In 1563 William Cecil drafted one, envisaging the Privy Council having wide powers if the Queen died without an heir; but he did not put it forward.
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Descent from the two daughters of Henry VII who reached adulthood, Margaret and Mary Tudor, was the first and main issue in the succession.
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