The Babington Plot Numerous Contacts Within the Catholic Community to Travel the Country Without Suspicion
Arnaud Moragues - Emilangues 2011 the Babington Plot numerous contacts within the Catholic community to travel the country without suspicion. Since she abdicated from the But Gifford was actually a double agent. Back in 1585, he had written to throne of Scotland in 1567 and fled Sir Francis Walsingham, Principal Secretary to Queen Elizabeth, to England, Mary, Queen of offering his services as a spy. Each time Gifford collected a message to Scots, the Roman Catholic or from Mary, he would first take it to Walsingham. claimant to the throne of England, came under the custody of the The vigilant spymaster would then break the seal on each letter, make a protestant Queen of England, copy, and then reseal the original letter with an identical stamp before Elizabeth I. Mary became the handing it back to Gifford. The apparently untouched letter could then focus of many plots and intrigues be delivered to Mary or her correspondents, who remained unaware to against the Queen and because of what was going on. this threat, she was imprisoned for eighteen years. Walsingham easily broke the cipher, and willing to know the names of all the conspirators, he encoded and sent back a forged message to Anthony Babington, a member Babington, impersonating Mary: of the Catholic gentry, led and organized the English Catholics Mary, Queen of Scotts, 1578 against Elizabeth. Understanding "I would be glad to know the names and qualities of the six gentlemen which are to accomplish the designment..." that he couldn't depose Queen Elisabeth without murdering her, he began to plot against her in 1586.
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