Editing Gunpowder Plot (section)

===Initial planning===
[[File:The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605 from NPG.jpg|right|thumb|300px|alt=Engraving|A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by [[Crispijn van de Passe]]. Missing are Digby, Keyes, Rookwood, Grant, and Tresham.]]
The first meeting between the five conspirators took place on 20 May 1604, probably at the Duck and Drake Inn, just off [[Strand, London|the Strand]], Thomas Wintour's usual residence when staying in London. Catesby, Thomas Wintour, and John Wright were in attendance, joined by Guy Fawkes and Thomas Percy.<ref>{{Harvnb|Northcote Parkinson|1976|p=48}}</ref> Alone in a private room, the five plotters swore an oath of secrecy on a prayer book. By coincidence, and ignorant of the plot, John Gerard (a friend of Catesby's) was celebrating Mass in another room, and the five men subsequently received the [[Eucharist]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Fraser|2005|p=120}}</ref><!-- p121, this coincidence would later be used against the Jesuits -->