700 Year Old Walnut Tree - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com

This Walnut tree has been fenced off to protect the roots, parking at entrance to the court, please keep to the footpaths as part are private.

Guy Fawkes & the Gunpowder Plot
Words of "Remember Remember" refer to Guy Fawkes with origins in 17th century English history.
On the 5th November 1605 Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with several dozen barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was subsequently tried as a traitor with his co-conspirators for plotting against the government. He was tried by Judge Popham who came to London specifically for the trial from his country manor Littlecote House in Hungerford, Gloucestershire. Fawkes was sentenced to death and the form of the execution was one of the most horrendous ever practised (hung ,drawn and quartered) which reflected the serious nature of the crime of treason.

The Tradition begins...
The following year in 1606 it became an annual custom for the King and Parliament to commission a sermon to commemorate the event. Lancelot Andrewes delivered the first of many Gunpowder Plot Sermons.
This practice, together with the nursery rhyme, ensured that this crime would never be forgotten!

Hence the words " Remember , remember the 5th of November" The poem is sometimes referred to as 'Please to remember the fifth of November'. It serves as a warning to each new generation that treason will never be forgotten. In England the 5th of November is still commemorated each year with fireworks and bonfires culminating with the burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes (the guy).
The 'guys' are made by children by filling old clothes with crumpled newspapers to look like a man. Tradition allows British children to display their 'guys' to passers-by and asking for " A penny for the guy".

the 'Gunpowder Plot' conspirators were
Thomas Bates, Robert Wintour, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and Thomas Wintour .


The walnut tree in the grounds is also said to be over 700 years old.

PLEASE KEEP TO THE FOOTPATHS AND ROAD AS PARTS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY .

information taken from the Gayhurst Church newsletter.

Genus/Species: Walnut Height: 100 Girth: 10 Method of obtaining height: Reliable source Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source Location type: Private property Age: 700 Historical significance: no but the grounds of the House in which it stands were reputed to have been used by the Conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, which was to blow up the Houses of Parliament during the rein of King James .Its most tragic figure, Sir Everard Digby, may have entertained Guy Fawkes here before being hanged drawn and quartered for supporting the Gunpowder plot against King James. Planter: Not listed Website reference: Not listed Parking coordinates: Not Listed Walk time: Not Listed Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed

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