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Letters Patent for the Succession

Name: Letters Patent for the Succession – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

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1553Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1553

Edward VI21 June 1553

Greenwich · House / House of Tudor

Letters patent embody Edward's succession settlement and place Lady Jane Grey ahead of Mary and Elizabeth.

Names involved

Edward VI

Provenance

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