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3 unusual facts about Peter Vowell


Peter Vowell

Peter Vowell (died 10 July 1654) was a schoolteacher and a Royalist who was found guilty of high treason, for his part in Gerard's conspiracy and hanged.

Summerset Fox

In May 1654 Fox, Peter Vowell, and John Gerard were arrested for plotting to overwhelm Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell's bodyguard, with a party of 30 mounted men, and to assassinate him as he travelled to Hampton Court.

Vowell

Peter Vowell (died 1654), schoolteacher executed as a Catholic and Royalist conspirator



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