Throckmorton Plot 1583

• Assassinate Elizabeth and replace her with Mary queen of Scot’s
• Once she was dead, Henry if Guise, a French catholic would invade with a Spanish ambassador
• Throckmorton was the go to between Mary and the Spanish ambassador
• Plot was discovered by walsingham
• Sir Francis Throckmorton was tortured and revealed the plot
• Throckmorton was executed, and Mary placed under further guard
• Bond if assassination meant if you joined an assassination plot you couldn’t benefit from the queens death
• Spanish ambassador banished from England and no more were allowed in during Elizabeth’s reign