Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

A document from Jane’s brief reign in the summer of 1553 is up for auction.

(c) Lyon & Turnbull

Auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull describe the document as:

‘Tower of London, 17th July 1553

…the letter is a warrant addressed to Armagil Waad (Wade), clerk of the privy council, authorising him to disburse payments to various couriers for delivering ‘hir maiesties letters’, presumably the official announcement of Jane’s accession and accompanying demand for loyalty, to several named regional power-brokers whose support of Mary must have been known to the councillors.’

The auction will take place on Wednesday 25 February.

Further details available at Lyon & Turnbull

(c) Artnet.com

Lady Jane’s conference with Dr Feckenham

In the days before her execution, Jane wrote a farewell letter to her sister Katherine.

(c) V & A Museum, London

Jane also wrote a farewell message to her father, in the prayerbook she carried to the scaffold.

(c) British Library

Jane wrote a farewell message to Sir John Brydges (the Lieutenant of the Tower), in the prayer book she carried to the scaffold.

(c) British Library

Jane and Guildford were executed at the Tower of London.