

Their basic idea was to marry Mary to Norfolk, England's only Duke. Elizabeth I had Mary locked away in various castles, but she still became the center of numerous conspiracies to overthrow the upstarts who had displaced the ancient aristocracy. The problem for Elizabeth I was that Mary was a Catholic claimant to the English throne. Things began to fray around the edges when Mary Queen of Scots fled to England.

Queen Elizabeth I sought to bring about a religious settlement with the objective of establishing in England a Protestant Anglican Church with herself as the Supreme Governor. Please help with verifying or updating this infobox.

