Grey as a baron was tried and found guilty by 31 peers, on 18 November, with Lord Cobham who was implicated in the Main Plot. Guilty verdicts on the conspirators were reached; the only acquittal on a high treason charge among the Bye Plot defendants was Sir Edward Parham. Sir Edward Coke's prosecution case for Raleigh's involvement in the Bye Plot was tenuous and rhetorical, heavy on personal abuse, but Raleigh's role on the periphery of the Main Plot left him with much to explain. The two priests, Watson and Clark, were executed for their parts in the scheme, on 29 November. December The lay conspirator George Brooke was executed on 5 December. On 10 December Lord Grey with Markham was taken to the scaffold, pardoned, and spent the rest of his life in the Tower of London; Dudley Carleton who witnessed the proceedings, involving also Lord Cobham, took it to be a well-scripted drama of the king's mercy. In particular, Carleton concluded, it was staged for the benefit of Raleigh, who had been caught up in the Bye Plot charges. Aftermath By an edict of 22 February 1604, King James ordered all Roman Catholic clergy ("Jesuits, Seminaries and other Priests") to leave his kingdom by 19 March. This edict had been drafted in July 1603 on the discovery of the plots. Anthony Copley was condemned to death; but he was pardoned on 18 August 1604, having made a full confession on the history of the plot. See also Throckmorton Plot Gunpowder Plot Notes References Fiona Bengtsen (2005), Sir William Waad, Lieutenant of the Tower, and the Gunpowder Plot; Google Books. Mark Nicholls, Penry Williams (2011), Sir Walter Raleigh: In Life and Legend; Google Books. Leanda de Lisle (2006) After Elizabeth. 1603 in England Conspiracies History of Catholicism in England Political history of England Religion and politics 1603 in Christianity James VI and I