In order that our readers may clearly understand the nature of the plan which Northumberland adopted, we present, on the following page, a sort of genealogical table of the royal family of England in the days of Elizabeth. TABLE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ENGLAND IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH. ________________________________________________________________________ = 2. KING HENRY VIII. _Catharine of Aragon._ = 4. QUEEN MARY. _Anne Boleyn._ = 5. QUEEN ELIZABETH. _Jane Seymour._ = 3. KING EDWARD VI. _Anne of Cleves._ _Catharine Howard._ _Catharine Parr._ = Margaret _James IV. of Scotland_ = James V. of Scotland = Mary Queen of Scots 1. KING HENRY VII. = 6. KING JAMES VI. OF SCOTLAND AND I. OF ENGLAND. _Earl Of Angus_ = Margaret Douglas = Earl of Lenox = Lord Darnley = Mary. _Charles Brandon, duke = Frances, marchioness of Suffolk_ of Dorset = Lady Jane Grey. = Eleanor. ________________________________________________________________________ EXPLANATION. This table gives the immediate descendants of Henry VII., a descent being denoted by the sign =. The names of the persons whom they respectively married are in italics. Those who became sovereigns of England are in small capitals, and the order in which they reigned is denoted by the figures prefixed to their names.