The crimes and punishments of the gun power plotters, 1605 Flashcards
When was the gun powder plot?
1605.
Who was the leader of the gun powder plotters?
Robert Catesby, His father was imprisoned for hiding a Catholic priest and he couldn’t finish university because he refused to take the protestant oath. He recruited all the gun powder plotters, Guy Fawkes, etc.
What was the aim of the gun powder plot?
To set off an explosion to kill the king and other elites of the protestant society, including bishops and aristocracy. When the king was dead they would replace him with his daughter Elizabeth, and control her to promote their own religious and political aims.
Why did the Catholics want to overthrow the king?
Because Protestantism was the official English religion since 1559. Catholics were not allowed to have their mass, be married, or get baptized by a protestant preist.
It was also compulsory for them to attend the protestant church services, and Catholics who refused were treated as criminals.
What method of torture was used on Guy Fawkes?
He was tortured by a method known as the rack. This was a wooden frame used to stretch the body, forcing limbs apart at the joints. Permission for this torture was given by James the 1st.
When did Guy Fawkes confess?
17th of November, 12 days after his arrest.
When was the conspirator’s (Gun powder plotters) trial? What were they found guilty of?
1606, Conspirators were found guilty of treason.
How were they punished in order to deter others with similar plans?
They were hung, then revived, their genitals were chopped off and burnt, their limbs and head were cut off.
What were the long-term effects of the gun powder plot?
- Encouragement of anticatholic views due to the king’s book, which was an account of the plot from the view of James the 1st himself, it included the confession of Guy Fawkes.
- 1605 thanksgiving act ordered the events of the 5 of November 1605, to be condemned every year.
- Catholics were banned from working in legal professions or becoming officers in the armed forces.
- 1606, the popish recusant act, forced Catholics to swear an oath of alliance to the English crown, or else pay a fine.
- It had effects on Catholics for centuries after. Restricted voting and they were not allowed to become MPs or own land. They were banned from voting in elections until 1829.
