Tag Archives: On this day

21st August 1553 – The lady Jane loking through the windowe sawe the duke and the rest going to the churche

Posted on 21st August 2020 by Tamise

‘Note, on mondaye the xxjst of August, it was appointed the duke with other shoulde have suffered, and all the garde were at the Tower; but howe soever it chaunced he did not; but he desired to here masse, and … Continue reading →

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February 1554

Posted on 10th February 2020 by Tamise

‘But my faith had armed my resolution to withstand any assault…’ Lady Jane’s conference with Dr Feckenham ‘I have sent you, my dear sister Katherine, a book…’ In the days before her execution, Jane wrote a farewell letter to her … Continue reading →

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‘Then, the Lady Jane, daughter to the lord Marquis Dorset, chief mourner…’

Posted on 7th September 2019 by Tamise

On 7th September 1548, Lady Jane was the chief mourner at the funeral of Queen Katherine Parr at Sudeley Castle. Events by Place – Sudeley Castle Sudeley Castle

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On this day in 1528…

Posted on 17th March 2019 by Tamise

Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk wrote a letter to Cardinal Wolsey from Castle Rising on this day in 1528. Mary to Wolsey March 17 1528 ‘My very good lorde as hertely as I can I commande me unto your good … Continue reading →