Lady Jane Grey
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Device of the Succession
At some point in that spring, when he was ill, but not apparently dying, edward writes his device for the succession. It's a really, really extraordinary document, all drawn up in edward's own hand. And again, there's been a lot of debate over how much of this was done under edward's Own auspices and how much he was influenced by northumberland. But my own feeling is that edward had more of a hand in it than he has perhaps been given credit for.
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