Henry Garnet
English Jesuit, executed because of his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605 · Religious Figures · Lived 1555 to 1606 · aged 51
Henry Garnet, sometimes Henry Garnett, was an English Jesuit priest executed for high treason based on having had advance knowledge of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot and having refused to violate the Seal of the Confessional by notifying the authorities.
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Garnet's superior in Rome, Claudio Acquaviva
In 1591 Garnet was almost caught at Baddesley Clinton
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was part of the Privy Council that interrogated Garnet.
Sir Edward Coke accused Garnet of involvement in every treason since 1586.
The Face in the Straw, from Abbot's Anthologia, 1613. Also to be seen in Garnet's portrait.About this person
Born in Heanor, Derbyshire, he was educated in Nottingham and later at Winchester College before he moved to London in 1571 to work for a publisher. There he professed an interest in legal studies and in 1575, he travelled to the continent and joined the Society of Jesus. He was ordained in Rome some time around 1582.
