Babington Plot 1586

• Attempt to murder Elizabeth and get Mary queen of Scot’s on the throne using a Spanish invasion force
• Mary began secretly corresponding with the French ambassador and Sir Anthony Babington, a catholic recusanr
• Evidence found to show that Mary had known and agreed to the plot
• Walsingham placed a double agent inside Mary’s prison and he was able to intercept her letters
• Trial and execution of Mary
• Babington arrested and 6 other conspirators hung drawn and quartered