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Jane Grey, eldest Daughter to the Duke of Suffolk and persuaded Edward to settle the Crown on her, his Sisters Mary, and Elizabeth having been declared illegitimate during the life of their-- Father. And Edward hoping by that means to save the Reformation from destruction appointed her his successor, and soon after died of a consumption, July the 6th 1553. He continued firmly attached to those principles of the reformation which he had imbibed while young and which made a [[underline]] great progress in his reign. [[/underline]] [[underline]] Cranmer [[/underline]] Archbishops of Canterbury favoured the Reformation, Gardiner Bishop of Winchester and Boner Bishop of London opposed it.
