February 1554 – Lady Jane’s conference with Dr Feckenham

Posted on 8th February 2016 by Tamise


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.


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Books 2016 – John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey’s Father-in-Law is now on sale

Posted on 5th February 2016 by Tamise


(c) Christine Hartweg

(c) Christine Hartweg


‘John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey’s Father-in-Law’ by Christine Hartweg is now on sale from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com .


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Lady Frances Brandon – Talk by Nicola Tallis

Posted on 26th January 2016 by Tamise


Historian Nicola Tallis will be giving a talk about Lady Frances Brandon (mother of Lady Jane Grey) at the Freshford and District Local History Society in Somerset.

The talk is on Wednesday 24th February at 7.30pm. The talk is open to non society members at a cost of £2 per ticket.

Further information and society contact details, can be found on the Freshford Local History Society website.


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John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey’s Father-in-Law by Christine Hartweg

Posted on 24th January 2016 by Tamise

This new biography of John Dudley by Christine Hartweg is due to be published early in February. Christine runs the very insightful All Things Robert Dudley blog and is an excellent writer, so I am really looking forward to reading this.


(c) Christine Hartweg

(c) Christine Hartweg


Blurb:

‘John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (1504–1553), one of the most notorious figures of Tudor England, is best known as the father-in-law of Lady Jane Grey, whom he helped to place on the English throne for nine days. However, he was also a courtier and diplomat, a general and de facto regent, as well as a patron of art and exploration and a devoted family man; and in the past decades his image has undergone significant changes from villain to talented statesman. The father of Queen Elizabeth’s friend Robert Dudley and grandfather of the poet Philip Sidney led a colourful life at the courts of Henry VIII and Edward VI which is vividly retold in this fully documented biography.’

You can read what Christine has to say about her book at:

Coming soon: John Dudley Book


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My review of ‘Charles Brandon: Henry VIII’s Closest Friend’ by Steven Gunn

Posted on 19th January 2016 by Tamise


Charles Brandon: Henry VIII’s Closest Friend by Steven Gunn


(c) Amberley Publishing

(c) Amberley Publishing


19 January 2015

This academic study of Charles Brandon (grandfather of Lady Jane Grey) is a new version of Steven Gunn’s earlier biography of the closest friend of Henry VIII.

Gunn has pieced together a tremendously detailed picture of the Duke of Suffolk through evidence of the costumes he and Henry VIII wore for tournaments, the estates granted to him, income, debts, local rivalry with the Duke of Norfolk and Charles’s complex marital history.

Charles kept his friendship with Henry VIII, weathering the storms of his marriage to Henry’s sister, Mary (former Queen of France), military challenges and Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and subsequent marriages.

As an academic biography, it is not an easy read. While the level of detail is fascinating in some places, in others it makes the book very slow going. I would have liked more information about his marriage to Mary Tudor and translations of the French and Latin quotes would have been helpful.



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