Sources - LJG Plot Flashcards
LADY JANE GREY PLOT
LADY JANE GREY PLOT
What did the 3rd Act of Succession 1543 state about the succession after Edward’s death?
That the throne would pass to Mary and then Elizabeth
When was the Devise for Succession originally drawn up?
Spring 1553
When did Edward catch smallpox, weakening his immune system?
April 1552
What did Edward call the first Devise for the Succession?
‘My devise’
What did the first devise for the succession do?
Aimed to make the unborn son of Lady Frances Grey or Lady Jane Grey the next person on the throne
When did Northumberland’s son, Lord Guildford Dudley, marry Lady Jane Grey?
25th May 1553
What religion were Edward and Northumberland?
Protestant
What religion was Mary?
Catholic
When did Northumberland become Lord President of the Privy Council?
January 1550
When was the 2nd Devise drawn up, when it was clear Edward was going to die?
21st June 1553
Who was made heir by the 2nd Devise drawn up on the 21st June 1553?
Lady Jane Grey
When did Edward die?
6th July 1553
How many prominent people in London were forced to sign the Devise between the 6th and 8th July?
102 - including all of the Privy Council
When was Edward’s death announced?
8th July 1553
When did Mary proclaim herself Queen and started acting like it?
9th July 1553
When did the Privy Council declare Lady Jane Grey queen?
10th July 1553
When did Charles V back Mary?
10th July 1553
When did Northumberland leave London to fight Mary?
13th July 1553
Where had Mary raised a small army?
East Anglia
What % of East Anglia was Protestant?
50+%
When did the Privy Council refuse to send Northumberland reinforcements?
15th July 1553
When did Northumberland’s troops start to desert him?
17th July 1553
When did the Privy Council back Mary and say they made an error on backing Jane?
19th July 1553
When did Northumberland surrender and declare that Mary was the rightful Queen?
20th July 1553
Where did Northumberland surrender?
Cambridge
When did Mary arrive into London to cheering crowds?
3rd August 1553
When did Northumberland renounce Protestantism and convert to Catholicism, believing it would spare him his life?
21st August 1553
When was Northumberland executed?
22nd August 1553
What did Mary do after Northumberland converted to Catholicism?
She made it public across Europe
When were Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley both executed?
12th February 1554
When was Lady Jane Grey’s father, the Duke of Suffolk, executed for his involvement in Wyatt’s Rebellion?
23rd February 1554
