FOTHERINGHAY, a village of Northamptonshire, Eng land, picturesquely situated on the left bank of the river Nen, 3i m. N.N.E. of Oundle. Pop. of civil parish (1931) 213. The castle, of which nothing but the earthworks and foundations re main, is famous as the scene of the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots from September 1586 to her trial and execution on Feb. 8, 1587. The earthworks, commanding a ford of the river, are apparently of very early date, and probably bore a castle from Norman times. It became an important stronghold of the Plan tagenets from the time of Edward III., and was the birthplace of Richard III. in 1452. The church of St. Mary and All Saints, originally collegiate, is Perpendicular; the nave with aisles, and the tower surmounted by an octagon, are in the best style of the period. Of the Plantagenets, Edward, second duke of York, who was killed at the battle of Agincourt in 1415, Richard, the third duke, and his duchess, Cecily (d. 1495), also his son the earl of Rutland, who with Richard himself, fell at the battle of Wake field in 1460, are buried in the church. Their monuments were erected by Queen Elizabeth, who found the choir and tombs in ruins.