Talk:Everard Digby

The Gunpowder Plotters

I couldn't see Digby listed on the image of the plotters, so removed it. It may be appropriate for the related articles on the plot, but not it seems, this one. Alastairward (talk) 13:53, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Everard Digby/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Aiken ♫ 14:15, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Looking close, just a few points, mostly based on prose, but also with 1b, 2a, 6b.

Lead

• Would "foiled" work better than "failed"?
  • That would imply that the plot was purposely stopped - this isn't certain (although likely, depending on who you think authored the Monteagle letter). Fawkes capture could be viewed by some as an accident.
• The last sentence of the first paragraph seems quite long - could it be split in two?
  • Yep, done.
• Is "hunting party" a quote? Should be cited probably.
  • Its more that his group of men was ostensibly a hunting party, and not a "revolt party". This is explained in the body but I thought in the lead that scare quotes were the simplest way to get the message across.
• Overall: it's essentially four paragraphs, but two are of two sentences or less. Might be better to merge them, so it's two/three paragraphs instead.
  • I've merged the first two, the last line I'd like to keep separate just to hammer home the ugly end he met.
• Why is his place of birth commented out?
  • I'm not completely convinced that its his birthplace, he's often described as "Everard Digby of Stoke Dry, Rutland" but that may be where he lived. I don't think there's a parish register that records his birth. Parrot of Doom 16:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Early life

• "The Digby family may have been founded..." According to whom?
  • Done
• "a young heiress who brought with her..." She brought it where?
  • ...to the marriage. I couldn't think of a better way to express it, any suggestions?
• '"calling eachother 'brother' when we wrote and spoke"' Should 'eachother' be one word, or is that typo? If the former, a [sic] might be good.
  • Added sic
• What's a hidden chapel?
  • Catholicism was illegal, the chapel was a hidden room in the house.
• "and possibly for this reason..." Seems a bit vague
  • Hey, this is 400 years ago :)
• "He was apparently an unforgiving landlord..." According to whom?
  • According to Roy Digby Thomas, however I didn't mention him as it seemed fair comment, with his tenants complaining to the crown about his actions as a landlord.

Trial and execution

• Is there a reference for the poem?
  • Done.

Images

• Not sure how necessary it is to say an image is monochrome.
  • Alt text is one of those things I'm very glad was removed from the FAC criteria. I have no preference, if you want to delete it feel free. :)

General

• Tower or tower? I don't know if tower should be capitalised.
  • Tower = Tower of London. Always capitalised. Parrot of Doom 16:17, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Placing on hold. Aiken ♫ 15:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt response. This now meets criteria, well done. Aiken ♫ 16:54, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :) Parrot of Doom 17:50, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Digby's trial

The article says at the top that Digby was tried on 27 January 1605, which is before the 5th November of the same year. Surely he was tried on 27 January 1606? I will change this as the article later describes the trial in 1606. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.207.80.194 (talk) 10:00, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Well spotted, thanks. Parrot of Doom 18:17, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

Inscription in Tower of London

I just wanted to inform that there is a picture on Wikimedia Commons of the inscription Digby left in the Tower of London: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DigbyInscription.jpg. It might be useful for this article. --94.140.45.210 (talk) 09:32, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Poem

The poem mentioned in this article only contains the first strophe out of three, which might be worth mentioning. The other two strophes can be found on page 291 in Thomas Longueville's The Life of a Conspirator; Being a Biography of Sir Everard Digby by One of his Descendants:

• Come in, my Lord, whose presence most I crave, And shew Thy will unto my longing mind ; From punishments of sin Thy servant save, Though he hath been to Thy deserts unkind. Jesu forgive, and strengthen so my mind, That rooted virtues thou in me maist find.
• Stay still, my Lord, else will they fade away, As Marigold that mourns for absent Sun : Thou know'st thou plantest in a barren clay, That choaks in Winter all that up is come ; I do not fear thy Summers wished for heat, My tears shall water where thy shine doth threat. --94.140.45.210 (talk) 13:54, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

White money

In the Surrender section, there is a reference to 50 pounds in "white money" which is wikilinked to argent. That article deals just with a term in heraldry (a colour), even though White money redirects to it also. What is white money: just real silver, or any silver-looking coin, or any non-gold coin? And is there a better article to link to in order to explain the term? Jmchutchinson (talk) 16:30, 8 November 2019 (UTC)