The core objective of the Northern Rising was to free Mary Queen of Scots from captivity at Tutbury and use her as the figurehead of a Catholic restoration. Elizabeth I pre-empted this by moving Mary swiftly to Coventry when the rising began. Without Mary the rising lost its political purpose. The failure to reach Tutbury was the moment the rebellion effectively collapsed as a coherent strategy.
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