When did Guy Fawkes decide to blow up Parliament?

Answer 1

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 as its known was the brainchild of Robert Catesby, Together with Guy Fawkes and other plotters, they formed a plan to strike at the opening of parliament on the day of 5 November. With the king (James1) dead, they could returnBritain to the Catholic faith.

Fawkes posed as a servant called John Johnson, and began getting gunpowder. The plotters rented a cellar under the House of Lords and packed it with enough explosive to kill not only the present king but most of the powerful men in the land as they sat in the rooms above.

As the plot neared its execution date of 5th November . Lord Monteagle, the brother-in-law of one of the plotters, received an anonymous letter which warned against attending Parliament for the opening. Monteagle passed the letter to Robert Cecil, who decided to wait before taking action. The plotters had no reason to believe their plan was in danger of discovery.

On 4 November 1605, Cecil ordered a search of the whole of the Houses of Parliament, and Fawkes was found and arrested.

The plan had been many weekins the the making with Catesby seeking out men who were Catholic sympathisers.

The other ploters were;

Robert and Thomas Wintour,

Thomas Percy,

Christopher and John Wright,

Francis Tresham,

Everard Digby,

Ambrose Rookwood,

Thomas Bates,

Robert Keyes,

Hugh Owen,

John Grant

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