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CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), ROBERT (c.166...

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARNOCK (or CHERNOCK), See also:ROBERT (c.1663–1696)  , See also:English conspirator, belonged to a See also:Warwickshire See also:family, and was educated at Magdalen See also:College, See also:Oxford, becoming a See also:fellow of his college and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:priest . When in 1687 the dispute arose betweefi See also:James II. and the See also:fellows of Magdalen over the See also:election of a See also:president See also:Charnock favoured the first royal nominee, See also:Anthony See also:Farmer, and also the succeeding one, See also:Samuel See also:Parker, See also:bishop of Oxford . Almost alone among the fellows he was not driven out in See also:November 1687, and he became See also:dean and then See also:vice-president of the college under the new regime, but was expelled in See also:October 1688 . Residing at the See also:court of the Stuarts in See also:France, or conspiring in See also:England, Charnock and See also:Sir See also:George See also:Barclay appear to have arranged the details of the unsuccessful See also:attempt to kill See also:William III. near Turnham See also:Green in See also:February 1696 . Barclay escaped, but Charnock was arrested, was tried and found guilty, and was hanged on the 18th of See also:March 1696 .

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