Page "Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford" Paragraph 44

Leicester is credited for having " dislodged Oxford from the pro-French group ", i. e., the group at court which favoured Elizabeth's marriage to the Duke of Anjou.

The Spanish ambassador, Mendoza, was also of the view that Leicester was behind Oxford's informing on his fellow Catholics in an attempt to prevent the French marriage.

Peck concurs, stating that Leicester was " intent upon rendering Sussex's allies politically useless ".