Problematic succession[edit] Lord Protector Somerset was also losing favour.

After forcibly removing Edward V I to Windsor Castle, with the intention of keeping him hostage, Somerset was rem oved from power by members of the council, led by his chief rival, John Dudley, the first Earl of Warwick, who created himself Duke of Northumberland shortly af ter his rise. Northumberland effectively became Lord Protector, but he did not u se this title, learning from the mistakes his predecessor made. Northumberland w as furiously ambitious, and aimed to secure Protestant uniformity while making h imself rich with land and money in the process. He ordered churches to be stripp ed of all traditional Catholic symbolism, resulting in the plainness often seen in Church of England churches today. A revision of the Book of Common Prayer was published in 1552. When Edward VI became ill in 1553, his advisers looked to th e possible imminent accession of the Catholic Lady Mary, and feared that she wou ld overturn all the reforms made during Edward's reign. Perhaps surprisingly, it was the dying Edward himself who feared a return to Catholicism, and wrote a ne w will repudiating the 1544 will of Henry VIII. This gave the succession to his cousin Lady Jane Grey, the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary Tudor, who, after the death of Louis XII of France in 1515 had married Henry VIII's favouri te Charles Brandon, the first Duke of Suffolk. Lady Jane's mother was Lady Franc es Brandon, the daughter of Suffolk and Princess Mary. Northumberland married Ja ne to his youngest son Guildford Dudley, allowing himself to get the most out of a necessary Protestant succession. Most of Edward's council signed the Devise f or the Succession, and when Edward VI died on 6 July 1553 from his battle with t uberculosis, Lady Jane was proclaimed queen. However, the popular support for th e proper Tudor dynasty even a Catholic member overruled Northumberland's plans, and Jane, who had never wanted to accept the crown, was deposed after just nine days . Mary's supporters joined her in a triumphal procession to London, accompanied by her younger sister Elizabeth.vcv