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<p> An abortive conspiracy in 1683 to assassinate [[Charles]] II. of [[England]] and his brother James, Duke of York, planned by Colonel Rumsey, Lieutenant-Colonel Walcot, the "plotter" Ferguson, and other reckless adherents of the Whig party. The conspirators were to conceal themselves at a farmhouse called Rye House, near Hertford, and to waylay the royal party returning from Newmarket; the plot miscarried owing to the king leaving [[Newmarket]] sooner than was expected; the chief conspirators were executed. </p> | Rye House Plot <ref name="term_79004" /> | ||
==References == | <p> An abortive conspiracy in 1683 to assassinate [[Charles]] II. of [[England]] and his brother James, Duke of York, planned by Colonel Rumsey, Lieutenant-Colonel Walcot, the "plotter" Ferguson, and other reckless adherents of the Whig party. The conspirators were to conceal themselves at a farmhouse called [[Rye]] House, near Hertford, and to waylay the royal party returning from Newmarket; the plot miscarried owing to the king leaving [[Newmarket]] sooner than was expected; the chief conspirators were executed. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79004"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/rye+house+plot Rye House Plot from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79004"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/rye+house+plot Rye House Plot from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 15 October 2021
Rye House Plot [1]
An abortive conspiracy in 1683 to assassinate Charles II. of England and his brother James, Duke of York, planned by Colonel Rumsey, Lieutenant-Colonel Walcot, the "plotter" Ferguson, and other reckless adherents of the Whig party. The conspirators were to conceal themselves at a farmhouse called Rye House, near Hertford, and to waylay the royal party returning from Newmarket; the plot miscarried owing to the king leaving Newmarket sooner than was expected; the chief conspirators were executed.
