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Elizabeth's Conspiracy After The Wyatt Rebellion Of 1554
Elizabeth again was involved in conspiracy after the Wyatt rebellion of 1554. Edward had passed in the late spring of 1553 from a prolonged sickness, and Elizabeth's sister, Mary, was currently Queen Mary I of England after a brief battle for the throne against the plan of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, to make his daughter in law, Jane Gray, ruler. Mary was not a well liked ruler, and was suspicious of her Protestant sister. It was then not hard to persuade her that Elizabeth may have been plotting with Thomas Wyatt and his men to seize the throne. Regardless of whether the resistance was to make Elizabeth ruler is questionable, and it is additionally unknown whether Elizabeth had known of their plans. Regardless of the possibility

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