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Judges Summoned on Succession

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1553

Edward VI15 June 1553

Greenwich · Government / Government of England

Edward summons senior judges to his sickbed and presses them to prepare his succession devise as letters patent.

Names involved

Edward VI

Provenance

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