What Of Scotland?
An England under Queen Jane I and her cabal of powerful Protestant backers like Thomas Cromwell would have most likely increased the momentum of the Scottish Reformation. Even under Henry VIII, English literature and propaganda had flowed north, and under Jane I this may have continued apace with support being lent to influential radicals like John Knox. Cromwell was nothing if not politically pragmatic, and this could be as much about pulling Scotland into England’s embrace as it was about ensuring Protestant supremacy. Emboldened by closer ties with their co-religionists in the south, Scottish protestants may have been less indulgent of the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots and her French airs and graces. Too willful to convert and unable to win over the potent Protestant block in court, Mary may have been ousted far sooner and the crown passed to James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, next in line if Mary died withour heir.