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Northumberland made plans to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne and marry her to his son, so that he could remain the power behind the throne.

His plot failed in a matter of days, Jane Grey was beheaded, and Mary I ( 1516 – 1558 ) took the throne amidst popular demonstration in her favour in London, which contemporaries described as the largest show of affection for a Tudor monarch.

Mary had never been expected to hold the throne, at least not since Edward was born.

She was a devoted Catholic who believed that she could turn the clock back to 1516, before the Reformation began.