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England · House / House of Tudor. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1556–1581Date range
6Named people
4Places

Chronological records

1556

Mary IJanuary 1556

House / House of Tudor

The plot is betrayed to Cardinal Pole & the plotters are arrested & put in the Tower

Kat AshleyMay 1556

Tower of London · House / House of Tudor

Arrested for plotting against Mary I

Mary IJune 1556

House / House of Tudor

A failed plot to replace Mary with Elizabeth

Francis VerneyJune 1556

Tower of London · House / House of Tudor

Arrested for plotting against Mary I, convicted of treason but pardoned

Thomas Pope1556

Hatfield · House / House of Tudor

Mary I sends Pope to Hatfield to keep an eye on Elizabeth

1571

Hugh Owen1571

London · House / House of Tudor

Fails to release Mary Queen of Scots by preparing a relay of horses

1581

St Edmund Campion1 December 1581

Tyburn · House / House of Tudor

Executed after being falsely implicated in a plot against Elizabeth I

Names involved

Francis VerneyHugh OwenKat AshleyMary ISt Edmund CampionThomas Pope

Provenance

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