Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

A good reason to buy BBC History Magazine…

Posted on 21st September 2020 by Tamise

The October issue of BBC History Magazine has an article by Tracy Borman that briefly mentions Lady Jane.

‘Anne Boleyn’s Final Battle’ looks at the last days of Anne Boleyn and how her execution set a precdent.

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Funeral of Katherine Parr in Fiction

Posted on 7th September 2020 by Tamise

On 7th September 1548, Lady Jane was chief mourner at the funeral of dowager Queen Katherine Parr.

In Innocent Traitor the funeral is seen through Jane’s eyes.

‘First in the procession are the officers of the Queen’s household, carrying their staves of offices; the are followed by Somerset Herald in his richly coloured tabard. Then comes the leaden coffin, borne on the shoulders of six black-clad stalwarts, and behind it, the chief mourner, myself.

I must look a diminutive figure in the midst of all this sombre pageantry. I wear a gown and hood of black banded with purple, the colours of royal mourning, and my long train is borne by a maid-of-honour. I carry a prayer book and keep my eyes downcast.’

(c) Hutchinson, p.184-185

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Killing Time Podcast – Lady Jane Grey and Charles I

Posted on 1st September 2020 by Tamise

Killing Time with Rebecca Rideal – Protestant Martyrs

‘It is the 12th February 1554 and we are at the Tower of London where a sixteen-year-old girl is being led out to Tower Green to be executed for treason. She is Lady Jane Grey and for a few fleeting days she has been Queen of England. She makes a short speech and is beheaded.’

With a beginning like this, this is a must listen to podcast! Rebecca Rideal and Leanda de Lisle discuss the two executed monarchs, Lady Jane Grey and Charles I.

You can listen at Killing Time : Protestant Martyrs

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