Hello everyone and welcome to the History of England, episode 264c, Rebel Queen 4.

Yesterday we concentrated on Mary, her brave decision at Kenning Hall to rebel against England's

Queen, and the impact of her letter on Jane at her council in London on the 10th of July.

On the morning of the 11th of July, the first sound to be heard around the precincts of

the tower was the sound of hand slapping forehead. It was the sound of Northumberland's hand.

Army First, then Queen. Army First, then Queen. Duh.

They followed by a call to his minstrels to play if I could turn back time.

It is true that Northumberland and Suffolk had men wearing their delivery all over London,

which had so impressed Shiver and Renar, and maybe as many as 800 men in all. But under

the fur coat of their livers, there were no nickers, not even a pair of scants.

Northumberland and the council had not made preparations to put a proper army together.

It's remarkably poor planning, and it can only be that Northumberland foolishly assumed

that Mary would accept the legal will of the sovereign and council, or that she'd do

the same thing Gloria Gainer's boyfriend had assumed.

Still, all was not lost. They could get on with the recruiting right now, it would only

take a few days, and they'd be gone. Plus, crucially, they would have the resources of the

tower, which could yield up to 30 pieces of artillery, and that's a resource Mary would

surely find impossible to match, and look, artillery would be critical in any fight.

So, Jane's council met, and this time it was Jane that shouted defiance at the world.

Now on the 11th of July, it was Jane that proclaimed her right to the world, and called her supporters

to her side. They did have something of a problem. William Sessel was asked to draft the document,

and refused to do so, which was irritating. But everything was fine in the end, because

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