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3 days ago · Other research has taken place in the National Gallery, studying paintings of Caravaggio and the Execution of Lady Jane Gray by Delaroche. I’ve been particularly interested in the male depiction of women’s reactions to extreme situations, which has for the most part been demureness.
4 days ago · Lady Jane Grey was the granddaughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon. That made her the grandniece of King Henry VIII of England, and she was a cousin of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. It was in between Edward VI and Mary I that you’ll find Lady Jane Grey as a queen. She was born around 1537. By the time of her execution, she was still ...
3 days ago · The House of Crutched Friars, or Friars of the Holy Cross, at the corner of Hart Street, was founded by Ralph Hosiar and William Sabernes, about the year 1298. The founders themselves became friars of the order, and to them Stephen, the tenth prior of the Holy Trinity, granted three tenements for 13s. 8d.
3 days ago · The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, 1550-1563. This volume from the Camden Society series covers a period of rapid political and religious change in the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, as observed and recorded by a citizen of London. Camden Record Society Old Series.
5 days ago · One exception was the Princess Mary, Katherine of Aragon’s daughter, who refused to give up attending Mass in her own household. Knowing her opposition, the Duke of Northumberland tried to keep her from the throne when Edward died, supporting his daughter-in-law, Queen Jane Dudley (Lady Jane Grey).
1 day ago · It would make Lord John and Lady Jane distantly related by multiple generations. He also wouldn’t be a direct descendant of the ill-fated girl. Lady Jane Grey was executed at around the age of 16 or 17, and she had no children with her husband Lord Guildford Dudley. So, the connection would be through Jane’s family. She had two sisters.
Pictured: Henry VIII by John Bowle (1965) A Tudor Tragedy by Lacey Baldwin Smith (1962) Children of England by Alison Weir (1996) (this is the one that has Katherine Parr as Lady Jane Grey on the cover) Elizabeth Queen of England by Neville Williams (1967) Bloody Mary; The Life of Mary Tudor by Carolly Erickson (1995 - reprint)
