Edward VI of England half-sister Mary would jeopardise the English Reformation, and Edward's Council and officers had many reasons to fear it. Edward himself opposed Mary's succession, not only on religious grounds but also on those of legitimacy and male inheritance, which also applied to Elizabeth. He composed a draft document, headed "My devise for the succession", in which he undertook to change the succession, most probably inspired by his father Henry VIII's precedent. He passed over the claims of his half-sisters and, at last, settled the Crown on his first cousin once removed, the 16-year-old Lady Jane Grey, who on 25 May 1553
The King Edward VI School, Morpeth The King Edward VI School, Morpeth King Edward VI School, Morpeth is a voluntary controlled academy school located in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. It was established by a royal charter as Morpeth Grammar School and later as King Edward VI Grammar School. The school became a comprehensive school in the 1970s and became an academy in December 2011. It is locally known as "KEVI" or simply "King Edward's". In 2011, the school became part of The 3 Rivers Learning Trust. The refoundation of the school, in 1552, 1952 is frequently associated with William Turner (c. 1508–1568), nonconformist divine. He is known