Yes? (for anyone that didn't notice that seems to be a quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/November_5,_2013)
On Nov 5, 2013 7:47 PM, "Sohan Lal" <sohan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Francis Tresham (c. 1567 – 1605) was one of the English provincial > Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to > assassinate King James I. Having previously been imprisoned for his > role in a failed rebellion and involved in missions to Spain that sought > support for persecuted English Catholics, Tresham joined the Gunpowder > Plot in October 1605. Its leader Robert Catesby asked him to provide a > large sum of money and the use of Rushton Hall, but Tresham apparently > provided neither, instead giving a small amount of money to fellow > plotter Thomas Wintour. Tresham also expressed his concern that two of > his brothers-in-law would be killed if the plot succeeded. An anonymous > letter delivered to one of them was handed to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of > Salisbury, and was decisive in foiling the conspiracy. Historians > suspect that Tresham wrote it, although this is unproven. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
