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Gunpowder, Tresham and plot | Exhibition

Remember, remember the fifth of November? But how about the part the Treshams played in the plot?

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event (admission applies)

Discover how fear and persecution sparked extreme acts and bitter conflict in the late 16th and early 17th centuries - culminating in one explosive, near-deadly plot.

Learn how religion was used to justify terrible deeds: executing “witches” simply for being different, imprisoning people for wanting to worship in their own way and driving 13 men towards 36 barrels of gunpowder and one plot to kill a king.

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The basics

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In the manor's first-floor exhibition room

Accessibility

There is lift access to the first floor of the manor.

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