Wyatt conspiracy

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When the plans of Queen Mary I of England to marry the Spaniard Philip II of Spain became known in England in 1554, the so-called Wyatt conspiracy arose in London . This conspiracy was named after its leader, Thomas Wyatt .

Philip II met with great rejection from the English. They feared too strong a Spanish influence in England. Thomas Wyatt wanted to reinstate the former Queen Jane Gray , who was imprisoned in the Tower at the time , or to marry Henry the Eighth's younger daughter Elizabeth to Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon , in order to elevate him to the throne in place of Mary. Thomas Wyatt assembled a force of 3,000 men to fight the Queen. The royal army did not defeat Wyatt's forces until at the gates of London, and the uprising was put down. By torture were brought Wyatt to testify against Mary's half sister Elizabeth. In the face of the death sentence against him, Thomas Wyatt revoked on the scaffold all Elisabeth's involvement in the plot and had to be released from the Tower. Thomas Wyatt was beheaded on April 11, 1554 and his family expropriated.

When Elizabeth I became queen in 1558, she reversed Mary's decisions and Wyatt's descendants were given back title and land.