▁be ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁account ▁given ▁later ▁by ▁Edmund ▁C ust is ▁on ▁exam ination ▁by ▁John ▁Th ur lo e ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 5 ▁but ▁that ▁was ▁to ▁some ▁extent ▁a ▁cover ▁story ▁for ▁their ▁fire ar ms ▁activity , ▁and ▁is ▁now here ▁cor ro bor ated . ▁On ▁ 9 ▁April ▁ 1 6 5 2 ▁Nor wood ▁was ▁in ▁England : ▁He ▁was ▁under ▁arrest ▁in ▁Kent , ▁under ▁susp icion ▁of ▁comp licity ▁in ▁the ▁assass ination ▁of ▁Dr ▁Isaac ▁Dor is laus . ▁Dor is laus , ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁reg ic ide ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁trial ▁of ▁Charles ▁I , ▁had ▁been ▁killed ▁at ▁the ▁H ague ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁May ▁ 1 6 4 9 . ▁Again , ▁if ▁Nor wood ' s ▁Virginia ▁account ▁is ▁truth ful , ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁that , ▁and ▁no ▁direct ▁link ▁has ▁been ▁shown . ▁He ▁was ▁released ▁some ▁time ▁later ▁without ▁trial . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁December ▁ 1 6 5 4 , ▁Nor wood ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁purchase ▁and ▁transport ▁of ▁fire ar ms ▁to ▁Sir ▁Henry ▁Ly tt el ton ▁( and , ▁perhaps , ▁others ), ▁almost ▁certainly ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁ris ings ▁in ▁conj unction ▁with ▁the ▁Pen r ud d ock ▁u pr ising . ▁He ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁the ▁Tower , ▁question ed ▁several ▁times ▁by ▁Th ur lo e , ▁and ▁( report edly )