Throckmorton Plot

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Throckmorton Plot

Plot in 1583 to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne in place of Elizabeth I. The plot involved the invasion of England by English Catholic exiles in Spain, led by the Frenchman Henri, duc de Guise. Its leading figure, the zealous Roman Catholic Francis Throckmorton (1554–1584), revealed details of the plot under torture and was executed.

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