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Information on the Bl. William Howard, Viscount Stafford, whose 1680 beheading marked the end of public credence in the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1929.

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Ven. William Howard Biography of the Viscount Stafford, who headed the list of Catholic lords pursued by Titus Oates in the so-called Popish Plot. Imprisoned in the Tower and tried before the House of Lords, Stafford was executed in 1680. www.newadvent.org/cathen/07504a.htm

Blessed William Howard Brief note on the martyr, beatified in 1929. www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1229.htm#will

William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1614-1680), Implicated in Popish Plot Description of portrait held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp04238

William Howard, Viscount Stafford Short biography of the last victim of the hysteria over the "Popish Plot." angl.com.ru/lords/lord/william.htm