1. The following lists the abbreviated and full titles of works referred to. Unless otherwise stated both here and in the notes the place of publication is London.
2. Alford BurghleyStephenAlford Burghley: William Cecil at the court of Elizabeth I(New Haven 2008)
3. Alford KingshipStephenAlford Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI(Cambridge 2002)
4. A Regime at Sea: The Navy and the 1553 Succession Crisis
5. APCActs of the Privy Council of England ed.J. R.Dasent(1890–1907)