Events by Place – Tower of London
Plaque commemorating Jane, Guildford, Henry, Duke of Suffolk and others in St Peter ad Vincula.
(c) Lara Eakins
Prayer book message to Sir John Brydges
(c) British Library
Moments before her execution, Lady Jane made the customary scaffold speech.
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
(c) British Library
Farewell Letter to Katherine Grey
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
Sources
De Lisle, L. (2009) The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey, Harper Collins.
Ives, E. (2009) Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell.
14th June 2018 – The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle
‘A king, his lover and his lover’s wife. One is a killer.
In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the Jacobean court when a celebrated couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom.
Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the murder. The king suspects them both, though it is his secret at stake.
Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose? And who is willing to commit murder?’
Further details – Elizabeth Fremantle
Further details – Amazon.co.uk
Bradgate Park Trust will be marking the anniversary of Lady Jane’s execution with a Tulip procession.
12th February
11:00 Start Time
12:30 End Time
Depart Newtown Linford Car Park
Details from Bradgate Park Trust .
Thank you to Lorenzo Madge for the photo from last year’s tulip laying in memory of Jane.
