Was Guy Fawkes Framed For The Gunpowder Plot?

Was Guy Fawkes Framed For The Gunpowder Plot?

On November 5th 1605, the gunpowder plot happened. It has become a worldwide debate over time as to whether or not Guy Fawkes was framed for the famous gunpowder plot. According to traditional theories, it is insinuated that Fawkes and his associates purposely put the gunpowder in the Parliament’s basement in an act to kill the Protestant King- James I. Whereas, modern historians suggest that it is possible that Guy Fawkes was framed and was in fact innocent of this crime.

There is much evidence to suggest that Guy Fawkes purposely set up the gunpowder plot or at least took part in it.

Firstly, Fawkes was found in the area of which the barrels of gunpowder were placed. For the prosecutors, this was evidence enough to show that he was a guilty part of the plot and they had arrested him on

This comes with significant impact to the story, and can perhaps be classified as the most important point.

However, there is greater evidence to suggest that that he was framed.

First and foremost, in rebuttal to my previous point, the signature marked on Guy Fawkes’ confession was not the same as his signature on previous documents. This therefore suggests that his signature was forged in order for him to be able to be convicted of murder and to be sentenced to a brutal and undeserved death after it was realized that h would not confess to something he was not a part of. This in fact, in my opinion is the strongest point of evidence to corroborate Guy Fawkes’ innocence.

In addition to this, we know that after his arrest Fawkes was brutally tortured as punishment for his crime. It was after four days of this that his confessional statement was released; due to this, it is possible that even if Fawkes had signed the statement it was only because he was forced by the King and higher authority to do