Trees at Bradgate Park

There is a legend that the oak trees at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, the home of Lady Jane Grey, were 'pollarded' at the news of her execution.

Read about this legend at:

This legend can be found in the following:

Lady Jane Grey by H W Chapman

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

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

Bradgate Park: Childhood Home of Lady Jane Grey by Joan Stevenson and Anthony Squires

Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk by Alison Plowden

Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden

The House of Tudor by Alison Plowden

Aristocrat and Regicide: The Life and Times of Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby by Jeff Richards