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EVERARD DIGBY

Sir Everard Digby was an English gentleman and terrorist. He was born in 1581 of a Roman Catholic family and died in 1606. He enjoyed some consideration at the court of Elizabeth I and James I, by whom he was knighted. Having allegedly contributed money to the Guy Fawkes conspiracy, he was tried and hanged in 1606.
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