Schoolboy King
The Life and Legacy of Edward VI
This is the text of a lecture I delivered at the celebration of the 475th anniversary of King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, on 27 June 2025.
Edward VI is a king who is more often remembered for what happened in his reign than for what he did in his reign. The obvious reason for this is that Edward was only nine years old when he inherited the throne…
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