John Wright

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John Wright was an English conspirator best known for his role in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I and blow up the Houses of Parliament.

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John Wright canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English conspirator ⓘ
person ⓘ
activity involved in planning the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
associatedWith Guy Fawkes ⓘ
Robert Catesby ⓘ
Thomas Percy ⓘ
Thomas Wintour ⓘ
burialPlace unrecorded or uncertain ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
criminalCharge high treason (posthumously) ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1568 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 8 November 1605 ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
hasParticipant John Wright ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 17th century ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ
knownFor Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot

attempted assassination of King James I of England ⓘ
plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed while resisting arrest ⓘ
memberOf Catholic recusants in England ⓘ
name John Wright ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableEvent fled London after discovery of the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
siege at Holbeche House ⓘ
opponent James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I

Parliament of England ⓘ
opposedTo Protestant rule in England ⓘ
participatedIn Gunpowder Plot ⓘ
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Holbeche House ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Catholic ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Yorkshire ⓘ
sibling Christopher Wright ⓘ
John Wright ⓘ

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Gunpowder Plot → participant → John Wright ⓘ
subject linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
Thomas Wintour → coConspirator → John Wright ⓘ
Gunpowder Plot → hasParticipant → John Wright ⓘ
subject linked to: John Wright
Jesuit Treason → participant → John Wright ⓘ