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Bond of Association
Bond of Association
The Bond of Association was a document created in 1584 by Francis Walsingham and William Cecil, Lord Burghley after the failure of the Throckmorton Plot in 1583.
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The document obliged all signatories to execute any person that:
- attempted to usurp the throne
- successfully usurped the throne
- made an attempt on Elizabeth's life
- successfully assassinated Elizabeth
Royal approval
Elizabeth authorised the Bond to achieve statutory authority.
Implications
The Bond of Association was a key legal precedent for the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Walsingham, having achieved irrefutable evidence of Mary's treason in a letter to Anthony Babington, stating her approval of a plot to assassinate Elizabeth and install herself on the English throne.
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