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sir portrait of digby gunpowder vi & i and members of the houses of parliament plot , a conspiracy to assassinate king james 30 & nbsp ; january 1606 westminster , london , england high treason kenelm digby , john digby 8 & nbsp ; november 1605 hanged , drawn and quartered sir everard digby maria neale c. & nbsp ; 1578 engraving of sir everard digby mary mulsho uprising everard digby portrait.jpg everard digby
 21 & nbsp ; october 1605 everard digby
everard digby

sir everard digby -lrb- c. 1578 -- 30 january 1606 -rrb- was a member of the group of provincial english catholics who planned the failed gunpowder plot of 1605 .
although he was raised in a protestant household , and married a protestant , digby and his wife were converted to catholicism by the jesuit priest john gerard .
in the autumn of 1605 he was part of a catholic pilgrimage to the shrine of st winefride 's well in holywell .
about this time he met robert catesby , a religious fanatic who planned to blow up the house of lords with gunpowder , killing james i. catesby then planned to incite a popular revolt , during which a catholic monarch would be restored to the english throne .
the full extent of digby 's knowledge of and involvement in the plot is unknown , but on catesby 's behest digby rented coughton court and prepared a `` hunting party '' , ready for the planned uprising .
the plot failed however , and digby joined the conspirators as they took flight through the midlands , failing to garner support along their way .
digby left the other fugitives at holbeche house in staffordshire , and was soon captured and taken to the tower of london .
digby was tried on 27 january 1606 .
despite an eloquent defence , he was found guilty of high treason , and three days later was hanged , drawn and quartered .
