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February 1554

Posted on 10th February 2020 by Tamise

‘But my faith had armed my resolution to withstand any assault…’ Lady Jane’s conference with Dr Feckenham ‘I have sent you, my dear sister Katherine, a book…’ In the days before her execution, Jane wrote a farewell letter to her … Continue reading →

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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. … Continue reading →

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12th February – 464th Anniversary of the execution of Lady Jane

Posted on 12th February 2018 by Tamise

Events by Place – Tower of London Prayer book message to Sir John Brydges Moments before her execution, Lady Jane made the customary scaffold speech.

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11th February 1554 – Farewell Messages

Posted on 11th February 2018 by Tamise

In the days before the execution, Lady Jane composed a farewell message to her father and a letter to her sister, Katherine. Farewell Message to her Father Farewell Letter to Katherine Grey

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