Spanish ambassador is expelled for complicity in the Throgmorton Plot

(37 words)
  • Editors

Short Note This is a short note

Bernadino de Mendoza, the Spanish ambassador in London, is expelled for his complicity in the Throgmorton Plot. This had planned to overthrow Elizabeth I, replace her with Mary Queen of Scots and restore papal authority in England.

Short notes under 150 words are freely available to all users, but to consult all other articles in the Literary Encyclopedia, you must be logged in as a subscriber. To read about subscribing click here.


Citation:
Editors. "Spanish ambassador is expelled for complicity in the Throgmorton Plot". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15295, accessed 18 May 2013.]