History 2405E Lecture : Lecture 54 – The Popish Plot
29 Mar 2012
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Lecture 54 the popish plot: 1678 the start. Well into the reign of charles ii. Royal society founded during the reign of charles ii. Walking in st. james" park: intercepted by man, chemist at royal court, and told there is a plot against his life and throne, issue given to the privy council, danby acting as king"s chief minister. Meetings of the council, plans of the plot revealed: charles present at several of the meetings, titus oates and ezerel tonge discover information about the. Catholic lots against the king, pope involved. Pope going to have the jesuits act against the king and parliament. Plot alleged that the plot included money from spanish jesuits. Going to kill charles ii, put brother, james, on the throne. Queen catherine of braganza had been paid to poison the king, Spanish jesuits to shoot him and irish ruffians to stab him. Also to be a massacre of england protestants and a french invasion of ireland.
