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Elizabeth had a central and active role in government, and in August 1560 he wrote to Elizabeth that peace between England and Scotland "dothe cheffely depend uppon your majesties order & conducte". During these years in France, Throckmorton became acquainted with
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Being in place to knowe more than you can knowe, I saye unto yowe ..., in case you doe on the Quenes majesties behalf your mestris, presse this company to enlarge the Quene my soveraigne, and to suffer you to goe unto her, or doe use any thretnynge speache in those matters, the rather to compasse
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on 15 May 1565 where ceremonies were being held to grant
Darnley and his followers new titles. At first, he was refused entry to the castle, then Mary agreed to speak with him. The marriage went ahead in Edinburgh on 16 July.
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said he would be prepared to resign if
Throckmorton would take his place and spoke well of him after his death, in spite of their constant disagreements. Some contemporaries also suspected Throckmorton was the
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Throckmorton was working against his own advice and had contradictory orders from both his Queen and Sir
William Cecil. The Scottish lords knew him as a friend of Mary and as a supporter of her claim to be a
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came to see
Throckmorton. As instructed by Elizabeth, Throckmorton asked Lethington if the plan was to restore Mary to the throne. If so, Elizabeth promised to help prosecute Darnley's murder and preserve
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to negotiate his release. The two men soon began to dislike each other and in one stage almost came to blows, but
Throckmorton was eventually released in 1564. Throckmorton was appointed
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Throckmorton by letter on 27 July 1567. Elizabeth told Throckmorton he should argue that the lords had deposed Mary against scriptural law, citing
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and arrested. Later historians have suspected he was at least involved, either because of his
Protestantism or due to his dismay at the growing Spanish influence in the court.
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in 1551, and the title included numerous benefits, including land grants, that gave him financial security. He held the post of under-treasurer at the
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