Catholic Plots

Created by

Ellison

Cards (5)

Northern Rebellion (1569)
Earls of Westmorland and Northumberland
6000 soldiers
March south
Planned to free Mary, make her queen
Elizabeth tried to limit North Earl power by putting Southern Lords in charge of some of their lands
Nov
Rode to Durham
Stormed cathedral
Destroyed English Bible
Protestant Communion table
Did Catholic Mass
No coherent plan
Elizabeth’s swift reaction
Sent army (several 1000 troops)
Most rebels heard this and retreated
800 executed
Earls fled to Scotland
Northumberland captured 1572, executed
Rebel lands confiscated
North Earls' power broken
Ridolfi Plot (1571)
Ridolfi (secret Pope agent)
Support by Phillip and Duke of Norfolk
Plan
Spanish troops land
English Catholics rise
March London
Overthrow (kill) Elizabeth
Marry Mary to Norfolk
Mary Queen
Cecil uncovered:
Ridolfi arrested and exiled
Norfolk executed
Cecil wanted Mary accused of treason
She refused, would deny Mary her successor
2 Acts passed
Prohibiting anyone to bring papal bulls to England
High treason to deny Elizabeth as Queen
Ridolfi Plot Significance
After Northern rebellion defeat and excommunication
Not wide known in England
Needed Phillip II
Didn't want Elizabeth removed
Mary, supported France, Spain's enemy
No English Catholic uprising
Ridolfi may be double agent to incriminate Mary/Norfolk
Throckmorton Plot (1583)
Throckmorton (young Catholic) plans French invasion of England
Replace Elizabeth with Mary
Funds by Phillip II and Pope
Anticipates landing in Sussex would encourage English Catholic rebellion
Elizabeth's spies discover Throckmorton's plot
He is executed
Mary moved to Tutbury Castle and isolated
Significance:
Significant due to timing
By 1583; clear evidence of efforts to convert England to Catholic
Babington Plot (1586)
Sir Anthony Babington
Plan
Rescue Mary from prison
Assassinate Elizabeth
Make Mary queen
Secret coded letters between Mary and plotters found
Proving her guilt
She was executed