member group provincial english catholics planned failed conspiracy assassinate king james blowing house_of_lords november sixth man join plot unlike conspirators particularly wealthy man trusted plot author guarding explosives stored london plot uncovered fled city captured days later subsequently tried conspirators found guilty january hanged drawn life born son protestant rector mother daughter sir lincolnshire related cousin married member plot robert converted catholicism wife widow married children 4th baron gained use horses amenities english catholics hoped persecution faith end apparently tolerant king james succeeded queen elizabeth catholic remained unimpressed new royal dynasty planned kill james blowing house_of_lords gunpowder following help popular revolt install james daughter princess elizabeth titular queen role guard gunpowder items stored house joined conspiracy october jesuit priest described grave sober man great wit father claimed persecution having lost goods historian author image desperate man ruined tall red beard despite relative poverty declared honest man paid services like fellow thought capable looking conspirators expressed concerns safety fellow catholics parliament day planned explosion particularly worried lord wife employer concerned patron 9th earl northumberland lords mentioned suggestion warn lord treated answered chamber diamonds secret knew cousin law spent night planned explosion house elizabeth near visited late evening charge explosives beneath house_of_lords collected watch left timing fuse hours later discovered guarding explosives arrested failure death heard captured took horse fled overtaken rushing inform caught john left group headed instead lord house went ground identified suspect november captured days later conspirators tried january westminster hall despite entering pleas guilty professed guilt found guilty allowed speak judgement death pronounced attempt excuse actions claiming death good time living midst wrote defence claimed motive promote common good hoped native land turned catholic faith violence present persecution driven conspiracy january taken westminster hanged drawn ascend grim faced went ladder neck threw presumably hoping quick death broke taken block suffer remainder sentence
Robert Keyes