ask of her. John Dudley knew he needed to complete his plan soon(Hal 4). First, he convinced Edward to change the line of succession. He claimed that his father would have wanted to continue Protestant rule over England. Secondly, he needed to convince the Council to allow the change. He did this, basically, with verbal threats(Hal 4). Once everyone had agreed, a formal document was written up which officially removed the two daughters from the line of succession. Frances Grey was summoned to see the king where she declined the crown. This made Jane the successor. King Edward died on the gloomy Thursday morning of July sixth(Luke 252). Jane was not informed of the king's death until Sunday. She was at the Chelsea Manor House, where she had been sick for a few weeks. It was her sister-in-law who delivered the news and told her she had been summoned to the Syon House(Hal 5). Upon her entrance to the room, everyone began to kneel before her. Not knowing why, she began to blush. John Dudley then approached her and knelt as he announced that she was the new Queen of England(Hal 5). Jane was reluctant, repeating over and over that she was not pleased. She insisted that she did not want to take the throne. Northumberland began telling Jane that it was her royal duty, saying this was of the late king's wanting. Her parents also insisted she take the position. Finally, Jane accepted and asked everyone to pray, "if to succeed to the throne was indeed my duty and my right, that He would aid me to govern the realm to his glory"(qtd. in Luke 268). With that said, Lady Jane Grey was officially declared Queen of England.After nine days of being queen and a short time of imprisonment, Jane was beheaded for the crimes of others. Large crowds gathered on the tenth of July at the Tower of London. There was very much excitement due to the new queen's arrival. On this same day, Mary received a letter from council informing her that she had been named illeg...
