Portrait of the Month – Dr Stephan Edwards answers your questions….

Posted on 7th November 2012 by Tamise

Thank you to everyone who has submitted questions about the ‘Lady Jayne’/Streatham portrait at my facebook page.

Dr Stephan Edwards has answered all the questions so far.

You can read his answers and ask any questions you might have at:

Portrait of the Month – November – Streatham Portrait

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Listen to Helen Castor and Suzannah Lipscomb discuss learning difficulties at the Tudor Court

Posted on 7th November 2012 by Tamise

Broadcast yesterday as part of the ‘Making History’ series, Helen Castor discusses learning difficulties at the Tudor court with Dr Suzannah Lipscomb.

You can listen at:

Making History

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4th November 1551 – Visit of Mary of Guise

Posted on 5th November 2012 by Tamise

We get a glimpse of Lady Jane Grey on the 4th of November 1551 when Edward VI entertained Mary of Guise at the Palace of Westminster.

Edward recorded the details in his diary.

4th November

‘The Duke of Suffolk and the Lord Fitzwalter, the Lord Braye and many other lords and gentlemen accompanied by Suffolk’s wife, the Lady Frances, the Lady Margaret [Douglas], the Duchess of Richmond and of Northumberland, the Lady Jane, daughter to the Duke of Suffolk, the marchionesses of Northampton and Winchester, the countesses of Arundel, Bedford, Huntingdon and Rutland, with 100 other ladies and gentlewomen, went to the dowager and brought her through London to Westminster.’

p.44, England’s Boy King: The Diary of Edward VI, 1547-1553
edited by Jonathan North

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Portrait of the Month – November – Lady Jayne/Streatham

Posted on 3rd November 2012 by Tamise

The first portrait of the month is the Lady Jayne/Streathm portrait. If you have any questions about this portrait, please post them at the Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide Facebook page and Dr Stephan Edwards will answer them.

Is this portrait Jane? Is it a reliable portrait? Why are there two other similar versions?

Portrait of the Month – Ask a question

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Final part of Helen Castor’s She Wolves: England’s Early Queens TV series on SBS

Posted on 1st November 2012 by Tamise

The final episode of Helen Castor’s ‘She Wolves: England’s Early Queens is on SBS on Friday 2nd November at 8.30pm.

This episode features the three Tudor Queens, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth.

SBS Documentary – She Wolves

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