July 17th 1586. The Babington plot and Mary’s final fuck up It always seems to be cousins at war when you read about the Tudors, but to be fair they were all a bit incestuous and so had about a million cousins a piece; with that number it’s inevitable that you’re going to annoy a few … Continue reading July 17th 1586- plots, executions, treason and the dick end men in Mary Queen of Scots life.