of NovemberDiscover the daring plot behind Bonfire Night!Discover the daring plot behind Bonfire Night!

Facts, fun andloads of coolthings to do!

Facts, fun andloads of coolthings to do!

Roll thebarrelsin here

Doesn’t say who it’s from

We’ll blow upParliament andwhen we know

the king is deadand we are safe,our people atDunchurch will

make hisdaughter,

Elizabeth, queen

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We’llpretendwe know

nothing, waittill November4th and then

catch thetraitors

red-handedToo dangerous.We might get

found out

I hate toshed blood

In 1603, James I became the new King of England. Many people hopedfor more freedom for Catholics. They were disappointed. Robert Catesbywas a Catholic from Warwickshire. In 1605, he plotted to blow up thenew king and the Houses of Parliament and make England safe forCatholics. Catesby recruited a Catholic soldier called Guy Fawkes to help.

The rats in thecellars of theHouses of Parliamentwitness somestrangegoingson.

Leave thegunpowderhere for

Guy Fawkesto light

Then weshall ruleEnglandthroughher...a safeCatholicEngland

It’s the onlyway for

Catholics tobe free

We must warnthe Catholicsin Parliament

But later that weekin London, Catholicsympathizer LordMonteagle receivesa letter warninghim not to attendthe State Openingof Parliament on5 November. Ittells him to burnthe letterimmediately buthe doesn’t.

Meanwhile at Ashby St Ledgers, near Rugby, Robert Catesby and his plotters are making plans.

Never!

Ow!Shhh!

Idiot!

Ssshhh!

We needfresh horses

Oh no!Soldiers aresurroundingthe house

No one helps the plotters asthey ride across England andso Catesby leads a group tohide at Holbeche House.

WarwickCastle?!

After days of torture, Guy Fawkes reveals the plotters’ names.

It’s not theeasiest place tosteal horses,

but…

This is notime tohide

4 November 1605,soldiers search theHouse of Lords Traitor! You will tell us

everything you knowabout this evil plot

Guy hasbeen caught.

We must escapefrom London to

Dunchurch

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Meanwhile, theplotters meet in the

Red Lion Inn atDunchurch

Quickhide!

I say wecontinue

OOOFF!

NNRRG!!

When Catesby and Thomas Percy go outside,a soldier shoots them both with a single bullet.

Round up the restof the plottersand take themback to Londonfor questioning

The king ruled that 5 Novemberevery year should be a day ofthanksgiving and celebrationfor ‘the joyful day’ whenParliament was saved fromthe gunpowder plotters’explosion. People lit bonfiresin the streets and had parties.And we still do today!

Their heads were displayed on poles as alesson to all England to obey the king.

We must go outand face our

Protestant enemy

The remaining gunpowder plotters wereconvicted of high treason and executed infront of large crowds in London in 1606.

3END

James VI of Scotlandbecame King James I of

England too in 1603, whenElizabeth I died. As king,he was automatically head

of the ProtestantChurch of England.

I'm takingthe easyway out

Will you sparkle or bomb? Good luck!

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King James I(1566-1625)

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The gunpowder plotterswere Catholics who were

fed up with beingpersecuted and not allowedto practise their faith.

English Catholics hoped thenew King James I of

England would make lifeeasier for Catholics.They were wrong.

The gunpowder plotters wereconvicted of treason.Treason means a crime

against the king.

BARRELS

BONFIRE

CATESBY

CATHOLIC

CELLAR

DISCOVER

DUNCHURCH

GUY

KING JAMES

PARLIAMENT

POWDER

PROTESTANT

RAT

TREASON

Hang on!We haven'tpunished

you enoughyet!

Clever Guy Fawkes jumpedfrom the executioner’s

platform and died before hishorrible punishment began.

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Colour in this

famous portrait

of Guy Fawkes

We’d love tosee your

drawings andread yourstories andpoems too.They canbe about

Guy Fawkes andthe Gunpowder

Plot orBonfire Night.Send them tous at: HistoricEnvironment

Record,Museum FieldServices,The Butts,Warwick,CV34 4SS

Guy Fawkes(1570-1606)

Aged 35

Why not age somepaper and makeyour own MonteagleLetter or write atortured confessionand send it in to usto display on ourweb site. Agingpaper involves a hotoven, so you willneed to ask anadult to help you.

1. Put your paper on abaking tray.

5. When thepaper is dry anddark, ask an adultto take it out ofthe oven and putit somewhere tocool down.

4. Ask an adult toput the paper in avery hot oven todry it out. Don’tgo away in case itcatches fire!

2. Make a cup of strongtea or coffee, and pour itonto the paper.

6. Now youcan writeon it!3. Let the paper soak, then

tip away the extra water.

See yourown artwork

online!

We will display your art and stories on our web site,http://timetrail.warwickshire.gov.uk

Can you spot 20modern day thingsthat did not exist

when the GunpowderPlot happened?

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Answers:television,mobilephone,manonbike,car,streetlamp,deliveryvan,draincover,aeroplane,trafficlights,trafficcone,TVaerial,satellitedisk,telephonebox,MP3player,drinkcan,litterbin,hotairballoon,wheelbarrow,policeman,boycarryingmodernfireworks.

M U S E U M S , L I B R A R I E S A N D A R C H I V E S

W E S T M I D L A N D S

The Red Lion Inn, Dunchurch1605 or 2008?

Can youlend mea hand?

I'mtired ofhangingaround

Will someonescratch mynose for me?

Sure. Whichone do you want?

Catesby's orFawkes?

NoI'm thehead...

I'm thehead ofthe plot

Unsuspecting localsthought the rebelarmy at Dunchurch

were getting togetherto go hunting!

The Chinese inventedfireworks long beforeBonfire Night began.

Why couldn't James Ieat his dinner

in 1606?

Why couldn't James Ieat his dinner

in 1606?

Becausehe'd gotno Fawkes

Becausehe'd gotno Fawkes

Static electricity insynthetic clothing

can ignite fireworks.Fireworks makerswear cotton all theway down to their

underwear.

In modern public displays,computers are used to match

fireworks to music and set themoff at just the right time.

Ouch!

My mumalways saidI wouldget ahead

Does thismean I

don't haveto worryabout mysmellyfeet?

Ohsomebrightspark

Whoinventedfireworks?

Knock knock.Who’s there?

Pennifer.Pennifer who?

Penny for the guy,penny for the guy.

Knock knock.Who’s there?

Pennifer.Pennifer who?

Penny for the guy,penny for the guy.