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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Babington Plot was a plot in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant, and put the rescued Mary, Queen of Scots, her Roman Catholic cousin, on the English throne. It led to the execution of Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland due to a letter sent by Queen Mary who had been imprisoned for 18 years since 1568 in England by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth and in this letter Queen Mary consented indirectly and partially to the murder of Elizabeth.The long-term goal of the plot was an invasion by the Spanish forces of King Philip II and the Catholic League in France, leading to the restoration of the old religion in England. The plot was discovered by Walsingham and he used it to entrap Queen Mary for the purpose of execution. Babington was targeted by Walsingham to be the agent submitting a letter to Queen Mary to entrap her into involvement in the plot.The chief conspirators were Sir Anthony Babington, a young recusant nobleman targeted by both Walsingham and Ballard; John Ballard, a Jesuit priest who desired to rescue the Scottish Queen; Robert Poley, a double agent spy assigned by Walsingham to influence and to track Babington; Gilbert Gifford, an English double agent, assigned by Walsingham as a courier; and Thomas Phelippes, a Walsingham spy agent and code decypherer. Fallen priest Gifford had been in Walsingham's service since 1585. Gifford obtained a letter of introduction to Queen Mary from Morgan. Walsingham then placed double agent Gifford and spy decipherer Phelippes inside of Chartley Hall where Queen Mary was imprisoned. Gifford organised the Walsingham plan to place Babington's and Queen Mary's coded communications into a beer barrel cork which were then intercepted by Phelippes, decoded and sent to Walsingham.Ballard was attempting to recruit Babington in an undeveloped scheme to rescue Queen Mary and place her on the throne of England. Meanwhile, at his own residences, Walsingham met with Babington at least three times. At one meeting Walsingham offered to introduce Babington to Queen Elizabeth, conceivably to improve recognition for assassination. Poley befriended Babington posing as a Catholic sympathesizer while actually being a Walsingham agent provocateur encouraging the reluctant Babington to become an assassin of the English queen. Babington sent a coded letter to the imprisoned Queen Mary which gave his name to the complicated multiple-sided plot.On 7 July 1586, the only Babington letter that was sent to Queen Mary was decoded by spy Phelippes . Queen Mary responded in code on 17 July ordering the would-be rescuers to assassinate Queen Elizabeth if that was necessary for her rescue. The response letter also included decyphered phrases indicating her desire to be rescued: "The affairs being thus prepared" and "I may suddenly be transported out of this place". At the Fotheringay trial in October 1586, Queen Elizabeth's agents William Cecil and Walsingham used the letter against Queen Mary who refused to admit that she was guilty but she was betrayed by her secretaries Nau and Curle who confessed under pressure that the letter was mainly truthful, a fact not denied by Antonia Fraser the most important modern biographer of Mary ;Fraser is in general a big defender of Mary Stuart but not in this case. To understand Mary's decision to accept the murder of Elizabeth, a few facts should be taken into account; First there was a conflict of 20 years between the two women, that conflict was both political, religious and personal. It was not the first time that Mary conspired against Elizabeth who in return treated Mary in a very harsh way.Second Mary who was the queen of France and Scotland,who had a court of more than 1000 servants,who was considered the most beautiful woman in Europe and the darling of the Renaissance Period;lost all of that in her English captivity. In 1586,Mary was a prisoner for 20 years who lost her freedom,her son, her kingdom and her social life,she was a sick invalid very large woman who was unable to move without help, she was cut from any contact with her son who betrayed her, her social life was mainly confined to her bed and room where she spent almost all her time because of her health problems under heavy guard with no outside contact; finally if she was taken to another prison,it was in a closed litter under heavy guard to cut her from any interaction with the people of England. To understand Mary frame of mind,we must consider as Antonia Fraser put it that this woman who lost everything saw a chance not only to escape this intolerant captivity who could have gone for another 20 years but also achieved her ideal for a Catholic Restoration in England which was the main aim in Mary life at least in her captive years.. }

• Babington_Plot abstract "The Babington Plot was a plot in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant, and put the rescued Mary, Queen of Scots, her Roman Catholic cousin, on the English throne. It led to the execution of Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland due to a letter sent by Queen Mary who had been imprisoned for 18 years since 1568 in England by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth and in this letter Queen Mary consented indirectly and partially to the murder of Elizabeth.The long-term goal of the plot was an invasion by the Spanish forces of King Philip II and the Catholic League in France, leading to the restoration of the old religion in England. The plot was discovered by Walsingham and he used it to entrap Queen Mary for the purpose of execution. Babington was targeted by Walsingham to be the agent submitting a letter to Queen Mary to entrap her into involvement in the plot.The chief conspirators were Sir Anthony Babington, a young recusant nobleman targeted by both Walsingham and Ballard; John Ballard, a Jesuit priest who desired to rescue the Scottish Queen; Robert Poley, a double agent spy assigned by Walsingham to influence and to track Babington; Gilbert Gifford, an English double agent, assigned by Walsingham as a courier; and Thomas Phelippes, a Walsingham spy agent and code decypherer. Fallen priest Gifford had been in Walsingham's service since 1585. Gifford obtained a letter of introduction to Queen Mary from Morgan. Walsingham then placed double agent Gifford and spy decipherer Phelippes inside of Chartley Hall where Queen Mary was imprisoned. Gifford organised the Walsingham plan to place Babington's and Queen Mary's coded communications into a beer barrel cork which were then intercepted by Phelippes, decoded and sent to Walsingham.Ballard was attempting to recruit Babington in an undeveloped scheme to rescue Queen Mary and place her on the throne of England. Meanwhile, at his own residences, Walsingham met with Babington at least three times. At one meeting Walsingham offered to introduce Babington to Queen Elizabeth, conceivably to improve recognition for assassination. Poley befriended Babington posing as a Catholic sympathesizer while actually being a Walsingham agent provocateur encouraging the reluctant Babington to become an assassin of the English queen. Babington sent a coded letter to the imprisoned Queen Mary which gave his name to the complicated multiple-sided plot.On 7 July 1586, the only Babington letter that was sent to Queen Mary was decoded by spy Phelippes . Queen Mary responded in code on 17 July ordering the would-be rescuers to assassinate Queen Elizabeth if that was necessary for her rescue. The response letter also included decyphered phrases indicating her desire to be rescued: "The affairs being thus prepared" and "I may suddenly be transported out of this place". At the Fotheringay trial in October 1586, Queen Elizabeth's agents William Cecil and Walsingham used the letter against Queen Mary who refused to admit that she was guilty but she was betrayed by her secretaries Nau and Curle who confessed under pressure that the letter was mainly truthful, a fact not denied by Antonia Fraser the most important modern biographer of Mary ;Fraser is in general a big defender of Mary Stuart but not in this case. To understand Mary's decision to accept the murder of Elizabeth, a few facts should be taken into account; First there was a conflict of 20 years between the two women, that conflict was both political, religious and personal. It was not the first time that Mary conspired against Elizabeth who in return treated Mary in a very harsh way.Second Mary who was the queen of France and Scotland,who had a court of more than 1000 servants,who was considered the most beautiful woman in Europe and the darling of the Renaissance Period;lost all of that in her English captivity. In 1586,Mary was a prisoner for 20 years who lost her freedom,her son, her kingdom and her social life,she was a sick invalid very large woman who was unable to move without help, she was cut from any contact with her son who betrayed her, her social life was mainly confined to her bed and room where she spent almost all her time because of her health problems under heavy guard with no outside contact; finally if she was taken to another prison,it was in a closed litter under heavy guard to cut her from any interaction with the people of England. To understand Mary frame of mind,we must consider as Antonia Fraser put it that this woman who lost everything saw a chance not only to escape this intolerant captivity who could have gone for another 20 years but also achieved her ideal for a Catholic Restoration in England which was the main aim in Mary life at least in her captive years.".