ABSTRACT
Mary's only possible successor was her half-sister Elizabeth, as even Philip acknowledged. She was duly proclaimed Queen, and entered London on 23 November 1558. Mary was buried in Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey on 14 December. Much of the religious legislation enacted under Mary was repealed. New Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity were passed into law in April 1559. Changes were made circumspectly among the Queen's ministers and household officers. Thomas Tallis's own position was probably of little political consequence, and appears to have been secure. John Blitheman, an outstanding performer on the organ, became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal before the end of 1558 and held the post until he died in 1591. Shortly after Norfolk's trial Thomas Byrd returned to the Chapel Royal, after spending nine years as organist and master of the choristers at Lincoln Cathedral.
