Christopher Wright Christopher Wright (1570?-1605), the younger brother, before the plot was projected had been sent into Spain in March 1603, in accordance with the arrangement made with Thomas Winter, to inform Philip of the queen’s death and to solicit the aid of the Spanish forces. He was, like Winter, furnished with letters of recommendation by Garnet to Creswell, and was followed two months later by Fawkes, who came into Spain from Brussels on a similar errand (Tierney, iv. 8, liii). Christopher was not called upon to take part in the power conspiracy till Lent 1605, when the five workers at the mine, finding ‘the stone wall very hard to beat through,’ needed fresh hands. His fortunes were thenceforward linked with those of his brother, and he was mortally wounded with him on 8 Nov 1605.  Please place in the Subject Line: WEBPAGE-HISTORY 
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