Hoxton Street Gunpowder Plot - Plaque
Hoxton St London Greater London
Gunpowder Plot - Plaque - Hoxton Street, (London Borough of Hackney) - King James I
Lord Monteagle received a letter unmasking the Gunpowder Plot (blow up Parliament) in a house near this site (on the night of 12th October 1605), he passed it to a servant to read aloud. Lord Monteagle was a Roman Catholic English peer, and due to attend Parliament, it was thought that someone had warned him about the plot so he would not attend Parliament on the day King James I was due to open Parliament.
The letter was passed on to Robert Cecil (Chief Minister). Guy Fawkes was caught and Lord Monteagle was rewarded by King James I. Monteagle invested in the Virginia Company and East India Company; he died in 1622.
Nearest underground - Old Street Tube Station (Clerkenwell) 12-minute walk to Hoxton Street.