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Thomas Osborne, First Duke of Leeds (1632 - 1712)

In 1663 he was part of a commission tasked with investigating the Yorkshire Plot (also known as the Farnley Wood Plot) to overturn the monarchy. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20884 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Osborne,_1st_Duke_of_Leeds Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Leeds, Leeds Parish
Title (royalty or holy order) Leeds, Leeds Parish
 References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

85. The Informations, Examinations, and Confessions concerning the Yorkeshire Plot 1663, under the Parties own Hand. This is the Original taken before Sir Tho. Osborne (afterwards Duke of Leedes) Sir Jo. Dawney (afterwards Lord Downe), Sir Jo. Goodrick, Sir Jo. Armytage, Sir Godfrey Copeley, Sir R. Mauleverer, Sir Tho. Gower, Sir Tho. Wentworth, Sir Rob. Hildyard, and other Justices who have attested the several Informations, under their own Hands. The Present of the Judges Associate.