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Despard Plot

Alleged attempt to assassinate King George III, resulting in the last ever sentences for hanging, drawing and quartering, in 1803.

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Prebendaries’ Plot

Unsuccessful attempt by religious conservatives in 1543 to oust Thomas Cranmer from his office of Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Gunpowder Plot

Attempt in 1605 to assassinate King James I and re-establish a Catholic monarchy by blowing up the House of Lords.

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Atterbury Plot

Conspiracy named after Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, aimed at restoring the House of Stuart to the throne of Great Britain.

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