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English Civil War

Coke Plot Discovery and Arrests 1655

1655
null, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
null, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist conspirators
Forces
Royalist conspirators
VS
Victor
Protectorate security apparatus
Forces
Protectorate security apparatus
Outcome
Royalist conspiracy broken by Thurloe intelligence; conspirators arrested; plot provided justification for the Major-Generals system instituted by Cromwell.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Coke Plot of 1655 was a Royalist conspiracy uncovered by Thurloe's intelligence network in the same year as the Penruddock rising. Edward Coke and other conspirators planned a coordinated Royalist insurrection; Thurloe's penetration of the plot allowed arrests before the rising could take effect. The discovery confirmed the Protectorate's grip on internal security.

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