2007-11-02 06:09:56 · 3 answers · asked by Sal 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A plot by Dangerfield against James Duke of York, younger brother of Charles II, which took place in 1679. So called because the scheme was kept in a meal tub in the house of Mrs Cellier. Dangerfield subsequently confessed the whole affair was a forgery, and was both whipped and condemned to stand in the pillory
2007-11-02 13:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by The Duke of W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In England, nonexistent conspiracy to prevent the accession of the Duke of York, the future James II, invented by Thomas Dangerfield in 1679 during the attempts to pass the Exclusion Bills. Dangerfield was initially believed in the atmosphere of panic arising from the Popish Plot, but he was soon discredited and then claimed the plot was a false trail laid by Catholics to conceal a real conspiracy. The name came from the meal tub under which Dangerfield claimed to have found evidence of the plot.
2007-11-02 13:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just asking that question means you know too much. I'm afraid we're going to have to send you and your goldfish on a little "Albany Vacation", if you catch my drift. Nothing personal; just business.
2007-11-02 13:15:14 · answer #3 · answered by John R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋