He and his fellow conspirators were arrested. In all, roughly 100 rebels were hung, although the Queen pardoned 400 others. 5.SLAID Mary tried to make social reforms which were mostly unsuccsessful. One of those was her marriage to Philip II of Spain, in 1554, which was wery unpopular amongst everyone. She couldn't have successors thou there where two phantom pregnancies when she thought she was pregnant but wasn't. Philip spent very little time with Mary, once he realized that she was not able to bear a child. Mary died at the age of 42 from cancer. She was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I, who quickly undid many of Mary's changes, and returned England to its former Protestant-friendly environment.
reaction. Some of Henry VIII's and Edward VI's most important Protestant bishops were burnt, including Thomas Cranmer, John Hooper, Hugh Latimer, and Nicholas Ridley. Mary has been blamed for these persecutions along with her advisers: Reginald Pole, Bishop Stephen Gardiner (who had presided over the wedding of Mary and Philip), and Bishop Edmund Bonner. Personally, Mary suffered from depression, anxiety, and neuralgia. Her phantom pregnancies were very probably the result of severe stress, and perhaps the extension of a character that was pious, conventional, and introspective. Her reign, too, was a difficult one. War in Europe, failure to reform the English Church, famine, and epidemics obscure some of the more positive aspects of Marian government such as the reform of the currency, the navy, and customs. Mary died in London on November 17, 1558, and was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth.
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