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Ashton, John (c. 1653–1691), official in the royal household and Jacobite conspirator  

Paul Hopkins

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ashton, John (c. 1653–1691), official in the royal household and Jacobite conspirator, was the son of Andrew Ashton (d. 1679), of Liverpool, and his wife, Alice. His father was apparently a parliamentarian army officer, though from the royalist family of Ashton of ...

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Percy, Henry, eighth earl of Northumberland (c. 1532–1585), magnate and conspirator  

Carole Levin

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Percy, Henry, eighth earl of Northumberland (c. 1532–1585), magnate and conspirator, was born at Newburn Manor, Northumberland, the younger son of Sir Thomas Percy (d. 1537), landowner and rebel, of Prudhoe, Northumberland, and his wife, Eleanor (d. 1567), daughter and coheir of ...

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Ruthven, John, third earl of Gowrie (1577/8–1600), magnate and alleged conspirator  

Amy L. Juhala

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ruthven, John, third earl of Gowrie (1577/8–1600), magnate and alleged conspirator, was born in 1577 or 1578 in Perth, the second son of William Ruthven, first earl of Gowrie (c. 1543–1584), and his wife, Dorothea Stewart. He succeeded to the earldom in 1588 on the death of his older brother, ...