{"id":151,"date":"2012-08-16T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2022-12-20T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T08:38:11","slug":"letter-to-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=151","title":{"rendered":"Letter to a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>The recipient of this letter written by Lady Jane Grey is not known for certain.  The majority of the authors listed below state that it was to a Dr Harding, former Chaplain at Bradgate Park, who returned to the catholic faith  on the succession of Mary Tudor to the throne.  Nicolas and Howard state that this letter cannot have been to Dr Harding as it was written much earlier, before Dr Harding&#8217;s conversion. <\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>A full copy of this letter can be found in the following:<\/p>\n<p> <b> Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey: With a Memoir of Her Life <\/b> by Nicholas H Nicolas <\/p>\n<p> <b> Documents of Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen of England 1553 <\/b> by James D Taylor Jr <\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p> Extracts can be found in the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>Henry VIII&#8217;s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors<\/b> by David Baldwin (2 lines only)<\/p>\n<p> <b> New Worlds, Lost Worlds: The Rule of the Tudors 1485-1603 <\/b> by Susan Brigden<\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey <\/b> by Hester W Chapman <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England <\/b> by Faith Cook <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days&#8217; Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/b> by Richard Davey <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Story of Lady Jane Grey (Essay in Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey)<\/b> by John Guy <\/p>\n<p> <b> Silent But For The Word: Tudor Women as Patrons, Translators, and Writers of Religious Works <\/b> edited by Margaret Patterson Hannay <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/b> by George Howard <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery <\/b> by Eric Ives <\/p>\n<p><b> Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London<\/b> by Nigel Jones (couple of quotes) <\/p>\n<p> <b>The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Leanda de Lisle <\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor: The Family Story<\/b> by Leanda de Lisle <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey <\/b> by Mary Luke <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen <\/b> by Alison Plowden <\/p>\n<p><b> An Illustrated Introduction to the Tudors <\/b> by Gareth Russell (one line only) <\/p>\n<p><b>Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Nicola Tallis<\/p>\n<p><b>The House of Grey: Friends &#038; Foes of Kings<\/b> by Melita Thomas (one line only) <\/p>\n<p> <b> Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England<\/b> by Maureen Waller<\/p>\n<p> <b> Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII <\/b> by Alison Weir<\/font> <\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor England: A History<\/b> by Lucy Wooding (one line only) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recipient of this letter written by Lady Jane Grey is not known for certain. 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