Tudor Queenship: The Reigns of Mary and Elizabeth (48 page)

Notes
: Names in roman are those of councilors not reappointed or “dropped” by Elizabeth. Heath (43) ceased to be a councilor by the end of 1558. 
Italicized
 names are those of councilors reappointed by Elizabeth. Offices are those held on November 17, 1558 or the most important one
recently held
(underlined). Councilors retained by Elizabeth kept the specified offices until their deaths unless otherwise indicated. Years of councilors’ deaths are shown after their names. Two more of the 1553 councilors were still alive on November 17, 1558. Thomas Lord Wentworth (21), prisoner in France, was indicted on July 2, 1558 for conspiracy to deliver Calais to the French; Sir Anthony St Leger (35), Lord Deputy of Ireland until April 1556, never sat during the last two years of Mary’s reign.