The Babington Plot grew out of the seeds of two originally separate plans. The first, a Spanish invasion of England which would depose Elizabeth and raise Mary to the Monarchy, and the second, a plot by English Catholics to assassinate Elizabeth known as the Savage Plot. Both plots ... were formulated in France by two of Elizabeth's staunchest enemies, Paget and Morgan. In 1585 Morgan met with Gilbert Gifford and arranged for him to re-establish the links of communication between Mary and her supporters in France, which had been cut when Walsingham discovered the Throckmorton Plot. Gifford was taken upon his arrival in England and turned into a double agent. The lines of communication were opened between Mary and France, with each letter being intercepted, deciphered, passed to Walsingham, and then sent on its way.