Fotheringhay
Americannoun
noun
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In 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
Fotheringhay Castle was a Yorkist palace during the 15th Century and St Mary and All Saints' Church is the burial place of four members of the dynasty.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2015
He was born in 1452 in Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire, eastern England, but details about his early childhood are spotty.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2014
He said the king was born at Fotheringhay, in Northamptonshire, and brought up in Middleham, in north Yorkshire, and his title prior to becoming king was the Duke of Gloucester.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2013
Here is buried Catherine of Aragon, the first queen of Henry VIII, and the body of the unfortunate Queen of Scots was brought here after her execution at Fotheringhay.
From British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland by Thomas Dowler Murphy
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