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• Northumberland was a dangerously ambitious man, he poisoned Edward's mind against Mary, for his own family's advancement
• The French were in support of Mary being queen and willing to offer imperial aid 
• Mary had fled to East Anglia and was trying to raise forces.
• on the 19th of July, mary gained over 20,000 supporters in East Anglia
• Edward's ''devise for for the succession'' lacked legal substance, and therefore all legal proceedings should have been done on the basis of the third act of sucession passed in 1544, under Henry's reign. He futher reiterated this as his wish in his last will of 1546. Any claim of the Privy council to reject Mary was invalid
• On Mary's march from framlingham castle to london, she was supported by crowds of protestants.
• Exlusion of Mary from the throne led to disruption and unrest, however did not pose a threat to the dynasty
• Thousands of people had supported her as the daughter of the Tudor King Henry VIII and saw her as the rightful Queen of England.
• Mary was able to gain support due to her royal bloodline, which made it difficult for Northumberland to ignore her claims.
• The people had also loved her mother Catherine, and many felt that Catherine and Mary had been mistreated. She basically had public sentiment and tradition on her side.
• Jane was, up to the moment that she was proclaimed Queen, a private Lady going about her business and the daughter of a high-ranking courtier. She wasn’t even really thought of as a Tudor, or as Royalty, even though her grandmother had been a Tudor Princess.
• Mary herself had developed a useful web of connections and was able to utilize those connections to conduct a coup
• When Mary Marched to London, she was smart to not to even bring religion into her campaign, she made it about her been Henry's daughter his blood
• Mary was also an adult and Jane was a child
• Mary was the living embodiment of her mother- pious and well-learned, even though Mary could have left for Spain many times over and saved herself from the mercurial temper of her estranged father, she stayed in England and fought to retain her right to be heir to the throne of England.
• Mary was cheered in the streets as she headed to London. 
• Who was Northumberland’s son

  Lord Dudley
• Political issues

  When Northumberland’s son married Lady Jane Grey in May 1553, the health of Edward was fine, it was believed he would reign for decades. Northumberland therefore had nothing to gain politically from the marriage. It was Edward’s declining health which changes the situation. The Change made made to the Devise, meant that Northumberland became the father in law of the prospective Queen. This suggests that Northumberland had not been plotting his political self advancement
• Religious Issues

  • Edward was a strong Protestant and concerned about Mary’s Catholicism
  • However, Northumberland began to lean in the Catholic direction to gain Mary’s support
• Northumberland failed to gain support as he marched east, with some of his own force deserting `
• There were fears that Mary’s marriage to Phillip would cause him to dominate her, and bring England into Habsburg conflicts which did not benefit the country.
• How many forces was Wyatt able to raise

  • 3,000
• Anti-Spanish sentiments 


  • 13th June a mob attacked a Church where Spaniards were worshiping
• The marriage of Mary and Phillip would mean the exclusion of certain political groups from power. People also feared that with political change there might be change in Land ownership
• When was the Wyatt Rebellion planned for

  Palm Sunday
• Four simultaneous risings were to be staged in Hertfordshire, Devon, Kent and Leicestshire
• The Wyatt rebellion sought to replace Mary with her Protestant half sister, Elizabeth.
• Initially, it looked as if Mary would take reprisals for the rebellion on a grand scale, but her approach switched to one of leniency, probably due to the fear of further rebellion.
• How many were executed as a response

  60
• How many were pardoned for the Wyatt rebellion

  600
• Mary‘s Speech at Guildhall won her support