Key Events
| 1547 |
Edward VI accedes to the throne at the age of nine after the death of his father, Henry VIII. |
| 1547 |
Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, uncle of Edward VI, is invested as Duke of Somerset and Protector of England. |
| 1547 |
The English army defeats the Scots at Pinkie Cleugh as part of an attempt to force a marriage between Edward VI and Mary Queen of Scots. |
| 1548 |
The French send over 6,000 troops to prevent the English from gaining control of the Scottish Borders. |
| 1549 |
The First Act of Uniformity is passed, making the Roman Catholic mass illegal. The clergy are ordered to remove icons and statues of the saints, and whitewash over wall paintings. |
| 1549 |
The First Book of Common Prayer is introduced, which changes the Church service from Latin to English. |
| 1550 |
The Duke of Somerset is deposed as Protector of England, and is replaced by John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, who creates himself Duke of Northumberland. |
| 1552 |
The Duke of Somerset is executed |
| 1552 |
Archbishop Cranmer publishes the Second book of Common Prayer. |
| 1553 |
The Duke of Northumberland persuades Edward to nominate his daughter-in-law Lady Jane Grey as his heir, in an attempt to secure the Protestant succession. |
| 1553 |
Edward VI dies of tuberculosis at Greenwich Palace. |
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A collection of predominantly English coins from the Tudor era to the present day
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