Robert Catesby
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Robert Catesby was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe; Catesby is second from the right.
William Parker, Baron Monteagle, by John de Critz, c. 1615
On 6 November 1605 the fugitives raided Warwick Castle for supplies.
John and Christopher Wright
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John (Jack) Wright, and Christopher (Kit) Wright, were members of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords. Their sister married another plotter, Thomas Percy. Educated at the same school in York, the Wrights had early links with Guy Fawkes, the man left in charge of the explosives stored in the undercroft beneath the House of Lords. As known recusants the brothers were on several occasions arrested for reasons of national security. Both were also members of the Earl of Essex's rebellion of 1601.
