Tuesday 15 May 2007

Henry as Regent...

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(Henry Percy) (Earl of) Northumberland maybe would become Regent on behalf of the conspirators,
and take charge of the heirs to the throne who survived the plot.

Northumberland had also been involved in earlier failed plots against the government.

(see: Nicholls, Mar, Investigating Gunpowder Plot, Manchester University Press,1991.)

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