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- - - - battle of pinkie in 1547 placed them in good position
  - - - further debasement on the coinage raised inflation
      - Mary queen of Scots married dauphin of France in 1548
        
        many were worried France would invade
      - expensive building of fortifications across Scottish border but failure to capture important castes such as Dunbar and Edinburgh
    - - Thomas Seymour tried to turn Edward against Somerset with the help of earl of southampton
        
        Southampton later assisted Somerset in bringing treason charges towards Seymour
    - - governed largely with his own council with only one member of the privy council
      - radical approach to relgion
        
        issued a series of injunctions in 1547 to attack many catholic practices such as stained glass
      - by 1547, only 20% of the London population were protestant
    - - 1549 ketts rebellion
        
        driven by local grievances and hatred of enclosure
        
        duke of Northampton unable to stop it, only foreign mercenaries under the earl of Warwick could
      - 1549 western rebellion
        
        due to book of common prayer and dissolution of chantries
        
        secular motive of resentment of the sheep tax
        
        defeated by lord Russel
      - enclosure
        
        became a serious political issue and created resentment from farmers due to sheep tax
      - in 1549 Warwick and Southampton conspired against him, leading in Somerset's surrender
  - - - closing of chantries, confiscation of church goods
    - - royal proclamation should be obeyed as if they were acts of parliament
    - - allowed people to discuss religion freely
      - attacks on churches and iconoclasm
      - public meetings often ended in riots
    - - war with France
      - finances
      - religious reform
      - population increase
      - living standards
      - cause of inflation
- - - - arrested Somerset in 1551
      - ensured control of the council
        
        increased membership of the council to 33 and chose members based on loyalty
        
        chose men with military experience
        
        put privy council back at the centre of government
  - - - somerset had spent £1.3 million on war
    - - paid of debts through the sale of chantry land and church goods
  - - - northumberland removed remaining garrisons
      - by march 1552 Scottish border restored to pre Henry VIII position
    - - improved relations with France deteriorated relationship with HRE
      - breakdown in trade with the Netherlands that had previously been protected under the intercusus Magnus in 1496
      - 1550 Charles tried to restore trade relations with england
    - - took advantage of chaos in england and built up forces around Boulogne
        
        treaty of Boulogne signed in 1550
        
        england withdrew in exchange for £133,333
      - caused england to have a weak international position
  - - - mary's succession would lead to his dismissal and possible arrest
      - Edward made a plan (device) to omit Mary and Elizabeth from the succession and instead have Lady Jane Grey
        
        northumberland arranged a marriage between his son and Lady Jane Grey
        
        many in the council were reluctant
        
        Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen and ruled for 9 days
        
        executed in 1554
      - northumberland councillors deserted him
        
        underestimated his unpopularity
        
        was arrested in 1553
- - - - power delegated to lord protector (Somerset)
  - - - catholic north but protestant south and London