Francis Tresham (abt. 1567 - 1605)

Born about 1567 in Rushton, Northamptonshire, England

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Died 23 Dec 1605 at about age 38 in Tower of London, London, England

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Biography

Francis Tresham was born about 1567, son of Thomas Treshman of Rushton, Northamptonshire, and his wife, Muriel Throckmorton. In 1593 he married Anne Tufton, daughter of Sir John Tufton of Hothfield, Kent and his wife, Christian Brown.

Francis was one of the participants in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 to kill King James I. He died in the Tower of London of natural causes on 23 December 1605.

Sources

• Mark Nicholls, ‘Tresham, Francis (1567?–1605)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 15 April 2017 This is a subscription site but access is free for readers of British libraries provided their library subscribes.

• Clifford Pedigree: Descent from the Barony of Clifford

• Wikipedia [1]

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p14662.htm#i146611