The author of ‘The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat’ described the procession from the Tower.
(c) National Portrait Gallery NPG 764
‘The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the Tower on foot, to be arrayned, to yeldhall, with the axe before theym, from theyr warde, Thomas Cranmer, archbushoppe of Canterbury, between (blank)
Next followed the lorde Gilforde Dudley, between (blank)
Next followed the lady Jane, between (blank), and hir ij. Gentyllwomen following hir
Next followed the lorde Ambrose Dudley and the lorde Harry Dudley.
The lady Jane was in a blacke gowne of cloth, tourned downe; the cappe lined with fese velvet, and edget about with the same, in a French hoode, all black, with a black byllyment, a black velvet boke hanging before hir, and another boke in hir hande open, holding hir.’
Wyngaerde’s “Panorama of London in 1543″
85. Guildhall
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‘Thys yere the xiij. day of November the byshoppe of CantorberyThomas Creme and lady Jane that wolde a bene qwene, and iij. of the Dudleyes condemnyd at the yelde-halle for hye tresone.’
(Chronicle of Grey Friars)
