biography
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Throckmorton, Francis
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| lived:
| (1554–84)
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| biography:
| English conspirator, who plotted the unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I in 1583. The nephew of one of the queen's diplomats, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, he was educated at Oxford and at the Inner Temple. A zealous Roman Catholic, he engaged in plots in Europe against the English government. He was arrested in England while organizing communication between Mary Queen of Scots and Catholic conspirators. The conspiracy was uncovered, he was tortured into a full confession, and executed at Tyburn. |
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