Guy Fawkes Phoenix

[candlewick4]

No: HPFGUIDX 72749

Would a Brit please expound on the "Fawkes the Phoenix" and "Guy 
Fawkes Day" (etc.) connection?  I have looked for this in the post 
archives, but no luck.  It's probably there somewhere...  Guy Fawkes 
was burned for treason, correct?  So is the fire/bursting into flames 
the only connection between the two?
And in relevance to the story - was the phoenix named after Guy, or 
vice-versa, or not at all? Do we know how old Fawkes the phoenix is?  
How is a phoenix born, anyway?  The first time it is born, that is, 
not re-born.  Is a phoenix ageless?

Thanks, Anyone,
Candlewick