. Historical portraits ... tzerland and shamefully plunderedwhat property still remained to the Church. He gave up the con-test with Scotland and France, and tried by every means to curryfavour with the King of the latter country, ignoring the fact thatthis, combined with his cruel treatment of the Princess Mary, wouldalmost certainly lead to a war with the Emperor, and the ruin of theEnglish wool trade. In October 1551 he made himself Duke ofNorthumberland, and seized for his new dukedom most of the landsof the See of Durham; and at the same date he felt strong enoughto strike at Somerset, wh
. Historical portraits ... tzerland and shamefully plunderedwhat property still remained to the Church. He gave up the con-test with Scotland and France, and tried by every means to curryfavour with the King of the latter country, ignoring the fact thatthis, combined with his cruel treatment of the Princess Mary, wouldalmost certainly lead to a war with the Emperor, and the ruin of theEnglish wool trade. In October 1551 he made himself Duke ofNorthumberland, and seized for his new dukedom most of the landsof the See of Durham; and at the same date he felt strong enoughto strike at Somerset, who was now accused of a conspiracy, datingfrom the previous April, to murder the Lords of the , afterwards proved to be false, was extracted by tortureagainst the ex-Protector, who was tried, found guilty of felony andexecuted in January 1552. For eighteen more months the govern-ment staggered on, adding every week by its tyranny and incapacityto the load of hatred that it bore. Edward professed to look upon. JOHN DUDLEY, DUKE ^OF NORTHUMBERLAND, a portrait in the possession of Lord Sackville Face p. 56 JOHN DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND 57 Northumberland as his father, but we have no means of knowingwhat the inteUigent if cold-blooded boy really felt. From January1553 the Kings feeble health gave certain signs of an early death ;and in May, Northumberland, who must have known what he had toexpect on the accession of Queen Mary, married one of his own sonsto Jane Grey, great-granddaughter of Henry VII, and in the nextmonth persuaded Edward to make a devise of the succession infavour of the said Jane. The Council, intimidated by Northumber-lands foreign mercenaries, gave way and signed acquiescence to thisastonishing programme. Edward died on July 6th: Jane wasproclaimed, and Northumberland set out to capture the person of therightful Queen, Mary. Directly he was gone the leading Councillorsseized the first opportunity of repudiatmg their act, and proclaimedMary
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