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    • The Babington Plot

      • The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, her Catholic cousin, on the English throne.
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  2. In October 1586, Mary was sent to be tried at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire by 46 English lords, bishops and earls. She was not permitted legal counsel, not permitted to review the evidence against her, nor to call witnesses.

  3. Learn about what happened to Mary after she abdicated in 1567 and fled Scotland, going into exile in England in National 5 History.

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · When Elizabeth's spymaster uncovered the letters in 1586, Mary was brought to trial. She was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. READ MORE: Mary, Queen of Scots and Queen...

  5. Oct 14, 2015 · 14 October 1586 – Trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. On this day in history, 14th October 1586, the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, began at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire. Historian John Guy, author of My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, has written a brilliant chapter on Mary's downfall, "Nemesis", and I have him to ...

  6. Mary was arrested in September, 1586 and held at Fotheringhay Castle until her trial. She was charged with treason. In her defence, she claimed that she could not be accused of treason as she was...

  7. In 1568, Mary fled to England where she became Elizabeth's unwanted guest and prisoner for the next 19 years. Mary the Catholic. In England and under house-arrest, Mary reinvented herself as a devout Catholic and a rival legitimate claimant to the English throne.

  8. In 1571, Roberto di Ridolfi, an Italian Catholic banker, was accused of trying to arrange the marriage of Mary to the Duke of Norfolk, an English noble who was also Elizabeth’s cousin.