Titus Oates was an English Anglican priest who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.
Portrait by Robert White, 1679
Oates reveals the plot to the King; one of a set of playing cards depicting the Plot by Francis Barlow, c. 1679
Engraving of Oates in a pillory
Peter Talbot was an Irish Roman Catholic religious leader who served as Archbishop of Dublin from 1669 until his death in prison in 1680. He was a victim of the Popish Plot.
Portrait of Peter Talbot, c. 1660, located in Malahide Castle