Edward VI 1547-1553
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- Edward VI 1547-1553
- 1547
- Henry's will - succession is Edward, Mary, Elizabeth (then Lady Jane Grey if all his children die without heirs)
- Accession of Edward VI.
- Somerset becomes Lord Protector.
- Bribes the other councillors into submission, removes Wriothesly from office, imprisons Norfolk and executes Norfolk's son
- Renewal of war with Scotland and France.
- Costly defeat.
- Seymour grants himself Dukedom.
- 3,400 chantries, 900 colleges, 110 hospitals dissolved.
- Henry's will - succession is Edward, Mary, Elizabeth (then Lady Jane Grey if all his children die without heirs)
- 1549
- The Western Rebellion.
- Resistance to Somerset's religious reforms.
- Underestimated by Somerset.
- Put down by Lord Russell.
- Kett's Rebellion.
- Mainly for economic reasons.
- 16,000 men outside Norwich, capture the city in an organised, peaceful movement.
- Put down brutally by 6,000 men led by Earl of Warwick (Dudley, later Duke of Northumberland)
- Kett executed, his forces destroyed.
- Act of Uniformity, First Prayer Book.
- English and Traditional.
- Cranmer cautious.
- Has to be passed through House of Lords.
- Rebellions undermine Somerset and make him appear weak.
- The Western Rebellion.
- 1550
- Northumberland made Lord President.
- Peace made with France and Scotland.
- Conservative faction persuade Somerset to leave.
- Conservatives try in vain to persuade Mary to become regent, so win over Earl of Warwick (Duke of Northumberland).
- Dudley elevates himself to Duke of Northumberland
- Northumberland fills council with reformers to replace fallen Conservatives.
- Edward begins to appear at council.
- Sale of Boulogne to France - 2nd last French territory.
- Bad for Tudor perspective, but saves money on defences and gives the crown £150,000 (a years revenue)
- 1552
- Second Edwardian Prayer book issued.
- More Protestant.
- Edward orders Somerset's execution.
- Act of 42 Articles.
- Written by Cranmer
- More Protestant than Henry's 6 Articles.
- Second Edwardian Prayer book issued.
- 1553
- Death of Edward.
- Lady Jane Grey made Queen.
- Edward writes the Istrument of Device
- Changes succession to Lady Jane Grey.
- 1548
- Debasement, rise in population, rising crime and vagrancy.
- Somerset introduces an unsuccessful Act preventing enclosure.
- 1547
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