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Arrest of Guy Fawkes during the Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot and the discovery of Guy Fawkes

On the 5th November 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was foiled when Guy or Guido Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder that had been placed in an undercroft below the House of Lords in London.