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1. Introduction; 2. The local setting; 3. The emergence of a catholicdynasty: the Brownes of Cowdray; 4. The Brownes, catholicism and politicsuntil the Ridolfi Plot; 5. The Brownes, catholicism and politics from the1570s until the early 1590s; 6. The entourage of the first Viscount Montague;7. The household at Battle Abbey and the Lady Magdalen's entourage; 8. The1590s to the Gunpowder Plot; 9. Catholic politics and clerical culture afterthe accession of James Stuart; 10. The household and circle of the SecondViscount Montague. 11. 'Grand Captain' or 'Little Lord': the second ViscountMontague as Catholic leader; 12. The later Jacobean and early Carolineperiod; 13. The second Viscount Montague, his entourage and the approbationcontroversy; 14. Catholicism, clientage networks and the debates of the1630s; 15. Epilogue: the Civil War and after.