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1603
1604
Robert Catesby and a group of Catholics hatched a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the day it opened.
Guy Fawkes
The plot
They rented a house near to the Houses of Parliament and started tunnelling in the cellar. Guy Fawkes was given the job of keeping watch over the barrels and lighting the fuse.
Monteagle showed the letter to Robert Cecil who, in turn, showed it to the King.
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November 1605
January 1606
The plotters were hanged, drawn and quartered for their crimes.
Bonfire food
People bake potatoes, eat sausages and soup and a sticky cake called Parkin made of oatmeal, ginger, treacle and syrup. There are wonderful firework displays all over the country.