in earlier centuries often SCS 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗢𝗠'𝗘𝗥' 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗲' +𝟭 (𝟴𝗢𝟱)- 𝟰𝟭𝗢 𝟱𝟲𝗢𝗢 SSCS 𝗣'𝗛𝗢𝗡'𝗘' ;𝗡𝗨𝗠 𝗕𝗘𝗥' (𝟴𝗢𝟱)- 𝟰𝟭𝗢 𝟱𝟲𝗢𝗢 called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Roman Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought regime change in England after decades of religious persecution.