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    Ambrose Rookwood (c. 1578 – 31 January 1606) was a member of the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I with a...
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  • Ambrose Rookwood (1664–1696) was an English Jacobite soldier, a conspirator and commander in the assassination plot of 1696 intended to kill William III...
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    Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. Fawkes, who had 10 years of...
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  • of Mareeba, Australia People: Ambrose Rookwood, part of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Fictional characters: Augustus Rookwood, a minor Death Eater character...
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    indictment. On 31 January 1606, Fawkes and three others – Thomas Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood, and Robert Keyes – were dragged from the Tower on wattled hurdles...
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    famous residents including Ambrose Rookwood who was involved in the Gunpowder plot and was executed in 1605. The Rookwood family continued in the Roman...
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    over the minds of those who associated with him." Fellow conspirator Ambrose Rookwood, shortly before his own death, said that he "loved and respected him...
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  • plot 1696 15–22 Feb William III King of England Kew Bridge  England Ambrose Rookwood 1757 5 Jan Louis XV King of France Versailles France Robert-François...
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    Rookwood is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth published in 1834. It is a historical and gothic romance that describes a dispute over the legitimate...
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  • Cullen as Guy Fawkes Daniel West as Thomas Percy Joseph Ringwood as Ambrose Rookwood Martin Lindley as Francis Tresham Christopher T Johnson as Robert Wintour...
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    cousin Elizabeth Tyrrwhitt was married to another member of the plot, Ambrose Rookwood. By 1604, Robert had converted to Catholicism. His wife Christina,...
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    James I. 31 January 1606: Guy Fawkes, Sir Everard Digby, Robert Keyes, Ambrose Rookwood and Thomas Wintour were hanged, drawn and quartered for their involvement...
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    "Ven. Edward Ambrose Barlow". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton. Retrieved 10 September 2013. "Blessed Ambrose Barlow, O.S.B...
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  • killed, as were John and Christopher Wright and Thomas Percy, but Ambrose Rookwood was captured alive and later held in Worcester gaol. "The Worcestershire...
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    Middle Ages to the present day, in a predominantly Protestant area. Ambrose Rookwood of Coldham Hall was executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot...
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    agreed to expand their numbers. To this end Catesby had recruited Ambrose Rookwood—a young and wealthy Catholic with a stable of fine horses—and a wealthy...
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  • English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1570) 1606 – Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (b. 1578) 1606 – Thomas Wintour...
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    conspiracy to object. He was over-ruled however, and Catesby soon enlisted Ambrose Rookwood, Francis Tresham and Everard Digby. The last details of the plot were...
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    Francis H Hodgson (FHH) in 1930 the estate was broken up. In 1605 Ambrose Rookwood, a Gunpowder Plot conspirator, lived in the house. Historic England...
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    February and 22 February 1696. One party was under the command of Ambrose Rookwood. William Trumbull, who was Secretary of State for the Northern Department...
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    Shortly after this, Catesby recruited the last three conspirators, Sir Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. The latter's involvement in...
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    Plotters flee London through Towcester. In November 1605 a certain Ambrose Rookwood made preparations for a rapid journey from London to Dunchurch by placing...
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  • Blackbourn was claimed to have been one of the group of men, led by Ambrose Rookwood, who were to personally attack the King. Unlike the other accused,...
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  • Tract and Book Society all present. He was buried with Louise at Rookwood Cemetery. "Ambrose Foss". Retrieved 7 May 2020. "Family Notices". Empire (Sydney...
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  • Pir of Pagaro VI (1943) Carmelo Borg Pisani (1942) Louis Riel (1885) Ambrose Rookwood (1606) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953) Bernard Ryan (1921) Fahmi...
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    1613) François Ravaillac, killer of Henry IV of France (d. 1610) Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (d. 1606) Francis Manners, 6th...
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    1613) François Ravaillac, killer of Henry IV of France (d. 1610) Ambrose Rookwood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (d. 1606) Francis Manners, 6th...
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  • lawyer (died 1640) Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (died 1632) Ambrose Rookwood, Gunpowder Plot conspirator (hanged 1606) 1579 13 July – Arthur Dee...
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    England services. Ambrose Rookwood of Coldham Hall was involved in the Catholic conspiracy to blow up King James I and his Parliament. Rookwood had one of the...
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    mile to the north. This mansion was built in 1574 by Robert Rookwood, whose son Ambrose Rookwood was a co-conspirator with Guy Fawkes. "Lawshall Hall, Lawshall"...
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