[203] Several of these letters are included in the second volume of Tytler’s England under Edward VI and Mary.
[204] Table showing the heirs female in remainder to the Crown, named in the will of Henry VIII and the “Devise” of Edward VI:—
King Henry the Seventh and Queen Elizabeth of York,
had issue
|
+-------------------------+--------------------------+
| | |
King Henry VIII, Margaret, Queen of Scots, Mary, Queen of France,
father of, grandmother of mother of,
by Katherine by Anne Mary Stuart, and by Charles Brandon,
of Aragon, Boleyn, great-grandmother of Duke of Suffolk,
| | King James the First. |
| | |
| +------+ +--------------+--+
| | | |
| | The Lady Frances, The Lady Eleanor,
The Lady Mary, The Lady Elizabeth, Duchess of Countess of
æt. 38 in 1553. æt. 20 in 1553. Suffolk, Cumberland,
æt. 36 in 1553. d. 1547.
| |
+-----------------+-----------------+--+ |
| | | |
The Lady Jane, The Lady Katherine, The Lady Mary, The Lady Margaret,
æt. 17 in to the Earl of to Thomas Countess of
1553, m. to Hertford, issue. Skye, or Clifford,
Guildford Keyes, issue.
Dudley, no issue.
no issue.
[205] Antoine de Noailles informs us in his Notes that the Lady Frances was very sore over the way in which her succession to the Crown was set aside by King Edward in favour of her daughter Jane; and the Duke of Suffolk had some difficulty in inducing her to accept the situation.
[206] John Terentianus, writing to John ab Ulmis under date of 29th November 1553, says (Zurich Letters, p. 365): “A few days before his death the King made a will at the instigation of Northumberland, by which he disinherited both his sisters.”
[207] Cranmer’s Works (Parker Society), vol. ii. p. 442.
[208] That is to say, Princess Mary, at that time only a Schismatic, or “Henryite,” might suddenly become a Roman Catholic, and abolish the Reformed religion. It should be remembered that Mary was not openly in communion with Rome until about three months after her accession to the throne.
[209] The reader will find the text of the “Devise” at the end of the next chapter.
[210] Northumberland, in fact, tyrannised over everybody: Noailles (Ambassades Françaises, ii. 80), says that “toutes ces choses [Jane’s failure to keep the throne] sont advenues plus pour la grande hayne que l’on porte à icelluy duc [Northumberland], qui a voulu tenir un chacun en craincte, que pour l’amitié que l’on a à ladicte royne [Mary].”
[211] The original of this letter is among the State Papers.