Letters as Queen


Three letters written for and signed by Lady Jane Grey, as Queen. ‘Lady Jane and the House of Suffolk’ and ‘Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen’ by Alison Plowden include a photo of one of the letters stamped ‘Jana non regina’ after the end of her nine day reign.

A photo of one of the letters can be seen at Some Stirring Relics of English History .

All three letters can be found in the following:

Documents of Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen of England 1553 by James D Taylor Jr

Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey by Nicholas H Nicolas

Extracts can be found in the following:

Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy by Conor Byrne

The Nine Days’ Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times by Richard Davey

Lady Jane Grey and Her Times by George Howard

Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk by Alison Plowden