Jérôme Pasquier
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Jérôme Pasquier was a French servant of Mary, Queen of Scots, involved in writing and deciphering coded letters.
Pasquier was taken to the Tower of London and interviewed about his secretarial work
Cipher key from the Babington Plot
Francis Throckmorton
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Sir Francis Throckmorton was a conspirator against Queen Elizabeth I of England in the Throckmorton Plot.
Jérôme Pasquier
…He did remember encoding a letter in cipher for Mary in 1584 to send to the French ambassador Michel de Castelnau asking him to negotiate a pardon for Francis Throckmorton after his treason trial. William Cecil wrote to Christopher Hatton discussing the idea of threatening Nau, Curle, and Pasquier so they would confirm…
Arms of Throckmorton: Gules, on a chevron argent three bars gemelles sable. Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed or. Mottos: (1) Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue is the only nobility); (2) Moribus Antiquis (With ancient manners)
Coughton Court home of Throckmorton family