Norfolk was executed. Similar to the Ridolfi plot, the Throckmorton plot planned the murder of Elizabeth and her replacement with Mary. This plot contributed to the Act of Association of 1585 ...

Date Plot Elizabeth's action 1583 - The Throckmorton Plot A young Catholic man, Francis Throckmorton, organised a plan for a French army to invade England and replace Elizabeth with Mary ...

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, wrote of an unspecified great matter of state said to bear directly on the Queen’s life.

The Throckmorton family are an influential and illustrious family with connections to Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the Gunpowder Plot ...

THE descendants of a powerful family once linked to the Gunpowder Plot are to take over a historic estate as we reveal their turbulent history and ancient links to Worcestershire. Coughton Court ...

Magnus and Imogen Birch Throckmorton are descendants of Sir Robert Throckmorton, who built the house in 1409. The young ...

A historic country house with links to the Gunpowder Plot will no longer be managed by the National Trust. Coughton Court near Alcester will once again be run by the Throckmorton family instead of the ...