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Definition of Edward vi
1. Noun. King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edward Vi
Literary usage of Edward vi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"Mem. of Edward VI, Roxb. Club, vol. ip cxxxvi; ... Memorials of Edward VI.]
SL LEVERIDGE, RICHARD (1670?- 175S), vocalist, song-writer, and composer, ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1904)
"CHAPTER XIV THE REFORMATION UNDER edward vi " WOE unto thee, ... The truth of
his words did not recommend them to the Parliament of Edward VI ; and, ..."
3. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"edward vi, Vatican." The countenance given to letters by this king and his ...
edward vi. State of the regency — Innovations in the regency — Hertford ..."
4. English Schools at the Reformation 1546-8 by Arthur Francis Leach (1896)
"Edward VI.: Spoiler of Schools. NEVER was a great reputation more easily gained
and less deserved than that of King Edward VI. as a founder of schools. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The work of suppressing and despoiling the chantries, begun by Henry VIII, was
taken up and completed by his successor, Edward VI, in 1547. ..."
6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1873)
"REFORM UNDER edward vi. 326 The death of Henry put an end to this persecution.
... Edward VI. was less than ten years old at his accession in 1547 ; but as ..."
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