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    The Ridolfi plot was a Catholic plot in 1571 to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. The plot was hatched...
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    Secret Agents) deals in part with the Babington plot. Rising of the North Ridolfi Plot Throckmorton Plot History of cryptography Somerest, Anne (1991)....
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    politician Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was executed for his role in the Ridolfi plot. Thomas was born on 10 March 1536 (although some sources cite his birth...
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    Rising of the North (1569) as well as intrigues like the Ridolfi Plot (1571) and the Babington Plot (1586), both intending to kill Elizabeth and replace her...
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  • friends abroad. In 1570, he set to work on a plot against Elizabeth I which usually bears his name: the Ridolfi plot. His intention was to marry Mary, Queen...
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  • Democratic Party politician Palazzo Ridolfi-Dalisca, Verona, historical palace located in Verona, northern Italy Ridolfi plot, plot in 1571 to assassinate Queen...
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    Elizabeth, where he is portrayed as a villainous bishop who took part in the Ridolfi plot and who vehemently opposed Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity; in reality...
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  • Rising of the North. 1571: Ridolfi Plot. 1583: Throckmorton Plot. 1586: Babington Plot. 1603: Alleged Spanish-funded plot by courtiers led by Henry Brooke...
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    Mary may not have been told of every Catholic plot to put her on the English throne, but from the Ridolfi Plot of 1571 (which caused Mary's suitor, the Duke...
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  • relations and was expelled after being accused of complicity of the Ridolfi plot. He was a knight of the Order of Calatrava. He also appeared as a character...
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  • Norfolk 2 June 1572 Executed for treason at Tower Hill for his role in the Ridolfi Plot. Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland 22 August 1572 Publicly beheaded...
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    Mary, Queen of Scots (category Babington Plot)
    Walsingham (at that time England's ambassador to France) uncovered the Ridolfi Plot, a plan to replace Elizabeth with Mary with the help of Spanish troops...
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    1570, the Ridolfi plot was thwarted. In 1584, the Throckmorton Plot was discovered, after Francis Throckmorton confessed his involvement in a plot to overthrow...
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    Guy Fawkes (category People associated with the Gunpowder Plot)
    confession, on 9 November, implicated Francis Tresham. Following the Ridolfi plot of 1571, prisoners were made to dictate their confessions, before copying...
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    Northern Earls, the excommunication of Elizabeth, and the discovery of the Ridolfi plot all contributed to a perception that Catholicism was treasonous. Executions...
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  • first imprisoned, then pardoned. He was imprisoned again following the Ridolfi plot in 1571 and finally executed in 1572. Norfolk's treason charges included...
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    John, Anthony, William; grandsons of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague who was implicated in the Ridolfi Plot in 1571, Burghley House Collections....
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  • Ferrante d'Este 1569 - 1569 Plot against John III of Sweden. 1570 - Ridolfi plot against Elizabeth I of England 1574 - Mornay Plot against John III of Sweden...
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  • depicted being executed in the previous film for participating in the Ridolfi plot, the role of Reston was created to replace him. In the film, Elizabeth...
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    in England of Pius's exhortation that gave the impetus in 1571 to the Ridolfi plot, in which the Duke of Norfolk was to kidnap or murder Queen Elizabeth...
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    pressure from the Privy Council, to discuss the consequences of the Ridolfi plot, a Catholic conspiracy which had attempted to put Elizabeth's cousin...
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    State) for the trial of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (regarding the Ridolfi plot). Finally, in 1572, Lord Shrewsbury was appointed Earl Marshal, a position...
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    found against him. However, in 1571, the Duke would participate in the Ridolfi Plot to overthrow Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary I Stewart, Queen of...
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    intense. In 1570, it was claimed that he had sought to interfere in the Ridolfi Plot with an attack on Ireland in the following year during the planned invasion...
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    pro-Marian support. After the Rising of the North and the discovery of the Ridolfi plot which further damaged Mary's reputation, Regent Mar and James Douglas...
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  • starring Nigel Green, Susan Engel and Stephanie Beacham. It portrays the Ridolfi plot, an attempt to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary...
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    Marshal (1572) – executed at Tower Hill by order of Elizabeth I for the Ridolfi plot Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1572) – executed at York during...
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    In 1586 Walsingham uncovered the Babington Plot. Following the Ridolfi Plot (1571) and the Throckmorton Plot (1583), this was another scheme to assassinate...
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    of English Catholic exiles; the former ambassador also supported the Ridolfi Plot of 1571. In 1567, Philip II created the count 1st Duke of Feria. Feria...
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    Catholic-leaning Howards in reference to the religious motivation of the Ridolfi Plot). Spem in alium has unique numerology: there are 40 voices for 40 days...
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