There is a legend that the oak trees at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, the home of Lady Jane Grey, were ‘pollarded’ at the news of her execution.
This legend can be found in the following:
Lady Jane Grey by H W Chapman
Three Maids for a Crown by Ella March Chase
Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of Englandby Faith Cook
The Nine Days’ Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times by Richard Davey
The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Mary Luke
Bradgate Park: Childhood Home of Lady Jane Grey by Joan Stevenson and Anthony Squires
Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk by Alison Plowden
Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden
The House of Tudor by Alison Plowden
Aristocrat and Regicide: The Life and Times of Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby by Jeff Richards
