Elizabethan England

• The Babington plot

  1586
• Elizabeth came to power

  1558
• Elizabeth is excommunicated

  1570
• The Throckmorton plot

  1583
• Francis Drake circumnavigated the world

  1577 - 1580
• Mary, Queen of Scots comes to England


  1568
• Elizabeth comes to the throne

  1558
• The Spanish Armada

  1588
• Elizabeth passes her religious settlement

  1559
• The Revolt of the Northern Earls

  1569
• Mary, Queen of Scots is executed


  1587
• The Ridolfi plot

  1571
• The Statute of Artificers is passed

  1563
• The Vagabonds Acts is passed

  1572
• The Poor Relief Act is passed

  1576
• The Act of the Preservation of the Queen’s Safety is passed

  1585
• What was the name of the plot that took place in 1569?

  Revolt of the Northern Earls
• 1569 - The Northern Earls’ Rebellion


  The Catholic Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland hatched a plan to get Mary, Queen of Scots out of imprisonment and on to the throne. They gathered an army of 6,000 soldiers in their attempt to return England to Catholicism
• 1571 - The Ridolfi Plot


  Roberto Ridolfi, an Italian banker, planned to assassinate Elizabeth and make Mary Queen. He had the support of King Philip II of Spain, the Duke of Norfolk, and Mary, Queen of Scots herself.
• 1583 - The Throckmorton Plot


  A young Catholic man, Francis Throckmorton, organised a plan for a French army to invade England and replace Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots, paid for by the Pope and King Philip II of Spain.
• 1586 - The Babington Plot


  Sir Anthony Babington planned to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots from jail and murder Elizabeth. Secret letters between the plotters and Mary were discovered which gave the evidence needed to prove Mary’s guilt.