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tipped the balance to the evangelical reformers. MacCulloch considers that in 1550, after the fall of
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came in early 1550. Those executors who were still alive (13 of the original 16, Browne, Denny and then
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The will appointed 16 executors. That body had little impact in the short term because its powers were given to a smaller group. It was officially (with one other) the council of King
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Henry VIII made a final revision to his last will and testament on 30 December 1546. It was signed using the "dry stamp", a device in use since 1545 and under the control of
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The will containing the line of succession was read, stamped and sealed on 27 January 1547, when the dying king was past speech. He died within hours, the next day.
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expressly recognised the illegitimacy of Henry's daughters) of King Henry VIII . Its actual legal and constitutional status was much debated; and arguably the
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