What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot Conspirator Born here 1570 Hung, drawn & quartered in City of London 31st January 1606 Recorded plaque organisation: York Dungeon.
Guy Fawkes was a key conspirator in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 aimed at assassinating King James I and destroying the House of Lords; he is historically remembered for his capture guarding explosives beneath Westminster Hall.
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