Editing Mary I of England (section)

==Accession==
{{see also|1553 succession crisis in England}}
[[File:streathamladyjayne.jpg|thumb|Edward VI declared his first cousin once removed, [[Lady Jane Grey]], his heir. Lady Jane was married to [[Lord Guildford Dudley]], a son of the English politician [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]].]]
On 6 July 1553, at age 15, Edward VI died of a lung infection, possibly [[tuberculosis]].<ref>Porter, p. 187.</ref> He did not want the crown to go to Mary because he feared she would restore Catholicism and undo his and their father's reforms, and so he planned to exclude her from the line of succession. His advisers told him that he could not disinherit only one of his half-sisters: he would have to disinherit Elizabeth as well, even though she was a Protestant. Guided by [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]], and perhaps others, Edward excluded both from the line of succession in his will.<ref>Porter, pp. 188–189.</ref>

Contradicting the Act of Succession 1544, which restored Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession, Edward named Northumberland's daughter-in-law [[Lady Jane Grey]], the granddaughter of Henry VIII's younger sister [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary]], as his successor. Lady Jane's mother was Frances Brandon, Mary's cousin and goddaughter. Just before Edward's death, Mary was summoned to London to visit her dying brother, but was warned that the summons was a pretext on which to capture her and thereby facilitate Jane's accession to the throne.<ref>Waller, pp. 48–49; Whitelock, p. 165.</ref> Therefore, instead of going to London from her residence at Hunsdon, Mary fled to [[East Anglia]], where she owned extensive estates and Northumberland had ruthlessly put down [[Kett's Rebellion]]. Many adherents to the Catholic faith, opponents of Northumberland, lived there.<ref>Waller, pp. 51–53; Whitelock, pp. 165, 138.</ref> On 9 July, from [[Kenninghall]], Norfolk, she wrote to the [[Privy Council of England|privy council]] with orders for her proclamation as Edward's successor.<ref>Loades, p. 176; Porter, p. 195; Tittler, pp. 8, 81–82; Whitelock, p. 168.</ref>

On 10 July 1553, Lady Jane was proclaimed queen by Northumberland and his supporters, and on the same day Mary's servant, [[Thomas Hungate]], arrived in London with her letter to the council.<ref>Whitelock, p. 168.</ref> By 12 July, Mary and her supporters had assembled a military force at [[Framlingham Castle]], Suffolk.<ref>Porter, p. 203; Waller, p. 52.</ref> Northumberland's support collapsed,<ref>Loades, pp. 176–181; Porter, pp. 213–214; Waller, p. 54; Whitelock, pp. 170–174.</ref> and Jane was deposed on 19 July.<ref>Porter, p. 210; Weir, pp. 159–160.</ref> She and Northumberland were imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. Mary rode triumphantly into London on 3 August 1553 on a wave of popular support, accompanied by her half-sister Elizabeth and a procession of over 800 nobles and gentlemen.<ref>Waller, pp. 57–59.</ref>