The Elizabethan Secret Services
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The England of Elizabeth was a nation under threat, both from factions within and great powers without. Opposition to the Protestant establishment meant that. Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Alan Haynes is a prolific writer on Elizabethan and 17th-century www.farmersmarketmusic.com other books include Walsingham, Sex in.
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Often, letters of the alphabet were shuffled in a certain sequence and, once the key was worked out, the message could be read and understood. Alternatively individual letters could be substituted with numbers, symbols or signs of the zodiac. But spies had to learn not only how to decipher code but also how to write it themselves.
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This was frustrating and time-consuming work, paid off only by the satisfaction of finally cracking a difficult code. Some codes could only be understood by placing a sheet of paper punched with holes over the top so that just the relevant letters making up the message could be read. Success therefore depended on calculating the exact sequence of thousands of holes. Also popular was the practice of conveying information in invisible ink. Written in milk or lemon juice, the secret message could be read as the page was warmed over a candle and the letters appeared.
Innocent text in normal ink was often written alongside the hidden message in order to throw a spy off the scent. Walsingham knew that this work was critical to his success, and established a spy school to provide formal training for recruits. The security of the country was at stake, after all. For reasons of security Mary, Queen of Scots was regularly moved from one residence to another.
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She still had her entourage and spent her days sewing, reading or hunting, but in reality Mary was a prisoner. She did not, however, realise the level of scrutiny she was under. Walsingham loathed Mary and everything she stood for, and vowed to bring her down. It was to take him almost 20 years.
But when he discovered in that she was corresponding with a group of Catholics led by the young Anthony Babington, he seized his chance. For the first stage of his plan, Walsingham used a spy named Gifford to act as a double agent. Gifford persuaded the local brewer to encourage Mary to use him as a secret means of communicating with the outside world.
By establishing a system whereby Mary's personal letters were carried in and out of Chartley her current residence hidden in a beer barrel, Walsingham was able to intercept and decode her correspondence. The relatively simple code used by Mary was quickly deciphered, and translations were provided for Elizabeth.
These letters were then resealed and sent on to their destination or delivered to Mary in prison. And so the plot progressed.
Walsingham, meanwhile, was biding his time. Luckily for him, Babington and his friends were enthusiastic but inexperienced plotters and were happy to discuss their plans in public. It was therefore not difficult for the authorities to keep track of their movements. Having outlined his plans to Mary, Babington now tried to secure her participation in the plot. This was the moment Walsingham had been waiting for.
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When the vital letter from Mary asking for details was intercepted, a postscript was forged in her hand asking for the identities of the plotters. Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide. The Elizabethan Secret Service. Description The gathering of intelligence through espionage was an integral part of diplomacy in 16th-century Europe. Every major state could call on the services of wide-ranging and highly organized networks of spies and informers who penetrated the nooks and crannies of court and chamber.
As the sectarian warfare that was ravaging Europe became more deadly, the effective manipulation of intelligence networks became vital, especially in Elizabethan England - a kingdom under threat from continental Catholicism and from the intrigue surrounding Mary Queen of Scots. This book charts the early years of the English secret service as it evolved under the direction of the Elizabethan spymaster, Francis Walsingham, who gained a high reputation for his success in breaking the plots aimed at the subversion of the Elizabethan state. The Best Books of Check out the top books of the year on our page Best Books of