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In March 1605 the group rented a cellar which was underneath the House of
Lords. In the following months 20 barrels of gunpowder were moved in. Fawkes
was being followed by English spies who reported to Robert Cecil, Earl of
Salisbury.
Robert was James?s first minister and soon the association of Fawkes with
Catesby was established.
Over the next two months three more men joined the group: Ambrose Rookwood,
Francis Tresham and Sir Everard Digby.
They all went to London in October to review the final details of their
plan. Fawkes was to light the fuse and escape to continental Europe. Digby
was supposed to kidnap King James?s daughter, Princess Elizabeth and lead a
rising in the Midlands.
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