Gunpowder Treason Plot
Catesby recruited his servant, Thomas Bates, into the plot, after the latter accidentally became aware of it
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Explore 79 historical events and records for England in 1604.
Historical records for England in 1604
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Archbishop
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Bacon Promotes Union Of British Kingdoms
Bacon argued for a closer union of England and Scotland following the accession of James I. The proposal drew on his conviction that legislation could shape durable political institutions.
Conference of Hampton Court
James I meets the representitives of the English Puritans, leads to Jamess commissioning of the King James Version of the Bible
Education
Leaves Scotland to live in England
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Begins to recruit other Catholics to his cause, including Thomas Wintour, John Wright, Thomas Percy, and Guy Fawkes
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Fawkes, Catesby, Wright and Wintour agree the plot at the Duck and Drake in the Strand.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
In what became known as the Bye Plot, the priests William Watson and William Clark planned to kidnap James and hold him in the Tower of London until he agreed to be more tolerant towards Catholics
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
In what became known as the Bye Plot, the priests William Watson and William Clark planned to kidnap James and hold him in the Tower of London until he agreed to be more tolerant towards Catholics
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Percy is to remain in London and secure the capture of Prince Henry
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Percys words at the Duck and Drake meeting were "Shall we always, gentlemen, talk and never do anything?".
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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
Gunpowder Treason Plot
In what became known as the Bye Plot, the priests William Watson and William Clark planned to kidnap James and hold him in the Tower of London until he agreed to be more tolerant towards Catholics
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
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.
Gunpowder Treason Plot
Wintour travelled to Flanders to enquire about Spanish support.
King James Bible
James I meets the representitives of the English Puritans, leads to Jamess commissioning of the King James Version of the Bible
Main Plot
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
Main Plot
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
Othello Court Performance
William Shakespeare's Othello was presented at court in 1604, exposing the destructive effects of jealousy and manipulation.
Peerage
Created Viscount Cranborne
Peerage
Persuades Parliament to restore his fathers titles
Peerage
Granted the castle of the Earls of Warwick, not the title
Peerage
Created Earl of Dorset, 1st
Royal Licence for Charitable Contributions
James I authorises Stow to seek voluntary contributions because of his poverty in old age.
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