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Plot to burn Portsmouth Dockyard to wipe out heretics
An 18th century tale details Rogers, Barratn, Le Jeune, Calcane and others swearing oaths, planning masked attacks in several towns to ignite the Portsmouth Dock Yard with pitch balls. They aim to strike at Havant and Chichester before fleeing by boat, intending wide destruction and martyrdom for their Catholic cause.
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Barratn
Rogers
le Feune
Jean Calcane
Piitaiz
Lefeuse
Golden Cross
Charing-Cross
le Jeune
Britain
Church of Rome
Portmouth
Havant
Hamphire
Portsmouth
Chichester
White Swan
Cacane
Broker's Point
Lejeune