Francis Tresham (c. 1567 – 1605) was one of the English provincial
Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a conspiracy to
assassinate King James I. Having previously been imprisoned for his
role in a failed rebellion and involved in missions to Spain that sought
support for persecuted English Catholics, Tresham joined the Gunpowder
Plot in October 1605. Its leader Robert Catesby asked him to provide a
large sum of money and the use of Rushton Hall, but Tresham apparently
provided neither, instead giving a small amount of money to fellow
plotter Thomas Wintour. Tresham also expressed his concern that two of
his brothers-in-law would be killed if the plot succeeded. An anonymous
letter delivered to one of them was handed to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of
Salisbury, and was decisive in foiling the conspiracy. Historians
suspect that Tresham wrote it, although this is unproven.
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