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\u2018The fortress would become in rapid succession her palace, her prison, her scaffold \u2013 and her tomb.\u2019 (1) <\/i> <\/p>\n
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Lady Jane Dudley arrived at the Tower of London on 10th July 1553 as Queen, on the 19th of July she became a prisoner there and on 12th February 1554, she was executed within the Tower walls and buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula.<\/p>\n
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\u2018The 10 of July, in the afternoone, about 3 of the clocke, lady Jane was convayed by water to the Tower of London, and there received as queene.\u2019 (2) <\/i> <\/p>\n Queen Jane\u2019s reign ended on 19th July when the Privy Council declared for Mary. Julius Terentianus wrote to John Ab Ulmis on November 20th 1553 that, \u2018Thus Jane was queen for only nine days, and those most turbulent ones.\u2019 (3)<\/p>\n Site of Nathaniel Partridge’s House<\/p><\/div>\n At some point the former queen was moved from the Royal apartments in the Tower to the \u2018house of Nathaniel Partridge, the gentlemen \u2013 gaoler\u2019 (4). The current house (pictured above) is a later building.<\/p>\n From The Anne Boleyn Files<\/p><\/div>\n <\/center><\/p>\n On the 29th August 1553, Rowland Lee, \u2018an official at the Royal Mint\u2019 (5) and the author of \u2018The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary, and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyat\u2019, dined at Nathaniel Partridge\u2019s house where Lady Jane was being held. The author was surprised to find Jane seated at the table when he arrived and afterwards recorded their conversation in his chronicle.<\/p>\n \u2018Note, that on tuisdaie the xxixth of Auguste, I dyned at Partrige\u2019s house with my lady Jane, being ther present, she sitting at the bordes end, Partige, his wife, Jacob my ladyes gentill woman, and hir man. She commanding Partrige and me to put on our capes, emongest our communycacion at the dyner, this was to be noted: after she had one or twice droncke to me and bad me hartellie welcome, saithe she, \u201cThe queens majesty is a merciful princes; I beseche God she may long continue, and sende his bountefull grace apon hir.\u201d (6) <\/i><\/p>\n Beauchamp Tower<\/p><\/div>\n Guildford Dudley and his brothers were held in the Beauchamp Tower. A room on the first floor of the Tower contains many carvings made by prisoners.<\/p>\n ‘Jane’ carving in the Beauchamp Tower<\/p><\/div>\n ‘Jane’ carving in the Beauchamp Tower<\/p><\/div>\n Dudley coat of arms carving<\/p><\/div>\n On the ground floor of the Beauchamp Tower is an exhibition which features Jane.<\/p>\n Beauchamp Tower Exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n Beauchamp Tower Exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n In December 1553, Lady Jane was granted permission to walk in the Queen\u2019s garden.<\/p>\n \u2018The xviijth day, the lady Jane had the libertie of the Tower, so she might walk in the queens garden and on the hille; and the lorde Robert and lorde Gilford the liberty of the leds in the Bell Tower\u2026\u2019 (7)<\/I> <\/p>\n From The Anne Boleyn Files<\/p><\/div> h marks the Queen\u2019s gallery and garden.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/center><\/p>\n On 12th February 1554, Lady Jane was executed on Tower Green; Guildford had been executed earlier that morning on Tower Hill.<\/p>\n By this tyme was ther a scaffold made upon the grene over against the White tower, for the saide lady Jane to die apon. (8)<\/i><\/p>\n \u2018Item the xij. of Februarij was beheddyd wythin the tower lady Jane that wolde a bene qwene; and hare husband whose name was Gylford Dudley at the Tower-hyll.\u2019 (9)<\/i><\/p>\n Memorial to those executed on Tower Green<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018Gentle visitor pause awhile : where you stand death cut away the light of many days : here jewelled names were broken from the vivid thread of life : may they rest in peace while we walk the generations around their strife and courage : under there restless skies.’ (10)<\/I><\/p>\n Jane and Guildford were buried in the Tower Chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula.<\/p>\n From The Anne Boleyn Files<\/p><\/div>\n St Peter ad Vincula where Jane and Guildford are buried<\/p><\/div>\n Plaque commemorating Jane, Guildford, Henry, Duke of Suffolk and others in St Peter ad Vincula. Sources<\/u><\/p>\n 1. Jones, N. (2011) Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London, Windmill Books, p.229. \u2018The fortress would become in rapid succession her palace, her prison, her scaffold \u2013 and her tomb.\u2019 (1) Lady Jane Dudley arrived at the Tower of London on 10th July 1553 as Queen, on the 19th of July she became … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n
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\n2. Nichols, J. G (ed) (1850) The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Written by a Resident in the Tower of London, Llanerch Publishers, p.3.
\n3. Robinson, H (ed), (1846) Original Letters Relative to the English Reformation, Written during the Reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI and Queen Mary (Volume One), University Press, p. 365-274.
\n4. Ives, E. (2009) Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, p.249.
\n5. De Lisle, L. (2010) The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey, HarperPress, p.133.
\n6. Nichols, J. G (ed) (1850) The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Written by a Resident in the Tower of London, Llanerch Publishers, p.24-25.
\n7. Ibid, p.33.
\n8. Nichols, J. G (ed) (1850) The Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary and Especially of the Rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Written by a Resident in the Tower of London, Llanerch Publishers, p.55
\n9. ‘The Chronicle of the Grey Friars: Mary’, in Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London Camden Society Old Series, Volume 53, ed. J G Nichols (London, 1852), pp. 80-98. British History Online http:\/\/www.british-history.ac.uk\/camden-record-soc\/vol53\/pp80-98<\/a> [accessed 1 April 2016].
\n10. ‘Tower Green and Scaffold Site.’ http:\/\/www.hrp.org.uk\/tower-of-london\/visit-us\/top-things-to-see-and-do\/tower-green-and-scaffold-site\/<\/a> [accessed 1 April 2016].<\/p>\n
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