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	Profile of Ambrose Rookwood
		Ambrose Rookwood was the eldest son of Robert Rookwood of Stanningfield, Suffolk by his second wife Dorothea [1].
		However, the family remained staunchly catholic and many of them, Ambrose's parents included, were fined and imprisoned for their faith [1].
		With the assistance of Father John Gerard, young Rookwood, along with two brothers and a sister, were smuggled to Flanders for their education.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /people/rookwood.htm (1048 words)

	Ambrose, St - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Ambrose, St (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One of the early Christian leaders and theologians known as the Fathers of the Church.
		Born at Trèves, in southern Gaul, the son of a Roman prefect, Ambrose became governor of northern Italy.
		In 374 he was chosen bishop of Milan, although he was not yet a member of the church.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Ambrose%2c+St (152 words)

	Guy Fawkes - LoveToKnow 1911
		He was tried, together with the two Winters, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes and Thomas Bates, before a special commission in Westminster Hall on the 27th of January 1606.
		He suffered death in company with Thomas Winter, Rokewood and Keyes on the 31st, being drawn on a hurdle from the Tower to the Parliament House, opposite which he was executed.
		He made a short speech on the scaffold, expressing his repentance, and mounted the ladder last and with assistance, being weak from torture and illness.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Guy_Fawkes (711 words)

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		Later several other persons were included in the plot, preventing its execution, and at the same time of giving the viz.
		Catesby, Percy and the two Wrights were killed, Winter and Rokewood wounded and taken prisoners with the men who still adhered to them.
		In all eight of the conspirators, including the two Winters, Digby, Fawkes, Rokewood, Keyes and Bates, were executed, while Tresham died in the Tower.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=30395 (2154 words)

	Sir William Drury
		Robert Rokewood of the Papist family long seated in Coldham Hall in Stanningfield married for his second wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Drury of Hawstead (died 1557).
		Sri William had inherited a large estate from his father, and was one of the Suffolk gentlemen who espoused the cause of Queen Mary, in fact when her brother died, she wrote straight from Kenninghall to summon him thither, and by the 11th July he had joined the Royal Standard.
		Ambrose Rokewood, second son of Robert and Dorothy (Drury), suffered for his implication in Gunpowder Plot 1605.
	www.hannahdustin.com /db/ancestors/sir_william_drury.htm (806 words)

	James I: Volume 16: November, 1605 \| British History Online
		Rookes, servant of Ambrose Rokewood, of Coldham Hall, Suffolk, as to his master's proceedings.
		Rokewood's coach was sent to Lady Catesby's at Ashby Ledgers, and also the children of Catesby and of Sir Hen.
		Rokewood's house, and that of his servant, Edm.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=15001 (7700 words)

	GUY FAWKES - LoveToKnow Article on GUY FAWKES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He refused stubbornly on the following days to give information concerning his accomplices; on the 8th he gave a narrative of the plot, but it was not till the 9th, when the fugitive conspirators had been taken at Holbeche, that torture could wring from him their names.
		He was tried, together with the two Winters, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes and Thomas Bates, before a special commission in Westminster Hall on the 27th of January 1606.
		He suffered death in company with Thomas Winter, Rokewood and Keyes on the 3 1st, being drawn on a hurdle from the Tower to the Parliament House, opposite which he was executed.
	40.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FAWKES_GUY.htm (951 words)

	Ambrose_Rokewood LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He was captured, along with a number of the other conspirators at Holbeche House, Stafford, and executed.
		The character of William Rookwood in the 2006 film V for Vendetta, which cites the Gunpowder Plot as the inspiration for the title character, may have been named for Ambrose Rokewood.
		This biographical article related to crime is a stub.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Ambrose_Rokewood (117 words)

	icCoventry - The secret of Guy Fawkes
		After him followed Ambrose Rokewood, a noted breeder of fine horses, who promised horses and weapons and moved his stud to Clopton House outside Stratford to be close to the action.
		Rokewood left London at midday and overtook both Keyes, Percy and Wright.
		Rokewood, who was already injured by the exploding powder, had a pike thrust through his body before having his arm snapped by a musket ball.
	iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0850cityhistory/03001501/content_objectid=11001659_method=full_siteid=50003_headline=-The%2Dsecret%2Dof%2DGuy%2DFawkes-name_page.html (2485 words)

	Ambrose Rookwood
		Ambrose Rookwood was the eldest son of Robert Rookwood of Stanningfield, Suffolk by his second wife Dorothea.
		The family was an old and influential one in the area, having held the manor of Stanningfield since Edward I, and had many members who represented Suffolk in parliament.
		However, the family remained staunchly catholic and many of them, Ambrose's parents included, were fined and imprisoned for their faith.
	www.britannia.com /history/a-rookwood.html (1029 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Garnet
		England I wandered", he says, "from place to place, to reduce souls which went astray and were in error as to the knowledge of the true Catholic Church".
		caused by the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 he was arrested near Warwick, going under the name Thomas Rokewood, which he had no doubt assumed from Ambrose Rokewood of Coldham Hall, whose chaplain he then was, and who had unfortunately been implicated in the plot.
		Father Garnet was now imprisoned first in the Gatehouse, then in the Tower, where he was very severely handled in order to make him give evidence against Henry Garnet, his uncle, superior of the English Jesuits, who had lately admitted him into the Society.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06388a.htm (727 words)

	Gunpowder Plot
		The Gunpowder Plot was a desperate attempt by upper class provincial Catholics to kill King James I of England, his family and most of the Protestant aristocracy in one fell swoop and take power themselves.
		The plotters, Robert Catesby, Thomas Wintour, Guido Fawkes, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates, were able to rent a cellar underneath the House of Lords (where the State Opening of Parliament takes place).
		By March 1605 they had filled the cellar with 36 barrels of Gunpowder, concealed under a store of winter fuel.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gu/Gunpowder_Plot.html (323 words)

	Gunpowder Plot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The known other plotters included Thomas Wintour, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates.
		On 5 November each year, Britons celebrate the failure of the plot on what is known as Bonfire Night (also known as Fireworks night or Guy Fawkes' night).
		At the end of January, 1606, the whole of the conspirators, at that time in custody, being eight in number, were brought to their trial in Westminster Hall, and were all tried upon one indictment, except Sir E. Digby, who had a separate trial.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gunpowder_Plot (2201 words)

	Recycled News
		This incident concerned a group of Catholics who conspired to assassinate King James I his family, and most of the Protestant aristocracy in a single attack by blowing up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening.
		The conspirators were: Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Wright, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham, and Catesby’s servant, Thomas Bates.
		The man most remembered for this plot, and whom a yearly celebration is named for, was the man behind the explosives, Guy Fawkes.
	recyclednews.wordpress.com (1506 words)

	St. Thomas Garnet
		After ordination in 1599, "returning to England I wandered", he says, "from place to place, to reduce souls which went astray and were in error as to the knowledge of the true Catholic Church".
		During the excitement caused by the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 he was arrested near Warwick, going under the name Thomas Rokewood, which he had no doubt assumed from Ambrose Rokewood of Coldham Hall, whose chaplain he then was, and who had unfortunately been implicated in the plot.
		Father Garnet was now imprisoned first in the Gatehouse, then in the Tower, where he was very severely handled in order to make him give evidence against Henry Garnet, his uncle, superior of the English Jesuits, who had lately admitted him into the Society.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/garnet,saint_thomas.html (778 words)

	January 31st — Today In History - Today in History
		George Abbott the writer of such Broadway hits as “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “Damn Yankees” passed away in 1995 at the age of 105.
		Guy Fawkes, Ambrose Rokewood and Thomas Wintour, the conspirators in the failed Gunpowder Plot were executed.
		Fawkes was 35, Rokewood was 27 and Wintour was 34.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art16712.asp (531 words)

	Independence Day fireworks
		Alas, he was not, and this angered a number of young men who decided that violent action was the answer.
		They managed to travel amongst the houses of friends and sympathisers for three days before finally being captured in a bloody raid on Holbeche House in Staffordshire.
		Catesby, Percy and the two Wright brothers were killed, while a wounded Thomas Wintour and Ambrose Rokewood were taken away to London.
	www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/guyfawkes/history.htm (712 words)

	Gunpowder Plot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The plot was masterminded by Robert Catesby, and executed by Guido(Guy) Fawkes the explosives expert.
		The other plotters were Thomas Wintour, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy,John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates.
		The plotters were able to rent a cellar in the house adjacent to the old House of Lords (where the State Opening of Parliament would take place) and tunnelled through to the cellardirectly below.
	www.therfcc.org /gunpowder-plot-67480.html (654 words)

	The Golden Falcon
		Ambrose married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt II of Kettleby, Lincolnshire by whom he had 2 sons subsequently knighted by James I; his grandson Ambrose was hanged in 1696 for being in a plot to kidnap or kill William III.
		Robert Keyes, also involved in the plot, was son of the rector of Staveley and through his mother, the grandson of Sir Robert Tyrhitt I of Kettleby; she was sister of Sir Rober Tyrrwhit II father of Elizabeth, wife of Ambrose Rokewood.
		Robert Keyes married Christiana, widow of Thomas Groome and lived with her at Turvey, Bedfordshire, the residence of Lord Mordaunt where she was governess.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~pillagoda/ch10-05.htm (4599 words)

	Drury Genealogy
		The Drury family, in their prominent roles in Suffolk and Norfolk, were close to the issue at stake.
		Sir William Drury and Elizabeth Soethill's daughter Dorothy had married Robert Rokewood; their second son Ambrose Rokewood was implicated in the
		Henry brought fame, but not fortune, to the village of Lawshall when Queen Elizabeth visited his manor during her "Progress", or tour, in 1578.
	www.genealogysource.com /drury_7.htm (768 words)

	Who was Guy Fawkes?
		There were 13 men involved in the Gunpowder plot of 1605.
		Among the rest were brothers Thomas and Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham and of course Guy Fawkes.
		Born in York on 13th April 1570 to a Protestant family Guy Fawkes converted to Catholicism when he was 16.
	www.east-devon-guide.com /guy-fawkes.html (628 words)

	History Bookshop.com: Gunpowder Plot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is known that Catesby was conceiving a plan in May 1603, and in January 1604 some details were arranged between himself, Robert Winter, and John Wright.
		They were later joined by Guy Fawkes, Thomas Percy, Thomas Winter, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham, and Thomas Bates, a servant of Catesby's while two Jesuit priests, Greenway and Garnet, apparently knew of the plot's existence, though they were probably not actually involved in it.
		In May 1604 the conspirators hired a house adjoining the House of Lords, and in December began to excavate a tunnel from its cellar.
	www.historybookshop.com /articles/events/gunpowder-plot.asp (427 words)

	CENTERSTAGE - Smart Bold Alive
		The Gunpowder Plot was hatched in May of 1604 and masterminded by Robert Catesby, but the actual execution was entrusted to Fawkes the explosives expert—and it has been associated with him since.
		The other plotters included Thomas Wintour, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham, and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates.
		In March, 1605, the conspirators rented a cellar under the House of Lords.
	www.centerstage.org /production_article.php?prodID=20 (1237 words)

	1606 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		January 31 - Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (born 1571)
		January 31 - Ambrose Rokewood, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (born 1578)
		March 23 - Justus Lipsius, Flemish philologian and humanist (born 1547)
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1606 (510 words)

	PlanetPapers - Guy Fawkes
		First he took his cousin Thomas Winter and his friends Thomas Percy and John Wright into his confidence, along with Guy Fawkes, a soldier of fortune.
		They in turn drew other Roman Catholic gentlemen into the plot, among them Sir Everard Digby, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Francis Tresham, Thomas Winter’s brother Robert, and John Wright’s brother Christopher(Infoplease.com 1).
		The conspirators discovered a vault directly beneath the House of Lords.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/Print/1743.php (999 words)

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		With his vast experience of dangerous situations, Fawkes was to be the man of action in a group which was growing quickly as Catesby persuaded relatives, friends and colleagues to enter the conspiracy and help finance his plans.
		Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Francis Tresham and Catesby's servant, Thomas Bates all joined in the hazardous plot.
		Guy Fawkes was immediately arrested and taken to the Tower of London.
	www.lycos.com /info/guy-fawkes-day--miscellaneous.html (457 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot Society
		SP14/216/177 - Voluntary Declaration of Ambrose Rookewood 21 January 1605/6
		I doe acknowledge that uppon Thursday morninge beeing the third of November that my selfe and all the other gentellmen (as I doe remember) did confesse our sinnes to one Mr.
		Hee for all in generall gave me absolution without any other circumstances, beeing hastened by the multitude that were to come to him.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /sp14-216-177.asp (106 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot: Overview
		They managed to travel amongst the houses of friends and sympathisers for three days before finally being captured in a bloody raid on Holbeche House in Staffordshire.
		Catesby, Percy and the two Wright brothers were killed, while a wounded Thomas Wintour and Ambrose Rokewood were taken away to London.
		Others were captured a few days later (though Robert Wintour was at large for some two months).
	www.britannia.com /history/kaboom.html (1065 words)

	GARNET, Thomas
		Während der gefährlichen Zeit nach dem Gunpowder Komplott war er unter dem Namen Thomas Rokewood nahe Warwick inhaftiert.
		Seine Haft rührte zweifelsohne durch seine Verbindung zu Ambrose Rokewood von Coldham Hall her, dessen geheimer Kaplan er damals war, und der unglücklicherweise in das Komplott von 1605 verwickelt war.
		Auch hielt man ihn wohl noch wegen seines Onkels Henry Garnet länger in Haft, den man als Mitwisser des Komplottes 1606 hingerichtet hat.
	www.bautz.de /bbkl/g/garnet_t.shtml (663 words)

	The View Factor - Your World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Guy Fawkes met up in May 1604 with the main conspirators on returning to London.
		Those involved besides Fawkes, were Hugh Owen, Francis and Robert Tresham, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, Thomas Percy, John Grant, Ambrose Rokewood, Robert Keyes, Sir Everard Digby, Catesby and Catesby's servant and oneThomas Bates.
		They formulated their plan for the explosive destruction of the British Government.
	www.theviewfactor.com /pubs/205/yw/art010805yw01.php (895 words)

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