Ingram Frizer

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Ingram Frizer
Historical Figure
Timeline:	OTL
Nationality:	England
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Date of Death:	1627
Cause of Death:	Natural Causes
Occupation:	Con man, possible spy
Affiliations:	Employed by Thomas Walsingham
Timeline:	Ruled Britannia
Occupation:	Spy, criminal, revolutionary
Affiliations:	Pro-Tudor rebels

Ingram Frizer (died August 1627) was an English con man and possible spy who is perhaps best known for killing playwright Christopher Marlowe on May 30, 1593.

[edit] Ingram Frizer in Ruled Britannia

Ingram Frizer became involved in William and Robert Cecil's plot to expel the Spanish-backed Queen Isabella and King Albert from England and restore Queen Elizabeth to her throne. With his colleague, Nick Skeres, Frizer committed several murders of people considered likely to betray the existence of the Cecils' plot to the Spaniards. Some of these people, such as Geoffrey Martin and Matthew Quinn, were suggested to Frizer by William Shakespeare.

Frizer lived to see the Cecils' plot succeed, and took part in the pro-Elizabethan uprising which marked its fruition. However, he was captured and imprisoned shortly thereafter.