After the death of Queen Catherine Parr, Lady Jane returned to live with her parents. In the autumn of 1548, her wardship was bought by Sir Thomas Seymour, widower of Catherine Parr and Lady Jane returned to his household.
A photo of this letter can be seen in ‘Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery’ by Eric Ives.
A copy of this letter can be found in the following:
Child-Life and Girlhood Remarkable Women by W H D Adams
Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy by Conor Byrne
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery by Eric Ives
The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey by Mary Luke
Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
Lives of the Tudor Princesses by Agnes Strickland
Extracts from this letter can be found in the following:
Lady Jane Grey by Hester W Chapman
Catherine Parr: Henry VIII’s Last Love by Susan James
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
The Tudor Queens of England by David Loades (quote only)
The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton
Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden
Princely Education in Early Modern Britain by Aysha Pollnitz
Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter
The House of Grey: Friends & Foes of Kings by Melita Thomas
