BattlefieldsMary Tudor Suffolk Muster at Framlingham 1553
Tudor

Mary Tudor Suffolk Muster at Framlingham 1553

1553
England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
Forces
Northumberland loyalists
VS
Victor
Mary Tudor
Forces
Marian muster c.15,000
Outcome
Mary proclaimed queen; Northumberland surrendered; Jane Grey imprisoned in Tower.
The Battle

History & Significance

Mary raised her standard at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk and gathered the largest voluntary army seen in England for a generation. The muster demonstrated that the traditional Catholic gentry and commons would support the legitimate heir over a Protestant coup.

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