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- Placed in regency council pending Henry VIII's death
- Had control over Henry's will, kept his death quiet, placed himself in charge of regency council
- Claimed position as Lord Protector (1547), ruled by dry stamp
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- YES - Popular at first, respected from military campaigns in France and Scotland
- YES - Said to be a friend of the peasant class BUT didnt deliver on his promises
- NO - ruled by proclamation (passed 77) and dry stamp from his home (Somerset House)
- NO - bypassed councils and ignored William Paget
- NO - Edward fell ill and cold at Windsor Castle, blamed Somerset
- NO - autocratic, didn't consult regency council, quasi-royal
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- ECONOMIC - 5% tax on property and sheep tax
- ECONOMIC - said he would battle enclosure, set up John Hales committee BUT wasn't enough
- RELIGIOUS - little religious change, most of the population was catholic including Mary Tudor
- RELIGIOUS - Only 2 protestant wills in York before 1550
- RELIGIOUS - treason act to reform BUT led to iconoclasm
- RELIGIOUS - dissolved chantries (1547) BUT spend money on pointless war with France and Scotland
- KING EDWARD - didn't like his uncle, not enough pocket money and fell cold and ill in Windsor Castle, 1549
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- AUTOCRATIC - ruled by force, dry stamp, didn't consult council, ignored Paget
- AUTOCRATIC - passed 77 proclamations in 3 years
- AUTOCRATIC - had Thomas Seymour, his brother, killed for trying to gain power
- AUTOCRATIC - people started supporting Northumberland over Somerset, less autocratic
- ANTI-SOMERSET FACTION - Formed by Paget, Northumberland and Wriothesley
- ANTI-SOMERSET FACTION - Wriothesley opposed religious change, Northumberland wanted power, Paget showed concern through letters
- ANTI-SOMERSET FACTION - Somerset fell on the trumped up charges of Northumberland
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