1552
Black Rubric
A declaration later known as the Black Rubric is added to clarify that kneeling at communion does not imply adoration of the elements.
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A declaration later known as the Black Rubric is added to clarify that kneeling at communion does not imply adoration of the elements.
Buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula
Orders the execution of the Duke of Somerset
Death of Edward Seymour, executed
Edward's uncle and former Lord Protector is executed on Tower Hill after his conviction.
Edward suffers serious infectious illness during the year; later accounts connect this period with measles and smallpox.
Charles V tries to recapture Lorraine but is repulsed at Metz
Appointed Lord Protector
Francis of Guise organizes the defence of Metz against imperial forces
Edward VI's first Parliament, which originally opened in November 1547, reaches its final dissolution.
Parliament authorises the revised prayer book and strengthens legal requirements for uniform Protestant worship.
The revised and more explicitly Protestant Book of Common Prayer comes into general use.
Tries to recapture Lorraine but is repulsed at Metz
Charles V tries to recapture Lorraine but is repulsed at Metz
Death of Edward Seymour, executed
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