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242 for a man who was (more than any other in England) au fait with secrets affecting the Roman Catholic cause, and who was personally acquainted with all the conspirators, must have known pretty well what was going on. He was implicitly trusted by the Jesuit faction among the English Romanists, and it is quite likely that Catesby went to him for advice as to the best means of concealing the powder at Westminster, and arranging the train for the explosion. The operations of the conspirators beneath the Parliament House would have been thoroughly in keeping with the proceedings of one who had been for years past burrowing like a mole in scores of houses for the purpose of contriving hiding-places and secret passages. If, at any rate, Owen did not sympathize with the aims of the plotters, we may, nevertheless, reasonably suspect that he was acquainted with the details of the conspiracy.

These gentlemen joined the 'hunting-party' at Dunchurch, but were not connected with the Westminster part of the Plot. Morgan is described in one of the State papers, relating to his arrest and examination, as 'Harry Morgan, gentleman, of Norbrook, Warwickshire.' He was a well-known Recusant, and had for some time been suspected of treasonable proceedings