Great Tales From English History, book 2 (2009)
“They noted a‘tough, strong, straining cough’ — a possible sign of tuberculosis. Edward was coughing up blood; his body was covered with ulcers.
In addition, there had been rumours that he was a victim of poison, so to protect themselves the doctors formally notified the Council that they feared the King had less than nine months to live.
On the death of Henry VIII, Edward’s uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, had taken charge of the boy king as‘Protector of the Realm’. Seymour was t...he elder brother of Henry’s beloved third wife Jane, and it was under his auspices that the new Prayer Book of 1549 was introduced.
But the risings of that year had marked the end of the Protector’s power and provided an opening for John Dudley, son of Edmund Dudley, the overzealous fundraiser that Henry VIII had executed at the beginning of his reign.
His father’s fate had not deterred John Dudley from the perilous path of Tudor royal service.MoreLess
In addition, there had been rumours that he was a victim of poison, so to protect themselves the doctors formally notified the Council that they feared the King had less than nine months to live.
On the death of Henry VIII, Edward’s uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, had taken charge of the boy king as‘Protector of the Realm’. Seymour was t...he elder brother of Henry’s beloved third wife Jane, and it was under his auspices that the new Prayer Book of 1549 was introduced.
But the risings of that year had marked the end of the Protector’s power and provided an opening for John Dudley, son of Edmund Dudley, the overzealous fundraiser that Henry VIII had executed at the beginning of his reign.
His father’s fate had not deterred John Dudley from the perilous path of Tudor royal service.MoreLess
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