Preparations

Ives, Eric (author)

Lady Jane Grey ; 169-182

2009-09-18

13 pages

9781405194136 , 9781444307832

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444307832.ch17

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

long duration of Edward's illness, death taking his ministers by surprise , Edward's revelation of the ‘deuise’ ‐ the duke continued to woo Mary , Wingfield hinting that Mary was at Hunsdon ‐ to monitor events , reception for Mary at Whitehall in February 1553 ‐ status as heir presumptive being unquestioned , wherever the responsibility for Edward VI's ‘deuise’ lies ‐ King Edward having only weeks to live , Edward's life ebbing ‐ great powers of Europe sensing danger of a ‘War of the English Succession’ , John Hayward's Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth , William Camden's History of Elizabeth stating that the princess was put under pressure