Edward VI of England to Edward at the Tower, and Seymour was announced as Protector. Henry VIII was buried at Windsor on 16 February, in the same tomb as Jane Seymour, as he had wished. Edward VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey four days later on Sunday 20 February. The ceremonies were shortened, because of the "tedious length of the same which should weary and be hurtsome peradventure to the King's majesty, being yet of tender age", and also because the Reformation had rendered some of them inappropriate. On the eve of the coronation, Edward progressed on horseback from the Tower to the Palace
The King Edward VI School, Morpeth 9 students take part in a commemoration service in St. James's Church which sits at the bottom of Collingwood Lane. It is intended to give students a short history of the school and introduce them to the school's values and ideals. The service consists of a number of short readings from staff and students, accompanied by songs from the school choir. The school arms are: Argent masoned gules, a tower triple-turreted within a bordure of the second charged with eight martlets of the first. The King Edward VI School, Morpeth King Edward VI School, Morpeth is a voluntary controlled academy