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| Filename | Byte size | Description | |
| Newsletters | |||
| 1994_04.zip | 26 KB | GPS Newsletter Issue No. 1: April, 1998 | |
| Elizabeth I: Letters, Acts and Proclamations | |||
| eliz1.txt | 9 KB | Act of Supremacy, 1559 | |
| eliz2.txt | 5 KB | Treasons Act, 1571 | |
| eliz3.txt | 3 KB | Act Against Sectaries, 1553 | |
| eliz4.txt | 5 KB | Act Prohibiting Papal Bulls from Rome, 1571 | |
| eliz5.txt | 4 KB | Act Against Papists, 1593 | |
| James VI/I: Letters, Acts and Proclamations | |||
| james52.txt | 2 KB | Letter of James VI to the Earl of Essex, 13 April 1594 | |
| james59.txt | 3 KB | Letter of James VI to the Earl of Essex, 6 October 1595 | |
| james72.txt | 2 KB | Letter of James VI to various Scottish Lords, 1600(?) | |
| james73.txt | 3 KB | Letter of James VI to James Hamilton, 1600 | |
| james75.txt | 1 KB | Letter of James VI to the Earl of Mar and Edward Bruce, early February 1601 | |
| james76.txt | 2 KB | Letter of James VI to the Earl of Mar and Edward Bruce, mid-February 1601 | |
| james78.txt | 11 KB | Letter of James VI to the Earl of Mar and Edward Bruce, 8 April 1601 | |
| sep16-03.gif | 144 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 16 September 1603 | |
| nov05-05.gif | 81 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 5 November 1605 | |
| nov07-05.gif | 224 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 7 November 1605 | |
| nov08-05.gif | 92 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 8 November 1605 | |
| nov18-05.gif | 91 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 18 November 1605 | |
| nov19-05.gif | 197 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 19 November 1605 | |
| jan15-06.gif | 210 KB | Proclamation by James VI/I, 15 January 1606 | |
| The Plot | |||
| mont1.txt | 2 KB | The Monteagle Letter - transcription | |
| letter.zip | 65 KB | The Monteagle Letter - PKZipped GIF graphic file | |
| The Plotters: Writings, Examinations and Confessions | |||
| digby1.txt | 17 KB | Sir Everard Digby's Letters from the Tower | |
| twynt1.txt | 21 KB | Confession of Thomas Wintour, 23 November 1605 | |
| twynt2.txt | 4 KB | Examination of Thomas Wintour, 5 December 1605 | |
| twynt3.txt | 2 KB | Examination of Thomas Wintour, 9 January 1605/6 | |
| jwynt1.txt | 4 KB | Confession of John Wintour, 22 November 1605 | |
| wint1.jpg | 69 KB | Letter from Thomas Wintour to John Grant, 4 December 1603 | |
| wint2.jpg | 44 KB | Letter from Thomas Wintour to John Grant, January (?) 1605 | |
| wint3.jpg | 32 KB | Letter written by Thomas Wintour in the Tower of London, 25 November 1605 | |
| wintsig.jpg | 19 KB | Specimens of Thomas Wintour's signatures while in the Tower of London | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| newes.zip | 7 KB | Full article appearing in "The Weekely Newes", 31 January 1606 (transcription) | |
| newes1.jpg | 134 KB | Page 1 of the article in "The Weekely Newes", 31 January 1606 | |
| newes2.jpg | 128 KB | Page 2 of the article in "The Weekely Newes", 31 January 1606 | |
| newes3.jpg | 123 KB | Page 3 of the article in "The Weekely Newes", 31 January 1606 | |
| newes4.jpg | 132 KB | Page 4 of the article in "The Weekely Newes", 31 January 1606 | |
| mont4.txt | 4 KB | Letter of William Parker to King James | |
| GEDCOM files (family tree database files) | |||
| catesby.ged | 61,127 | The Catesbys of Lapworth, Warwickshire | |
| cecil.ged | 36,126 | The Cecils of Hatfield House (Earls and Marquesses of Salisbury) | |
| fawkes.ged | 13,812 | The Fawkes of Farnley, Yorkshire | |
| percy.ged | 71,49 | The Percy family of Northumberland | |
| pulleyn.ged | 40,538 | The Pulleyns of Killinghall, Scotton and Ripley in Yorkshire | |
| throck.ged | 56,240 | The Throckmortons of Coughton Court, Warwickshire | |
| tresham.ged | 34,194 | The Treshams of Rushton, Northamptonshire | |
| tyrwhitt.ged | 19,296 | The Tyrwhitt family of Kettleby, Yorkshire | |
| vaux.ged | 72,713 | The family of Vaux of Harrowden | |
| wright.ged | 17,682 | The Wrights of Plowland Hall, Holderness in Yorkshire | |
| wynter.ged | 42,223 | The Wynter/Wintour families of Huddington Court and Lydney | |
Notes regarding the GEDCOM files:
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