Parliament passed the Observance of 5th November Act 1605, ordering that prayers be uttered and church bells rung every 5 November to “remember, remember” the conspiracy, which stood until 1859.

I am fascinated by The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and love the Alan Moore comic and movie that followed, “V for Vendetta”. Remember, remember!The fifth of November,The Gunpowder treason and plot;I know of ...

AN OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM; HOW POPE NIGHT IS CELEBRATED IN PORTSMOUTH. IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT OF 1605 -- FORMER FIERCE HOSTILITIES BETWEEN BANDS OF BOYS. Nov. 15, 1891 ...

They were members of the group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Their sister married Martha another plotter, Thomas Percy.

The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter placed in the hands of William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26 October 1605. During a search of the House of Lords in the evening on ...

A new Channel 5 series The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason will delve deep into the real historical event orchestrated by Yorkshire-born Guy Fawkes.

(Credit: Bar Convent.) Oldcorne’s crucifix is the only known item to survive of the thousands of objects seized during raids on Catholic houses following the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605.

The only item that survived the terrifying and barbarous raids on Catholic houses in the wake of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 is now on display in York ahead of the date in November when it took place.

London commuters were baffled this morning as the architects of the Gunpowder Plot from 1605 boarded the tube – heading straight for the Houses of Parliament. Draped in cloaks and wearing boots ...