Due to the obesity Henry died from natural causes in 1547. His only male heir Edward VI became king at his nine. Edward was the first monarch in England who was about to be raised as a Protestant. Henry was organized a cabinet regency to rule on his behalf, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, seized the power and he declared himself as the Protector. Seymour and the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer were want to make England a proper Protestant country. So that, the revolution of the Church of England into a Protestant shape also happened during reign of the young king Edward. A Book of Common, written in English was introduced. Priests were allowed to get married. Statues and pictures about Catholicism had been removed and Catholic bishops were imprisoned. Moreover, in order to spread Protestanism, Protestant …show more content…
His council had a plan to prevent England return to Catholicism. According to his father Henry VIII’s will Mary, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon should be the Queen, if Edward dies without having a children but the Duke of Northumberland, John Dudley had different plans. He asked and persuaded Edward to choose his successor as Jane Grey. Mary was the Dudley’s daughter-in-law and John hoped to rule England by this way. Jane was Queen for only few days and then with support of the people of the England Mary took the