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Also Known As Francis Throgmorton
Born 1554
Died July 20, 1584 (aged 30)
Role In Throckmorton Plot
Sir Francis Walsingham, detail of a panel painting attributed to John de Critz the Elder, last quarter of the 16th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Francis Walsingham
English statesman
Henry Percy, 8th earl of Northumberland
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Lucy Hay, countess of Carlisle
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Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Thomas Percy
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William Allen
William Allen
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Guy Fawkes; Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes
English conspirator
Philip Howard, 1st earl of Arundel, engraving
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Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel, engraving
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Garnett, engraving by Jan Wierix, early 17th century
Henry Garnett
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Sallust
Roman historian
Gaston, duke d’Orléans
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Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
François-Noël Babeuf, engraving by an unknown artist, 18th century.
François-Noël Babeuf
French political journalist
George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly
Scottish conspirator
Surratt, Mary
Mary Surratt
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Gian Luigi Fieschi the Younger
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Madame de Chevreuse, portrait by Jean Le Blond
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Épernon, engraving by Michel L'Asne, 1632
Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duke d’Épernon
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