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Before the executions took place, however, the failure of the Bye plot had led to the discovery of the Main plot. Brooke's share in the earlier scheme caused suspicion to fall upon his brother
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on the throne. He was seized, tried and condemned to death, but although led out to the scaffold he was not executed. It was on suspicion of being associated with Cobham in this matter that
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and found guilty; Watson and Clark were executed on 9 December 1603, and Brooke suffered the same fate a week later. Grey and Markham were reprieved.
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on 24 June 1603, and under the pretence of presenting a petition to carry out their object. The plot was a complete failure;
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and other Jesuits betrayed it to the authorities, and its principal authors were seized, Watson being captured in August at
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One or two of the conspirators drew back; but Watson and his remaining colleagues arranged to assemble at
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of the loyalty of his party, and to forestall the Jesuits, who were suspected of intriguing with
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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People executed under the Stuarts for treason against England
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Roman Catholic
France
Elizabeth
Archpriest Controversy
secular priests
Jesuits
Robert Parsons
Fulham Palace
Richard Bancroft
Scotland
James I
Spain
recusants
Bye plot
Main Plot
Griffin Markham
Anthony Copley
Protestant
George Brooke
Thomas Grey, 15th Baron Grey de Wilton
Tower of London
Greenwich
Henry Garnet
Hay-on-Wye
Winchester

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