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Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88

Plots and revolts at home

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Overview

The rising of the northern earls in 1569–70 and its aftermath, the Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington plots, Walsingham's network, the evidence against Mary and her execution in 1587.

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What did the Throckmorton plot of 1583 propose?

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Which two nobles led the rising in the north in 1569–70?

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What followed the collapse of the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

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  1. 1

    Which two nobles led the rising in the north in 1569–70?

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    Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and Charles Neville, Earl of Westmorland.

  2. 2

    What did the northern earls hope their rising would achieve?

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    Restoring Catholic worship, removing Elizabeth’s chief advisers and putting Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne.

  3. 3

    What followed the collapse of the rising?

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    Rebels were hunted down and executed in large numbers, the old northern families lost their power, and the Pope excommunicated Elizabeth the next year.

  4. 4

    What was the Ridolfi plot of 1571?

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    A scheme by a Florentine banker for a Spanish landing to kill Elizabeth and marry Mary, Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk.

  5. 5

    What became of the Duke of Norfolk after that plot was exposed?

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    He was convicted of treason and executed in 1572.

  6. 6

    What did the Throckmorton plot of 1583 propose?

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    A French invasion led by the Duke of Guise, funded by Spain and the Pope, to free Mary, Queen of Scots and restore Catholicism.

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