1. Did th e La dy J a ne G re y
plot e ve r s ta nd a
c h a nc e ?

2. Aim s
• To u n de rs ta n d h o w th e s u c c e s s ion wa s
cha ng e d
• To e xplo re Ma ry’s re s p o ns e to th e a lte re d
s uc c e s s io n
• To a s s e s s to wh y th e La d y J a n e G re y p lot
fa ile d .

3. E dwa rd’s De a th
• E dwa rd h a d be e n a h e a lth y
c h ild but h e fe ll ill in la te
J a nua ry 1553 with a c h e s t
infe c tion or TB
• B y April de s pite be ing
wa rne d th a t it wa s s e rious
th e re we re s ig ns of
im prove me nt.
• S udde nly in la te Ma y h e
s uffe re d a re la ps e a nd
c ontra c te d s e ptic e m ia .
• De a th wa s now pre dic te d.
S urviving th roug h J une
E dwa rd fina lly die d on 6 th J uly

4. Wh y is th e c h ronolog y of E dwa rd’s
illne s s a nd de a th s ig nific a nt?
Only in J une wa s it
c le a r th a t E dwa rd wa s
g oing to die . As a
re s ult th os e wis h in g
to a void a Ma ria n
s uc c e s s ion h a d only a
m onth to a c t.
La dy J a ne G re y
m a rria g e wa s b e fore
J une in de fe ns e of
No rth um b e rla nd.

6. Wh os e will wa s it a nywa y?
• Re ad pag e 259 – 260 Co mple te Ac tivity 1
and 2

7. Wh y did Ma ry s uc c e e d?
• R e a d pa g e 261 -262
a nd a ns we r th e
following q ue s tion.
Why had Mary
s uc c e e de d and
No rthumbe rland
faile d? Co ns ide r
the fo llo wing in
yo ur ans we r –
s uppo rt, tac tic s
and c laims to the
thro ne .

8. How s ig nific a nt wa s th is plot?
• E dwa rd u n do u b te dly s u p p o rte d a c h a ng e
in th e s u c c e s s io n- th e e n d of th e Tud o rs .
• It c o u ld h a ve re tu rn e d th e c o u n try to a c ivil
wa r c on flic t p o s s ib ly th e re e m e rg e n c e of
th e wa r o f th e ro s e s .
• It d id e ffe c tive ly e n d th e Tu d ors b ut fo r
o n ly n in e d a ys
• It c o u ld h a ve b e e n m o re s u c c e s s fu l h a d
No rth um b e rla n d n o t fa ile d to m u s te r
tro o p s e ffe c tive ly a n d a c t de c is ive ly in
th o s e c ru c ia l d a ys .