There were four plots. Here listed in chronological order. The last plot is the most murderous and therefore well known. Each was an attempt to reverse England’s move to Protestantism.
This latter plot was strongly supported in Warwickshire - see map below.
Engraving by Dutch artist Crispijn van de Passe 1606.
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Places-To-Go: The Four Gunpowder Plots
To replace Elizabeth I with Mary Queen Of Scots.
Leader: Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State
Based in Chartley Hall, London.
Anthony Babington,
Francis Ingiby,
Father Henry Ballard,
Sir Thomas Gerald,
Chideock Tichbourne,
Robert Barnewell,
John Savage,
Henry Donn,
Others implicated:
Edward Habington,
Charles Tilney,
Edward Jones,
John Charnock,
John Travers,
Jerome Bellamy,
Robert Gage.
1585 - Feb 1587
To kidnap King James I and hold him to ransom. Privy Council to be imprisoned.
Leader: William Watson
Based in Greenwich.
William Clarke,
Lord Grey de Wilton,
Father Henry Garnet,
Father John Gerald
George Brooke (brother of Lord Cobham).
Others implicated:
Sir Griffin Markham,
Anthony Copely,
Anne Vaux,
Henry Brooke,
Lord Cobham,
William Udall.
1603
To replace King James I with his cousin Lady Arabella Stuart, the daughter of Charles Stuart (Earl of Lennox) and Elizabeth Cavendish.
Leader: Henry Brooke (Lord Cobham)
Based in: London
Involved persons:
Sir Edward Parham,
Sir Walter Raleigh (imprisoned in the Tower for 13 y)
William Udall.
July 1603
To kill King James I and most of House Of Lords. Take Princess Elizabeth Stuart as Queen and marry her to a Catholic.
Leader: Sir ROBERT CATESBY
Based in: Coombe Abbey (Coventry)
Involved persons (inc Wikipedia links):
Guy Fawkes (pseudonym John Johnson),
Stephen Littleton;
Father Henry Grant;
Father Oswald Tesimond;
Nicholas Owen;
Others implicated:
Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury,
Edward Habington
John Talbot
Mr Whinniard (rented house to Fawkes)
1603-1605
Very full write up:
Excellent summary:
Many key dates:
Very clear digest:
Historic Coventry Living History - Gunpowder Plot (do hover over the faces !)
UK Parliament - Gunpowder Plot
Further Reading
A small collection of other pictures: Gunpowder Plot pics
The following websites are recommended:
Warwickshire Plotters
If you think you’ve lost the Plot click: here and look at the 9th joke.
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