On the night of November 4th Guido
Fawkes was discovered in the cella
beneath houses of parliament
He was standing guard of several
barrels of gunpowder. The hoped he
would blow up hop on November 5th
Fawkes was one of a Catholic group who
wanted the king to be replaced with a
Catholic monarh
The members were Robert
Catesby, Guido Fawkes
,Thomas Winter ,John Wright
,Thomas Percy. One other
recruit was Francic Tresham
whose brother in law was
Lord Monteagle a Member Of
Parliament
Tresham was
worried about his
bro in laws safety
so he sent him a
letter telling
warning him not to
attend the state
opening.
Francis
Tresham had
alerted the
authorities.
Guido Fawkes was arrested after being
tortured and he revealed the names of the
conspirators and he made a signed
confession
Cateby and Percy
were killed resisting
arrest and others were
tried for treason ,found
guiltyand arrested
All but one of
the
conspirators
were tried and
arrested
They tries
tunnelling but
it was too
slow and
difficult
Some of the conspirators
fled to the Midlands to try
and start a catholic
rebellion.
How did it fail
Francis Tresham
sent a warning
letter to Lord
Monteagle
The letter was
unsigned and in
code
The letter was given to Cecil
who gave it straight to the king
He gave it to James and
then ordered a search to be
made
James was paranoid
because both of his
parents were plotted
against
At first he found nothing
and then ordered for a
further search to be made
and found Guido Fawkes
Guido Fawkes gave up
the name of the other
conspirators