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Description Edward VI's "devise for the succession", 1553, written in his own hand. (Inner Temple, Petyt MS 538, vol. 47 fo. 317.) In this document, Edward bypassed the claims to the throne of his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth in favour of Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey). In the fourth line, Edward has changed "L Janes heires masles" to "L Jane and her heires masles".
Date December 1552 to May 1553. Historians don't agree on exact timing.
Source http://allthingsrobertdudley.wordpress.com/category/edward-vi/, matching the lower-res version published in: Jennifer Loach, Edward VI, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, ISBN 0300079923.
Author Edward VI of England
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