SinisterCrimes

Perpetrator

Thomas Percy

Born
1560
Died
8 November 1605, aged about 45
Record
Wikidata Q2702189 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in The Gunpowder Plot

Kinsman and agent of the Earl of Northumberland; leased the house and undercroft. Killed at Holbeche House. Birth year approximate.

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

  1. Catesby, Thomas Wintour, John Wright, Percy and Fawkes swear an oath of secrecy at the Duck and Drake inn.

  2. Catesby, Percy and the Wright brothers are killed at Holbeche House; the others are taken.