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On this day…10th July 1553

Diary of Henry Machyn p.35 ‘The x day of July was reseyved in to the Towre (the Queen Jane) with a grett company of lords and nobulls…after the qwen, and the duches of Suffke her mother, bering her trayn, with … Continue reading

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On this day….July 9th 1553

Diary of Henry Machyn p.35 ‘The IX day of July was sworne unto the qwen Jane alle the hed offesers and the gard as qwen of England…doyhtur of the duke of Suffolke, and servyd as qwen of….’ 10th July 1553

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On this day…8th July 1553

The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat p.2 ‘On the 8. of July the lord maior of London was sent for to the court then at Greenwich, … Continue reading

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On this day…..6th July 1553

Diary of Henry Machyn p.35 ‘The vj day of July, as they say, dessessyed the nobull kyng Edward the vj. and the the vij yere of ys rayne, and sune and here to the nobull kyng Henry the viij; and … Continue reading

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10 July 1553

Today I saw Lady Jane Grey walking in a grand procession to the Tower. She is now called Queen, but is not popular, for the hearts of the people are with Mary, the Spanish Queen’s daughter. This Jane is very … Continue reading

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