Babington Plot

• Who was involved

  Anthony Babington, Spain, Duke of Guise, Pope
• What was the plan

  Assassinate Elizabeth and to free Mary.
• When

  Took place in 1586.
• Why

  In eyes of God, doing the right thing - due to the Papal Bull-
• Plan was communicated by encrypted letters.
• Consequences

  • Almost at war with France and Spain.
  • Relationship with France broke down.
• The Babington plot was discovered by Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster.
• Aftermath of the Babington Plot

  • Babington and plotters found guilty of treason and executed in 1586.
  • Mary Queen of Scots was put on trial and found guilty of treason but Elizabeth had the final call.
  • Catholics were punished - 31 Catholic Priests were executed, to reinforce who's in charge.
  • MQS was executed in 1587