The Lady Jane Grey Plot

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  • Created on: 04-07-18 13:37

·         In order to preserve his power and Protestantism, the duke of Northumberland attempted to secure the succession for his daughter in law, Lady Jane Grey.

·         The first step in order to ensure the success was for Northumberland to arrest Mary, preventing her from personally rallying supporters.

·         This failed, on 6th July, Mary guessed Northumberland’s intentions of was alerted to it. She immediately took flight to East Anglia, where Somerset and Northumberland

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