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James VI and I
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625. Though he long attempted to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained sovereign states ruled by James in personal union, with their own parliaments, judiciaries and laws.

Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.
Robert Catesby
English conspirator (died 1605)
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
English Earl (1563-1612)
Thomas Percy
English conspirator
Francis Tresham
English conspirator

William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
English baron
John and Christopher Wright
members of the Gunpowder Plot
John Gerard
English priest
Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet
English courtier and Member of Parliament, died 1622
Oswald Tesimond
British Jesuit priest involved in the Gunpowder Plot