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My review of ‘Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Unwanted Wife’ by Sarah-Beth Watkins

The story of Anne of Cleves, the fourth of Henry VIII’s sixth wives, has been overlooked in favour of his more well-known spouses. Anne is remembered as the wife Henry did not want to marry and soon rejected. Watkin’s biography … Continue reading

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Executions of Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley – 12 February 1554

‘For, as the Precher sayethe, there is a tyme to be borne, and a tyme to dye…’ Jane wrote a farewell message to Sir John Brydges (the Lieutenant of the Tower), in the prayer book she carried to the scaffold. … Continue reading

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Lady Jane writes farewell letters – 11th February 1554

‘I have sent you, my dear sister Katherine, a book…’ In the days before her execution, Jane wrote a farewell letter to her sister Katherine. ‘The Lorde comforte your grace…’ Jane also wrote a farewell message to her father, in … Continue reading

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Lady Jane’s Conference with Dr Feckenham

‘But my faith had armed my resolution to withstand any assault…’ Both de Lisle and Ives agree that Jane wanted her dialogue with Feckenham to be published, ‘Given the little time she had to write between his final visit and … Continue reading

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Bradgate Park – Tulip Procession – 10 February 2019

Bradgate Park Trust will be marking the anniversary of Lady Jane’s execution with a Tulip procession. Sunday 10th February 11:00 Start Time Depart Newtown Linford Car Park ‘Join a ‘horse-led’ procession to the Ruins of Bradgate House, to mark the … Continue reading

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