Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

Executions of Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley – 12 February 1554

Posted on 12th February 2019 by Tamise

‘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.

‘Good people, I am come hether to die…

Jane and Guildford were executed at the Tower of London.

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Lady Jane writes farewell letters – 11th February 1554

Posted on 11th February 2019 by Tamise

‘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 the prayerbook she carried to the scaffold.

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Lady Jane’s Conference with Dr Feckenham

Posted on 8th February 2019 by Tamise

‘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 the end, this says much of her determination that her death should have meaning. (p.257, Ives)

De Lisle suggests that perhaps ‘Jane had not forgotten Anne Askew, burned for heresy by Henry VIII in 1546, and whose arguments with her persecutors had been recorded for posterity. Jane intended to preserve the best of her exchanges also.’ (p.146, de Lisle)

Lady Jane’s conference with Dr Feckenham

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Bradgate Park – Tulip Procession – 10 February 2019

Posted on 6th February 2019 by Tamise

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 execution of Lady Jane Grey, the 9-day Queen on the 12th Feb 1554. This procession will start at 11am promptly from the Newtown Linford car park. There is no set end time. The Trust will also have a flower laying as a mark of respect to Lady Jane Greyin the Chapel, where we will be joined by a harpist for a symbolic remembrance.

The Tudor Society will also be attending, marking their respect, to Bradgate Park’s most famous resident. Please do not bring flowers. Deer friendly flowers will be available for a small donation.

Please note we expect the car park to be busy – and wet conditions may mean overflow grass car parks can not be opened. Please be considerate to our neighbours.
This event is free to attend, but donations are welcome. Car parking charges apply (£4 per day).’

Details from – Bradgate Park Trust – Facebook .

Thank you to Lorenzo Madge for the photo from 2017’s tulip laying in memory of Jane.