CHARNOCK or CHERNOCK, ROBERT (c. English conspirator, was educated at Magdalen college, Oxford, becoming a fellow of his college and a Roman Catholic priest. When in 1687 the dispute arose between James II. and the fel lows of Magdalen over the election of a president Charnock fa voured the first royal nominee, Anthony Farmer, and also the suc ceeding one, Samuel Parker, bishop of Oxford. Almost alone among the fellows he was not driven out in Nov. 1687, and he became dean and then vice-president of the college under the new regime, but was expelled in Oct. 1688. Residing at the court of the Stuarts in France, or conspiring in England, Charnock and Sir George Barclay appear to have been implicated in the attempt to kill William III. near Turnham Green, in Feb. 1696. Barclay escaped, but Charnock was arrested, was tried and found guilty, and was hanged on March 18, 1696.