Houses of the Gunpowder Plot

History of the Gunpowder Plot

Houses of the Gunpowder Plot

Eastbury Manor House, Barking Essex was owned at the time of the #GunpowderPlot by Alderman John Moore whose daughter was married to Lewis Tresham, brother of plotter Francis Tresham. It is the rumoured setting of the plotters meetings.‬
The ancient Manor House at Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire was home to the Catesby family from the 14th century. It was here that the 1605 #GunpowderPlot was planned, under the leadership of Robert Catesby.‬
Huddington Court, a 15th-century moated manor house in Worcestershire. Described by Pevsner as 'the most picturesque house in Worcestershire'. It was the home of #GunpowderPlot conspirators Robert, Thomas and John Wintour. Still a private home.
Bushwood Hall, Warwickshire. Childhood home of Gunpowder Plotter Robert Catesby and used for planning meetings. A moated site, the original house was replaced in 1620 and added-to in 1800.
‪The Grade II Coughton Court, Warwickshire is a Tudor country house, with a unique double priest-hole, that was owned by Robert Catesby’s uncle, Thomas Throckmorton and used to host ams and a militia ready to strike after the #GunpowderPlot ‬
Harrowden Hall was the home of Eliza Vaux a supporter of the #GunpowderPlot who hid the religious figurehead, the priest John Gerrard. The present Harrowden Hall was built in 1719 but there has been a house on this site since the 15th century.
Holbeche‪ House, Dudley was the home of Stephen Littlejohn, one of Robert Catesby’s sympathetic followers during the #GunpowderPlot. It was the location of final, bloody action where the remaining plotters were killed or captured after the plot’s failure.‬
Montacute House was completed in 1601 by Edward Phelips, the Speaker of the House of Commons at the time of the Gunpowder Plot. He led the opening argument for the prosecution in the trail of Guy Fawkes.
Lyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire the unfinished house owned by Gunpowder Plotter Francis Tresham, whose letter to his brother-in-law revealed the plot to the authorities.
Alnwick Castle Northumberland was the home of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland where he employed a distant cousin, gunpowder plotter Thomas Percy, as the Land Agent. Thomas Percy was shot dead at the Holbeche House siege after the plot failure. The Canaletto painting shows the house in 1750.
Rushton Hall had been the possession of the Catholic Tresham family since the fifteenth century. Francis Tresham, a ringleader in the #GunpowderPlot, died in the Tower of London in 1605. The estate then passed to his brother Lewis.
Syon House, was the London home of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland. He was arrested and imprisioned for 13 yrs on suspicion of his support for the plot. The painting by Robert Griffiths shows Syon House before the alterations of the 1760s.