In 1547, the last minority in English history was formed for 9 year old Edward VI (1547-53). After the titanic reign of his father Henry VIII, a contemporary may have wondered if the country may be engulfed in civil war once more.Had the rampant religious and administrative upheaval been possible due to the colossus at the helm? Would the country accept such terms under a new king? Or would the country yield to the familiar squabbles of grasping councillors?If there were nerves, they were hidden on the 20th February 1547 when the 9-year-old walked through the nave of Westminster Abbey. The nation stood on a precipice and history was not on their side.
CHARACTERS
Edward VI – King of England
Henry VIII – King of England, father of Edward VI (1509-47)
Jane Seymour – Queen of England, mother of Edward VI, 3rd wife of Henry VIII
Princess Mary – half-sister of Edward VI
Princess Elizabeth – half-sister of Edward VI
Catherine Parr – Queen of England, 6th wife of Henry VIII
Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset – Lord Protector, uncle of Edward VI
Thomas Seymour – uncle of Edward VI, brother of Edward Seymour
John Dudley, duke of Northumberland – Lord President of the Council
Thomas Cranmer – Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Wriothesley – Lord Chancellor
Hugh Latimer – Bishop of Worcester
William Paget – statesman and ally of Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset
Thomas Cromwell – Chancellor of the Exchequer under Henry VIII
John Cheke and Richard Cox – Tutors of Edward VI
Thomas Howard, duke of Norfolk – nobleman and uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
Robert Kett – leader of Kett’s rebellion
Lady Jane Grey – cousin of Edward VI
Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen of Scotland
Francis – French dauphin, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
Richard Chancellor – explorer
Ivan the Terrible – First Tsar of Russia
Edmund Dudley – financial agent of Henry VII, father of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland
Robert Dudley – son of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland
Guildford Dudley – son of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, husband of Lady Jane Grey
Anne Boleyn – Queen of England, 2nd wife of Henry VIII
Catherine Howard – Queen of England, 4th wife of Henry VIII
Henry VII – King of England, grandfather of Edward VI (1485-1509)
Henry VI – King of England (1422-61, 70-71)
Richard II – King of England (1377-99)
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