Francis Tresham

Suspect in The Gunpowder Plot

Catesby's cousin and the last recruit; long suspected of writing the Monteagle letter. Died in the Tower before trial.

1605–1606 · Palace of Westminster, London · Executed

Thirty-six barrels of powder under the House of Lords, an anonymous letter, and a man called 'John Johnson' with a lantern: the plot behind Bonfire Night. Read the case.