Mary Tudor

Mary Tudor

1. A devout Catholic; changed the country's religion back to Catholicism.

   • Recusants overjoyed!
   • Some people refused to follow the Catholic faith.
     • About 300 people all over the country were burned to death.
       • Nicknamed 'Bloody Mary' by some.
   • England was officially a Catholic country once more.
     • Married priests were made to leave their wives
     • Church services and prayer books were in Latin once more.
   • Pope was the Head of the English and Welsh Churches again

2. Married Catholic King Philip of Spain

   • The Spanish were unpopular in England
   • He had affairs with lots of other women; cuckolding.
   • Longed for a child, rumoured to have given birth to several stillborn girls.

3. Lady Jane Grey

   • Chosen by Edward VI to become Queen.
     • It angered Mary.
   • Queen for 9 days in 1553.
     • Mary's troops marched into London and arrested her.
   • Ordered the execution of her, her husband and other family members.