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Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
1603
• James I becomes King of England
• Fines Catholics not attending Church of England services and he puts Catholic priests to death.
1604
• Robert Catesby hatches a plan to blow up Parliament on the day it opens.
Guy Fawkes
• The plotters recruit Guido Fawkes, an explosives expert.
The plot is hindered• Rent a house near to Houses of
Parliament and start tunnelling.• Water leaks in from the River Thames• Walls of the House of Lords could not be
penetrated.
A change of fortune
• State Opening of Parliament postponed until 5th November 1605
• Cellar room becomes available for rent.
The plan takes shape
• 36 barrels of gunpowder moved to the cellar and hidden behind firewood.
• Guy Fawkes left in charge of guarding it.
Who sent the warning?
• Lord Monteagle, an MP – and cousin of Francis Tresham – receives a letter, warning him to not attend the State Opening of Parliament.
• Monteagle shows letter to Robert Cecil who, in turn, shows it to the King.
4th November 1605
• King orders search of the cellars.
• ‘John Johnson’ found with pile of wood.
• 2nd search - gunpowder is found.
• Johnson is arrested and taken to the Tower.
Torture in the Tower
• Johnson confesses to being Guy Fawkes.
• After four days of torture he confesses to the Plot.
The other plotters
• Meanwhile, the other plotters had been hiding in a house in the Midlands.
• Soldiers surround the house.
• Catesby, Percy & Winter brothers are shot dead.
• Remaining plotters taken to the Tower.
• Tried, and found guilty of High Treason.
January 1606
• Plotters hanged, drawn and quartered for their crimes.