Robert Catesby

Robert Catesby

Male 1572 - 1605  (33 years)

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  • Name Robert Catesby  [1, 2
    Birth 1572  Lapworth, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Web Address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Catesby 
    Religion recusant Catholics 
    _MILT Leader of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 
    Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
    Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
    Death 8 Nov 1605  Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Cause: Gunpowder Plot 
    • Shot and Killed while attempting to flee Holbeche House
    Gunpowder Plot-Death of Catesby & Percy
    Gunpowder Plot-Death of Catesby & Percy
    Burial Holbeche, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • buried near Holbeche, but then exhumed and decapitated, and the head was put on display in London
    Person ID I8076  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Sir William Catesby,   b. 1547, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1598, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Throckmorton,   b. 1541, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1603, Beoley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2606  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Leigh 
    Family ID F2736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1572 - Lapworth, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Gunpowder Plot - 8 Nov 1605 - Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Gunpowder Plot Conspirators
    Gunpowder Plot Conspirators

  • Sources 
    1. [S424] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Birth date: 1573 Birth place: Lapworth, Warwickshire Death date: 7 Nov 1605 Death place: Holbeach, Staffordshire
      Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
      Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22


    2. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.