Mary Tudor's gathering at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk in July 1553 was the decisive counter-move against Northumberland's coup. Her proclamation as queen there and the rally of East Anglian gentry, towns and yeomen to her cause demonstrated the breadth of dynastic loyalty and Catholic sympathy in the region. Within days she had an army of some fifteen to twenty thousand men, transforming an apparently hopeless position into total victory.
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