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| 1212 | John |  |
| 8th Dec A plot to assassinate the King is exposed, its leaders flee into exile |
| 1414 | Acton, John | |
| 6th Jan London Appointed Regent, during Philip II's crusade |
| 6th Jan London Leader of the Lolloards plans to kidnap Henry V in Kent but is captured & executed |
| 1415 | Henry V | |
| 31st July Porchester A Lollard plot to assassinate the King at Porchester on his way to France is exposed |
| 31st July Porchester The conspirators favour Edmund Mortimer as King |
| 1415 | Mortimer, Edmund | |
| 1st Aug Earl March betrays the plotters to the King |
| 1st Aug Henry's cousin leads a plot to assasinate the King and replace him Earl March |
| 1469 | Edward IV | |
| 26th July Banbury Edward Neville plots in France for the Duke of Clarence to become King |
| 1534 | More, Thomas | |
| Accused of conspiring with Elizabeth Barton, a nun who had prophesied against the king's divorce, but More is able to produce a letter in which he had instructed Barton not to interfere with state matters |
| 1549 | Seymour, Thomas | |
| 17th Jan London For scheming to marry Edward VI to Lady Jane Grey & himself to Prices s Elizabeth |
| 1553 | Grey | |
| 10th July Tower of London Her accession is seen as a plot by Marquess of Dorset & the Duke of Northumberland |
| 1555 | Dudley, Henry | |
| Henry Dudley plots an invasion of England to place Elizabeth on the throne |
| 1555 | Elizabeth I | |
| Henry Dudley plots an invasion of England to place Elizabeth on the throne |
| Dec A plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth on the throne |
| 1555 | Mary I | |
| Dec Prompted by Philip II wishing to be crowned King of England |
| 1556 | Ashley, Kat | |
| May Tower of London Arrested for plotting against Mary I |
| 1556 | Elizabeth I | |
| Jan The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower |
| June A failed plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth |
| 1556 | Mary I | |
| Jan The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower |
| June A failed plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth |
| 1556 | Pole, Reginald | |
| Jan The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower |
| 1556 | Pope, Thomas | |
| Hatfield Mary I sends Pope to Hatfield to keep an eye on Elizabeth |
| 1556 | Verney, Francis | |
| June Tower of London Arrested for plotting against Mary I, convicted of treason but pardoned |
| 1569 | Elizabeth I | |
| Dover Charles Baille is arrested with incriminating lettres from Ridolfi to Bishop Leslie |
| Involves Felipe II of Spain, Pious V, the Duke of Norfolk & Mary Queen of Scots |
| Led by Roberto Ridolfi, a Florentine banker based in London against Elizabeth I |
| Ridolfi plans an invasion of England & the marriage of Thomas Howard to Mary |
| 1569 | Howard, Thomas | |
| Charles Baillie, a Scot favourable to Mary's party, is arrested carrying letters |
| Involved in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Elizabeth I |
| Involved in the Ridolfi plot to marry Howard to Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1571 | Elizabeth I | |
| London The excommunication of 1570 led to Catholic opposition & the Ridolfi plot |
| 1571 | Howard, Thomas | |
| 7th Sep Howard is arrested for his involvement in the Ridolfi Plot |
| 1571 | Owen, Hugh | |
| London Fails to release Mary Queen of Scots by preparing a relay of horses |
| London Forced into exile after the failure of the Ridolfi Plot |
| 1572 | Elizabeth I | |
| A bill is passed preventing Mary from being Elizabeth's successor |
| Elizabeth I prevents the English Commons from passing a bill of attainder against Mary |
| 1581 | Campion, St Edmund | |
| 1st Dec Tyburn Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I |
| 1583 | Elizabeth I | |
| London Ambassador de Mendoza fails to install Mary as Queen |
| London Excommunication of 1570 led to Catholic opposition & the Throckmorton plot |
| 1583 | Walsingham, Francis | |
| Discovers the Throckmorton Plot |
| 1586 | Babington, Anthony | |
| 20th Sep Plans to assassinate Elizabeth |
| 20th Sep Plans to free Mary & rally Catholic support for Spanish invasion |
| 1586 | Walsingham, Francis | |
| Exposes the Babington plot |
| 17th July Mary writes to Babington ploting against Elizabeth I & falls into Walsingham's trap |
| 1604 | Catesby, Robert | |
| May London Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand |
| 1604 | Fawkes, Guy | |
| May London Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand |
| 1604 | Gerard, John | |
| May London Gerard sanctifies the plotters oath to each other |
| 1604 | Percy, Thomas | |
| May London Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand |
| 1604 | Wintour, Thomas | |
| May London Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand |
| 1604 | Wright, John | |
| May London Fawkes, Catesby, Wright & Wintour agree the plot at the Duck & Drake in the Strand |
| 1605 | Catesby, Robert | |
| 3rd Nov London The leading conspirators meet & decide to go ahead with the plot |
| 5th Nov London 36 barrles of gunpowder are placed under the old House of Lords |
| 5th Nov London Heads a plot to blow up Parliament against the treatment of the Catholics by James I |
| 5th Nov London Leads a Catholic group in an attempt to blow up James I & the House of Commons |
| 5th Nov London The lot is betrayed by an anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle |
| 8th Nov Holbeche House Catesby is killed in a siege within a few days of the failed attempt Gunpowder Plot |
| 8th Nov Holbeche House Death of Robert Catesby, shot by a single bullet |
| 1605 | Coke, Edward | |
| London Prosecutes the gunpowder plot conspirators |
| 1605 | Fawkes, Guy | |
| London Placed in charge of executing the plot due to his military & explosives experience |
| 26th Oct London The Monteagle letter betraying the plot is delivered to Baron Monteagle |
| 3rd Nov London The leading conspirators meet & decide to go ahead with the plot |
| 5th Nov London Bonfires are set alight to celebrate the safety of James I |
| 5th Nov Tower of London For 2 days Fawkes is the only suspect & his name becomes synonymous with the Powder Treason, the Gunpowder Plot |
| 5th Nov London Found in the cellar of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder |
| 5th Nov London Guy Fawkes is arrested for his part in the gunpowder plot |
| 5th Nov London Since the plot the monarch only enters during "the State Opening of Parliament" |
| 5th Nov London Since the plot the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster |
| 5th Nov London The last Catholic plot in England |
| 5th Nov London The lot is betrayed by an anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle |
| 7th Nov London Under torture Fawkes confesses his identity & to the plot |
| 9th Nov London Fawkes is forced to name his fellow plotters |
| 1605 | James I | |
| 5th Nov London 1st official Guy Fawkes ' Night bonfire is lit on the night of the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605 |
| 5th Nov London A Catholic group led by Guy Fawkes is arrested |
| 5th Nov London A plot to blow up James I & the Commons is uncovered |
| 5th Nov London Bonfires are set alight to celebrate the safety of James I |
| 5th Nov London Initially an effigy of Pope Paul V is burnt |
| 5th Nov London Londoners celebrate the well-being of their King, James I |
| 1605 | Parker, William | |
| 26th Oct London The Monteagle letter betraying the plot is delivered to Baron Monteagle |
| 5th Nov London The lot is betrayed by an anonymous letter to Lord Monteagle |
| 1605 | Percy, Henry | |
| Arrested for involvement with the Gunpowder Plot, 1605-1621 |
| 1605 | Percy, Thomas | |
| London Takes part in the Gunpowder Plot & is mortally wounded |
| Mar London Percy hires the cellar beneath Parliament where the gunpowder barrels will be stored |
| 1605 | Tresham, Francis | |
| 8th Nov Francis Tresham falls sick & dies while in prison |
| 1605 | Winter, Robert | |
| London One of the participants in the Gunpowder Plot |
| 1605 | Winter, Thomas | |
| London One of the participants in the Gunpowder Plot |
| 1605 | Wright, Christopher | |
| London One of the participants in the Gunpowder Plot |
| 1605 | Wright, John | |
| London One of the participants in the Gunpowder Plot |
| 1606 | Fawkes, Guy | |
| 27th Jan London The trial begins for the plotters involved in the gunpowder plot |
| 31st Jan London Fawkes, Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1606 | James I | |
| 31st Jan Fawkes, Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1606 | Keyes, Robert | |
| 27th Jan London The trial begins for the plotters involved in the gunpowder plot |
| 31st Jan London Fawkes, Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1606 | Rookwood, Ambrose | |
| 27th Jan London The trial begins for the plotters involved in the gunpowder plot |
| 31st Jan London Fawkes, Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1606 | Wintour, Thomas | |
| 27th Jan London The trial begins for the plotters involved in the gunpowder plot |
| 31st Jan London Fawkes, Wintour, Ambrose, Rookwood & Keyes are hanged, drawn & quartered |
| 1640 | Charles I | |
| London Marie de'Medici & 600 others are entertained at court, fears of a Catholic plot |
| 1641 | Pym, John | |
| 9th Dec London 3 Royalist MPs are expelled from Parliament for involvement in an Army conspiracy |
| 1656 | Charles II | |
| Charles II offers a knighthood & œ500 pension pa to anyone who would kill Cromwell |
| 1656 | Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Charles II offers a knighthood & œ500 pension pa to anyone who would kill Cromwell |
| 1678 | Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Takes advantage of the fictitious Popish plot to create anti-catholic hysteria |
| 1678 | Berry Godfrey, Edmund | |
| The unexplained death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, the judge to whom Tonge and Oates first told their story, was attributed without evidence to the Catholics, and three innocent men were hanged for it |
| 1678 | Coleman, Edward | |
| London Executed for a part allegedly played in the fictitious Popish plot |
| 1678 | James II | |
| Nov London A fabricated Popish plot causes anti-catholic reprisals on the the streets of London |
| 1678 | Oates, Titus | |
| A frenzy of anti-Catholic hatred sweeps through England, resulting in the judicial murder of a number of Roman Catholic peers and commoners and in the arrest and persecution of many others |
| Claims that there is a Jesuit-guided plan to assassinate Charles II to hasten the succession of the Catholic James , duke of York, later James II |
| Oates enjoys temporary eminence and even accuses Queen Catherine of plotting to poison the King |
| The unexplained death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, the judge to whom Tonge and Oates first told their story, was attributed without evidence to the Catholics, and three innocent men were hanged for it |
| Titus Oates joins forces with Israel Tonge to invent the story of the Popish Plot |
| 1678 | Tonge, Israel | |
| 24th Nov Claims that there is a Jesuit-guided plan to assassinate Charles II to hasten the succession of the Catholic James , duke of York, later James II |
| 24th Nov Titus Oates joins forces with Israel Tonge to invent the story of the Popish Plot |
| 1680 | Howard | |
| 29th Dec London Executed for the "Pumpkin Plot", Popish plot concocted by Titus Oates |
| 1683 | Charles II | |
| 21st June Discovers the Rye House plot to murder Charles II & the Duke of York |
| 1685 | Oates, Titus | |
| Oates is convicted of perjury, severely flogged, and imprisoned |
