2005 sees the 400 year anniversary
of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Since the failed plot of
1605 bonfires have been lit to burn effigies of Guy Fawkes and
fireworks have been let off in defiant celebration. Although Bonfire
Night originated in London within a few years it became a National
celebration, which continues to this day with ever increasing
popularity. Many regionalevents are being planned to celebrate
and further information will be available soon. Watch this space
for further updates.
Guy Fawkes Life, Family and Other Conspirators.
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Guy Fawkes
- Born: 1570 at York, Yorkshire
- Baptized: 16th Apr 1570 at Saint Michael-le-Belfrey,
York, Yorkshire
- Died: 31st Jan 1606 at Old Palace Yard, Westminster
- Schooled: Saint Peter's in York England
- 14 October 1591 Fawkes leased from Christopher Lomley
of Yorke, tailor, "three and a half acres in Clifton, with one
other acre there, and a barn and garth attached to Gilligaite"
for twenty one years
- Fawkes left England in 1593 or 1594 for Flanders.
He enlisted in the Spanish army under the Archduke Albert of Austria.
Fawkes held a post of command when the Spaniards took Calais in 1596
under the orders of King Philip II of Spain
- November 5, 1605, Fawkes was
arrested in the cellars of Parliament House. He first gave his name
as John Johnson. It is after this the plot unfolds to one of the greatest
catholic anarcho-synidicates of the last millennium.
Guy Fawkes Family
- Father: Edward FAWKES Born: about 1533 Died:1578
or 1579 Buried: 17th Jan 1579 at York Minster, York, Yorkshire
- Mother: Edith FAWKES (maiden name BLAKE or JACKSON)
Married in York in 1566 to Edward
- Sister: Anne born 3 October 1568, berfore Guy was
born, lived a mere seven weeks, buried on 14 November 1568
- Sister: Anne FAWKES Born: 1572 Baptized:12th Oct
1572 at Saint Michael-le-Belfry, York, Yorkshire
- Sister: Elizabeth FAWKES Born:1575 Baptized:27th
May 1575 at Saint Michael-le-Belfry, York, Yorkshire
Five core members of the gunpowder plot:
- Guy Fawkes, born in 1570, in York England, died 1606.
- Arrested in Palace of Westminster on 4th November
1605.
- Robert Catesby: Born: 1573 Died: 8 November 1605,
Holbeache House, Staffordshire. Mover of the scheme.
- Thomas Wintour Born: 1571 Died: 31 January 1606,
Old Palace Yard, Westminster
- Thomas Percy: Born: 1563 Died: 8 November 1605, Holbeche
House. Catholic convert.
- John (Jack) Wright Born: 13 January 1568, Welwick,
Yorkshire Died: 8 November 1605, Holbeche House, Staffordshire
Other conspirators in the gunpowder plot:
- Kit Wright: brother of John and schooled with Guy
Fawkes, cousin of Francis Tresham.
- Francis Tresham: tryed to get the other to postpone
the plot.
- Robert and Thomas Wintour: brothers.
- Thomas Bates: servant of Catesby.
- Robert Keyes: Who took charge of gunpowder at Lambeth.
- Sir Everard Digby: Resided in Coughton Court; he
sent the horses for the plotters.
- Hugh Owen: Introduced Fawkes to Catesby.
- Ambrose Rookwood: A late arrival. He was young and
educated abroad.
- John Grant
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