Conspiracy Culture in Stuart England

Introduction. The Bottomless Pit: Conspiracy Theories & the Death of a Westminster JP
Historical, political and conspiratorial perspectives
Chapter summary

1. The Usual Suspects: the Case against the Catholics
The English anti-Catholic conspiracist tradition
Rumours, hearsay and the corpus delicti
Accusers and accused

2. An Inside Job? The Earl of Danby and other Court Suspects
A constitutional and conspiratorial crisis
Thomas Osborne, earl of Danby
An Anglican Plot? Israel Tonge's 'very honourable friends'
Plots and counterplots: Danby in the Tower

3. 'The Devil in his Clothes': Suicide Theories, Then and Now
Early suicide theories
Roger L'Estrange's crime scene investigation
'Master of a dangerous secret ': Godfrey's mental state
Spectral sightings: tracking Godfrey's last movements
Ockham's razor?

4. 'Managery... behind the Curtain'? Oppositional Plots and Whig Lords
True crime, false leads and tall tales
Shaftesbury and subornation
Whig suspects and oppositional secrets

5. 'Horrible Secrets...not for his Majesty's Service': William Lloyd's Shorthand
The correspondence of Roger L'Estrange and William Lloyd
Royal suspects and secrets
'Died Abner as a fool dieth '? What William Lloyd believed

Conclusion. A Bipartisan Martyr? In Search of the Real Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey
'Keeping faire with boeth sides': Godfrey as critic, courtier, mediator and sleuth
A plausible suspect: the secrets of 'a certain great man'
A possible murder scenario

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