Babington Plot

• Plan:

  • Duke of Guise to invade England
  • Put Mary on throne
  • Phillip II and Pope supported plot
• • Babington wrote to Mary but letters were intercepted and decoded
  • Babington and accomplices executed
• Significance:

  • Relations between England and Spain broke down
  • English aiding Dutch Protestants in rebellion against Spanish
  • Led to Mary QoS execution - ended hope of her replacing Elizabeth
• • the plot was in 1586