Henry Manning (spy)

Henry Manning was a spy in the exiled court of Charles II at Cologne and Brussels. He reported back to John Thurloe, Cromwell's chief of counter-espionage. He was unmasked as a mole in 1655, prosecuted and executed by firing squad.

Sources

The Stuarts by J.P. Kenyon

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gollark: With how many people are slightly irritated frequently by colds, a vaccine for them would be very good if it did exist.

gollark: Can you use stigma to just mean "bad thing" like that?

gollark: Impressive garden path sentence however.

gollark: Seems like a weird use of stigma.

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