Robert Charnock

Robert Charnock (or Chernock) (c. 1663 – 18 March 1696) was an English academic and Jacobite conspirator.^[1]

Life

Charnock belonged to a

Adams' Grammar School^{[citation needed]} and Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming a fellow of his college and a Roman Catholic priest.^[1]

When in 1687 the dispute arose between

Samuel Parker, bishop of Oxford.^[1]

Almost alone among the fellows he was not driven out in November 1687, and he became dean and then vice-president of the college under the new regime, but was expelled in October 1688.

unsuccessful attempt to kill William III near Turnham Green in February 1696. It was Charnock whom the Jacobites deputed to go see King James and ask for 10,000 French troops. This was refused as the troops were needed by the French on account of tensions with William III in the Low Countries. Barclay escaped, but Charnock was arrested, tried and found guilty, and hanged on 18 March 1696.^[1]

The Tower of London Armoury in the White Tower has a blunderbuss labelled as belonging to Robert Charnock with which he intended to shoot King William III.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Charnock, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.

External links

Paper delivered to the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, at Tyburn, the place of execution

[EB1911-1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Charnock, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 947.

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