X-Nico

unusual facts about Edward VI



Alexander Barclay

It is presumed that he conformed with the change of religion, for he retained under Edward VI the livings of Great Baddow, Essex, and of Wokey, Somerset, which he had received in 1546, and was presented in 1552 by the dean and chapter of Canterbury to the rectory of All Hallows, Lombard Street, London.

Andrew Perne

In April 1547 he advocated Catholic doctrines, but recanted two months later, and his Protestant faith was strengthened during Edward VI's reign; he was appointed a royal chaplain and canon of Windsor.

Charles Calthorpe

Calthorpe married firstly Winifred Toto, daughter of the Italian-born painter Anthony Toto, Serjeant Painter to Henry VIII and Edward VI.

Common Quail

In 1537 Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, pregnant with the future King Edward VI, developed an insatiable craving for quail, and courtiers and diplomats abroad were ordered to find sufficient supplies for the Queen.

Compton Verney House

The collections include Neapolitan art from 1600 to 1800; Northern European medieval art from 1450–1650; British portraits including paintings of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Edward VI and works by Joshua Reynolds; Chinese bronzes including objects from the Neolithic and Shang periods; British folk art; and 20th century textiles including creations by Enid Marx.

Cromwell Lee

In 1575 he married Mary Harcourt, widow of Richard Taverner (d.1575) of Woodeaton, Clerk of the Signet to Edward VI.

Guild of the Holy Cross

The Guild survived the investigations of the commissioners established by Henry VIII in 1545 to examine the religious endowments that remained after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but was suppressed along with its associated chantries under Edward VI in 1547.

Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

His uncle was William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, who was an influential man during the reign of Edward VI and Elizabeth I. Herbert was responsible for the costly restoration of Cardiff Castle.

Henry, Duke of Cornwall

This theme has also been explored in some alternative history science fiction, such as Kingsley Amis' The Alteration (1976), in which another alternative history English Reformation is depicted, even without the succession crisis caused by the absence of a male heir until the birth of Edward VI to Henry and Jane Seymour.

Hostmen of Newcastle upon Tyne

In 1553, during the reign of Edward VI, John Dudley, the Duke of Northumberland sponsored an act allowing Newcastle to annexe Gateshead and its surrounding area from the bishopric of Durham.

Jan Łaski

In 1542, he became pastor of a Protestant church at Emden, East Frisia shortly after went to England, where in 1550 he was superintendent of the Strangers' Church of London and had some influence on ecclesiastical affairs in the reign of Edward VI.

Kenninghall

The house served as a residence for both of Henry VIII's daughters: Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth at different times during the reign of Edward VI.

Lach Dennis

Abbot Walter exchanged the estates with Randle de Merton for Merton, so early as the reign of Edward VI.

Levina Teerlinc

Levina Teerlinc (b. Bruges, 1510–1520?; d. London, 23 June 1576) was a Flemish miniaturist who served as a painter to the English court of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

Mid-Tudor Crisis

: Edward VI has been portrayed as a stupid boy who, throughout his reign, was the pawn of two 'regents', Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland.

Nicholas Harpsfield

With the more aggressive religious policies of the English Reformation following the accession of Edward VI in 1547, he left England in 1550 to pursue his studies at the University of Louvain.

Robert Samuel

Robert Samuel was the minister of the parish church of East Bergholt, in the Stour valley, during the reign of King Edward VI, at which time it was permitted for priests to be married, and he dwelt there together with his wife.

Rose Lok

Her father was Sheriff in 1548, and was knighted in that year by the young Edward VI.

Scottish Reformation

Protestant preachers fleeing Marian persecutions in England brought with them Edward VI's second Book of Common Prayer (of 1552), which was commended by the Lords of the Congregation.

The Play of the Weather

The play was written by John Heywood, a courtier, musician and playwright during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I and published by his brother-in-law, William Rastell, in 1533 as The Play of the Wether, a new and mery interlude of all maner of Wethers.

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget

William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert KG PC (1506 – 9 June 1563), was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.


see also

Anne Seymour

Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset (1510–1587), née Stanhope, wife of the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, and aunt of Edward VI of England

Anthony Cook

Anthony Cooke (1504–1576), tutor to the young Edward VI of England

Jerningham

Henry Jerningham (1512–1572), English courtier during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I

John Perrot

In June 1551 Perrot also visited France in the train of William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, who had been sent to arrange Edward VI's betrothal to Elisabeth of Valois, the infant daughter of Henry II of France.

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins

Perkins was born on 15 November 1866 at Badminton, Gloucestershire and was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, St. Albans – his father, Rev Charles Perkins, was the headmaster – and at Merchant Taylors' School before obtaining a scholarship in classics to Jesus College, Oxford in 1885.

Thomas Darcy

Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (1506–1558), English courtier during the reign of Edward VI

William Parr

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, brother of Queen Katherine Parr and leading courtier during the reigns of Edward VI and Elizabeth I