Babington is the name of an Anglo-Irish and English gentry family. The Anglo-Irish branch of the family is still extant today.
Babington House in Babington, Somerset, occupies the site of a former seat of the English Babington family.
Rothley Court
Rothley Temple
Dethick Manor
Anthony Babington was an English gentleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England and conspiring with the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots, for which he was hanged, drawn and quartered. The "Babington Plot" and Mary's involvement in it were the basis of the treason charges against her which led to her execution. He was a member of the Babington family.
Portrait of young gentleman said to be Anthony Babington
Thomas Phelippes' forged cipher postscript to Mary, Queen of Scots' letter to Anthony Babington