Rebellions and Plots
- Created by: yzannepepper
- Created on: 10-05-18 17:16
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- Rebellions
- Northern Rebellion
- Duke of Norfolk
- illegal Catholic Mass
- Northumberland and Westmoreland
- Kept Mary under close watch and disallowed her to marry the duke of Norfolk
- Norfolk therefore left the Royal Court and headed North.
- Began to rebel against Elizabeth
- Began a march with 4600 men
- captured and arrested
- Norfolk therefore left the Royal Court and headed North.
- Essex Rebellion
- Earl of Essex
- won Elizabeth's admiration and respect during Spanish Armada
- made a truce with Ireland behind the Queen's back
- was determined to remove Robert Cecil from power
- his long term rival
- he took 4 of the Queen's privy Councillors and marched to London House
- consequences
- put on trial and excecuted
- identified many members of the rebellion
- Elizabeth allowed him to be executed privately instead of publicly
- Ridolfi Plot
- Duke of Norfolk
- came back after being arrested to be under house arrest
- started planning the next plot
- worked with Roberto Ridolfi
- started planning the next plot
- came back after being arrested to be under house arrest
- the plan was for the Netherlands to invade England at the same time as another northern rebellion
- Elizabeth to be murdered and then Mary to replace her on the throne
- plot was uncovered by the spy network
- Duke of Norfolk
- Why they failed
- Elizabeth had a good spy network
- Francis Walsingham
- Francis Walsingham
- many were happy with religious settlement
- there were bad alternatives for a queen. It would be left to a foreign monarch which was not very appealing
- there were severe punishments that everyone was made aware of
- EG. public excecutions
- she was a skilled politician that used parliament for help but made it very clear where their power ended
- Elizabeth had a good spy network
- Northern Rebellion
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