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On Friday 23rd February, Henry Grey followed his daughter and son-in-law to the block, when he was executed on Tower Hill. The author of \u2018The Chronicle of Queen Jane\u2019 recorded details of the execution.<\/p>\n
\u2018His wourdes at the comyng on the scaffolde were theis followeing, or moche like: ‘Good people, this daie I am come hether to dye, being one whom the law hathe justlie condempned, and one who hathe no lesse deserved for my dysobedyence against the quenes highenes, of whom I do moste humblyaxe forgevenes, and I truste she dothe and will forgyve me.’ Then maister Weston, his confessor, standing by, saide, ‘My lorde, hir grace hathe allredy forgeven and praieth for you.’ (1)<\/p>\n
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1. 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.63-64<\/p>\n
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On Friday 23rd February, Henry Grey followed his daughter and son-in-law to the block, when he was executed on Tower Hill. The author of \u2018The Chronicle of Queen Jane\u2019 recorded details of the execution. \u2018His wourdes at the comyng on … Continue reading