{"id":157,"date":"2012-08-16T13:40:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:26:29","slug":"letters-to-father","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=157","title":{"rendered":"Letters to Father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>Lady Jane wrote two farewell messages to her father, the Duke of Suffolk. <\/p>\n<p>Leanda de Lisle and Eric Ives question the authenticity of the letter. The shorter farewell message, was written in her prayerbook.<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>A full copy of her letter can be found in the following: <\/p>\n<p> <b> Child-Life and Girlhood of Remarkable Women <\/b> by W H D Adams <\/p>\n<p> <b> Life of Lady Jane Grey and of Guildford Dudley her husband <\/b> by Edward Baldwin <\/p>\n<p> <b> Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London: with an account of the discovery of the supposed remains of Queen Anne Boleyn <\/b> by Doyne C Bell <\/p>\n<p><b>Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy<\/b> by Conor Byrne<\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days&#8217; Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/b> by Richard Davey <\/p>\n<p> <b> Acts and Monuments Volume VI<\/b> by J Fox <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey <\/b> by Mary Luke <\/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> England&#8217;s Queens: The Biography <\/b> by Elizabeth Norton <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane: From the screenplay by David Edgar <\/b> by A C H Smith <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lives of the Tudor Princesses <\/b> by Agnes Strickland <\/p>\n<p> <b> Documents of Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen of England 1553 <\/b> by James D Taylor Jr <\/p>\n<p> <b> State Trials, 1 Mary, 1553 and others for High Treason <\/b><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p> Extracts can be found in the following:<\/p>\n<p> <b> Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London: with an account of the discovery of the supposed remains of Queen Anne Boleyn <\/b> by Doyne C Bell <\/p>\n<p><b>Lady Katherine Grey: A Dynastic Tragedy<\/b> by Conor Byrne<\/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> Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England <\/b> by James Daybell<\/p>\n<p> <b> Tales from the Tower of London <\/b> by Daniel Diehl and Mark P Donnelly <\/p>\n<p> <b> Jane Grey Reine De 9 Jours (1537-1554) <\/b> by Marguerite Fronville <\/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>Killing Monarchs: Regicide in the Tudor and Stuart Age <\/b> by Richard Heath<\/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>The Lost Kings: Lancaster, York &#038; Tudor<\/b> by Amy Licence<\/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>Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn&#8217;t Take The Throne<\/b> by Ashley Mantle<\/p>\n<p> <b> A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects <\/b> by John Matusiak <\/p>\n<p> <b> She Wolves: The Notorious Queens of England <\/b> by Elizabeth Norton <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk <\/b> by Alison Plowden <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen <\/b> by Alison Plowden <\/p>\n<p> <b> The House of Tudor <\/b> by Alison Plowden <\/p>\n<p> <b> Mary Tudor: The First Queen <\/b> by Linda Porter <\/p>\n<p> <b> Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens <\/font><\/b> by Sylvia Soberton <\/p>\n<p><b>Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Nicola Tallis<\/p>\n<p> <b> Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England <\/font><\/b> by Maureen Waller<\/p>\n<p> <b> Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII<\/b> by Alison Weir <\/p>\n<p> <b> Innocent Traitor <\/b> by Alison Weir <\/p>\n<p><BR> <\/p>\n<p>Copies of the message written in the prayer book, can be found in the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>The Tragic Life of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Beverley Adams.<\/p>\n<p> <b> Child-Life and Girlhood of Remarkable Women <\/b> by W H D Adams <\/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 Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Prayer Book<\/b> by Stephan Edwards<\/p>\n<p> <b> Jane Grey Reine De 9 Jours (1537-1554) <\/b> by Marguerite Fronville <\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Executions<\/b> by Helene Harrison. Extract only.<\/p>\n<p><b>John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Father-In-Law<\/b> by Christine Hartweg<\/p>\n<p><b>Killing Monarchs: Regicide in the Tudor and Stuart Age <\/b> by Richard Heath. Extract only.<\/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. Extract only. <\/p>\n<p> <b>The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Leanda de Lisle. Extract only. <\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor: The Family Story<\/b> by Leanda de Lisle. Extract only.<\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait Gallery of Lady Jane Grey <\/b> by Mary Luke <\/p>\n<p><b>Uncrowned: Royal Heirs Who Didn&#8217;t Take The Throne<\/b> by Ashley Mantle. Extract only. <\/p>\n<p> <b> Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence <\/b> edited by Janel Mueller <\/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> The Lives of Tudor Women<\/b> by Elizabeth Norton. Extract only.<\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen <\/b> by Alison Plowden <\/p>\n<p><b>Princely Education in Early Modern Britain<\/b> by Aysha Pollnitz<\/p>\n<p> <b> Lives of the Tudor Princesses <\/b> by Agnes Strickland <\/p>\n<p><b>Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Nicola Tallis<\/p>\n<p> <b> Documents of Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen of England 1553 <\/b> by James D Taylor Jr <\/p>\n<p><b>The House of Grey: Friends &#038; Foes of Kings<\/b> by Melita Thomas<\/p>\n<p> <b> Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII <\/b> by Alison Weir <\/p>\n<p> <b> Innocent Traitor <\/b> by Alison Weir. Extract only. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Jane wrote two farewell messages to her father, the Duke of Suffolk. Leanda de Lisle and Eric Ives question the authenticity of the letter. The shorter farewell message, was written in her prayerbook. 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