13 November 1553

The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat
p.32

‘The xiijth daie of November were ledd out of the Tower on foot, to be arrayned, to yeldhall, with the axe before theym, from theyr warde, Thomas Cranmer, archbushoppe of Canterbury, between (blank)
Next followed the lorde Gilforde Dudley, between (blank)
Next followed the lady Jane, between (blank), and hir ij. Gentyllwomen following hir.
Next followed the lorde Ambrose Dudley and the lorde Harry Dudley.

The lady Jane was in a blacke gowne of cloth, tourned downe; the cappe lined with fese velvet, and edget about with the same, in a French hoode, all black, with a black byllyment, a black velvet boke hanging before hir, and another boke in hir hande open, holding hir.’

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Diary of Henry Machyn
p.37

‘(The 13th of November were arraigned at Guildhall doctor Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, the lord) Gylfford Dudlay, the sune of the duke of Northumberland, and my lade Jane ys wyff, the doythur of the duke of Suffoke-Dassett, and the lord Hambrosse Dudlay, (and the) lord Hare Dudlay, the wyche lade Jane was proclamyd (Queen): they all v wher cast for to dee.’

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Original Letters Relative to the Reformation
p.374 & 507-8

‘On November the fourteenth Jane, formerly queen, together with the archbishop of Canterbury and all the sons of the duke of Northumberland, was arraigned before the judges at Whitehall; you know the place at London. Sentence of death was pronounced upon them all.’

Letter CLXXXII
Julius Terentianus to John (Ab Ulmis)
Strasburgh Nov 20 1553

‘On the 14th of November the archbishop of Canterbury, together with the late queen Jane, and the sons of the duke of Northumberland, were brought to trial, and condemned to death…’

Letter CCXXXVIII
Peter Martyr to Henry Bullinger
Strasburgh Dec 15 1553

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