1722
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Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, leads a Jacobite plot to overthrow George I
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Rochester in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, leads a Jacobite plot to overthrow George I
Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, leads a Jacobite plot to overthrow George I
The Bill of Pains & Penalties deprives him of his see & sends him into exile
Sent to the Tower of London for alleged contacts with the young pretender
Defects from the Conservatives to UKIP before winning a by-election.
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