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Thomas Percy
English conspirator
Quick Facts
- Born:
- 1560, England
- Died:
- Nov. 8, 1605, Holbeach House, Staffordshire, Eng. (aged 45)
- House / Dynasty:
- Percy family
- Role In:
- Gunpowder Plot
Thomas Percy (born 1560, England—died Nov. 8, 1605, Holbeach House, Staffordshire, Eng.) was a participant in the Gunpowder Plot (1605), which aimed to blow up the Houses of Parliament (Palace of Westminster) during the state opening of Parliament, while James I and his chief ministers met within, in reprisal for increasing oppression of Roman Catholics in England. Thomas Percy was a member of the powerful Percy family, which had played a notable role in English history in medieval, Tudor, and Stuart times. After attending Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, Percy is said to have spent much of his youth engaged in ...(100 of 318 words)