other plotters were thomas winter (also spelled wintour), robert winter, john wright, christopher wright, robert keyes, thomas percy (also spelled percye), john grant, ambrose rokewood, sir everard digby, francis tresham and thomas bates (catesby's servant). the explosives were prepared by guy "guido" fawkes, a man with 10 years military experience. fawkes had fought with the spanish against the dutch in the spanish netherlands.