Most of those involved were captured in a bloody raid on their hideout of Holbeche House. Three days earlier it fell apart after the investigation of Thomas Knyvett, though that investigation was ordered on the basis of a letter sent most likely by Francis Tresham to his brother-in-law Lord Monteagle. Thomas Bates was forced into involvement by his employer, this conspiracy's mastermind Robert Catesby. Hatched due to dissatisfaction with the anti
Most of those involved were captured in a bloody raid on their hideout of Holbeche House. Three days earlier it fell apart after the investigation of Thomas Knyvett, though that investigation was ordered on the basis of a letter sent most likely by Francis Tresham to his brother-in-law Lord Monteagle. Thomas Bates was forced into involvement by his employer, this conspiracy's mastermind Robert Catesby. Hatched due to dissatisfaction with the anti- Catholic policies of James I, for 10 points, name this scheme linked with Guy Fawkes, a 1605 plan to blow up the House of Lords.
Most of those involved were captured in a bloody raid on their hideout of Holbeche House.
{Gunpowder Plot}