Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

Portrait identified as Arbella Stuart

Posted on 31st May 2024 by Tamise

‘Investigative work by art historians Elizabeth Goldring and Emma Rutherford has led to the discovery of the identity of the sitter of a newly discovered Nicholas Hilliard miniature, shining a spotlight on the incredible, but little-known, story of Lady Arbella Stuart (1575-1615), as well as transforming the picture into a remarkable artefact of Elizabethan spycraft.’

Arbella Stuart was the great-great granddaughter of Henry VII, great-granddaughter of Margaret Tudor (Queen of Scotland), granddaughter of Bess of Hardwick and Margaret Douglas and niece of Mary, Queen of Scots. She also married one of the grandsons of Katherine Grey.

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Books 2024 – A book that features Jane to look forward to…

Posted on 28th May 2024 by Tamise

15 June – Heroines of the Tudor World by Sharon Bennett Connolly

‘These are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love. These are the women who made a difference, who influenced countries, kings and the Reformation. Heroines of the Tudor World focuses on the women who lived through the Renaissance and Reformation, examining the threats and challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Studying regents, writers, nuns and queens, and taking in the likes of Elizabeth Barton, Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Medici, Bess of Hardwick and Elizabeth I, Sharon Bennett Connolly shines the spotlight on the women who helped to shape Early Modern Europe.’

From Amazon.co.uk

Further details – Amberley Publishing

Further details – Amazon.co.uk

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471st Wedding Anniversary of Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley

Posted on 25th May 2024 by Tamise

‘On the 25th of this month were celebrated the weddings of my Lord Guilford, son of the Duke of Northumberland, to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Suffolk…The weddings were celebrated with great magnificence and feasting at the Duke of Northumberland’s house in town.’

May 30. Vienna, Imp. Arch. E. 20.Jehan Scheyfve to the Emperor.

Wyngaerde’s “Panorama of London in 1543”
26. Durham House
Commons Wikimedia

The wedding took place at Durham House and the celebrations have been depicted in various works of fiction.

One of the two letters discovered in 2013 by Stephan Edwards gave us new information about the wedding and Lee from (from Lady Jane Grey Revisited) and I separated fact from fiction in Investigating Jane.

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Stephan Edwards investigates whether Jane was the ‘Nine Day’s Queen’….

Posted on 21st May 2024 by Tamise

Stephan Edwards investigates whether Jane really was the ‘Nine Day’s Queen’ over at his website, Some Grey Matter.

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‘Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I’ edited by Valerie Schutte & Jessica S Hower added to the website….

Posted on 20th May 2024 by Tamise

‘Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I’ edited by Valerie Schutte & Jessica S Hower added to the Lady Jane Grey section of the bibliography.

Entries added to the following:

Writings of Lady Jane Grey – Letters – Letter to Mary

Media – Films and Plays