William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford

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William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, was a 17th-century English Catholic nobleman who became a prominent victim of anti-Catholic hysteria when he was falsely implicated and executed during the Popish Plot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
Roman Catholic
human
victim of the Popish Plot
accusation involvement in a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II
accuser Stephen Dugdale NERFINISHED
Titus Oates NERFINISHED
associatedWith English Catholic community
Stafford family NERFINISHED
attainderReversalYear 1685
attainderReversedBy Act of Parliament
birthDate 1614-11-30
burialPlace Tower of London NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath beheading
century 17th century
convictedOf treason
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1680-12-29
education educated as a Catholic nobleman (exact institutions uncertain)
era Stuart period NERFINISHED
familyName Howard NERFINISHED
father Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel NERFINISHED
givenName William
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf House of Howard NERFINISHED
monarchDuringTrial Charles II of England NERFINISHED
mother Alethea Talbot NERFINISHED
motherFamily Talbot family NERFINISHED
nobleRank peer of England
nobleTitle Viscount Stafford NERFINISHED
notableEvent Popish Plot NERFINISHED
notableFor being a prominent Catholic peer executed during the Popish Plot
parliamentaryRole member of the House of Lords
placeOfBirth Staffordshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tower Hill, London NERFINISHED
politicalContext anti-Catholic hysteria in late 17th-century England
posthumousEvent attainder reversed
posthumousRecognition widely regarded as innocent victim of the Popish Plot
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sibling Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel NERFINISHED
Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk NERFINISHED
spouse Mary Stafford NERFINISHED
titleCreated 1640
trialLocation Westminster Hall NERFINISHED
trialYear 1680
verdict guilty

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Popish Plot significantPerson William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford