Babington

/ (ˈbæbɪŋtən) /

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Anthony 1561–86, English conspirator, executed for organizing an unsuccessful plot (1586) to assassinate Elizabeth I and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne

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Gervase Babington died; bishop of Worcester and an eminent theological writer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Among the eminent men of letters of the present century, Thomas Babington Macaulay takes a very high position.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII|John Lord
That the unfortunate Babington had rested some hope of life on Ralegh's known Court influence is but a coincidence.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
Babington was the first to attempt to decipher them, or at all events to find the key by which to decipher them.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I|Karl Ritter von Scherzer

Many other executions were held in those fields, notably those of Babington and his accomplices in 1586, fourteen in all.
Holborn and Bloomsbury|Sir Walter Besant

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