Babington Plot
The Babington Plot was a plan in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and put her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots on the throne instead.
Babington Plot Media
Walsingham's "Decypherer" forged this cipher postscript to Mary's letter to Babington. It asks Babington to use the – broken – cipher to tell her the names of the conspirators.
Mary in captivity, c. 1578
- Walsingham
The cipher code of Mary, Queen of Scots
The execution of Queen Mary by James Dromgole Linton
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