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Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton, John Grant, Everard Digby, Ralph Ashley, Thomas Bates, Thomas Wintour. Excerpt: Sir Ambrose Rookwood Sir Ambrose Rookwood (c. 1578 31 January 1606) was one of the principal members of the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot conspiracy to assassinate James I of England and Members of the Parliament of England . Family Sir Ambrose Rookwood was the eldest son of Robert Rookwood of Stanningfield, Suffolk by his second wife Dorothea. The family was an old and influential one in the area, having held the manor of Stanningfield since Edward I, and had many members who represented Suffolk in parliament. However, the family remained staunchly catholic and many of them, Ambrose's parents included, were fined and imprisoned for their faith. With the assistance of Father John Gerard, young Rookwood, along with two brothers and a sister, were smuggled to Flanders for their education. The boys were amongst the first pupils at St. Omers, a seminary school founded by Robert Persons (later to become Stonyhurst); the sister, Dorothea entering St. Ursula's, at the Louvain. In keeping with the family tradition, she became a nun, while the younger brother became a priest and returned to England. The elder brother died in Spain soon after leaving school. Another sister, Susanna, also became a nun. In 1600 on the death of his father, Rookwood inherited his father's considerable estates, all four brothers by his father's first marriage having predeceased him. Along with his beautiful wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Tyrwhitt, he made Coldham Hall a "common refuge of priests." He was related by marriage to the Wrights, the Wintours and Robert Keyes. An easy and cheerful man, "handsome, if somewhat...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Executed Gunpowder Plotters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton. To get started finding Executed Gunpowder Plotters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 58

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Publisher: Books LLC

Release: 2010

ISBN: 1155443268

Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton, John Grant, Everard Digby, Ralph Ashley, Thomas Bates, Thomas Wintour. Excerpt: Sir Ambrose Rookwood Sir Ambrose Rookwood (c. 1578 31 January 1606) was one of the principal members of the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot conspiracy to assassinate James I of England and Members of the Parliament of England . Family Sir Ambrose Rookwood was the eldest son of Robert Rookwood of Stanningfield, Suffolk by his second wife Dorothea. The family was an old and influential one in the area, having held the manor of Stanningfield since Edward I, and had many members who represented Suffolk in parliament. However, the family remained staunchly catholic and many of them, Ambrose's parents included, were fined and imprisoned for their faith. With the assistance of Father John Gerard, young Rookwood, along with two brothers and a sister, were smuggled to Flanders for their education. The boys were amongst the first pupils at St. Omers, a seminary school founded by Robert Persons (later to become Stonyhurst); the sister, Dorothea entering St. Ursula's, at the Louvain. In keeping with the family tradition, she became a nun, while the younger brother became a priest and returned to England. The elder brother died in Spain soon after leaving school. Another sister, Susanna, also became a nun. In 1600 on the death of his father, Rookwood inherited his father's considerable estates, all four brothers by his father's first marriage having predeceased him. Along with his beautiful wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Tyrwhitt, he made Coldham Hall a "common refuge of priests." He was related by marriage to the Wrights, the Wintours and Robert Keyes. An easy and cheerful man, "handsome, if somewhat...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Executed Gunpowder Plotters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton. To get started finding Executed Gunpowder Plotters: Guy Fawkes, Henry Garnet, Edward Oldcorne, Ambrose Rookwood, Robert Wintour, Robert Keyes, Humphrey Littleton, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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