gunpowder plot january member failed conspiracy replace protestant king james england catholic monarch grant born lived married sister grant enlisted religious grown james lack catholics planned kill blowing house_of_lords gunpowder grant role conspiracy provide supplies planned uprising james daughter princess elizabeth captured eve planned explosion discovered guarding explosives positioned beneath house_of_lords arrested government searched grant engaged futile mission support uprising stole horses castle supplies stopping laid fire gunpowder collected dry stray spark ignited powder resultant grant blinded government forces besieged house captured taken london january grant pleaded guilty high treason sentenced hanged drawn executed days later january background born time lived near married sister son grant described author melancholy individual intellectual studied latin languages character searched home catholic priests doubt aware eventually away grant involved elizabeth men better acquainted known plot english catholics hoped years persecution suffered elizabeth reign end james came throne attitude appeared moderate tolerant catholics view james promises quickly lost patience new dynasty planned kill james blowing house_of_lords gunpowder popular revolt catholic monarch restored throne enlisted help fellow catholics march recruited grant grant received letter inviting meeting took place oxford catherine wheel inn swore oath told plan grant role uprising centred house located close childhood home owned summer grant likely stored weapons ammunition charge provision rare war horses nearby castle concern plague delayed parliament opening february october government later claimed december digging tunnel beneath parliament evidence exists claim trace tunnel found change dates grant involved stopped beneath house_of_lords available july explosives position opening parliament time november added conspiracy details worked light fuse set explosion escape continent uprising capture james daughter princess elizabeth plot moved closer fruition monday november grant friend found inn newly recruited hunting party group attended mass morning moving failure tipped anonymous letter 4th baron late monday night authorities search parliament discovered guarding gunpowder placed beneath house_of_lords route alerted arrest conspirators fled london rode meet party wednesday november government busy searching end day grant appeared list suspects drawn lord chief justice confirmation status fugitive arrive day provoked raid supplies castle government issued public proclamation naming wright brothers wanted men proclamation grant servant probably rode grant home collecting muskets ammunition stored continued west stopping afternoon early morning attended mass conducted father heard confessions sign opinion demonstrates thought long live riding pouring rain helped arms ammunition money vacant home lord hopes larger uprising locals hearing party stood god country replied king james god country group finally reached border tired desperate spread fire soaked gunpowder taken dry fire landed powder resultant flames grant man grant blinded eyes burnt disappeared night grant stayed wright brothers arrival company early november house besieged killed wright brothers wounded easily captured grant trial execution grant survivors taken worcester custody sheriff tower london january pleaded guilty outcome doubt found guilty high treason sentenced hanged drawn executions scheduled thursday january brought separately grant dragged streets london churchyard ascend executed gave short speech followed saying little grant trial asked death sentence pronounced replied guilty conspiracy intended effected similarly faced refused confess condemned led quietly ladder crossed hanged subjected sentence executed following day old palace yard
John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)