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BABINGTON PLOT, 1586 - Coggle Diagram
BABINGTON PLOT, 1586
ELIZABETH'S REACTION
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Expressed her regret at hearing a queen called a 'detestable traitor' and claimed Parliament had 'lain a hard hand on her'.
Remained in London throughout Mary's trial, but sent illegible notes to Cecil which show her indecision.
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Ordered that Babington and his conspirators were to be hanged, drawn and quartered, despite Cecil's protests that hanging was enough.
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A letter from Mary reduced Elizabeth to tears, and Spain and Scotland pleaded for Mary's life.
Sent for the warrant and signed it, but suggested to her secretary Davison that it would be easier to arrange a quiet murder.
News of Mary's execution brought an emotional outburst, Elizabeth harangued the council, banished Cecil and ordered the imprisonment of Davison in the Tower.
In response to the outrage of Philip II and Henry II, she claimed she wasn't responsible for Mary's death because Davison had sent the death warrant without her authority.
PRIVY COUNCIL REACTION
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Lord Howard of Effingham warned Elizabeth that her delay in dealing with the warrant was angering her councillors and subjects.
Opened in October, the commissioners found Mary guilty of 'imagining and encompassing her Majesty's death'.
The council agreed that the warrant should be sent immediately, it was signed before Elizabeth could change her mind.
Persuaded a reluctant Elizabeth that Mary must be brought to trial, held at Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire.
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PARRY PLOT, 1585
When interrogated, Parry admitted the facts but insisted he had been trying to uncover further designs against her life.
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He was returned to Parliament later in the year, but in February he was accused by Sir Edmund Neville of suggesting a scheme to kill the Queen 'as she rode abroad to take the air'.
A letter to Parry from the Cardinal of Como was also uncovered in which Parry was urged to 'put therefore your most holy and honourable purposes in execution, and attend your safety'.
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William Parry had been employed by Lord Burghley as a secret service agent, to try to penetrate foreign plots against the Queen.
DETAILS
Sir Francis Walsingham intercepted and read Babington's letters to Mary, which clearly demonstrated her awareness of, support for and involvement in the conspiracy.
Anthony Babington, a Catholic, wrote to Mary in July 1586 about the conspiracy.
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The Duke of Guise would invade England, murder Elizabeth and put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne.
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