was there any conspiracy?
It was felt that Salisbury had been involved in the plot to gain favour with the King and enact more stridently anti-Catholic legislation
Gunpowder Plot
Many at the time felt that Salisbury had been involved in the plot to gain favour with the King and enact more stridently anti-Catholic legislation. Such conspiracy theories alleged that Salisbury had either actually invented the plot or allowed it to continue when his agents had already infiltrated it, for the purposes of propaganda.
who was king at the time of the gunpowder plot King James I what was this plot? It was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics why did they want to kill him? So that they can install Elizabeth on the English throne as a titular Queen. who all were the accused on trial? John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. which letter is associated with the last person? Monteagle's anonymous letter what was there in this letter? UNANSWERABLE was any person punished after the trial? Almost all the accused were executed what was its result? Laws against recusancy were strengthened; the Popish Recusants Act returned England, introduced a sacramental test, and an Oath of Allegiance
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Gunpowder Plot [SEP] Accusations of state conspiracy
Many at the time felt that Salisbury had been involved in the plot to gain favour with the King and enact more stridently anti-Catholic legislation. Such conspiracy theories alleged that Salisbury had either actually invented the plot or allowed it to continue when his agents had already infiltrated it, for the purposes of propaganda. The Popish Plot of 1678 sparked renewed interest in the Gunpowder Plot, resulting in a book by Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln, which refuted "a bold and groundless surmise that all this was a contrivance of Secretary Cecil". In 1897 Father John Gerard of Stonyhurst College, namesake of John Gerard (who, following the plot's discovery, had evaded capture), wrote an account called "What was the Gunpowder Plot?", alleging Salisbury's culpability.