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Encyclopedia > Robert Wintour

Robert Winter (1565 - January 30, 1606) was one of the leading members of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate James I of England and Members of Parliament. Events The pencil is first documented by Conrad Gesner March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ... January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... // Events April 13 - Tsar Boris Godunow dies - Feodor II accedes to the throne May 16 - Paul V becomes Pope June 1 - Russian troops in Moscow imprison Feodor II and his mother. ... A contemporaneous sketch of the conspirators The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a desperate but failed attempt by a group of provincial English Catholics to kill King James I of England, his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in one attack by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during... James VI of Scotland/James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. ...


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Profile of Robert Wintour (1162 words)
Robert Wintour was the eldest son of George Wintour of Huddington Court and his first wife, Jane Ingleby.
Robert was introduced to the circle of Gunpowder Plot conspirators because he was an "esquire and a man of substance"[6].
Robert Wintour was executed on 30 January 1606 at St. Paul's Churchyard, together with Sir Everard Digby, John Grant and Thomas Bates.
Guy Fawkes Night: The Co-Conspirators (5967 words)
He and Robert Wintour were responsbile for amassing a stockpile of weapons and preparing stables of horses to be used during the anticipated rebellion.
Robert Wintour (a/k/a Winter): Born in 1565 or 1567, Robert Wintour was the oldest of the convicted Wintour brothers, the son of George Wintour of Huddington Court and Jane Ingleby, his father's first wife.
Wintour was detained at Huddington Court until November 9th, whereupon he was transported to the county gaol in Worcester Castle and later transferred to the Tower of London.
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