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Guy Fawkes
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Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated i
An engraving of Fawkes from 1605
An engraving of Fawkes from 1605
Fawkes was baptised on 16 April 1570 at the church of St Michael le Belfrey, York, next to York Minster (seen at left).
Fawkes was baptised on 16 April 1570 at the church of St Michael le Belfrey, York, next to York Minster (seen at left).
Engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe. Fawkes is third from the right.
Engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe. Fawkes is third from the right.
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (c. 1823), by Henry Perronet Briggs
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (c. 1823), by Henry Perronet Briggs
Recusancy
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Recusancy was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.
Guy Fawkes
…the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe, where he fought for Catholic Spain in the Eighty Years' War against Protestant…
William Shakespeare came from a family background of English Catholic recusants.
William Shakespeare came from a family background of English Catholic recusants.