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==Flight== On 6 November the fugitives raided [[Warwick Castle]] and managed to secure more horses, before moving on to Norbrook to collect stored weapons. From there they continued their journey toward [[Huddington]]. Catesby ordered his servant (and fellow plotter) [[Thomas Bates]] to deliver a letter to Father Garnet at [[Coughton Court]]. Catesby and Digby asked Garnet to excuse their recklessness, before asking for his help in raising an army in Wales. Garnet's reply begged them to stop their "wicked actions", and to listen to the Pope's teachings. When the priest tried to comfort Mary Digby, also at Coughton Court, she burst into tears.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2005|pp=217β218}}</ref> With their ever-decreasing band of supporters, the remaining fugitives arrived at Huddington at about 2:00 pm. Any expectation they had of support began to vanish; almost everyone they met showed concern only for their own safety, fearful of being involved with traitors. The next morning they rode through the rain, stopping briefly to help themselves to supplies from the home of the absent [[Thomas Windsor, 6th Baron Windsor|Lord Windsor]] at [[Hewell Grange]]. Still the locals refused to have anything to do with them; Digby later admitted that "not one man" joined them. They arrived that night at [[Holbeche House]] on the border of [[Staffordshire]], and tired and desperate, spread out some of the now-soaked gunpowder in front of the fire, to dry out. A spark from the fire landed on the powder and the resultant flames engulfed Catesby, Rookwood, Grant, and another man.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2005|pp=220β223}}</ref>
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