Mary Mary Background
• Tudor dynasty broken for nine days, Mary was going to have to • Sent to Ludlow 1525 – saw her parents onl
fight for the throne next three years, and was recalled to her ho
• Edwards health had deteriorated rapidly in 1553 due to with a reduced household, when henry rep
tuberculosis Aragon his wife in 1531, Mary, becoming in
• Northumberland ignored henrys will which placed Mary next – on Charles
to preserve both his own power, and the more extreme form of • Mary refused to accept that she had been m
Protestantism used laws passed at the time Henry had broken result of the marriage between Henry and
away from the Catholic Church to secure the throne for his forced to live as part of her half sister Elizab
daughter in-law Lady Jane Grey. Edward supported this was denied access to her mother and resist
• Mary to visit her dying half-brother planning arrest for her supremacy until after the death of her mot
before Edwards death preventing her campaign but he dies then because of the threat of execution for
before and she finds out Her health was a constant source of anxiety
• 9th July addressed Privy council asserting her right to the throne • Mary appeared at court more frequently. In
and sent letters to announce her accession and rally her support the succession was settled – she would bec
to defend her. She gathered support – Northumberland sent event of Edward being childless
troops to capture her worst mistake – he left London and no
•
longer could keep councillors in line
19th July Mary was officially proclaimed
Mary I 1553-1558
• She was able to triumph for 3 reasons – 1, Mary showed
considerable decisiveness in her decisions 2, Mary had
considerable public support 3, Northumberland failed to control
events and key councillors Mary during the reign of Edward
• Protestant programme so Mary had to tre
• 1549 she floated the introduction of the n
the prohibition of the mass by celebrating
publicly too
• Fears for her safely in 1550 van der delft
• The devise was changed so that Lady Jane
Marys appearance and character on the death of Edward. In the event, Mar
• Mary’s appearance, character and personality are described in queen in Norfolk on 10th July 1553, and sh
contemporary accounts and these provide entertaining reading secured the alliance of the council
• Tudor dynasty broken for nine days, Mary was going to have to • Sent to Ludlow 1525 – saw her parents onl
fight for the throne next three years, and was recalled to her ho
• Edwards health had deteriorated rapidly in 1553 due to with a reduced household, when henry rep
tuberculosis Aragon his wife in 1531, Mary, becoming in
• Northumberland ignored henrys will which placed Mary next – on Charles
to preserve both his own power, and the more extreme form of • Mary refused to accept that she had been m
Protestantism used laws passed at the time Henry had broken result of the marriage between Henry and
away from the Catholic Church to secure the throne for his forced to live as part of her half sister Elizab
daughter in-law Lady Jane Grey. Edward supported this was denied access to her mother and resist
• Mary to visit her dying half-brother planning arrest for her supremacy until after the death of her mot
before Edwards death preventing her campaign but he dies then because of the threat of execution for
before and she finds out Her health was a constant source of anxiety
• 9th July addressed Privy council asserting her right to the throne • Mary appeared at court more frequently. In
and sent letters to announce her accession and rally her support the succession was settled – she would bec
to defend her. She gathered support – Northumberland sent event of Edward being childless
troops to capture her worst mistake – he left London and no
•
longer could keep councillors in line
19th July Mary was officially proclaimed
Mary I 1553-1558
• She was able to triumph for 3 reasons – 1, Mary showed
considerable decisiveness in her decisions 2, Mary had
considerable public support 3, Northumberland failed to control
events and key councillors Mary during the reign of Edward
• Protestant programme so Mary had to tre
• 1549 she floated the introduction of the n
the prohibition of the mass by celebrating
publicly too
• Fears for her safely in 1550 van der delft
• The devise was changed so that Lady Jane
Marys appearance and character on the death of Edward. In the event, Mar
• Mary’s appearance, character and personality are described in queen in Norfolk on 10th July 1553, and sh
contemporary accounts and these provide entertaining reading secured the alliance of the council
