Thomas Habington was a rebel.
In 1586, Thomas Habington was a conspirator involved in the Babington Plot to kill Protestant Queen Elizabeth and restore Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots to the throne. The plan was foiled and Mary was executed for consenting to the plan. Thomas Habington escaped this fate as he was Elizabeth 1st’s godson and was instead imprisoned in the Tower of London for six years. On his release he retired to Hindlip Hall in Worcester, where he later hid two Jesuit Fathers accused of complicity in the gunpowder plot. Again, Habington escaped execution through the intervention of his brother-in-law, Lord Monteagle. *
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The Habington Chest
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 20th 2017
I’m getting goose bumps just by staring at this!
The box has a rather unusual texture.
So… what’s inside the chest?
I expect nothing is inside but I do not know for sure.
HISTORY! As we say, the truth is often better than fiction!
History is much more fascinating than fiction.
That is a wonderful chest and a piece of art. History is very fascinating with all the events and plots and escapes etc.
It is a fascinating piece of craftsmanship. I am curious about the studded detail.