John Dudley (1501-1553), Earl of Warwick and 1st Duke of Northumberland, became obtained supreme power during the regency of Edward VI on the fall of Somerset and attempted to retain his power after the king's death by installing Lady Jane Grey on the throne as his puppet.
He was the first son of Henry VIII's minister Edmund Dudley by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle. His father was executed and the family estates forfeited in 1509 and the young Dudley became the ward of Sir Edward Guildford. The estates of his father were restored to him in 1512 (3 Hen. VIII, c.19), married Guildford's daughter Jane (c.1520) and succeeded him as master of the royal armour to Henry VIII.
In 1523, he accompanied Richard Guildford and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in a military campaign in France and was knighted by Suffolk for his valour at the crossing of the Somme. Sponsored by Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell, Dudley rose steadily in Henry VIII's court.
He defeated Ket's rebels at Mousehold Hill.
Dudley was buried in the Tower of London.
His fourth son, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, born 1532, became a favourite of Elizabeth I.
France
Northumberland obtained peace with France by giving up Boulogne.
see also: Edward VI: France
Scotland
Northumberland secured peace with the Scotch by removing the English garrisons.
see also: Edward VI: France
Edward VI had been a sickly child since birth and is thought to have contracted congenital syphylis while still in the womb from his father. He died on July 6th, 1553, aged only fifteen of either tuberculosis or poisoning by arsenic and was interred in Westinster Abbey.
By the time of his death, the Protestant Edward was sufficiently master of his own destiny to have concerns about the succession. Having no wish for England to revert to Catholicism under his staunchly Catholic half-sister Mary Tudor, he was persuaded to support the claim to the throne of Northumberland's daughter-in-law and puppet, Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554).
After the deposition of Lady Jane Grey, Dudley tried to save himself by recanting his Protestant faith, claiming "A living dog is better than a dead lion." Lady Jane is claimed to have said of him, "I pray God I, nor no friend of mine die so."
| 1510.Aug.28 | | Execution of attainted Edmund Dudley, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Henry VII
His son, John, becomes the ward of Sir Edward Guildford | | | | 1512 | | John Dudley restored to his inheritance | | | | 1520 | | Marriage of John Dudley (later 1st Duke of Northumberland), aged 18, to Jane Guildford, daughter of Sir Edward Guildford | | | | 1523 | | John Dudley knighted by Suffolk for his valour at the crossing of the Somme during the French campaign | | | | 1527 | | John Dudley accompanies Cardinal Wolsey to France | | BAAAGEKW | | 1533 | | John Dudley accompanies Henry VIII to Calais | | BAAAGCCR | | 1533.Jun.01 | | John Dudley is cup-bearer at the coronation of Anne Boleyn | | | | 1533.Sep.10 | | John Darnley led the procession at Elizabeth\'s christening | | | | 1534.Oct.19 | | John Dudley replaced his father-in-law as one of the knights for Kent at a by-election | | | | 1536 | | John Dudley appointed sheriff of Staffordshire for his part in putting down the northern rebellion | | | | 1537 | | John Dudley sent on a mission to Spain | | BAAAGCGQ | | 1538 | | John Dudley appointed deputy governor of Calais (to Lisle) | | BAAAGDDR BAAAGCCR | | 1540.May.19 | | Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of treason by plotting to betray Calais to the French | | BAAAGCCR BAAAGBXA | | 1542.Jan | | John Dudley takes his seat in parliament as a knight for Staffordshire | | | | 1542.Mar.03 | | Death of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
of a heart attack soon after his acquittal for treason | | | | 1542.Mar.12 | | John Dudley created Viscount Lisle | | | | 1544 | | John Dudley, Viscount Lisle made governor of Boulogne | | | | 1547.Jan.28 | | Death of King Henry
VIII, aged 55; Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset becomes
Lord Protector in the name of the 9-year-old King Edward VI | | BAAAGBXA BAAAGCEE BAAAGBHZ BAAAGCLM BAAAGCBT BAAAGCAB BAAAGDGI | | 1547.Jan.28 | | Viscount Lisle one of the executors of the will of Henry VIII | | BAAAGBXA | | circa 1547 | | John Dudley created 1st Earl of Warwick
| | | | 1549.Mar.20 | | Execution of Sir Thomas Seymour at the Tower of London for treason
His execution brings disgrace upon Edward Seymour who was replaced as Lord Protector by John Dudley | | BAAAGDGD BAAAGEED BAAAGBZE BAAAGDKN BAAAGDGR BAAAGDGI | | 1549.Oct | | John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, becomes Lord President of the Council (Lord Protector, effective ruler of the realm) | | BAAAGDGR BAAAGDGI | | 1550 | | Deposition of the Lord Protector Somerset; England ruled by Northumberland | | BAAAGCEE BAAAGBHZ | | 1551 | | John Dudley (1501-1553) created 1st Duke of Northumberland | | | | 1553.May.21 | | Marriage arranged by Northumberland of Lady Jane Grey to Guildford Dudley | | | | 1553.Jul.06 | | Death of King Edward VI, aged only 15; Northumberland proclaims Lady Jane Grey as queen | | BAAAGCLM BAAAGCAB BAAAGDGR BAAAGCBT BAAAGEKN | | 1553.Jul.10 | | Lady Jane Grey officially proclaimed Queen of England | | BAAAGEKN BAAAGCAB | | 1553.Jul.11 | | Mary I proclaimed Queen of England in Norfolk and Suffolk | | BAAAGCAB | | 1553.Jul.12 | | Mary I proclaimed Queen of England at Bury | | BAAAGCAB | | 1553.Jul.13 | | Mary I proclaimed Queen of England at Norwich | | BAAAGCAB | | 1553.Jul.19 | | Mary I, the ardent Catholic daughter of Henry VIII by Katherine of Aragon proclaimed Queen of England in London, she undisputedly succeeds to the throne of England - Lady Jane Grey is deposed and imprisoned
The proclamation made at Cheapside Cross and other accustomed places | | BAAAGEFL BAAAGCLM BAAAGCBT BAAAGEKN BAAAGCAB BAAAGDKN BAAAGDGR | | 1553.Aug.03 | | Queen Mary I enters London triumphantly accompanied by Elizabeth | | BAAAGCAB BAAAGDKN BAAAGCLM | | 1553.Aug.23 | | Execution of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland | | BAAAGCAB BAAAGEKN | | 1554.Feb.12 | | Execution of Lady Jane Grey, who had been proclaimed Queen of England by Northumberland on the death of Edward VI, and her husband Guildford Dudley at the Tower of London | | BAAAGEKN BAAAGCAB BAAAGCLM BAAAGCGR BAAAGDGR |
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