Jerome Bellamy of Uxenden Hall

Uxenden Hall

Uxenden Hall was an English manor house near Harrow-on-the-Hill. In the sixteenth century it was inhabited by the family of Jerome Bellamy....

, near London

London

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, England

England

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, was a member of an old Roman Catholic recusant

Recusancy

In the history of England and Wales, the recusancy was the state of those who refused to attend Anglican services. The individuals were known as "recusants"...

 family noted for its hospitality to missionaries and fellow recusants.

Bellamy was a warm sympathizer with Mary, Queen of Scots. In the latter years of the sixteenth century the Babington plot

Babington Plot

The Babington Plot was a Catholic plot in 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth, a Protestant, and put Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic, on the English throne. It led to the execution of Mary. The long-term goal was an invasion by the Spanish forces of King Philip II and the Catholic league in...

 to free Mary and assassinate her cousin Queen Elizabeth

Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

 was exposed, and Babington

Anthony Babington

Anthony Babington was convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England and conspiring with the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots...

, with two of his fellow-conspirators, Barnewell and Donne, sought refuge in Bellamy's house. Bellamy concealed them and was later arrested with them and accused of complicity in the plot. All four were indicted, tried, convicted on 15 September 1586, and executed within six days.