Gunpowder Treason Plot
Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand
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Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand
Wintour travelled to Flanders to enquire about Spanish support. While there he sought out Guy Fawkes a commited Catholic who had served as a soldier in the Southern Netherlands under the command of William Stanley. Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand
Gerard sanctifies the plotters oath to each other
The conspirators returned to London in October 1604, when Robert Keyes, a "desperate man, ruined and indebted" was admitted to the group. His responsibility was to take charge of Catesbys house in Lambeth, where the gunpowder and other supplies were to be stored, Keyess family had notable connections; his wifes employer was the Catholic Lord Mordaunt
The conspirators returned to London in October 1604, when Robert Keyes, a "desperate man, ruined and indebted" was admitted to the group
As Fawkes identified himself as John Johnson, servant to Thomas Percy, it was Percys name which appeared on the Governments first arrest warrant
It was announced on 24 December that the re-opening of Parliament would be delayed, concern over the plague meant that rather than sitting in February, as the plotters had originally planned for, Parliament would not sit again until 3 October 1605
Catesby recruited his servant, Thomas Bates, into the plot, after the latter accidentally became aware of it
Catesby recruited his servant, Thomas Bates, into the plot, after the latter accidentally became aware of it
Lord Cobham, Lord Grey de Wilton, Lord Markham, and Walter Ralegh, hatched what became known as the Main Plot, which involved removing James and his family and supplanting them with Arbella Stuart
Sir George Brooke is executed, but James, keen not to have too bloody a start to his reign, reprieved Cobham, Grey, and Markham while they were at the scaffold. Ralegh, who had watched while his colleagues sweated, was also reprieved
Fawkes became involved with a small group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who planned to assassinate the Protestant King James and replace him with his daughter, third in the line of succession, Princess Elizabeth.
In an attempt to gain foreign support, in May 1605 Fawkes travelled overseas and informed Hugh Owen of the plotters' plan. Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand.
The plotters take a secret oath at the Duck and Drake inn near the Strand in London, they include Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and his cousin Thomas Wintour, John Wright and Guy Fawkes
Wintour travelled to Flanders to enquire about Spanish support. While there he sought out Guy Fawkes a committed Catholic who had served as a soldier in the Southern Netherlands under the command of William Stanley.
Begins to recruit other Catholics to his cause, including Thomas Wintour, John Wright, Thomas Percy, and Guy Fawkes
Catesby invited Thomas Wintour to his house in Lambeth, where they discussed Catesby's plan to re-establish Catholicism in England by blowing up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament.
Fawkes, Catesby, Wright and Wintour agree the plot at the Duck and Drake in the Strand.
The plotters take a secret oath at the Duck and Drake inn near the Strand in London, they include Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and his cousin Thomas Wintour, John Wright and Guy Fawkes.
Percy is to remain in London and secure the capture of Prince Henry
Percy provided the group with funding and secured the leases to certain properties in London, one of which was the undercroft directly beneath the House of Lords, in which the gunpowder was finally placed.
Percys words at the Duck and Drake meeting were "Shall we always, gentlemen, talk and never do anything?".
The conspirators returned to London in October 1604, when Robert Keyes, a "desperate man, ruined and indebted" was admitted to the group. Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand.
The plotters take a secret oath at the Duck and Drake inn near the Strand in London, they include Thomas Percy, Robert Catesby and his cousin Thomas Winterour, John Wright and Guy Fawkes.
Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand.
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