{"id":267,"date":"2012-08-22T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T11:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=267"},"modified":"2026-09-21T08:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:42:55","slug":"writings-on-the-tower-walls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=267","title":{"rendered":"Writings on the Tower Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>There are two legends about writings on the walls of the Tower of London by Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four latin verses, inscribed on the wall with a pin and which have since disappeared, have been attributed to Jane.<\/p>\n<p>These sentences can be found in the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Child-Life and Girlhood of Remarkable Women <\/strong>by W H D Adams<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Maids for a Crown<\/strong> by Ella March Chase<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen <\/strong>by Faith Cook<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nine Days&#8217; Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/strong>by Richard Davey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jane Grey Reine De 9 Jours (1537-1554) <\/strong>by Marguerite Fronville<\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Executions<\/b> by Helene Harrison. States sentences are in her prayerbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/strong>by George Howard<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery <\/strong>by Eric Ives<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey: With a Memoir of her Life <\/strong>by Nicholas Harris Nicolas<\/p>\n<p><b>Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Nicola Tallis<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents of Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen of England 1553 <\/strong>by James D Taylor Jr<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children of England: The Heirs of King Henry VIII <\/strong>by Alison Weir<\/p>\n<p><strong>Innocent Traitor <\/strong>by Alison Weir<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Trials, 1 Mary, 1553 and others for High Treason <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane: From the screenplay by David Edgar <\/strong>by A C H Smith. States that the one inscription quoted, was written in her prayerbook.<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>There are two &#8216;Jane&#8217; carvings in a room in the Beauchamp Tower at the Tower of London.  Tradition attributes them to Guildford Dudley, but to whom it refers, either his wife or his mother is unknown. <\/p>\n<p>Several writers suggest that it could have also been the work of the Duke of Northumberland, referring to his wife. Another theory, put forward by Nicholas H Nicolas and George Howard, is that it is the work of Jane herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>A copy can be found in the following: <\/p>\n<p><strong>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 <\/strong>by Doyne C Bell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen<\/strong>by Faith Cook<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tales from the Tower of London <\/strong>by Daniel Diehl and Mark P Donnelly<\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Executions<\/b> by Helene Harrison<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tower of London <\/strong>by Christopher Hibbert<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/strong>by George Howard<\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Roses: From Margaret Beaufort to Elizabeth I<\/b> by Amy Licence<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prisoners in the Tower <\/strong>edited by John McLlwain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey: With a Memoir of Her Life <\/strong>by Nicholas H Nicolas<\/p>\n<p><b>Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey<\/b> by Nicola Tallis<\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p>Details can be found in the following: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tudor Cousins: Rivals for the Throne <\/span><\/strong>by Dulcie M Ashdown<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nine Days&#8217; Queen: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/strong>by Richard Davey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jane Grey Reine De 9 Jours (1537-1554) <\/strong>by Marguerite Fronville<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arbella: England&#8217;s Lost Queen <\/strong>by Sarah Gristwood<\/p>\n<p><b>Tudor Executions<\/b> by Helene Harrison<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey and Her Times <\/strong>by George Howard<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nine Days Queen: A Portrait of Lady Jane Grey <\/strong>by Mary Luke<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey: With a Memoir of Her Life<\/strong> by Nicholas H Nicolas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lady Jane Grey and the House of Suffolk <\/strong>by Alison Plowden<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black Legend of the Dudleys <\/strong>by Derek Wilson<\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two legends about writings on the walls of the Tower of London by Lady Jane and Guildford Dudley. 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