#OTD 13 Sept 1520 #WilliamCecil, Lord Burghley was born in Bourne 1550 he began service as Secretary of State 1st to #EdwardVI then #ElizabethI whom he served as Chief adviser for 14yrs A great builder & patron of the arts, building Burghley William Cecil Visit Lincolnshire

Was Edward VI going to marry his cousin Lady Jane Grey? #myladyjane #ladyjanegrey #edwardvi #janegrey #tudors #historywithamy #history #historyfacts vm.tiktok.com/ZGe7jprFb/

A few verses from an anonymous #17thCentury #ballad about the fate of #LadyJaneGrey. From the Golden Garland of Princely Pleasures, 1620 youtube.com/watch?v=X4K-40… #tudor #tudors #earlymusic #edwardvi #maryi #earlymodern #historyballad #16thCentury

Pseudo-history. #AmazonPrime paints King #EdwardVI as a black homo.

#OTD 10 July 1553 #LadyJaneGrey daughter of Frances Grey, #HenryVIII’s niece was proclaimed Queen Named #EdwardVI's heir he died on 6 July Reigning just 9 days she was c16 when executed LJG once ward of #ThomasSeymour Sudeley Castle was chief mourner at #KatherineParr's funeral

#OTD in 1553, #JaneGrey was summoned to #SyonHouse; it was here that she was met by the Privy Council, including her father-in-law #JohnDudley, who formally offered her the Crown of England, as set out in #EdwardVI's 'Devise for the Succession'. #tudorhistory

#OTD in 1553, #EdwardVI died at the 'Palace of Placentia', #Greenwich, at around 8pm; he had been suffering from ill health since the previous Spring, being exposed to measles and smallpox, and appears to have been suffering from a pulmonary condition, likely tuberculosis #Tudors

#OTD 6 July 1553 15yr old King #EdwardVI died at Greenwich Palace & buried at Westminster Abbey Born 12 Oct 1537 at Hampton Court Palace his mother #JaneSeymour died just 12 days later King at 9 his Uncle #EdwardSeymour became Lord Protector Naming #LadyJaneGrey heir put a 🔧 in the works

#OTD 6th July 1553 King Edward VI died, aged just 15 at Greenwich Palace. instagram.com/p/C9ERDK4KsTw/… #EdwardVI #KingEdwardVI #KingofEngland #BoyKing #YoungKing #Tudors #History

'The 1553 Succession Crisis' as shown in portraits. All currently on display at National Portrait Gallery. (📷 taken by myself on my recent visit to the gallery and the amazing #SixLives exhibition) #EdwardVI #LadyJaneGrey #MaryI #ElizabethI #TudorMonarchs #TudorQueens #TudorHistory #Tudors

We see "brick" being marked above with a "rainbow" in the above photo found on the internet We also see a red #PostMan van similar to the red ex-postal #BedFord van that #LeoDowling #CecilRhodes #EdwardVI owned in #NZ which the King was required to be driven around in when young

#OTD in 1553, letters patent were issued, formally identifying #JaneGrey as the successor to the ailing 15yo English King #EdwardVI. His wishes had been outlined in the document 'My devise for the Succession': "to the L' Jane and her heires masles". #tudorhistory #tudormonarch

#ThomasSeymour was granted Sudeley Castle by his nephew #EdwardVI in Feb 1547, on his appointment as 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley. However it was in great need of repair; the castle was renovated in preparation for the arrival of Seymour and pregnant #KatherineParr in Jun 1548.