Perpetrator
Robert Catesby
- Born
- 1573
- Died
- 8 November 1605, aged about 32
- Record
- Wikidata Q553864 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in The Gunpowder Plot
Leader and originator of the plot; killed in the shoot-out at Holbeche House. Birth year given as c. 1572 or 1573.
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.
Dated events
Catesby, Thomas Wintour, John Wright, Percy and Fawkes swear an oath of secrecy at the Duck and Drake inn.
Catesby, Percy and the Wright brothers are killed at Holbeche House; the others are taken.