Catholics Flashcards
Northern Rebellion
Mostly accepted to begin with
May 13th 1568 – Mary staurt arrives after abdicating on 24th july 1567
NOV 9th 1569 – Northern rebellion begins,
November 16th - over 6000 march and hold an illegal mass at durham cathederal, Norfolk, Northumberland and Westmorland lead
November 23rd Rebels reteeart as sussex protect York with 1000 men
Nov 24th mary moved to coventry castle – clear threat
Dec 13th 1569 rebels disband
June 2, 1572 - Norfolk executed
Foreign Plots
Leads to Papal Bull February 25th 1570 - encourages more plots
Ridolfi plot
Support of 5000 spanish troops
April 1571 – Ridolfi and other conspirators are arrested.
October 1571 – The plot is uncovered, leading to executions of the conspirators.
Throckmorton plot
May 1583 – Uncovered by walsingham. Throckmorton is arrested and confesses to his involvement in the plot.
1584 – Throckmorton is executed.
Babington plot
July 1586 – The plot is uncovered by Walsingham’s spies. Babington and his co-conspirators are arrested.
August 1586 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is implicated in the plot, leading to her trial.
October 1586 – Babington and other conspirators are executed.
February 8th 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed for her involvement in the plot.
Foreign Priests
1580 – Jesuit priests arrive – over 600, with 133 executed, 300 imprisoned, 100 die in prison
1580 – Douai preists arrive – over 279, 27 executed under the treason act
1583 throckomorton plot – involves Scottish Jesuits and French support, is uncovered, mary moved to Tutbury castle
1585 – act against Jesuit, punishable by death to spend over 40 days in England / be in 10 miles of elizabeth or to hide a preist
25 March 1586 -Margaret Clitherow pressed to death for harboring priests
Anglo-Spanish tensions
1562 – 3000 protestant’s killed in toulase
1568 – 1000 dutch protestnants killed
august 24th 1572 – st Bartholomew’s day massacre 3000-30000 killed
1584 – William of orange is executed, uk send more troops to Netherlands
10th august 1985 – treaty of nonsuch , promises 74 000 soldiers to Netherlands, England essentially at war – led by Dudley
12th april-6t july 1587 – singeing of kings beard , series of drakes attack on cadiz , delays armada till 1588
July 31st 1588 – Spanish armada
Financially crippling – tension with parliment
1598- George Blackwell, an English Jesuit priest based in Rome, was made the archpriest of England, leads English Catholics to reject, fear reprisals , parliament/liz give printing press, propaganda against Blackwell
