plots

• ridolfi plot


  1571

  italian banker and spy for pope

  wanted to overthrow elizabeth and get mary on throne

  william cecil discovered the plot

  confirmed that elizabeth could not trust spain
• throckmorton plot1583


  duke of guise wanted to free mary from imprisonment

  king of spain offered to pay for invasion

  washington discovers plot

  throckmorton was executed

  mary recieved letters
• Babington plot1586


  wanted to assasinate elizabeth and get mary on throne

  washington discovers letters of babington and mary plotting leading to marys execution

  significant as it it is the only plot that shows marys direct involvement