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Discover the Daring Plot Behind Bonfire Night! DiscoverDiscover the the daring daring plot plot behind behind Bonfire Bonfire Night! Night! of November Facts, fun and loads of cool things to do! In 1603, James I became the new King of England. Many people hoped The rats in the for more freedom for Catholics. They were disappointed. Robert Catesby cellars of the was a Catholic from Warwickshire. In 1605, he plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament witness some new king and the Houses of Parliament and make England safe for strange Catholics. Catesby recruited a Catholic soldier called Guy Fawkes to help. goings on. Roll the barrels in here Leave the gunpowder here for Guy Fawkes to light Meanwhile at Ashby St Ledgers, near Rugby, Robert Catesby and his plotters are making plans. We’ll blow up I hate to Parliament and shed blood when we know the king is dead and we are safe, our people at Dunchurch will make his daughter, Elizabeth, queen Then we shall rule England through her... asafe It’s the only Catholic way for England Catholics to be free We must warn But later that week the Catholics in London, Catholic in Parliament sympathizer Lord Monteagle receives a letter warning him not to attend the State Opening of Parliament on We’ll 5 November. It pretend tells him to burn we know the letter nothing, wait immediately but till November he doesn’t. 4th and then catch the Too dangerous. Doesn’t say who it’s from traitors We might get red-handed found out 1 4 November 1605, soldiers search the House of Lords Traitor! You will tell us Ow! everything you know about this evil plot Shhh! Idiot! Never! Ssshhh! Guy has been caught. We must escape from London to Dunchurch After days of torture, Guy Fawkes reveals the plotters’ names. Meanwhile, the plotters meet in the Red Lion Inn at Dunchurch We need fresh horses It’s not the easiest place to steal horses, but… Warwick Castle?! I say we continue Oh no! Soldiers are surrounding the house No one helps the plotters as Quick This is no they ride across England and hide! so Catesby leads a group to time to hide at Holbeche House. hide 2 When Catesby and Thomas Percy go outside, We must go out a soldier shoots them both with a single bullet. and face our Protestant enemy OOOFF! NNRRG!! Round up the rest of the plotters and take them back to London for questioning he remaining gunpowder plotters were convictedT of high treason and executed in front of large crowds in London in 1606. Their heads were displayed on poles as a lesson to all England to obey the king. The king ruled that 5 November every year should be a day of thanksgiving and celebration for ‘the joyful day’ when Parliament was saved from the gunpowder plotters’ explosion. People lit bonfires in the streets and had parties. And we still do today! END 3 James VI of Scotland became King James I of England too in 1603, when Elizabeth I died. As king, he was automatically head of the Protestant Church of England. The gunpowder plotters were Catholics who were fed up with being persecuted and not allowed to practise their faith. English Catholics hoped the new King James I of England would make life easier for Catholics. They were wrong. The gunpowder plotters were convicted of treason. Treason means a crime against the king. I'm taking the easy way out Hang on! We haven't punished you enough yet! Clever Guy Fawkes jumped King James I from the executioner’s (1566-1625) platform and died before his horrible punishment began. BARRELS C A T H O L I C K N P BONFIRE CATESBY Z R E D W O P I R R A CATHOLIC T R E A S O N Q O E R CELLAR R W N P U G L T O R L DISCOVER E T A R J A E Y L I I DUNCHURCH V T X A Q S M Z G F A GUY KING JAMES O A M Y T U B J U N M PARLIAMENT C E C A T E S B Y O E POWDER S R N S L E R R A B N PROTESTANT I T C E L L A R P B T RAT D U N C H U R C H T A TREASON Will you sparkle or bomb? Good luck! 4 Colour in this famous portrait of Guy Fawkes See your own artwork online! We’d love to see your drawings and read your stories and poems too. They can be about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot or Bonfire Night. Send them to us at: Historic Environment Record, Museum Field Guy Fawkes Services, The Butts, (1570-1606) Warwick, CV34 4SS Aged 35 We will display your art and stories on our web site, http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk 4. Ask an adult to put the paper in a very hot oven to dry it out. Don’t 1. Put your paper on a go away in case it baking tray. catches fire! Why not age some 5. 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