Robert Catesby
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| Robert Catesby | |
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| Born | 1573 Lapworth, Warwickshire |
| Died | November 18, 1605 Image:Flag of England.svg England Holbeach House, Staffordshire |
| Charge(s) | Conspiracy to assassinate King James I (James VI of Scotland) and members of the houses of the Parliament of England |
| Penalty | never arrested |
Robert Catesby (1573 – November 18, 1605), born in Lapworth, Warwickshire, or possibly in Northamptonshire, to a strongly Roman Catholic family, was the leader of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators (the most notable of whom was Guy Fawkes) who endeavoured to blow up the Houses of Parliament in England in 1605. However, the Gunpowder Plot was uncovered and the barrels of gunpowder defused before any damage was done.[1]
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Following the discovery of the plot, Catesby and the other conspirators fled to the Midlands. He died three days after the discovery of the plot at Holbeach House near Kingswinford in Staffordshire during a shoot-out with officers sent to arrest him.
Before the Gunpowder Plot, Catesby was involved with the Earl of Essex in the failed attempt to remove Elizabeth I from power in 1601. He was not executed because of his small role, but heavily fined costing him his manor house in Chastleton.
Catesby's father had spent a significant part of his life imprisoned for offences related to his Catholic faith.
[edit] References
- ^ Catesby at Gunplowder plot.org accessed August 2007
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 |
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| The Original Five Plotters: Robert Catesby • John Wright • Thomas Winter • Thomas Percy • Guy Fawkes • Recruited: Robert Keyes • Thomas Bates • Christopher Wright • John Grant • Robert Wintour • Ambrose Rokewood • Everard Digby • Francis Tresham • |
| See also: English Reformation • Timeline of the English Reformation • Catholic Emancipation • James I of England • Houses of Parliament • Bonfire Night • |
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