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	The Guy Fawkes Bonfire 2002 :: Who Is Guy Fawkes
		Son of Edward Fawkes, proctor and advocate in the consistory court of York, Guido was born in the
		Fawkes then said, " yt was past,and he is nowe sorry fo yt, for that he nowe perceyveth that God did not concur with yet." Fawkes never revealed the identity of the other conspirators.
		Young children make scarecrows of Guy Fawkes which they exhibit while collecting money, "a penny for the Guy", to be spent on their fireworks.
	www.lexi.net /bonfire/whois.php (325 words)

	Guy Fawkes - LoveToKnow 1911
		GUY FAWKES (1570-1606), English "gunpowder plot" conspirator, son of Edward Fawkes of York, a member of a good Yorkshire family and advocate of the archbishop of York's consistory court, was baptized at St Michael le Belfrey at York on the,6th of April 1570.
		When all was ready in May 1605 Fawkes was despatched to Flanders to acquaint Sir William Stanley, the betrayer of Deventer, and the intriguer Owen with the plot.
		Fawkes was brought into the king's bedchamber, where the ministers had hastily assembled, at one o'clock.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Guy_Fawkes (711 words)

	Guy Fawkes: A Biography
		Edward Fawkes, who was descended from the Fawkes family of Farnley, was a notary or proctor of the ecclesiastical courts and advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York.
		It is possible that Fawkes married, for the International Genealogy Index (IGI) compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records a marriage between Guy Fawkes and Maria Pulleyn in 1590 in Scotton, and it also records the birth of a son Thomas to Guy Fawkes and Maria on 6 February 1591.
		Fawkes severed his connection with the Archduke's forces on 16 February 1603, when he was granted leave to go to Spain on behalf of Stanley, Owen and Baldwin to "enlighten King Philip II concerning the true position of the Romanists in England".
	www.britannia.com /history/g-fawkes.html (2368 words)

	Guy Fawkes - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Guy Fawkes 13 April 1570 - 31 January 1606, also known as Guido Fawkes was an English army guy and a member of a group of Crazy Papal Fathers who attempted to carry out the 'The Plot' on 5 November 1605.
		Unfortunately Fawkes was a very bad keeper of secrets, and following a severe interrogation involving the use of torture and a trial in Westminster Hall before Judge Judys' father, he and his co-conspirators were executed for treason, attempted murder and being in possesion of an illeagal amount of illeagal gummy/gummi bears.
		Fawkes was arrested in the cellar in the early morning of 5 November.
	www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Guy_Fawkes (1013 words)

	Guy Fawkes Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guy Fawkes Night (and the weekend closest to it) is the main night for both amateur and official fireworks displays in the UK.
		In Australia, Guy Fawkes Night (commonly called "cracker night" as a reference to the use of fireworks) was widely celebrated until the 1980s, but has now almost completely died out.
		The rhyme and the Gunpowder Plot are alluded to in V for Vendetta, a comic by Alan Moore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Day (958 words)

	Guy Fawkes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Guy Fawkes was born on April 13, 1570 in Stonegate, Yorkshire where he was baptised in the church of St.
		Guy's father Edward had descended from the Fawkes Family of Farnley and he was either a notary or proctor of the ecclesiastic courts and later advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York.
		Fawkes was discovered and arrested during a raid on the cellar in the early morning of 5 November.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guy_Fawkes (2746 words)

	The Gunpowder Plot Society
		Edward Fawkes, who was descended from the Fawkes family of Farnley, was a notary or proctor of the ecclesiastical courts and advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York.
		Fawkes severed his connection with the Archduke's forces on 16 February 1603 [16], when he was granted leave to go to Spain on behalf of Stanley, Owen and Baldwin to "enlighten King Philip II concerning the true position of the Romanists in England" [2].
		Fawkes assumed the identity of John Johnson, a servant of Percy and was entrusted to the care of the tenement which Percy had rented.
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /fawkes.asp (2347 words)

	Profile of Guy Fawkes
		It is possible that Fawkes married, for the International Genealogy Index (IGI) compiled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records a marriage between Guy Fawkes and Maria Pulleyn in 1590 in Scotton, and it also records the birth of a son Thomas to Guy Fawkes and Maria on 6 February 1591.
		This apparently confirms Fawkes' descent for the falcon is the crest of the family of Fawkes of Farnley[6][12].
		Fawkes severed his connection with the Archduke's forces on 16 February 1603[16], when he was granted leave to go to Spain on behalf of Stanley, Owen and Baldwin to "enlighten King Philip II concerning the true position of the Romanists in England"[2].
	www.gunpowder-plot.org /people/g_fawkes.htm (2482 words)

	it's TRADITIONAL - Guy Fawkes' Night (a.k.a Bonfire Night) : November 5th
		Guy Fawkes was born in York in 1570, to a Protestant family although his widowed mother married a Catholic and young Guy was educated with Catholic schoolmates.
		Guy Fawkes was drawn into the Plot, masterminded by the fanatical Robert Catesby, in 1604 after meeting up with his old schoolfriends, and together they hatched a plan, not simply to depose King James but to kill him AND his Parliament when they met at the Palace of Westminster.
		Once they knew that Guy Fawkes had been arrested, the rest of the plotters realised that it was only a matter of time before their names were known and so they fled to Staffordshire in the English Midlands, arriving early on the 7th and taking refuge in Holbeche House.
	www.geocities.com /traditions_uk/bonfire.html (917 words)

	Guy Fawkes History
		Guy Fawkes, described by those who knew him well as a courteous, gallant and pious man, was known to have been a brave and resolute soldier, with a special knowledge of the use of gunpowder.
		It was Guy Fawkes who was to remain in the cellar and light the fuse at the appropriate moment.
		Guy, claiming to be a servant called John Johnson, was immediately taken before the King - who claimed to be taken by surprise (although he just happened to have a list of questions ready to put to the prisoner).
	www.st-peters.york.sch.uk /history/guyfawkes.htm (1063 words)

	Guy Fawkes Day
		The anniversary was named after Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the conspirators.
		It was intended to be the beginning of a great uprising of English Catholics, who were distressed by the increased severity of penal laws against the practice of their religion.
		Guy Fawkes Day, November 5, is still celebrated in England with fireworks and bonfires, on which effigies of the conspirator are burned.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/guyfawkes.html (334 words)

	::Guy Fawkes::
		Guy Fawkes is the person most associated with the Gunpowder Plot to blow up James I,the Houses of Lords and Commons when James opened Parliament on November 5th 1605.
		Fawkes left England in 1593 aged 23 as a converted catholic and fought for Catholic Spain in its war against the Dutch.
		It was Fawkes who supervised the attempt to build a tunnel from the rented house at the Palace of Westminster; he also stayed with the barrels of gunpowder right up to the end.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /guy_fawkes.htm (584 words)

	ELAINE'S GUY FAWKES PAGE
		Guy Fawkes was one of a group of men, who felt that the government was treating Roman Catholics unfairly.
		So, Guy Fawkes men placed barrels of gunpowder in one of the cellars beneath the building where the king was having his meeting.
		Children would often flen their faces with the ashes on Bonfire night, in imitation of Guy fawkes who it was believed to have done this also, to try to camouflage himself.
	homepages.tesco.net /~derek.berger/holidays/guyfawkes.html (666 words)

	Who is Guy Fawkes?
		The short answer is this: Guy (alias Guido) Fawkes was one of the members of The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of Catholics attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill James I, the King of England, to protest Protestant rule.
		Guy himself was born in England in 1570 but by the turn of the century, Guy had spent several years fighting for Spain in the Netherlands, as well as participating in the Siege of Calais.
		With the idea of Guy Fawkes, Moore was able to crystallize his vision of who V was and helped give Moore further inspiration towards the themes of rebellion and revolution that exists in the novel.
	www.shadowgalaxy.net /Vendetta/fawkes.html (897 words)

	Guy Fawkes
		Guy Fawkes, the son of a Edward Fawkes, was born in York in 1570.
		Edward Fawkes was a proctor of the ecclesiastical courts and advocate of the consistory court of the Archbishop of York.
		Guy Fawkes was arrested on the 4 November, 1605.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUfawkes.htm (721 words)

	Guy Fawkes Summary
		Guy Fawkes is most famous for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, which he was placed in charge of executing owing to his military and explosives experience.
		Fawkes was discovered and arrested during a raid on the cellar in the early morning of 5 November.
		The burning on 5th November of an effigy of Fawkes, known as a "guy", led to the use of the word "guy" as a term for "a person of grotesque appearance," according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
	www.bookrags.com /Guy_Fawkes (2610 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Guy Fawkes plot 'was devastating'
		Fawkes' planned blast was powerful enough to destroy Westminster Hall and the Abbey, with streets as far as Whitehall suffering damage, they say.
		Early in the morning of 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered in a cellar under the House of Lords with 36 barrels of gunpowder and a 'slowmatch' to ignite the explosive.
		Of course, in Guy Fawkes' case, the amount of explosive is already known, and the damage is not - so the researchers did the equation backwards.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3240135.stm (613 words)

	Guy Fawkes - Life and times of a Gunpowder Plotter
		It failed and, although he was a relatively minor player, it was Fawkes who was to have lit the fuse but was instead caught in the act.
		Fawkes, because of his munitions experience in the Netherlands, was given the task of creating the explosion.
		Fawkes was caught red-handed and although his fellow conspirators fled, they were cornered and either died resisting arrest or were captured and executed.
	www.guyfawkes.me.uk /index.html (712 words)

	The Traditions Of Guy Fawkes Night
		Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Britain annually on November 5th.
		The event is accompanied by firework displays, the lighting of bonfires and the ceremonial effigy-burning of one Guy Fawkes.
		A modern theory regarding the involvement of Guy Fawkes in the Gunpower Plot is that he was not trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament at all, but merely attempting to assassinate King James who, it was believed, had reneged on his promise to put a stop to the persecution of Catholics.
	www.novareinna.com /festive/guy.html (745 words)

	Guy Fawkes USA
		Annual Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night featuring “The Misquamicut Players”, a group of local actors (The Misquamicut Players) and “King Crimson’s Jesters” an ensemble of local musicians (The Beach Bums) will be held at the Andrea Hotel, 89 Atlantic Ave, Misquamicut Beach on Saturday October 6, 2007 at 7:00pm.
		Guy Fawkes and his friends had rolled 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament.
		Guy Fawkes and his associates may have been caught in a Jacobean sting operation.
	www.caswellcooke.com /fawkes (758 words)

	Guy Fawkes The York UK link to the gunpowder plot 1605
		Guy Fawkes death is celebrated as bonfire night on November 5th every year in England.
		Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot of 1605
		Guy was arrested in the Palace of Westminster on 4th November 1605.
	www.york-united-kingdom.co.uk /guyfawkes (629 words)

	Guy Fawkes - MSN Encarta
		Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), English conspirator, born in York.
		A Protestant by birth, he became a Roman Catholic after the marriage of his widowed mother to a man of Catholic background and sympathies.
		Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on November 5 in the United Kingdom and some other parts of the British Commonwealth with bonfires and fireworks.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577067/Fawkes_Guy.html (188 words)

	Guy Fawkes \| Today's issues \| Guardian Unlimited
		The group, well-connected Catholics radicalised by continued persecution under James I, hoped that by killing the king, his heir, and all the bishops and lords, they would throw England into a crisis and put a Catholic on the throne.
		The leader, Robert Catesby, found a Yorkshire mercenary calling himself Guido Fawkes who had honed his skills with gunpowder while serving for the Spanish army in the Netherlands.
		Fawkes worked with them, loading it at night with gunpowder from a store on the other side of the Thames, and - when the time came - planned to light the slow fuses.
	www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,588198,00.html (375 words)

	Guy Fawkes - Guy Fawkes Biography, History, Information, Facts, Life, Gunpowder Plot.
		Fawkes was a convert to Catholicism, which occurred at about the age of 16 if his admission of recusancy at his preliminary interrogation is to be believed.
		Fawkes was born in Stonegate in York, where he was baptised in the church of St. Michael-le-Belfry, and attended St Peter's School.
		Fawkes was brought into the king's bedchamber, where the ministers had hastily assembled, at one o'clock in the morning.
	www.famouspeople.co.uk /g/guyfawkes.html (1062 words)

	What ever happened to Guy Fawkes ? - Folklore
		Fawkes was a member of a Catholic group who wanted to remove the Protestant King James from power.
		The unlucky Fawkes was taken in chains to the Tower of London to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
		After Guy was dragged through the streets of London behind a horse cart, he was hanged only to be cut down just before death, his bowels were cut out from his living body and he was then chopped into 'quarters'.
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