biography
pronunciation:
[kaytsbee]
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| lived:
| (1573–1605)
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| biography:
| Chief conspirator involved in the Gunpowder Plot, born in Lapworth, Warwickshire, C England, UK. A Catholic of wealth and lineage, he had suffered much as a recusant both by fines and imprisonment. He was imprisoned in 1601 for his part in the abortive uprising of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and again in 1603 for promoting a Spanish invasion. He was shot dead while resisting arrest after the failure of the Gunpowder Plot (1605). |
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