Henry Garnet

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Henry Garnet was an English Jesuit priest best known for his controversial involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and subsequent execution for alleged treason.

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Henry Garnet canonical 7

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instanceOf English Roman Catholic
Jesuit priest
human
activeYearsEndTime 1606
activeYearsStartTime 1580
allegiance English Catholic community
Papal authority
causeOfDeath hanging, drawing and quartering
convictedOf treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1555
dateOfDeath 1606-05-03
describedBySource contemporary Catholic accounts
trial records of the Gunpowder Plot
educatedAt English College in Rome
Winchester College
ethnicGroup English
familyName Garnet
fieldOfWork Catholic missionary work in England
givenName Henry
hasCause Catholic recusant cause in England
hasEffect increased anti-Catholic sentiment in England after his execution
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
Latin
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Society of Jesus
movement English Recusancy
linked to: English Catholics
notableFor involvement in the Gunpowder Plot
trial and execution for alleged treason
notableWork A Treatise of Equivocation
occupation Jesuit
priest
opponent Elizabeth I of England
James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
participantIn English recusant Catholic mission
Gunpowder Plot
linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
placeOfBirth Derbyshire
Heanor
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England

St Paul’s Churchyard
positionHeld Superior of the English Jesuits
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence London
linked to: London, England

various safe houses in England
sexOrGender male
wrote A Treatise of Equivocation

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Gunpowder Plot participant Henry Garnet
subject linked to: The Gunpowder Plot
English Jesuits notableMember Henry Garnet
Thomas Wintour coConspirator Henry Garnet
Ambrose Rookwood associatedWith Henry Garnet
Jesuit Treason allegedParticipant Henry Garnet
Robert Wintour coConspirator Henry Garnet
Gunpowder character Henry Garnet