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Why is robert catesby not as well remembered as guy fawkes?
Why is robert catesby not as well remembered as guy fawkes?
"I think the reason we remember Fawkes rather than Catesby is Catesby did not live to make an confession and also of course it is Fawkes he was captured on the sight of the gunpowder. So that makes him instantly memorable on that level."
What was his role in the gunpowder plot?
What was his role in the gunpowder plot?
Robert Catesby was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder plot of 1605.
early life.
early life.
Born in Warwickshire, Catesby was educated in Oxford. His family were prominent recusant Catholics, and presumably to avoid swearing the Oath of supremacy he left collage before taking his degree.
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