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1605 failed attempt to kill King James I of England
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide
Gunpowder_Plot
2004 BBC miniseries
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot is a 2004 BBC miniseries based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI of Scotland. Written by Jimmy McGovern
Gunpowder,_Treason_&_Plot
The Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of provincial English Catholics led
Gunpowder Plot in popular culture
Gunpowder_Plot_in_popular_culture
English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (c.1560–1605)
of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was a tall, physically impressive man; little is known of
Thomas_Percy_(Gunpowder_Plot)
Painting by Henry Perronet Briggs
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (or The Taking of Guy Fawkes) is an oil on canvas history painting by the British artist Henry Perronet Briggs, from
The Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
The_Discovery_of_the_Gunpowder_Plot
2017 British historical drama
by Ronan Bennett, Kit Harington, and Daniel West and is based on the Gunpowder Plot in London in 1605. It stars Harington, who is a direct descendant of
Gunpowder_(TV_series)
Member of the failed Gunpowder Plot
John Grant (c. 1570 – 30 January 1606) was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a
John_Grant_(Gunpowder_Plot)
Topics referred to by the same term
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Gunpowder Plot may also refer to: The
Gunpowder Plot (disambiguation)
Gunpowder_Plot_(disambiguation)
English participant in the Gunpowder Plot (1570–1606)
member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes
Guy_Fawkes
Members of the Gunpowder Plot
or 1572 – 31 January 1606), also spelt Winter, were members of the Gunpowder Plot, a failed conspiracy to assassinate King James I. They were brothers
Robert_and_Thomas_Wintour
2005 British TV series or programme
The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend is a British television show, hosted by Richard Hammond, that recreated elements of the Gunpowder Plot in which
The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend
The_Gunpowder_Plot:_Exploding_the_Legend
English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (c. 1572–1605)
was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Born in Warwickshire, Catesby was educated at Oxford University
Robert_Catesby
16th-century English Jesuit priest (1555–1606)
executed for high treason for having had advance knowledge of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot and refusing to violate the Seal of the Confessional by notifying the
Henry_Garnet
Alleged conspiracy of English courtiers, 1603
same year, dying some months later.[citation needed] Throckmorton Plot Gunpowder Plot "Brooke, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith
Main_Plot
Members of the Gunpowder Plot 1605
failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords. Their sister married another plotter, Thomas
John_and_Christopher_Wright
1605 Gunpowder Plot planner
of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Bates was born at Lapworth in Warwickshire, and became a retainer
Thomas_Bates
1996 book by Antonia Fraser
Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 is a 1996 book by Antonia Fraser published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The work is a history of the Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605
The_Gunpowder_Plot:_Terror_and_Faith_in_1605
2005 film by James McTeigue
film adopts extensive imagery from the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of Catholic conspirators plotted to destroy the Houses of Parliament in order
V_for_Vendetta_(film)
Play by William Shakespeare
Macbeth is a Gunpowder Play (a type of play that emerged immediately following the events of the Gunpowder Plot). He points out that every Gunpowder Play contains
Macbeth
Annual custom originating in England
member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. The Catholic plotters had intended
Guy_Fawkes_Night
Type of firearm propellant
Gunpowder, commonly referred to as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists
Gunpowder
Other historical events sometimes associated with terrorism include the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to destroy the English Parliament in 1605. During the 1st
History_of_terrorism
17th century English conspirator
Rookwood (c. 1578 – 31 January 1606) was a member of the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I with a Catholic
Ambrose_Rookwood
English actress and presenter (born 1974)
serial Rebecca (1997), ITV Granada's Henry VIII (2003), BBC's Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004), the 2005 BBC miniseries The Virgin Queen (2005) and the
Emilia_Fox
16th- and 17th-century English conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605
of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Although he was raised in a Protestant household and married
Everard_Digby
Terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals
Reformation and the recusancy that emerged in opposition to it. The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed attempt by a group of English Catholics to assassinate
Christian_terrorism
Antonia (2005) [1996], The Gunpowder Plot, London: Phoenix, ISBN 0-7538-1401-3 Haynes, Alan (2005) [1994], The Gunpowder Plot: Faith in Rebellion, Sparkford
List of people hanged, drawn and quartered
List_of_people_hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
English criminal
of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I by blowing up the
Robert_Keyes
Electress Palatine from 1613 to 1623
Elizabeth Stuart's childhood, unbeknownst to her, part of the failed Gunpowder Plot was a scheme to replace her father with her on the throne, and forcibly
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
Elizabeth_Stuart,_Queen_of_Bohemia
English journalist, television presenter, and author (born 1969)
questions about things they learned at school. He has also presented The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend. Along with his work on Top Gear, he presented
Richard_Hammond
2010 video game
have landed, and discover that they have arrived at the time of the Gunpowder Plot, where Rory is puzzled at the presence of 'Lady Winters', a mysterious
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
Doctor_Who:_The_Adventure_Games
1678–1681 English anti-Catholic hysteria
Anti-Catholic sentiment reached new heights in 1605 after the failed Gunpowder Plot. Catholic conspirators attempted to topple the Protestant reign of King
Popish_Plot
English actor
Gunpowder, Rigby played William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, who received a letter, maybe or maybe not self-penned, warning of the Gunpowder Plot. In
Sean_Rigby
1925 poem by T. S. Eliot
are allusions to Conrad's character and to Guy Fawkes. In the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, Fawkes attempted to blow up the English Parliament and his straw-man
The_Hollow_Men
Recusant
She was suspected of being the author of a letter warning about the Gunpowder plot. Vaux was the third daughter of William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Anne_Vaux
House in Kingswinford, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Staffordshire. Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt by a small party
Holbeche_House
English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (c. 1567–1605)
of the group of English provincial Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I of England. Tresham
Francis_Tresham
British video game developer
Spectrum, C64) U.F.O. (1987; C64) The Plot (1988; ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC) [Originally titled 'The Gunpowder Plot'] Scary Monsters (1988; Commodore 64)
Odin_Computer_Graphics
Hiding place for Catholic priests in England or Wales
documentary evidence, for example in the Autobiography and Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot of John Gerard, of hides in towns and cities, especially in London.
Priest_hole
King of Scotland from 1567 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603
in Scotland but faced great difficulties in England, including the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and conflicts with the English Parliament. Under James, the
James_VI_and_I
Historic house in Hagley, Worcestershire, England
before the construction of the Palladian mansion and just after the Gunpowder Plot was discovered, two of the conspirators, Robert Wintour and Stephen
Hagley_Hall
Musical based on the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Ricky Allan with a book by Allan and Kieran Lynn based on the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The musical was announced in November 2020 and released a 5-track EP
Treason_(musical)
English peer, discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot (1575–1622)
was an English peer, best known for his role in the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. In 1605 Parker was due to attend the opening of Parliament. He was
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
William_Parker,_4th_Baron_Monteagle
English landowner
Baron Mordaunt (1568–1610) was an English landowner involved in the Gunpowder Plot. He was the son of Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt and Elizabeth
Henry Mordaunt, 4th Baron Mordaunt
Henry_Mordaunt,_4th_Baron_Mordaunt
remaining followers at Holbeche House following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. He came from Shelsley Walsh. After Guy Fawkes was captured
Richard Walsh (English politician)
Richard_Walsh_(English_politician)
British author and novelist (born 1932)
England series, and in 1996 she also published a book entitled The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605, which won both the St. Louis Literary Award
Antonia_Fraser
British actor (born 1986)
star in and executive produce Gunpowder, a three-part historical drama for BBC based on the real story of the Gunpowder Plot. He played the role of his ancestor
Kit_Harington
English noble family
a succession of plots and counterplots—the Rising of the North, the plots to liberate Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Gunpowder Plot – each claimed a Percy
Percy_family
Coalville, Leicestershire. It was once owned by a relative of one of the Gunpowder plotters, and is now managed by Leicestershire County Council. 52°42′36.22″N
Donington le Heath Manor House Museum
Donington_le_Heath_Manor_House_Museum
Village in Northamptonshire, England
Manor House is famous for being a location for the planning of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. As of 2023, the property had been restored and can be rented
Ashby_St_Ledgers
Conspiracy to kidnap James I of England
made a full confession on the history of the plot. Throckmorton Plot Gunpowder Plot Cranfield, Nicholas W. S. "Bancroft, Richard". Oxford Dictionary
Bye_Plot
1575 – 1606), was an Englishman executed for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot. He was born as the eldest son of George Littleton and Margaret Smith
Stephen_Lyttelton
Manor House in Suffolk, England
famous residents including Ambrose Rookwood who was involved in the Gunpowder Plot and was executed in 1605. The Rookwood family continued in the Roman
Coldham_Hall
English Jesuit priest
recovered and continued with his covert mission until the exposure of the Gunpowder Plot made it impossible to continue. After his escape to Catholic Europe
John_Gerard_(Jesuit)
2021 film by Navot Papushado
Gunpowder Milkshake is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ehud Lavski. The film stars Karen Gillan
Gunpowder_Milkshake
15th-century manor house in Worcestershire, England
Worcestershire'. It was the home of the Wintour family, of which the Gunpowder Plot conspirators Robert, Thomas and John Wintour are the most notorious
Huddington_Court
1988 video game
was the last game released by Odin. The Plot is a 2D flip-screen platformer. It is a parody of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with the player taking the role
The_Plot_(video_game)
Name list
giant-fighting folk hero Guy of Warwick. Guy Fawkes and the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot later made the name synonymous with treachery in England. Effigies of
Guy_(given_name)
Mask Guy Fawkes: design and creation
is a stylised depiction of Guy Fawkes (the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of Lords in London on 5 November 1605)
Guy_Fawkes_mask
Medieval punishment for high treason
pitifully." At his execution in January 1606 for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes managed to break his neck by jumping from the gallows. No
Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
Period in English and Scottish culture corresponding to the reign of James VI and I
hiding barrels of gunpowder under the parliament building and blowing it up while the house was in session, however, the Gunpowder Plot was exposed and
Jacobean_era
English nobleman (1564–1632)
Tower of London, due to the suspicion that he was complicit in the Gunpowder Plot. He is known for the circles he moved in as well as for his own achievements
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
Henry_Percy,_9th_Earl_of_Northumberland
Military unit
Westminster prior to the State Opening of Parliament, which remembers the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. There are only two contemporary records of the livery of the
Yeomen_of_the_Guard
English noble
managed estate affairs during her husband's long imprisonment for the Gunpowder Plot, and was a prominent, loyal, yet strong-willed figure. Lady Dorothy
Dorothy Percy, Countess of Northumberland
Dorothy_Percy,_Countess_of_Northumberland
English noblewoman (c.1510–1554)
of Coughton. Through her daughters she was grandmother to two of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, Robert Catesby and Francis Tresham. Hussey was born about
Elizabeth Hussey, Baroness Hungerford
Elizabeth_Hussey,_Baroness_Hungerford
Town in West Midlands, England
his complicity in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605). It was said that when John was arrested and interrogated after the Gunpowder plot he was racked so badly
Solihull
Nigerian politician (1864–1946)
severe". Macaulay's second legal problem centered on what came to be the "Gunpowder Plot Case". When the Privy Council decided that the exiled Oba Eshugbayi
Herbert_Macaulay
Grade I listed building in Northamptonshire, England
Robert Catesby and Robert and Thomas Wintour, he became involved in the Gunpowder Plot. Thus, within a year the estate had a third owner, Francis's son Lewis
Lyveden_New_Bield
2017 novel by Ken Follett
Fawkes - A Catholic conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot. Thomas Percy - A Catholic conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot. Other Major Characters Alice Willard
A_Column_of_Fire
Country house in Northamptonshire
Mordaunts involved in the Gunpowder Plot?". Turvey History. Retrieved 24 September 2023. Fraser, Antonia (2005) [1996], The Gunpowder Plot, London: Phoenix, ISBN 0-7538-1401-3
Drayton_House
English aristocrat and keeper of Prince Charles
elder George Kirke. In 1605 Agnes Fortune testified that one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators Thomas Percy had asked her questions about Charles' lodging
Elizabeth_Trevannion
English politician (1545–1611)
and James I of England. He was connected by marriage to one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and by acquaintance or family ties to other important
John_Talbot_of_Grafton
her brother William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle which warned of the Gunpowder Plot. This theory is dismissed by modern historians. She sheltered a number
Mary_Habington
Act of the Parliament of England
of the Parliament of England passed in 1606 in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. The originating bill was drafted and introduced on 23 January 1606
Observance of 5th November Act 1605
Observance_of_5th_November_Act_1605
English government minister (1563–1612)
the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Robert Cecil remains a controversial historic figure as it is still debated at what point he first learned of the plot and
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury
of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, at the time budgeted at $2.2 million. Both the screenplays for The Gunpowder Plot and The Duellists were
Ridley Scott's unrealised projects
Ridley_Scott's_unrealised_projects
Secret union for devious goals
A conspiracy, also known as a plot, ploy, or scheme, is a plan or agreement between people (called conspirers or conspirators) for an unlawful or harmful
Conspiracy
English nobleman (1455–1522)
two daughters. Their great-grandson Robert Catesby was leader of the Gunpowder Plot. Upon his death in 1522, the Spencer estates at Wormleighton and Althorp
John_Spencer_(1455–1522)
English politician (1450–1485)
Late Medieval Europe (Gloucester, 1986), pp.36–60: p.52. "gunpowder-plot.org". www.gunpowder-plot.org. Gairdner, James (1887). "William Catesby (d. 1485)"
William_Catesby
Annual celebration in Lewes, England
not only marks Guy Fawkes Night – the date of the uncovering of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 – but also commemorates the memory of the seventeen Protestant
Lewes_Bonfire
Holiday in various countries
annual Day of Thanksgiving began in 1606 following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and developed into Guy Fawkes Day on November 5. Days of Fasting
Thanksgiving
confessing a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I. William Wright, another Jesuit priest who was arrested in the aftermath of The Gunpowder Plot. Henry Wriothesley
List of prisoners of the Tower of London
List_of_prisoners_of_the_Tower_of_London
English Jesuit priest
was an English Jesuit priest. He was known to people who knew of the Gunpowder Plot to destroy the Parliament of England and kill King James I; and although
Edward_Oldcorne
Meeting place of the UK Parliament
Protection Group, are always on duty in and around the palace. The failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a conspiracy among a group of Roman Catholic gentry to re-establish
Palace_of_Westminster
British actor
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Thomas Percy Voice; video game: "The Gunpowder Plot" 2012 The Telemachy Jay 2013–22 Holby City Dominic Copeland Regular
David_Ames_(actor)
English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)
was present at a supper party attended by most of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. After the plot's discovery, he appears to have avoided further imprisonment;
Ben_Jonson
Stately home in Hindlip
1575, and it played a significant role in both the Babington Plot and the Gunpowder Plot, where it hid four people in priest holes. It was Humphrey Littleton
Hindlip_Hall
English actor (born 1937)
Foundation Gareth Brown 22 episodes 1980 The Enigma Files Mike Episode: "The Gunpowder Plot" 1981 Play for Today Patrick Witney Episode: "No Visible Scar" 1982
William_Gaunt
significant terrorist incidents within the United Kingdom, from the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to the various attacks related to The Troubles of Northern Ireland
Terrorism in the United Kingdom
Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom
Queen of Scotland (1589–1619); Queen of England and Ireland (1603–1619)
The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605. London: Mandarin Paperbacks; ISBN 0-7493-2357-4. Haynes, Alan ([1994] 2005 edition). The Gunpowder Plot. Stroud:
Anne_of_Denmark
Male religious congregation of the Catholic Church
for misprision of treason because of his knowledge of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The Plot was the attempted assassination of James VI and I, his family,
Jesuits
English lawyer and judge (1552–1634)
including those against Robert Devereux, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. As a reward for his services he was first knighted and
Edward_Coke
British television drama series
Retrieved 10 March 2017. Hawkes, Rebecca (1 February 2017). "Taboo's gunpowder plot: can you really make explosives from manure?". The Telegraph. Retrieved
Taboo_(2017_TV_series)
Fictional religious order from Doctor Who
forces. The Silence additionally appear in the spin-off video games The Gunpowder Plot and The Eternity Clock. They make several appearances in audio series
Silent_(Doctor_Who)
County of England
Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, living much of his life there, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was planned near Snitterfield. During the Industrial Revolution
Warwickshire
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
Agents: Queen Elizabeth's Forbidden Priests and the Hatching of the Gunpowder Plot, London: HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-0071-5637-5 Jenkins, Elizabeth (1967)
Elizabeth_I
Execution, murder, or suicide method
October 2007. Fraser, Antonia (1997). Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0-385-47190-9. Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010)
Death_by_burning
Style of beard comprising a moustache and a goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven
of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor. Guy Fawkes, member of the Gunpowder Plot at the beginning of the 17th century, had a Van Dyke beard around the
Van_Dyke_beard
English witch hunt and trial in 1612
verbatim reports". The trials took place not quite seven years after the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in an attempt to kill King James
Pendle_witches
Day of the year
1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against
January_31
GUNPOWDER PLOT
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, a short form of Philpott.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a depression in the ground, from Middle English pot ‘drinking or storage vessel’ used in this transferred sense, or a habitational name from one of the minor places deriving their name from this word, in the sense ‘pit’, ‘hole’.English and North German (Lower Rhine-Westphalia) : metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle English, Middle Low German pot ‘pot’. See also Potter.North German : topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot, from Low German dialect pÅt ‘puddle’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name brought to England by the Normans, of uncertain origin. It may be the Hebrew personal name Lot ‘covering’, which was relatively popular in northern France, or a reduced form of various names formed with the diminutive suffix -lot (originally a combination of -el + -ot), commonly used with women’s names.English : from Middle English lot(t)e ‘lot’, ‘portion’ (Old English hlot), in the sense of an allotted share of land, hence a status name for someone who held such a plot.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a plumber or lead roofer, from lood ‘lead’.German : from a pet form of Ludwig.German : topographic name from the dialect word lott ‘mud’, ‘dirt’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Platt or Platt Bridge in Lancashire, named in Middle English with Old French plat ‘flat’, ‘thin’ (see Platte), in the dialect sense ‘plank bridge’.English : topographic name from Middle English plat ‘plot of land’, ‘piece of ground’ (Old English plætt).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German platt ‘flat’.German : variant of Platte 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a plot of land with a hut, from northern Middle English sc(h)ole ‘hut’, ‘shed’ (see Scales) + croft ‘small enclosed field’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Spofforth in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Spoford and perhaps so named from Old English splott ‘spot’, ‘plot’ of land + ford ‘ford’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bows, from Middle English bow (Old English boga, from būgan ‘to bend’). Before the invention of gunpowder, the bow was an important long-range weapon for shooting game as well as in warfare. Boga is also found as a personal name in Old English, and it is possible that this survived into Middle English and so may lie behind the surname in some instances. In other cases (for example, Richard atte Bowe, 1306), the name is topographic, from the same word in the transferred sense ‘arched bridge’, ‘river bend’, an allusion to their similarity in shape to a drawn bow.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhaigh (see Bogue).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, in Bedfordshire, Merseyside, and Nottinghamshire, so named from Old English eofor ‘wild boar’ + tūn ‘settlement’.Described as being from Kent, England, Walter Everendon (d. 1725) was a colonial gunpowder manufacturer who ran a mill in Neponset in the township of Milton, across the river from Dorchester, MA. The first person to make gunpowder in America, Everendon eventually took majority interest in the mill and sold out to his son. The family, which also spelled their name Everden and Everton, continued to manufacture powder until after the Revolution.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from late Old English plot.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a fence maker or carpenter, from Slavic ‘fence’ (Polish płot, Russian plot). Compare Plotnik.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
A Plot of a Land Given to a Brahman or a King
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a schemer or trickster, from Middle English tripet(t), Old French tripot ‘malicious plot’, ‘trick’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Garton in East Yorkshire or from various minor places so named, from Old English gÄra ‘triangular plot of land’ + tÅ«n ‘farmstead’.
Girl/Female
Irish
The most beautiful woman in ancient Ireland, she was bethrothed to the High King Conchobhar Mac Nessa but she fell in love with his nephew Naoise. Deirdre and Naoise eloped to Scotland where they lived a blissful exile for many years. By offering forgiveness, Conchobhar tricked them into returning to Ulster where Naoise was slain by the jealous Conchobhar. Deirdre threw herself from Conchobhar’s chariot rather than live with the man who had caused Naoise’s death. It was said that her grave was near to Naoise’s and that a yew tree grew from each plot. The yew trees grew toward one another till their branches intertwined, joining the two lovers even after death.
Male
Greek
(Σατάν) Greek form of Hebrew satan, SATAN means "adversary." In the bible, this is the name of the inveterate enemy of God. In the New Testament, Hebrew satan is translated once into Greek Diabolos, and once using the word epiboulos, meaning "plotter." This is also the Late Latin and Old English form of Hebrew satan.
GUNPOWDER PLOT
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Powerful
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Fragrant
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Holy Being
Girl/Female
Irish
From radharc meaning “a vision.â€
Girl/Female
Hindu
Place of origin, Source
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Pakistani
Honest; Good Looking; Handsome; Graceful
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese
Jasmine Flower
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bond.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Subasini | ஸà¯à®ªà®¸à¯€à®¨à¯€Â
Soft spoken, Nice girl, Well-spoken
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n.
In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
n.
An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.
v. t.
To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.
n.
A horn in which gunpowder is carried.
n.
A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
n.
A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of niter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting.
n.
Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like.
n.
An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
n.
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
n.
A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.
n.
An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
v. t.
To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.
n.
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
n.
A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
a.
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
v. t.
To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
v.
A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine, or the like.
n.
An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder.
n.
A mill in which gunpowder is made.
n.
Want of power; weakness.