5th November
Copyright© 2008 by Wandering Lanes
Prologue
5th November -
The facts of the Gunpowder plot are well known and documented, they are as follows:
In 1605 a plot was devised by some Roman Catholics to rid the country of England of its rightful Protestant King — James I (also known as James VI of Scotland). Those involved in the plot are known they were:-
Robert Catesby
John (Jack) Wright
Thomas Wintour
Guy Fawkes
Thomas Percy
Robert Keyes
Thomas Bates
Christopher (Kit) Wright
Robert Wintour
John Grant
Ambrose Rookwood
Francis Tresham (1)
Sir Everard Digby
(1)The plot failed due to a letter thought to be sent from Francis Tresham to his Brother-in-Law, Lord Monteagle, - sent on the 26th October - warning him not to attend Parliament on November 5, 1605. Being a supporter of the King, indeed he had paved the way for James to become King, Lord Monteagle passed the letter onto the 1st Earl of Salisbury — Robert Cecil, who subsequently appeared to do nothing for 6 more days before telling James I of the plot.
On the night of the 4-5th November Cecil ordered the catacombs beneath Parliament to be searched and there the searchers found Guy Fawkes with several barrels of Gunpowder, ready to light the fuse once Parliament was assembled.
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