Detail from Edward VI will (the devise for succession). On the third line her has amended th text. He changed the line from "Lady Jane's heires masles" (ie Lady Jane's male heirs) to "Lady Jane and her heires masles" (ie Lady Jane and her male heirs. It was this change to the will which allowed her to claim the throne, on which she sat for 9 days before being executed.
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