See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

ANTHONY See also:

• ANTHONY BABINGTON (1561–1586)
• BABINGTON, CHURCHILL (1821-1889)

BABINGTON (1561–1586)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English cosator, son of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• BABINGTON, ANTHONY (1561–1586)
• BABINGTON, CHURCHILL (1821-1889)

Babington of Dethick in See also:

• DERBYSHIRE

Derbyshire, and of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, daughter of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DARCY, THOMAS DARCY, BARON (1467-1537)

Darcy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1561, and was brought up secretly a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic . As a youth he served at See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield as See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page to Mary See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Scots, for See also:

• THORN (O. Eng. porn, cf. Du. doorn, Ger. Dorn, &c)
• THORN (Polish Torun)

thorn he See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt an ardent devotion . In 1580 he came to See also:

• LONDON

London, attended the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, and joined the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret society formed that See also:

• YEAR

year supporting the Jesuit missionaries . In 1582 after the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• FATHER

Father See also:

• CAMPION, EDMUND (154o-I581)
• CAMPION, THOMAS (1567-1620)

Campion he withdrew to Dethick, and attaining his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority occupied himself for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time with the management of his estates . Later he went abroad and became associated at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris with Mary's supporters who were planning her See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release with the help of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and on his return he was entrusted with letters for her . In See also:

• APRIL

April 1586 he became, with the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Ballard, See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot to See also:

• MURDER

murder Elizabeth and her ministers, and organize a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general Roman Catholic rising in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and liberate Mary . The See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy was regarded by See also:

• MENDOZA
• MENDOZA, ANTONIO HURTADO DE (1593?-1644)
• MENDOZA, DIEGO HURTADO DE (1503-1575)
• MENDOZA, PEDRO GONZALEZ DE (1428-1495)

Mendoza, the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador, one of its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief instigators, and also by See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham, as the most dangerous of See also:

• RECENT

recent years; it included, in its general purpose of destroying the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, a large number of Roman Catholics, and had ramifications all over the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. of Spain, who ardently desired the success of an enterprise " so See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian, just and advantageous to the See also:

• HOLY

holy Catholic faith," 1 promised to assist with an expedition directly the assassination of the queen was effected . Eabington's conduct was marked by open folly and vanity . Desirous of some token of appreciation from Mary for his services, he entered into a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with her, which was intercepted by the spies of Walsingham . On the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August Ballard was seized and betrayed his comrades, probably under See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture . Babington then applied for a See also:

• PASSPORT

passport abroad, for the ostensible purpose of spying upon the refugees, but in reality to organize the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign expedition and secure his own safety .

The passport being delayed, he offered to reveal to Walsingham a dangerous conspiracy, but the latter sent no reply, and meanwhile the ports were closed and none allowed to leave the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom for some days . He was still allowed his See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty, but one See also:

• NIGHT

night while supping with Walsingham's servant he observed a memorandum of the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister's concerning himself, fled to St John's See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, where he was joined by some of his companions, and after disguising himself succeeded in reaching See also:

• HARROW

Harrow, where he was sheltered by a recent convert to Romanism . Towards the end of August he was discovered and imprisoned in the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower . On the 13th and 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September he was tried with Ballard and five others by a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, when he confessed his See also:

• GUILT

guilt, but strove to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place all the blame upon Ballard . All were condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death for high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason . On the 19th he wrote to Elizabeth praying for See also:

• MERCY (adapted from Fr. merci, Lat. merces, reward)
• MERCY (or MERCI), FRANZ, FREIHERR VON

mercy, and the same See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day offered fI000 for procuring his See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon; and on the loth, having disclosed the See also:

• CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void)

cipher used in the correspondence between himself and Mary, he was executed r Gala. of See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

Slate Papers See also:

• SIMANCAS

Simancas, iii . 6o6, Mendoza to Philip . with the usual barbarities in See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields . The detection of the plot led to Mary's own destruction . There is no See also:

• POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN

positive documentary See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof in Mary's own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand that she had knowledge of the intended assassination of Elizabeth, but her circumstances, together with the tenour of her correspondence with Babington, place her complicity beyond all reasonable doubt .