Throckmorton Plot

• Year of the Throckmorton Plot?

  1583
• What were the aims of the Throckmorton plot?

  • Duke of Guise (MQS's cousin) was to invade England
  • MQS to be put on the throne
  • Overthrow Elizabeth
  • Restore Catholicism in England
• What happened? - The Throckmorton Plot

  • Throckmorton acted as a go-between with Mary
  • The Pope knew and approved of the plans
  • Sir Francis Walsingham uncovered the plot in 1583 - agents found incriminating evidence at Throckmorton's house
• What were the consequences of the Throckmorton plot?

  • Throckmorton was arrested in Nov 1583
  • He was tortured before he confessed
  • Throckmorton was executed in May 1584