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| Waller Plot 1643 | ||
| 1643 | Edmund Waller, a poet, who had been an MP,
had been caught plotting for Charles with two accomplices Nathaniel
Tomkins and Richard Challoner. His plan was to instigate an armed
uprising from within London in order to deliver the city and the Tower
to the service of the King.
The Earl of Manchester presided over the trial. Waller confessed, pleaded eloquently and betrayed his co-conspirators. His case was subjected to 'further consideration' while he stayed in prison. Tomkins and Challoner went quickly to the gallows. He offered to pay parliament £10,000 by way of a fine, and as parliament was desperate for funds for the war this was accepted and he was exiled and lived in Paris for a while. He was pardoned at the Restoration and returned to Parliament. |
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| Oct 21 1687 |
Waller died in his bed aged 82. | |
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The execution of Tomkins and Challoner. |
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