Fawkes, GUY, conspirator, was born in York of Protestant parentage in 1570. Becoming a zealous Catholic before he was of age, he served in the Spanish army in the Netherlands from 1593 until 1604, when he crossed to England at Catesby's invitation. For his share in the Gunpowder Plot (q.v.) he was hanged 31st January 1606.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 568
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