Lord Monteagle receiving the anonymous letter revealing the Gunpowder plot, 1605
Illustration by Henry Marriott Paget (1857-1936) from a special edition history of England published in 1903. Info from wiki: On 26 October an anonymous letter warned Lord Monteagle to avoid the opening of Parliament.[3] This letter was possibly sent by Monteagle's brother-in-law, Francis Tresham. In any event it caused enough suspicion that on the night of 4 November the undercroft beneath the House of Lords was searched by guards, where Guy Fawkes was found in possession of matches and gunpowder was found hidden under coal. For his service in protecting the crown, Monteagle was rewarded with 500 pounds and 200 pounds' worth of lands
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