Spinola

The fullest contemporary description of Lady Jane Grey was written by Baptisa Spinola, a Genoese merchant, who witnessed her procession to the Tower of London to be proclaimed Queen of England on July 10 1553. Not only does he describe the procession but he was close enough to Lady Jane Grey, to describe her appearance in detail.

This description can be found in the following:

Tudor Cousins: Rivals for the Throne by Dulcie M Ashdown

Lady Jane Grey by Hester W Chapman

The Nine Days' Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times by Richard Davey

Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk by Alison Plowden

Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden

Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England by Maureen Waller

Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Extracts can be found in the following:

Tales from the Tower of London by Daniel Diehl and Mark P Donnelly

A New Face for the Lady by J Stephan Edwards (Some quotes and description based on Spinola's account)

Looking for Lady Jane by Bruce Fellman (Yale Alumni Magazine)

Lost Faces: Identity and Discovery in Tudor Royal Portraiture edited by Bendor Grosvenor

Tower of London by Christopher Hibbert

The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Mary Luke

The House of Tudor Alison Plowden

Edward VI: The Lost King of England Chris Skidmore

The Greys: A Long and Noble Line: A Biography of the Family of Lady Jane Grey by Anthony Squires

Tudor and Jacobean Portraits (Volume 1: Text) by Roy Strong

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (A short description based on Spinola's account)

Teen Queen: Looking for Lady Jane by Cynthia Zarin (The New Yorker)

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