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  • July 24 – An Elizabethan conspirator is born, a priest is executed, and a queen abdicates

    1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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    On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1553, in the reign of Queen Mary I, merchant and conspirator Richard Hesketh was born in Lancashire.

    Hesketh is known for the Hesketh Plot of 1593, when he urged Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, to lead a rebellion to claim the throne of England.

    But who was Richard Hesketh and why did he plot against Queen Elizabeth I?

    What happened to him and what happened to Ferdinando Stanley?

    And why did Stanley take bezoar stone and unicorn horn?

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  • 24 July – Richard Hesketh and his plot to depose Elizabeth I

    3 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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    On this day in Tudor history, 24th July 1553, merchant and conspirator Richard Hesketh was born in Lancashire. Hesketh is known for the Hesketh Plot of 1593, when he urged Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby, to lead a rebellion to claim the throne of England.

    But who was Richard Hesketh and why did he plot against Queen Elizabeth I? What happened to him and what happened to Ferdinando Stanley? And why did Stanley take bezoar stone and uncorn horn?

    Find out all about Hesketh, his background, his plot, and the aftermath in today’s talk.

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