‘Medical Downfall of the Tudors’ by Sylvia Soberton added to the website…

Posted on 21st February 2021 by Tamise


(c) Sylvia Barbara Soberton


‘Medical Downfall of the Tudors: Sex, Reproduction & Succession’ by Sylvia Soberton added to the General Works section of the bibliography.

Entry added to the following:

Legends – Poison




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9 Day Giveaway – Day 1 – Win ‘The Sisters Who Would Be Queen’ by Leanda de Lisle

Posted on 12th February 2021 by Tamise


To celebrate 20 years of my website, I am running a 9 Day Giveaway on key dates throughout the year that relate to Lady Jane.


On day 1 of the giveaway thanks to the generosity of Leanda de Lisle, you have a chance to win a signed copy of the New York Times Top 10 Bestseller, ‘The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey’ in a world wide giveaway!



To enter the competition

Email me at ljgcompetition at yahoo.co.uk. Replace ‘at’ with @.

The competition ends at midnight (UK time) on Friday 26th February.

The winner will be selected at random.

Good luck!


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20 Years of Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide!

Posted on 7th February 2021 by Tamise


My website is 20 this year. The actual anniversary is in September but I didn’t want to wait until then to celebrate!

So, I am holding a ‘9 Day Giveaway’ on key dates throughout the year that relate to Lady Jane.

Thanks to the generosity of the following historians and their publishers, Leanda de Lisle & Harper Press, Elizabeth Fremantle & Penguin, Nicola Tallis & Michael O’Mara, Alison Weir & Arrow and Philippa Gregory & Simon & Schuster, throughout the year you can win….


Day 1 – 12th February 1554 – Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Giveaway – The Sisters Who Would Be Queen by Leanda de Lisle – Competition closed

Day 2 – 25th May 1553 – Wedding of Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley
Giveaway – Lady Jane Grey Earrings by The Tudor Pearl – Competition closed

Day 3 – 6th July 1553 – Edward VI dies and Jane becomes Queen
Giveaway – Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle – Competition closed

Day 4 – 9th July 1553 – Jane is told she is Queen of England
Giveaway – Crown of Blood by Nicola Tallis – Competition closed

Day 5 – 10th July 1553 – Queen Jane arrives at the Tower of London and is proclaimed Queen
Giveaway – Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir – Competition closed

Day 6 – 19th July 1553 – Queen Jane’s reign ends
Giveaway – Lady Jane Christmas tree ornament – Competition closed

Day 7 – 29th August 1553 – The author of ‘The Chronicle of Queen Jane etc’ dines with Lady Jane in the Tower of London
Giveaway – The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory – Competition closed

Day 8 – 7th September 1548 – Jane is chief mourner at the funeral of Dowager Queen Katherine Parr at Sudeley Castle
Giveaway – Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives – Competition closed

Day 9 – 13th November 1553 – Jane’s trial for treason at the Guildhall in London
Giveaway – Lady Jane necklace by Enchanted Tudor Rose – Competition closed




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‘The Spanish Queen: Katharine of Aragon and her Continental Family’ – Talk by Sarah Gristwood

Posted on 1st February 2021 by Tamise


On Friday evening, I watched Sarah Gristwood’s talk, The Spanish Queen: Katharine of Aragon and her Continental Family.

The talk was part of Peterborough Cathedral’s ‘Katherine of Aragon Festival’ to commemorate the burial of Queen Katherine at the cathedral on 29th January 1536.

Sarah’s talk was every bit as compelling as her book, ‘Game of Queens: The Women Who Made 16th Century Europe’.

It was interesting to hear about the symbols in the chapel at Ightham Mote (a place I have visited), which consist of arrows for Aragon, castles for Castile and pomegranates, the symbol of Katherine’s fertile family.

I learnt more about how Katherine’s family married into the royal houses of Europe and what was particularly interesting was how these may have influenced Katherine’s response to Henry VIII’s reasons for a divorce. This was something I had not thought about before.

Lady Jane also got a brief mention. In that how Mary I had to win her throne against Jane, just like Mary’s grandmother, Isabella of Castile had had to win her throne.

Sarah said that although we remember Katherines’ daughter Mary as ‘Bloody Mary’ and for the religious persecution, it should remembered that Mary’s Queenship did pave the way for Elizabeth I’s rule. Credit should be given to Katherine of Aragon and Mary for the lessons that were passed from Isabella, to Katherine to Mary.




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Myths of the Tower Talk

Posted on 28th January 2021 by Tamise


Yesterday evening I watched the fascinating online talk from HRP, ‘Myths of the Tower with Lucy Worsley, Ravenmaster Chris Skaife and Curator Jane Spooner.’

The myths included:

Death of George, Duke of Clarence
Princes in the Tower
Executions
Secret Tunnels

Lady Jane got a brief mention as one of the 7 people to be executed privately within the Tower grounds.

At the end of the talk, Lucy, Chris and Jane answered questions from the audience. One of these questions was related to Jane.

Jane Cooper was asked about her favourite ‘grafiti’ in the Beauchamp Tower. Jane’s answer was (from memory):

‘The most impressive is that associated with the imprisonment of the Dudleys who were involved with the brief queenship of Lady Jane Grey. Someone inscribed in the soft stone of the Tower the names of the Dudley brothers and an elaborate carving. They were either released before it was finished or were stopped from finishing it.’




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