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Remember Remember 400th Anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot Conflict and Dissent in Staffordshire a study day hosted by Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service Historians, archivists and people from across Staffordshire will be getting together at a special event on the 5th November. This year sees the 400th anniversary of the ending of the Gunpowder Plot. The last scene was played out at Holbeach House in Staffordshire on 8th November 1605 with either the death or capture of the remaining plotters. Holbeach was the home of Stephen Littleton, later tried and executed at Stafford for his part in the Plot. To mark this anniversary, the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service is devoting its Annual Archive Day School on November 5th to the theme of "Conflict and Dissent in Staffordshire". A wide- ranging programme of lectures will cover a long tradition of conflict with authority, treason and dissenting voices in the county over six centuries. The programme covers: * Chartism in North Staffordshire * * The struggle for political control of the Newcastle-under-Lyme * constituency in the shadow of the French Revolution * * A study of Tinker Fox of Walsall, reputed to have beheaded Charles I * * Thomas Lord Paget and the Throckmorton Plot, 1583 * * The Treason of Sir Roger Damory and the Battle of Burton Bridge, 1322 The Conflict and Dissent Day School takes place at Staffordshire University (Stafford Campus) from 10-00am until 4-30pm on 5 November. Anyone interested in attending should contact Helen Legge, Staffordshire Record Office, Eastgate Street, Stafford ST16 2LZ, Tel. 01785-278380. Email: [log in to unmask] Tickets cost £20 (including tea, coffee and lunch) Disclaimer This e-mail (including any attachments) is only for the person or organisation it is addressed to. If you are not the intended recipient you must let me know immediately and then delete this e-mail. If you use this e-mail without permission, or if you allow anyone else to see, copy or distribute the e-mail, or if you do, or don't do something because you have read this e-mail, you may be breaking the law. Liability cannot be accepted for any loss or damage arising from this e-mail (or any attachments) or from incompatible scripts or any virus transmitted. E-mails and attachments sent to or received from staff and elected Members may be monitored and read and the right is reserved to reject or return or delete any which are considered to be inappropriate or unsuitable.