WI : Henry VIII makes a different will

In Henry VIII's will, he wanted the succession to be in the following order :
1.Edward
2.Mary
3.Elizabeth
4.The heirs of his sister Mary (Suffolk bloodline. This includes Jane Grey)
5.The heirs of his sister Magaret (Stuart bloodline)

That's how we got the reigns of Edward VI (1547-1553), Jane Grey (Nine days in 1553), Mary I "the Bloody" (1553-1558) and finally Elizabeth I "the Virgin Queen" (1558-1603) in that order.

But what would have happened if Elizabeth and Mary's place in the order of succession had been swapped? What would be the consequences?
Would Elizabeth be crowned in 1553? Would that affect her rule?
What would happen to "Bloody" Mary? What about Jane Grey?
And what role do the Stuarts play in that new equation?
 
He's creating a will where religious tests trump primogeniture; making that fly will require him to make certain the Catholics are broken before he announces/publishes it. (Since I don't think he can come up with any non-religious reason to bar Mary.) He's also declaring Elizabeth legitimate, which is going to make her a target earlier (many conservatives at the time regarded Princess Elizabeth as a bastard, which made her safe from some reprisals since they didn't regard her as being in the succession at all).

Alternatively, he could publish such a will without rounding up and attainting/exiling/imprisoning/killing his more conservative and Catholic nobles, and the result will be his will being disregarded entirely, and Edward VI's accession will be a bloody shambles.
 
Henry VIII

I don't think that he (Henry) anticipated Edward dying before he reached his majority. I think that Mary and Elizabeth were included merely as a formality. Edward's health during Henry's reign was reasonably good, despite some problems. Had Edward been a very sickly child, there is the possibility that Henry may have come up with a completely different will.
 
No one else interested by the question besides Shawn Endresen and el t?

Now, if it seems that much improbable that Henry VIII would swap Elizabeth and Mary's place in the order of succession, here is an alternative question : what happens if Mary dies before Edward VI?
 
I don't think that he (Henry) anticipated Edward dying before he reached his majority. I think that Mary and Elizabeth were included merely as a formality. Edward's health during Henry's reign was reasonably good, despite some problems. Had Edward been a very sickly child, there is the possibility that Henry may have come up with a completely different will.

Indeed. Edward was an unusually sturdy and healthy young man prior to his final illness, but even today we get the impression of him being a sickly child, simply because he died young.
 
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