became queen. Many wealthy Protestants, such as John Foxe and John Cheke, fled England, and Walsingham was among them. He continued his studies in law at the universities of Basel and Padua, where he was elected to the governing body by his fellow students in 1555.

Rise to power

Mary I died in November 1558 and was succeeded by her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth.

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