Chapter 17. Preparations
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch17
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) Preparations, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch17
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- wherever the responsibility for Edward VI's ‘deuise’ lies - King Edward having only weeks to live;
- 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;
- 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;
- Edward's life ebbing - great powers of Europe sensing danger of a ‘War of the English Succession’