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9 de may. de 2024 · Francis Walsingham (1532-1590) on engraving from 1829. Getty. Meet the man who ordered the execution of Mary Queen of Scots while working as a spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I - Francis Walsingham. Throughout Elizabeth, I's reign England was in constant danger, both from external and internal threats.
23 de abr. de 2024 · It has existed in various forms since the establishment of a secret service in 1569 by Sir Francis Walsingham, who became secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth I.
Hace 4 días · Throckmorton henceforth became his political advisor and intimate. After Throckmorton's death in 1571, there quickly evolved a political alliance between the Earl of Leicester and Sir Francis Walsingham, soon to be Secretary of State. Together they worked for a militant Protestant foreign policy.
Hace 6 días · When Francis Walsingham came as a diplomat to Scotland in 1583, and James VI gave him a ring, Arran had substituted an inexpensive crystal for the diamond. [328] According to the English ambassador William Knollys, the Countess of Arran was imprisoned at Blackness Castle in November 1585 for giving her husband jewels worth 20,000 crowns from ...
Hace 1 día · In 1571, Cecil and Walsingham (at that time England's ambassador to France) uncovered the Ridolfi Plot, a plan to replace Elizabeth with Mary with the help of Spanish troops and the Duke of Norfolk. Norfolk was executed and the English Parliament introduced a bill barring Mary from the throne, to which Elizabeth refused to give royal assent. [197]
Hace 3 días · His son, Sir George, was Lord Mayor 1586–7 ; his daughter Anne married Sir Francis Walsingham, the well-known Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth, and another daughter Elizabeth was wife of Sir John Ryvers (Lord Mayor 1573–4).
Hace 1 día · St. Francis is one of the most famous saints in Church history. He’s so significant that the current pope — Pope Francis — chose to take his name. Oct. 4 is his memorial day. But who was he, and what did he do? Here are 12 things to know and share… 1) When did St. Francis live? He was born in 1181 or 1182 (we’re not sure), and he died in 1226.
