{"id":159,"date":"2012-08-16T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T12:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:27:58","slug":"letter-to-sir-john-brydges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"Message to Sir John Brydges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>At his request Lady Jane Grey wrote a farewell message to Sir John Brydges, the Lieutenant of the Tower of London. She wrote it in her prayerbook which was given to Sir John after Jane&#8217;s execution.<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>A copy of this message 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> 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 Jane Grey <\/b> by Hester W Chapman <\/p>\n<p> <b> Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England <\/b> by Faith Cook (extract) <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Nine Days&#8217; Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/b> by Richard Davey <\/p>\n<p> <b> The Tudor Chronicles <\/b> by Susan Doran (extract) <\/p>\n<p><b>The Lady Jane Grey\u2019s Prayer Book<\/b> by Stephan Edwards<\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Executions<\/b> by Helene Harrison (extract)<\/p>\n<p><b>Killing Monarchs: Regicide in the Tudor and Stuart Age <\/b> by Richard Heath (extract)<\/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) <\/p>\n<p><b>The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII<\/b> by Suzannah Lipscomb (Photo of two pages of the message).<\/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) <\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor: The Family Story<\/b> by Leanda de Lisle (extract).<\/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> A History of the Tudors in 100 Objects <\/b> by John Matusiak <\/p>\n<p> <b> Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence <\/b> edited by Janel Mueller <\/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> Mary Tudor: The First Queen <\/b> by Linda Porter (extract) <\/p>\n<p> <b>Death &#038; the Virgin: Elizabeth, Dudley &#038; the Mysterious Fate of Amy Robsart <\/b> by Chris Skidmore (1 line)<\/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> Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England <\/b> by Maureen Waller (extract)<\/p>\n<p> <b> Children of England<\/b> by Alison Weir<\/p>\n<p> <b> Innocent Traitor<\/b> by Alison Weir (extract)<\/p>\n<p> <b> The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys<\/b> by Derek Wilson<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At his request Lady Jane Grey wrote a farewell message to Sir John Brydges, the Lieutenant of the Tower of London. She wrote it in her prayerbook which was given to Sir John after Jane&#8217;s execution. 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