Fotheringhay

American  

[foth-uh-ring-gey] / ˈfɒð ə rɪŋˌgeɪ /

noun

1. a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.

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Fotheringhay British  

/ ˈfɒðərɪŋˌɡeɪ /

noun

1. a village in E England, in NE Northamptonshire: ruined castle, scene of the imprisonment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots (1587)

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Example Sentences

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

The Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire had repairs to the roofs and stonework.

From BBC

Fotheringhay Castle, of which only the motte it was built on remains, was home to Richard III's family, the House of Plantagenet.

From BBC

The Scots queen was held in captivity for 18 years before she was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, at the age of 44.

From BBC

So, for example, she may well have been genuinely furious and distressed when her trusted councillors went behind her back to dispatch the signed death warrant that resulted in the execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay Castle in February 1587, but she also needed to display that anger in order to convince Mary’s son James VI of Scotland and other foreign monarchs that she was guiltless of the crime of killing a kinswoman and fellow monarch.

From Time