Elizabeth Plots + Rebellions Flashcards
When was the northern earls rebellion
1569
When was the ridolfi plot
1571
When was throckmorton plot
1583
When was the babington plot
1586
Explain northern earls rebellion
- catholic earls of Northumberland and westmoreland
- army of 6000
- try and get Mary out of jail
- Elizabeth sent army
- 800 rebels to death
- earls fled
Explain ridolfi plot
- ridolfi planned to assassinate Elizabeth
- supported by King Philip II, Duke of Norfolk, Mary
- William Cecil discovered plot
- ridolfi + Spanish ambassador expelled from country
Explain throckmorton plot
- planned for French army to invade England
- paid for by Pope + King Philip II
- Throckmorton executed
- Mary moved to isolation (Tutbury castle)
Explain Babington Plot
- Babington planned to rescue Mary + murder Elizabeth
- secret letters between Mary + plotters discovered
- gave evidence to execute Mary
- Mary, Babington, 6 other plotters executed
What happens in 1570
Pope excommunicates Elizabeth
Explain Elizabeths Excommunication
- pope issues Papal Bull
- Catholicism doesn’t recognise her - she won’t go to heaven
- people are allowed to kill her
Which plot ultimately kills Mary
Babington plot
Who was ‘Essex’?
Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex
What was Essex’s relationship to Elizabeth
Elizabeth took interest in him
Made him Privy councillor
Gave him sweet wine monopoly
How does Essex show divisions in privy council
- other privy councillors didn’t like his influence + closeness with Elizabeth
- Essex argues with PC and Elizabeth
Explain the Essex rebellion
- Essex argues with PC and Queen
- 1599 - sent to Ireland to stop catholic rebels
- unsuccessful, makes a truce
- annoys Queen
-returns to England against Queen’s orders - bursts into her quarters - house arrest
- marched London with 200 men
- guilty of treason + privately executed - 1601
When was the Essex rebellion
1601
Why did plots against Elizabeth fail
- religious settlement - ppl happy - tolerance of catholics
- spies
- good politician - got own way but parliament felt influential
- punishment - tortured + executed
- preferred English - ppl preferred English queen - not scots (Mary) or foreign (Philip)
Which plots did Philip II of Spain support
Throckmorton 1583 - paid for
Ridolfi 1571 - supported
