Everything about Robert Catesby totally explained
Robert Catesby (
1573 –
November 8,
1605), born in
Lapworth,
Warwickshire, or possibly in Northamptonshire, to a strongly
Roman Catholic family, was the leader of a group of Roman Catholic conspirators (the most notable of whom was
Guy Fawkes) who endeavoured to blow up the
Houses of Parliament in
England in 1605. However, the
Gunpowder Plot was uncovered and the barrels of gunpowder defused before any damage was done.
Following the discovery of the plot, Catesby and the other conspirators fled to the
Midlands. He died three days after the discovery of the plot, at
Holbeach House near
Kingswinford in
Staffordshire, when the house was stormed by constables and deputies. Catesby,
Ambrose Rokewood,
John Grant and Grant's friend, Henry Morgan all died in the ensuing shootout.
Before the Gunpowder Plot, Catesby was involved with the
Earl of Essex in the failed attempt to remove
Elizabeth I from power in 1601. He wasn't executed because of his small role, but was heavily fined, costing him his manor house in
Chastleton.
Catesby's father spent a significant part of his life imprisoned for offences related to his Catholic
recusancy.
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