Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary and her supporters were having none of this and within days Mary was proclaimed queen. Dudley was beheaded at Tower Hill shortly followed by Jane on Tower Green.
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Lady Jane Grey
Commemorated ati
Tower of London execution site
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Tower of London execution site - c.1910
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Other Subjects
Thomas Bowyer
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcey of Templehurst
Known as Lord Darcy de Darcy or Darcy of Templehurst or Temple Hirst. Â Early success as a soldier, and then at court but his involvement in Aske's rebellion, known as the 'Pilgrimage of Grace', led...
Sir Simon de Burley
Soldier and then tutor to Prince Richard who would become Richard II. Burley stayed close to Richard, arranging his marriage for him. Â Burley had great influence over the king, which was resented b...
Laurence Parnam
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Guy Fawkes
Born a protestant in York but became a Catholic when his widowed mother married a Catholic. A professional soldier, he fought for Spain but when he realised that Spain would not invade Britain and ...
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