The Gunpowder Plot was a failed assassination attempt against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby, was the leader of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of which year?
Robert Catesby Robert Catesby (born in or after 1572, died 8 November 1605) was the leader of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Prebendaries' Plot The Prebendaries' Plot was an attempt made by religious conservatives and cults in England to oust Thomas Cranmer from office as archbishop of Canterbury. The events took place in 1543 and saw Cranmer formally accused of being a heretic. The hope was that this would stop further religious reforms in Kent and end his and other Protestant reformers' influence at the royal court.