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| Birth: | 23 Aug 1560 in Thorpe, Surrey, England |
| Death: | 8 Oct 1647 in Hindlip House, Worcestershire |
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Individual:
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/ThomasHabington.htmFather: John HABINGTON; Mother: Catherine WYKESSecond son of John Habington, cofferer to Elizabeth I, andCatherine Wykes. At the age of sixteen he entered LincolnCollege, Oxford, where he remained for three years, after whichhe travelled overseas to Paris and Rheims, where it is believedhe embraced the Roman Catholic religion.Upon his return to England, he and his elder brother Edwardbecame involved with a clandestine group of Catholics in Londonprotecting Jesuit missionaries. At the centre of this group wasAnthony Babington, the primary force behind the Babington Plot,a conspiracy to murder Queen Elizabeth I and place her rivalMary, Queen of Scots, on the throne of England. Edward not onlyjoined the Babington Plot, but was named later as one of the sixconspirators who were charged with the contemplated murder ofElizabeth. Found guilty, Edward was executed on 30 Sep 1586along with six others.Thomas was committed to the Tower for his association with theBabington Plot conspirators. There he spent the next six yearstranslating Gildas 'De excidio et conquestu Britaniae' , andwriting a history of Edward IV of England. He was perhaps sparedexecution as he was Queen Elizabeth's godson.Upon Thomas' release, he was permitted to retire to Hindlip,near Worcester, where his father had built Hindlip House. OnEdward's death, Thomas had become the heir to their father'sestates. He converted his house into a hiding place for Catholicpriests, including Father Henry Garnet, and earned a reputationas a zealous papist. Over the next 20 years, Hindlip Housebecame one of the most celebrated priest shelters in Englandthanks to the work of Nicholas Owen, a lay brother who wasskilled in building priest holes. Edward Oldcorne is said tohave resided there for almost 14 years.After the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, Hindlip House wassearched by Sir Henry Bromley, Thomas' neighbour at Holt Castle,at which time a total of 11 priest holes were discovered; HenryGarnet, Edward Oldcorne and two lay brothers, including NicholasOwen. Thomas Habington was not present when the initial searchbegan, but he returned from business while it was in progress,and told the searchers that he "denied any such men to be in hishouse", and voluntarily offered to "die at his own gate if anysuch were found in his house or in that shire".Although Habington had no part in the Plot, he was arrested forconcealing traitors, but was later released owing to theintercession of William Parker Lord Monteagle, hisbrother-in-law through his marriage to Mary Parker, LordMonteagle's sister. After his release he was forbidden to leaveWorcestershire, and consequently applied himself to furtherantiquarian research. He lived to the age of eighty-seven, anddied at Hindlip House on 8 Oct 1647. He was succeeded by his sonWilliam Habington who rose to become a minor poet and author.Sources:Dictionary of National Biography, 1895 Amphlet, John, of Cleat, ed., 'A Survey of Worcester', WorcesterHistorical Society Fraser, Antonia, Faith & Treason - The Story of the GunpowderPlot, 1996 Edwards, Francis, S.J., The Gunpowder Plot: the narrative ofOswald Tesimond alias Greenway, trans. from the Italian of theStonyhurst Manuscript, edited and annotated, 1973 Edwards, Francis, S.J., Guy Fawkes: the real story of theGunpowder Plot?, 1969 Hodgetts, Michael, Elizabethan Priest Holes: East Anglia,Baddesley Clinton, Hindlip, ???
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