EI's rebellions
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- Elizabeth I - Rebellions
- Babington (1586)
- The most significant of all
- Babington had close contact to Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador in Paris
- At this time Paris was under the control of the Catholic Holy league
- Mendoza's aims
- Promote a Catholic uprising
- Assassinate EI
- Place MQS on the throne
- At the time when war with Spain was beginning to look likely
- Led to the execution of MQS
- MQS allegedly consented to EI's assassination - gave Walsingham the evidence he needed
- Babington had close contact to Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador in Paris
- Babington and his co-conspirators were all arrested
- The most significant of all
- Ridolfi (1575)
- Plan
- secure a landing of Phillip II’s Spanish troops at Harwich in Essex
- Success depended on Phillip II of Spain and his commander in the Netherlands, the Duke of Alba
- Neither wanted MQS on the throne as MQS was French
- Success depended on Phillip II of Spain and his commander in the Netherlands, the Duke of Alba
- march on London
- overthrow EI and marry MQS to the Duke of Norfolk and place MQS on the throne
- secure a landing of Phillip II’s Spanish troops at Harwich in Essex
- Plan
- Throckmorton (1583)
- Conspiracies
- A Spanish landing in Catholic Lancashire
- A fantasy
- A landing in Sussex by MQS’s cousin the Duke of Guise
- this hoped to generate support from Catholic aristocrats the Earl of Arundale and the Earl of Northumberland
- Both were uncovered by Walsingham as he had a mole in the French embassy
- A Spanish landing in Catholic Lancashire
- Consequence
- Led to the Bond of Association
- Anyone who tool the oath was required to execute summarily anyone who attempted or succeeded in usurping the crown
- MQS sent to more securely observed quarters
- Led to the Bond of Association
- Significance
- at a time when the international position of Protestantism was becoming more precarious
- This is because of the Duke of Parma's success in the Netherlands
- Throckmorton executed for treason
- Undermined authority but not a direct threat to EI's life
- at a time when the international position of Protestantism was becoming more precarious
- Conspiracies
- Parry plot 1585
- Welsh MP William Parry admitted to plotting to EI the Queen and replace her with Mary
- Parry executed for treason at Westminster
- Helped ensure that parliamentary proceedings on the bill for the queen’s safety were accelerated
- Contributed to the increasing fears of the Privy council
- Babington (1586)
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