Primary Source material relating to the Examinations, Interrogations, Confessions and Declarations of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and their associates. SP14/216 is taken directly from the Gunpowder Plot Book [1] - Confessions and Declarations of Guy Fawkes SP14/216/6 - Examination of John Johnson, 5 November 1605

The effect of torture upon Fawkes is evident from a confession on 9 November where his signature is barely legible. Francis Tresham died of natural causes in the Tower of London on 23 December 1605. The eight surviving conspirators were tried …

Guy Fawkes’ Confession Every Bonfire Night we are reminded of Guy Fawkes and his plot to blow up Parliament. Now, you can see an original declaration signed by Guy Fawkes, dated 17 November...

Guy Fawkes signed two confessions while in the Tower of London. This is the first one signed under torture, shown by the faint signature ‘Guido’.

2015年11月5日 · Guy Fawkes' signature, right, was barely legible on a confession soon after he was believed to have been tortured.

Fawkes's and Tresham's testimony regarding the Spanish treason was read aloud, as well as confessions related specifically to the Gunpowder Plot. The last piece of evidence offered was a conversation between Fawkes and Wintour, who had been kept in adjacent cells.

Guy Fawkes/John Johnson has been questioned and given more information. Read this extract and answer the following questions: What was the plotters’ plan for Princess Elizabeth?

Confession of Guy Fawkes, as signed by Fawkes, November 17th, 1605 (G.P.B. 101). The [deposition] declaration of Guy Fawkes prisonner in the Tower of London taken the 17 of Nov. 1605, acknowledged before the Lords Commissioners.

On the night of 4 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was found in the vaults beneath the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gunpowder. Under questioning, he admitted that he and others planned to blow up...

The story continues that after Guy Fawkes was captured he was tortured and signed a confession. Nearly everyone involved in the gunpowder plot were killed when the King’s soldiers tried to arrest them. A few weeks later Guy Fawkes was executed as a traitor by being hung, drawn and quartered. What was left of his body was burnt