Throckmortan plot

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    • When was the throckmortan plot
      1583
    • What did the French Duke of guise plan to do during the throckmortan plot
      Invade England and overthrow Elizabeth and ffee Mary and Make England catholic again
    • What did Philip offer to do
      Pay the revolt
    • Who approved the plot
      The pope
    • What would Francis throckmortan do
      Pass letters to the plotters and Mary
    • Who uncovered the plot
      Sir Francis walsingham
    • How was the plot uncovered
      Letters in throckmortans house
    • When was throckmortan executed 

      May 1584
    • What did throckmortan papers contain and what did it conform
      A list of catholic sympathisers which confirmed the governments fears of enemy within
    • What act was made after the plot
      act of parliament
    • When was the act of parliament made
      1585
    • What did the act of parliament state
      Sheltering a catholic priest was punishable by death