The Babington Plot was Walsinghams masterpiece of counter-intelligence. He allowed the conspiracy — to assassinate Elizabeth and place Mary on the throne with Spanish support — to develop, intercepting communications through the Chartley barrel cipher. The arrests of Babington and his fourteen co-conspirators across London and the midlands led to their execution and provided the legal basis for Marys trial and beheading in 1587.
14 executed including Babington
Walsingham intelligence network; royal guard
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