The BRUTAL Execution Of The Ridolfi Plot - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk

Throughout the reign of Elizabeth I, the Queen of England faced a large number of plots which aimed at deposing Elizabeth and placing Mary Queen of Scots onto the throne. Some of these plots even planned to assassinate and kill Elizabeth I, but one of the earliest plans was the Ridolfi Plot. This was a European attempt to take down the Queen and place Catholic Mary onto the throne, and even the Spanish King Phillip II and the Pope even gave permission and encouraged the overthrowing.

Elizabeth's spies would uncover the Ridolfi Plot, and with this one of the most wealthy and powerful men in England would be implicated in the plan. Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk owned a huge amount of land, but he had agreed to help support Ridolfi and the plan, and even planned to marry Mary Queen of Scots once she was on the throne. Howard had a lot to gain, but when the plot was discovered he had been committing treason. The plot even involved the Duke of Alba invading England with an army, supported by the Spanish and the Pope.

The standard sentence for being found guilty of treason was death, with the offender being hanged, drawn and quartered. Thomas Howard was sentenced to death, but Elizabeth I would spare him this and commuted his sentence to a beheading. Thomas was executed by an axeman on Tower Hill in bloody Tudor fashion, but the effects of the Ridolfi Plot were big. Despite Howard's execution, suspicion against Mary Queen of Scots would escalate and she was kept under even closer guard.

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