour's of November 23.
Having been involved in the conspiracy from the start (unlike Fawkes), Wintour's information is extremely valuable to the Privy Council.
The handwriting on his testimony is almost certainly that of the man himself, but his signature is however, markedly different.
Wintour had previously only ever signed his name as such, but his confession is signed "Winter", and since he had been shot in the shoulder, the steady hand used to write the signature may indicate some measure of government interference—or it may indicate that writing a shorter version of his name was less painful.
Wintour's testimony makes no mention of his brother, Robert.
Both are published in the so-called King's Book, a hastily written official account of the conspiracy published in late November 1605.
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