 On 24 August he was at White Webbs near Enfield , with Anne Vaux , her sister Eleanor Brooksby , her nephew William Brooksby and his wife Dorothy . A few days later the group set out on a pilgrimage to St Winefride 's Well at Holywell in Wales . They travelled to John Grant 's home at Norbrook , then Huddington Court near Worcester , through Shrewsbury , and finally to Wales . About 30 people made the journey west , including Everard Digby and his wife , and their secret chaplain Edward Oldcorne , and Nicholas Owen . On his return from Wales , Garnet travelled with Anne Vaux to Rushton Hall , home of the recently deceased Thomas Tresham ( father to Francis Tresham ) . From there they travelled to Digby 's home at Gayhurst House in Buckinghamshire . Vaux was suspicious that so many horses were being collected at the homes of her friends and family , and confessed to Garnet her fear that " these wild heads had something in hand " . She asked him to speak with Catesby , but Garnet reassured her that Catesby was instead seeking a commission in Flanders . Garnet wrote a letter of recommendation for Catesby for that very purpose . When in October Vaux raised the issue once more , claiming that several women had asked her where they should retreat to once " the brunt was passed in the beginning of Parliament " , Garnet again mentioned Flanders , although Fraser suggests that Vaux 's questioning must have concerned him deeply . 
