Mini-Buff Note And Source Cards

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FACT:
Guy Fawkes was born on 13 April 1570, in Stonegate, Yorkshire.

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SOURCE:
Herber, David. “Guy Fawkes: A Biography” Britannia History. SightLines.com. 2007. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
Fawkes is believed to have left England in 1593 or 1594 for Flanders.

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SOURCE:
Herber, David. “Guy Fawkes: A Biography” Britannia History. SightLines.com. 2007. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
In Flanders he enlisted in the Spanish army under the Archduke Albert of Austria to fight for the Catholic cause.

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SOURCE:
Herber, David. “Guy Fawkes: A Biography” Britannia History. SightLines.com. 2007. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
He had also apparently adopted the name or affectation Guido in place of Guy.

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SOURCE:
Herber, David. “Guy Fawkes: A Biography” Britannia History. SightLines.com. 2007. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
In May of 1604, Guy Fawkes met with Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Thomas Wintour at an inn called the Duck and Drake in the fashionable Strand district of London, and agreed under oath along with Percy to join the other three in the gunpowder conspiracy.

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SOURCE:
Herber, David. “Guy Fawkes: A Biography” Britannia History. SightLines.com. 2007. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
After becoming commander of a unit of soldiers and an expert in explosives, Fawkes met up again with Kit Wright in Madrid and they joined a group of conspirators, who together plotted to murder King James and replace him with a Catholic monarch.

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SOURCE:
History of York. YorkMuseumsTrust.org.uk. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
John and Kit Wright, died in November 1605 when they were caught with other conspirators at Holbeche House in Staffordshire.

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SOURCE:
History of York. YorkMuseumsTrust.org.uk. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
In January 1606, Guy Fawkes himself was put to death in Westminster by hanging, drawing and quartering. His remains were sent to the four corners of the Kingdom as a warning to other plotters.

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SOURCE:
History of York. YorkMuseumsTrust.org.uk. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
In the 1570’s and 80’s York was a center of the Catholic resistance.

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SOURCE:
History of York. YorkMuseumsTrust.org.uk. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Growing up, Guy's schoolmates included brothers John and Christopher Wright, who were later destined to join the gunpowder plot. Christopher, or ‘Kit’, was the same age as Guy Fawkes.

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SOURCE:
History of York. YorkMuseumsTrust.org.uk. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Robert Catesby was charismatic, dangerously persuasive, ludicrously optimistic, and is credited to have come up with the Gunpowder Plot. Thomas Percy had loads of aristocratic connections. Thomas Winter Cooke was trained as a lawyer. Jack Wright was a Yorkshire-man and a top swordsman. Together they all formed the main conspirators in the Gumpowder Plot.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
The Gunpowder Plot in a nutshell: Blow up the King, Queen, Princes, and the government of the next sitting of Parliament, then start a Catholic uprising, and abduct the King's daughter; Princess Elizabet, and finally proclaim her Queen. Oh, and persecute the Protestants.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Robert Cecil was chief royal counselor, a financial wizard, parliamentary manager, and the King's own spy master. No one knew what was going on with the King as much as he did.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Scottish King James was the target of the Plot: He had only been on the English throne a few years and was greatly hated by the English because he was Scottish. The Protestants hated him because he was going easy on the Catholics. To solve that problem, he announced a plan to outlaw Catholicism. Hence the Gunpowder Plot.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
A small flat is rented near the House of Lords where Guy moves in and pretends to be a servant by the name of John Johnson. It is here that the plotters began to dig a tunnel under Parliament. Though, it is thought that the tunnel was a fabrication made after they had been arrested. There is no evidence it ever existed.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
In 1605, the plotters rented a cellar/basement below Parliament, where they stocked 36 barrels of gunpowder-a few thousand pounds worth.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Twice in 1604 London was gripped by plague, therefore, King James decided it was not a healthy place to hold Parliament, and postponed the meeting of Parliament until November 5th.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Over time, the gunpowder in the cellar decayed, leaving the plotters-who had a few months to kill anyways-to replace all of the rotten gunpowder.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
With excess time, the conspirators gained more followers. The problem with that was that it was much more likely for the Plot to leak.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
A mysterious letter arrived in the dead of night at the home of turncoat Catholic peer; Lord Monteagle-who was already being fingered in Catholic plots against the State. So, in the hope of making amends (and a pension), he sent the letter to Cecil.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
At that point in time, King James was extremely paranoid, mainly because people kept trying to kill him. Not to mention that his own father was blown up by gunpowder.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
After waiting ten days after receiving the threat to Parliament, The King ordered that on the evening of the fourth of November, the royal guard conduct raids of all the cellars below Parliament.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
As the search continued, they came upon Guy with loads of firewood-with gunpowder filled barrels beneath-and failed to arrest him.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Yet, they returned to the cellar inhabited by "John Johnson"-who was still on guard-on November the 5th. The Gunpowder Plot was thwarted and Guy was arrested.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Despite Fawkes being arrested, the rest of the conspirators blindly went on with the plan. They searched all over for fellow Catholics and attempted to stir up Catholic revolt, but were met with absolutely no success whatsoever.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
After arrest, Guy Fawkes refused to give any names up, and so the King ordered him to be tortured, first gentle, and then increasingly harder the more he resisted. And after three days, Guy gave in. He gave his real name and the names of all his fellow conspirators.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Meanwhile, two-hundred royal soldiers surrounded the house in which the other four lead plotters had been staying in. Two of the leaders were killed in capture, the other two survived only to be brutally sentenced to death.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
On January 31st 1606, Guy Fawkes-along with his companions-was tried(his day at court lasted a half hour), sentenced, and executed.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
They were sentenced with High Treason. Their execution was to be a brutal one. They were to be hanged until almost dead, then their testicles were to be cut off, burned in front of them, then their stomachs were to be sliced open, have their hearts pulled out by the executioner, and then finally their bodies quartered.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Nowadays, to celebrate Bonfire Night, children make fake dummies of Guy Fawkes, collect money for their work, and then throw them into burning fires.

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SOURCE:
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. Dir. Dafydd Palfrey. Perf. Nick Knowles. BBC, 2004. DVD.

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FACT:
Fawkes assumed the identity of John Johnson, a servant of Percy and was entrusted to the care of the tenement which Percy had rented.

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SOURCE:
The Gunpowder Plot Society. N.p. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
About March 1605, the conspirators hired a cellar beneath Parliament, once again through Thomas Percy, and Fawkes assisted in filling the room with barrels of powder, hidden beneath iron bars and faggots.

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SOURCE:
The Gunpowder Plot Society. N.p. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
At the end of August in 1605, Fawkes had to replace the decayed gunpowder filled barrels with new gunpowder filled barrels.

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SOURCE:
The Gunpowder Plot Society. N.p. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
The plotters desired to keep the Catholic members of Parliament out of harms way. On 26 October, the now famous Monteagle Letter was delivered into the hands of William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle. Concern quickly erupted amongst the conspirators, but the letter's apparent vagueness prompted Catesby to continue with their plans.

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SOURCE:
The Gunpowder Plot Society. N.p. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
On Sunday 3 November, a few of the leading conspirators met in London and agreed that the authorities were still unaware of their actions. However, all except Fawkes made plans for a speedy exit from London.

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SOURCE:
The Gunpowder Plot Society. N.p. n.d. 10 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Some four centuries after Fawkes was caught, tortured and executed for his role in a scheme that never came to fruition, Britons still celebrate his demise each Nov. 5 by burning his likeness in effigy and setting fireworks ablaze.

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SOURCE:
Altman, Alex. “A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day” Time. corp.aol.com. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
In January, 1606, the remaining conspirators were hanged, drawn and quartered. Parliament immediately established Nov. 5 as a day of celebration.

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SOURCE:
Altman, Alex. “A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day” Time. corp.aol.com. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
To foot the bill for the traditional fireworks, children roam the streets in the days leading up to the event, brandishing their effigies — known as "Guys" — and ask passers-by for a "penny for the guy."

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SOURCE:
Altman, Alex. “A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day” Time. corp.aol.com. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
Families gather for food and festivities that might seem incongruous with the event's bloody origins — although perhaps not as incongruous as lighting fireworks and bonfires to celebrate an abortive attempt at arson.

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SOURCE:
Altman, Alex. “A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day” Time. corp.aol.com. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
Guards will also perform the annual search —more pageantry than precaution—of the Houses of Parliament to ensure no would-be Fawkes is lurking.

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SOURCE:
Altman, Alex. “A Brief History of Guy Fawkes Day” Time. corp.aol.com. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 9 May 2010.

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FACT:
The tradition of Guy Fawkes-related bonfires actually began the very same year as the failed coup. The Plot was foiled in the night between the 4th and 5th of November 1605. Already on the 5th, agitated Londoners who knew little more than that their King had been saved, joyfully lit bonfires in thanksgiving.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Soon, people began placing effigies onto bonfires, and fireworks were added to the celebrations. Effigies of Guy Fawkes, and sometimes those of the Pope, graced the pyres.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Still today, some communities throw dummies of both Guy Fawkes and the Pope on the bonfire (and even those of a contemporary politician or two), although the gesture is seen by most as a quirky tradition, rather than an expression of hostility towards the Pope.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Some children even keep up an old tradition of walking in the streets, carrying "the Guy" they have just made, and beg passersby for "a penny for the Guy." The kids use the money to buy fireworks for the evening festivities.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
On the night itself, Guy is placed on top of the bonfire, which is then set alight; and fireworks displays fill the sky.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Lewes=a town once known as a hotbed of anti-Catholicism sentiment-, in the South East of England, is famous for its Bonfire Night festivities and consistently attracts thousands of people each year to participate.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.

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FACT:
Bonfire Night is not only celebrated in Britain. The tradition crossed the oceans and established itself in the British colonies during the centuries.

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SOURCE:
Bonfire Night. N.p. 13 April. 2008. Web. 11 May. 2010.