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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