The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter, Being a Proof, with Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document / Together with Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes

by Henry Spink

Appendix M.

Since hearing from Professor Windle, M.D., of Birmingham, I have received the following letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael, the Chief Constable of Worcestershire, which my readers will be glad to see, I am sure. The difference in Professor Windle’s statement of distances and that of Colonel Carmichael is probably to be accounted for by the turns in the road, as well as other differences in the basis of calculation.

“County Chief Constable’s Office,
Worcester,
27th December, 1901.

“Sir,

“Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle’s Letter.

“Adverting to your letter of the 14th inst., re the above, I am forwarding you, as under, the required distances (by road), which are as accurate as I can possibly ascertain, viz.: —

Hindlip distant from Huddington, near Droitwich	31⁄4	miles.
Do. from Coughton, near Alcester, Warwickshire	171⁄2	”
Do. from Lapworth, Warwickshire	30	”
Worcester from Northampton	64	”

“Yours faithfully,
George Carmichael,
Lieut.-Col., and Chief Constable
of Worcestershire.”

“H. H. Spink, Jun., Esq., Solicitor,
Coney Street, York.”