Other Letters


These letters mention the events of July 9th and 10th 1553, Lady Jane’s trial and execution and one also refers to her age.

Full versions of these letters can be found in Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation, written during the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Mary (Volume One) translated and edited by Rev Hastings Robinson.

From John Aylmer to Henry Bullinger – Bradgate, May 29 1551
Refers to Jane’s age.

Henry Duke of Suffolk to Henry Bullinger – London, December 21 1551
Asks Henry Bullinger to keep writing to Jane.

From John Aylmer to Henry Bullinger – London, December 23 1551
Asks Henry Bullinger to write to Jane about her dress and the amount of time she should spend on her music.

From James Haddon to Henry Bullinger – London, December 28 1551
Asks Henry Bullinger to keep writing to Jane.

From Richard Hilles to Henry Bullinger – London, July 9 1553
Covers events of July 9th and 10th, including Edward VI’s Will and Jane proclaimed Queen.

From Julius Terentianus to John (Ab Ulmis) – Strasburgh, November 20 1553
Mentions Jane taking posession of the Tower, that her reign lasted nine days and that at her trial she was sentenced to death.

From Hierome Massarius to Henry Bullinger – Basle, December 21 1553
Mentions that Jane had been condemned to death.

From John Banks to Henry Bullinger – London, March 15 1554
Banks sends Bullinger copies of Jane’s conference with Feckenham and letters to her sister and Harding, suggesting that they should be published.

From Thomas Lever to Henry Bullinger – Geneva, April 11 1554
Writes that only the Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane and Lord Guildford were executed and that they remained true to the Protestant religion.

From James Haddon to Henry Bullinger – Strasburgh, August 31 1554
Mentions that Banks has shown him Bullinger’s reply, stating that the documents should not be published. Haddon thinks that these documents are genuine but agrees that they should not be published at present.

From John Banks to Henry Bullinger – Strasburgh, December 9 1554
Writes that he had not considered the implication of publishing the documents relating to Jane.