EDWARD VI AND BROODY MARY
Edward VI and Broody Mary were the two small Tudors who came in between
the two big ones, Henry VIII and Elizabeth. Edward VI was only a boy
and consequently was not allowed to have his reign properly, but
while he was sitting on the throne everyone in the land was forced to
become Protestant, so that Broody Mary would be able to put them to
death afterwards for not being Roman Catholics. A good many people
protested against this treatment and thus it was proved that they were
Protestants, but most of the people decanted and were all right. Broody
Mary’s reign was, however, a Bad Thing, since England is bound to be C.
of E., so all the executions were wasted.
CRAMBER AND FATIMER
It was about this time that a memorable Dumb Crammer and one of Henry
VIII’s wives called Fatimer, who had survived him, got burnt alive at
Oxford, while trying to light a candle in the Martyr’s memorial there:
it was a new candle which they had invented and which they said could
never be put out.
[Illustration: Her Heart]
Shortly after this the cruel Queen died and a post-mortem examination
revealed the word “CALLOUS” engraved on her heart.