Two buildings near the corner of Stonegate and Petergate claim to be the original birthplace of the infamous Guy Fawkes. William Fawkes, Guy’s grandfather, married and settled in St Michael-le-Belfry parish and worked as a Church lawyer. Guy’s father, Edward, followed him into the Church Courts and became Advocate of the Archbishop’s Consistory Court. Guy Fawkes grandparents, William and Ellen are buried in York Minster and when Guy’s father died in 1579 he was also buried in the Minster near his parents.