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Richard Fulwood assists in the escape of John Gerard a Jesuit priest from Tower of London in 1597.
This escape from the "Tower" is described in detail in John Gerard's "The Autobiography of an Elizabethan" translated from his Latin manuscripts by Philip Caraman. This account was recently published in a Daily Telegraph magazine series in May 1999 called "2000 years of Christianity".
Richard Fulwood and John Lillie in 1597 helped John Gerard, a Jesuit priest, to escape being imprisoned in the Tower of London. The book describes in detail the two attempts to rescue him and avoid capture by the authorities.
Their first attempt involved waiting for John Gerard in a rowing boat on the River Thames below London's castle ramparts. Unfortunately due to a strong tide and inexperience they were taken by the strong tide and ended up getting stuck amongst some wooden staging posts and the rescue had to be abandoned for the night. The second attempt proved a success.
Richard Fullwood was an assistant to Father Henry Garnet. (Superior of the English Jesuits from 1587 to 1606). At the time of the Gun powder Plot Fr Garnet and Brother Nicholas a Jesuit Lay Brother took refuge at Hinlip Hall in Worcestershire, where they were arrested soon afterwards. Nicholas (now Saint Nicholas Owen) was taken to the Tower of London and tortured severely to make him reveal the whereabouts of his hiding holes, but this he resolutely refused to do. He died in the Tower of London on 2 March 1606.
Web site displaying biographies for these individuals except for Richard Fulwood can be seen at these web sites.
John Gerard
Saint Nicholas Owen
Father Henry Garnet
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