es ▁P rance , ▁Catholic ▁servant - in - ordinary ▁to ▁England ' s ▁Catholic ▁Queen ▁cons ort , ▁Catherine ▁of ▁B rag anza , ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁taken ▁to ▁New gate ▁prison . ▁His ▁lod ger ▁John ▁W ren ▁( who ▁was ▁in ▁deb t ▁to ▁P rance ) ▁test ified ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁away ▁for ▁the ▁four ▁night s ▁before ▁God f rey ' s ▁body ▁was ▁discovered . ▁Bed lo e ▁claimed ▁to ▁recognize ▁him . ▁Both ▁statements ▁are ▁now ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁lies , ▁but ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁help ▁P rance . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 3 ▁– ▁ 2 4 ▁December , ▁P rance ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁had ▁a ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁murder ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁main ▁inst ig ators ▁were ▁three ▁Catholic ▁pri ests : ▁Thomas ▁God den , ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁sec ular ▁English ▁cler gy , ▁and ▁two ▁Irish ▁pri ests , ▁Kelly ▁and ▁Fitz ger ald . ▁These ▁pri ests ▁witness ed ▁the ▁murder ▁in ▁the ▁cour ty ard ▁of ▁Som erset ▁House ▁where ▁God f rey ▁had ▁been ▁l ured . ▁God f rey ▁had ▁been ▁str ang led ▁and ▁his ▁body ▁taken ▁to ▁H amp st ead . ▁P rance ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁actual ▁kill ers ▁three ▁working ▁men , ▁Robert ▁Green , ▁Henry ▁Ber ry ▁and ▁Lawrence ▁Hill , ▁who ▁were ▁arrested . ▁God den ▁fled ▁the ▁country , ▁while ▁the ▁two ▁Irish ▁pri ests ▁simply ▁van ished ▁from ▁sight . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁most ▁solutions ▁to ▁the ▁murder