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Babington

/ ˈbæbɪŋtən /

noun

  1. BabingtonAnthony15611586MEnglishPOLITICS: conspirator 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gervase Babington died; bishop of Worcester and an eminent theological writer.

Among the eminent men of letters of the present century, Thomas Babington Macaulay takes a very high position.

That the unfortunate Babington had rested some hope of life on Ralegh's known Court influence is but a coincidence.

Babington was the first to attempt to decipher them, or at all events to find the key by which to decipher them.

Many other executions were held in those fields, notably those of Babington and his accomplices in 1586, fourteen in all.

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