Elizabeth Raleigh Raleigh (Clive Owen), and shows Bess and Raleigh marrying prior to the Spanish Armada (1588), though in fact the couple married in 1591. She appears briefly in Deborah Harkness' novel "Shadow of Night" (2012) as Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting and Walter Raleigh's lover. Elizabeth Throckmorton, played by actress Phoebe Thomas, appears in the BBC 2 three-part drama documentary series "Armada: 12 Days to Save England" (2015) as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, whom the Queen calls 'Bess'. One scene shows the Queen's jealousy of Bess when she realises from seeing Bess wearing a brooch that Bess has a male admirer unknown to
Throckmorton Plot Throckmorton Plot The Throckmorton Plot was an attempt, in 1583, by English Roman Catholics to murder Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with her first cousin once removed, Mary, Queen of Scots. The plot is named after the key conspirator, Sir Francis Throckmorton (a cousin of Elizabeth "Bess" Throckmorton, Elizabeth's first lady in waiting); Francis confessed to the plot under torture. The plot aimed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, who had ruled England since 1558. The Roman Catholics wished to free her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, who had been held under house arrest in England since 1568,