9 April 2015 A.D. Elizabeth 1’s Spies
Sir Francis Walsingham, a Protestant and Reformed Churchman and Elizabeth's chief spy 9 April 2015 A.D. Elizabeth 1’s Spies Digby, Jonathan. “Who Were the Elizabethan Spies? (Part 2). English Historical Fiction. 7 Apr 2015. http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2015/04/who-were-elizabethan-spies-part-2.html . Accessed 8 Apr 2015. Who Were the Elizabethan Spies? (Part 2) by Jonathan Digby Sir Francis Walsingham’s spy network in the 16th Century was one of the largest of its kind and in many ways set the blueprint for later versions, most notably during the Cold War. In this short series I am going to discuss the careers of some of the men that made up Walsingham’s networks and speculate on the motivations that drove them into the world of espionage. The career spy: Robert Poley Robert ‘Sweet Robyn’ Poley is probably the most notorious spy of the Elizabethan age and certainly one of the best documented agents of the era. Double-agent, plotter, agent provocate...