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12 de abr. de 2017 · Francis Walsingham, was officially the principal secretary to Elizabeth, although he will probably be most remembered as Elizabeth’s spy master. Walsingham was also a devout Protestant and during the reign of Mary I he lived in Switzerland to escape from the persecution of Protestants.
Sir Francis Walsingham. (circa 1532-1590), Statesman. Sitter associated with 30 portraits. Walsingham established and ran the great Elizabethan secret service, providing information particularly for William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Its spies operated mainly against Roman Catholic conspirators and the agents of Philip II of Spain.
Sir Francis Walsingham - Catholic Conspiracies, Spanish Armada: Those secret efforts would lead directly to the exposure of two more serious plots to depose Elizabeth and restore Catholicism to England. A spy in the French embassy in London—who has plausibly been identified as Giordano Bruno (writing under the pseudonym Henry Fagot), a lapsed Dominican friar who would later achieve renown as ...
9 de sept. de 2018 · Sir Francis Walsingham was born around 1532 to William Walsingham and his wife Joyce, probably at Foots Cray, near Chislehurst, Kent. His father was a very wealthy lawyer who died in 1534 when Francis was around two years old. After William’s death, Joyce married the courtier Sir John Carey in 1538; Carey’s brother William was the husband ...
2 de sept. de 2023 · As of September of 1572, Sir Francis Walsingham had served for two years as Queen Elizabeth I’s ambassador in France, and was well-versed in the country’s court politics. But the year 1572 had chan…
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM. BORN: 1532. DIED: 6 APRIL 1590. Portrait of Francis Walsingham, attributed to John de Critz the Elder. NPG London. Secretary of State to Elizabeth I. Ran a ring of spies. Uncovered several plots against Elizabeth and helped build the case for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
The work of Sir Francis Walsingham was pivotal in proving Mary’s involvement in Catholic plots against Elizabeth. Her letters to Babington provided substantial evidence that Mary was dangerous.
