Peter Vowell was a schoolteacher executed as a Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 and Royalist

Cavalier

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 conspirator.

In May 1654 Vowell, from Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

, was arrested for his part in a plot to assassinate Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

 as the Lord Protector

Lord Protector

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 and his guard of thirty mounted troops, travelled to Hampton Court. The allegation was that Vowell was to help seize the horses while they grazed in Islington fields. The Government received intelligence of the plot; the route was diverted and arrests were made. On 30 June Vowell and John Gerard were found guilty of treason

Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a...

 by the High Court of Justice sitting at Westminster Hall. Ten days later Gerard was beheaded at the Tower and Vowell hanged at Charing Cross

Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in central London, England. It is named after the now demolished Eleanor cross that stood there, in what was once the hamlet of Charing. The site of the cross is now occupied by an equestrian...

. A third plotter, Summerset Fox

Summerset Fox

Summerset Fox was a Catholic and Royalist conspirator who pled guilty to an indictment of high treason.In May 1654 Fox, Peter Vowell, and John Gerard were arrested for plotting to assassinate Oliver Cromwell as he travelled to Hampton Court, with a guard of thirty mounted troops. Fox's role was to...

 was transported to Barbados

Barbados

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 as he had confessed. The investigation of the plot led to the Catholics being blamed and hostility towards France

France

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.