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473rd Wedding Anniversary of Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley

‘On the 25th of this month were celebrated the weddings of my Lord Guilford, son of the Duke of Northumberland, to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Suffolk…The weddings were celebrated with great magnificence and feasting at the Duke … Continue reading

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17/18 December 1553 – Jane is given permission to walk in the Queen’s garden at the Tower

From the Acts of the Privy Council: At Westminster, the xvij of December, 1553 ‘A letter to the Lieutenant of the Towre, willing hym at convenient tymes by his discreation to suffer the late Duke of Northumbreland’s children to have … Continue reading

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13 November 1553 – Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley were taken to the Guildhall to stand trial

The author of ‘The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat’ described the procession from the Tower. ‘The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the … Continue reading

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471st Wedding Anniversary of Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley

‘On the 25th of this month were celebrated the weddings of my Lord Guilford, son of the Duke of Northumberland, to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Suffolk…The weddings were celebrated with great magnificence and feasting at the Duke … Continue reading

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