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Fawkes, Guy

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A notorious English conspirator, born of a respected Yorkshire family; having spent a slender patrimony, he joined the Spanish army in Flanders; was converted to the Catholic faith; and on his return to England allied himself with the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot (q. v .), and was arrested in the cellars of the House of Commons when on the point of firing the explosive; was tried and executed (1570-1606).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fawkes, Guy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/fawkes-guy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.

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