throckmorton plot

Question 1

when was it

Answer 1

1583

Question 2

what wass the plan

Answer 2

• french dukle of Guise, the cousin of MQS to:
  = invade England
  = free mary
  = overthrow E
  = restore Catholicism in england

Phillip II was to provide financial support
the pope also knew and approved of the plans
a young Englishman francis throckmorton was to actt as a go-between with mary

Question 3

who uncovered the plot
how

Answer 3

Sir Francis Walsingham ( Elizabeth’s Secretary of State from 1573
his agents fround incriminating papers at throckmortons house.

Question 4

what happened as a result to the failure of the plan

Answer 4

throck. arrested in Nov 1583, tortured, confessed and was executed in May 1984

Question 5

what was significant about this plot

Answer 5

• throckmortons papers included a list of catholic cympathisers in england, suggestiing the gov’s fear of english catholics as the enemy within was real
• life became harder for catholics and they were treated with great suspicion by the gov. many catholics fled to england after the plot and up to 11,000 were imprisoned or kept under surveillance or house arrest.
• another act of parliament was passed in 1585 that made helping or sheltering catholic priests punishable by death