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Babington Plot

The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English throne. It led to Mary's execution, a result of a letter sent by Mary (who had been imprisoned for 19 years since 1568 in England at the behest of Elizabeth) in which she consented to the assassination of…

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Location
England
Date
1586
Motive
Replace the Protestant Elizabeth I with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, and restore Catholic rule in England
Organised by
Anthony Babington, John Ballard
Outcome
Plot uncovered by the intelligence network of Francis Walsingham; conspirators executed; Mary, Queen of Scots tried, convicted and executed in 1587
Participants
Anthony Babington, John Ballard, Mary, Queen of Scots, Thomas Morgan, Charles Paget

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related to Further reading · 45
Babington Plot → Alan, Alexsandra, Anthony, April, Babington, BBC History, Briscoe, Conyers, Elizabeth's Spy Network, Elizabethan England, February, Gordon-Smith, Guy, Heritage August, ISBN, ISSN, Jayne Elizabeth, Jesuit Intrigue, John, John Hungerford
related to In literature · 37
Babington Plot → Although, Anthony Burgess's, Conies, Dead Man, Deptford, Donizetti, Elizabethan, Friedrich Schiller, German, Germany, Hay, Holy Spy, ISBN, Jane Lane, John Shakespeare, Kitty, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Lord Talbot
related to Dramatic adaptations · 27
Babington Plot → Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio, Burn Gorman, December, Elizabeth, Episode, Gilbert Gifford, Horrible Conspiracies, Inam Mirza, It, Jonathan Taffler, Mary, Mary Queen, Michael Butt, Presenter, Queen, Robert Poley, Samuel Barnett, Sasha Yevtushenko, Scots
related to Plot · 8
Babington Plot → Catholic Queen Mary, Chartley, England, Mary, Protestant Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth, Spanish, The Babington
related to External links · 7
Babington Plot → Babington PlotPortraits, Babington Plotters, Ballad Describing, Camden's Account, Execution, OrdealBabington Plot, UK National Archives
related to Primary sources · 5
Babington Plot → John Hungerford, Mary Queen, Pollen, Scots, Scottish Historical Society
Date · 1
Babington Plot → 1586
Location · 1
Babington Plot → England
Motive · 1
Babington Plot → Replace the Protestant Elizabeth I with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, and restore Catholic rule in England
Organised by · 1
Babington Plot → Anthony Babington, John Ballard

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Babington PlotDate15861.00infobox
Babington PlotLocationEngland1.00infobox
Babington PlotMotiveReplace the Protestant Elizabeth I with the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, and restore Catholic rule in England1.00infobox
Babington PlotOrganised byAnthony Babington, John Ballard1.00infobox
Babington PlotOutcomePlot uncovered by the intelligence network of Francis Walsingham; conspirators executed; Mary, Queen of Scots tried, convicted and executed in 15871.00infobox
Babington PlotParticipantsAnthony Babington, John Ballard, Mary, Queen of Scots, Thomas Morgan, Charles Paget1.00infobox
Babington PlotTargetQueen Elizabeth I1.00infobox
Babington PlotTypeAssassination plot Conspiracy1.00infobox
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Babington Plotrelated to Dramatic adaptationsEpisode0.60section

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