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The History of England

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The Life of Robert Catesby

Catesby was a descendant of one william catesby, chump of richard the third. Catesby had unfortunately got involved in essex's rebellion and so was a well known trouble maker to the new regime. His friends, monteagel and thomas winter, had been part of the seemingly inexhaustible stream of catholic noblemen who had beaten a patho spain to ask for material help in an invasion or rebellion. Despite all their pleading, philip went ahead and signed that blessed peace treaty with no mention of toleration. And he'd been disappointed like all the rest. So fawkes had sold up and took himself to the nether

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