#OTD 13 Nov 1553
Jane Dudley wife of Guildford better known as #LadyJaneGrey was tried for treason with her husband, 2 brothers-in-law & #ThomasCranmer
Unsurprisingly all were found guilty & sentenced to death
Jane had sealed fate by signing docs as "Jane the Quene"
#ninedayqueen
#Tudor
#History
Jane Dudley wife of Guildford better known as #LadyJaneGrey was tried for treason with her husband, 2 brothers-in-law & #ThomasCranmer
Unsurprisingly all were found guilty & sentenced to death
Jane had sealed fate by signing docs as "Jane the Quene"
#ninedayqueen
#Tudor
#History
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
#OTD 13 Nov 1553
Jane Dudley wife of Guildford better known as #LadyJaneGrey was tried for treason with her husband, 2 brothers-in-law & #ThomasCranmer
Unsurprisingly all were found guilty & sentenced to death
Jane had sealed fate by signing docs as "Jane the Quene"
#ninedayqueen
#Tudor
#History
Jane Dudley wife of Guildford better known as #LadyJaneGrey was tried for treason with her husband, 2 brothers-in-law & #ThomasCranmer
Unsurprisingly all were found guilty & sentenced to death
Jane had sealed fate by signing docs as "Jane the Quene"
#ninedayqueen
#Tudor
#History
#OTD
9th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland informed Lady Jane Grey of the death of King Edward VI & she was heir to the throne of England.
#JohnDudleyDukeofNorthumberland #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #England
9th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland informed Lady Jane Grey of the death of King Edward VI & she was heir to the throne of England.
#JohnDudleyDukeofNorthumberland #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #England
July 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
#OTD
9th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland informed Lady Jane Grey of the death of King Edward VI & she was heir to the throne of England.
#JohnDudleyDukeofNorthumberland #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #England
9th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland informed Lady Jane Grey of the death of King Edward VI & she was heir to the throne of England.
#JohnDudleyDukeofNorthumberland #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #England
Lady Jane never had ambition for the throne, but she was thrown into the mix anyway. She was a young girl caught between powerful forces, sacrificed for other people’s ambitions.
#LadyJaneGrey #TudorHistory #NineDaysQueen #MaryITudor #BritishMonarchy #OnThisDay #WomenInHistory #TowerOfLondon
#LadyJaneGrey #TudorHistory #NineDaysQueen #MaryITudor #BritishMonarchy #OnThisDay #WomenInHistory #TowerOfLondon
July 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Lady Jane never had ambition for the throne, but she was thrown into the mix anyway. She was a young girl caught between powerful forces, sacrificed for other people’s ambitions.
#LadyJaneGrey #TudorHistory #NineDaysQueen #MaryITudor #BritishMonarchy #OnThisDay #WomenInHistory #TowerOfLondon
#LadyJaneGrey #TudorHistory #NineDaysQueen #MaryITudor #BritishMonarchy #OnThisDay #WomenInHistory #TowerOfLondon
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
Digging for Britain
s8 Ep 2 of 4, North
Prof Alice Roberts & the team find more than expected in the remains of the childhood home of #LadyJaneGrey. The graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Digging for Britain
s8 Ep 2 of 4, North
Prof Alice Roberts & the team find more than expected in the remains of the childhood home of #LadyJaneGrey. The graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Digging for Britain, Series 8, North
Archaeologists find more than they expect in the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
8pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
Digging for Britain
s8 Ep 2 of 4, North
Prof Alice Roberts & the team find more than expected in the remains of the childhood home of #LadyJaneGrey. The graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Digging for Britain
s8 Ep 2 of 4, North
Prof Alice Roberts & the team find more than expected in the remains of the childhood home of #LadyJaneGrey. The graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds new light on the Great Famine of 1845.
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#OTD 24 Sep 1561
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at The Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJaneGrey) had been there since August when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at The Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJaneGrey) had been there since August when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
September 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
#OTD 24 Sep 1561
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at The Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJaneGrey) had been there since August when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born at The Tower Of London
His mother Lady Katherine Grey (sister to #9dayqueen #ladyJaneGrey) had been there since August when her secret marriage to Earl of Hertford was revealed to furious cousin #ElizabethI
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 PM
The Haunted History of the Tower of London
#TowerOfLondon #WilliamTheConqueror #RoyalBetrayal #Imprisonment #campfire #MedievalZoo #GhostStories #ThomasBecket #LostPrinces #AnneBoleyn #MargaretPole #LadyJaneGrey #GuyFawkes #HenryVIII #HauntedHistory #BritishHorror
#TowerOfLondon #WilliamTheConqueror #RoyalBetrayal #Imprisonment #campfire #MedievalZoo #GhostStories #ThomasBecket #LostPrinces #AnneBoleyn #MargaretPole #LadyJaneGrey #GuyFawkes #HenryVIII #HauntedHistory #BritishHorror
September 28, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Haunted History of the Tower of London
#TowerOfLondon #WilliamTheConqueror #RoyalBetrayal #Imprisonment #campfire #MedievalZoo #GhostStories #ThomasBecket #LostPrinces #AnneBoleyn #MargaretPole #LadyJaneGrey #GuyFawkes #HenryVIII #HauntedHistory #BritishHorror
#TowerOfLondon #WilliamTheConqueror #RoyalBetrayal #Imprisonment #campfire #MedievalZoo #GhostStories #ThomasBecket #LostPrinces #AnneBoleyn #MargaretPole #LadyJaneGrey #GuyFawkes #HenryVIII #HauntedHistory #BritishHorror
#OTD 7 Sept 1548
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
September 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#OTD 7 Sept 1548
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
#OTD
31st July 1553
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was released from the Tower of London after he had been pardoned by Queen Mary I.
#HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #TheNineDayQueen #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History
31st July 1553
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was released from the Tower of London after he had been pardoned by Queen Mary I.
#HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #TheNineDayQueen #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History
July 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
#OTD
31st July 1553
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was released from the Tower of London after he had been pardoned by Queen Mary I.
#HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #TheNineDayQueen #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History
31st July 1553
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was released from the Tower of London after he had been pardoned by Queen Mary I.
#HenryGrey #DukeofSuffolk #LadyJaneGrey #TheNineDayQueen #QueenMaryI #Tudors #History
#OTD
16th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland arrived in Cambridge with 1,500 troops and artillery.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtYKZC3P...
#JohnDudley #DukeofNorthumberland #MaryTudor #LadyJaneGrey #NineDayQueen #Tudors #History
16th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland arrived in Cambridge with 1,500 troops and artillery.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtYKZC3P...
#JohnDudley #DukeofNorthumberland #MaryTudor #LadyJaneGrey #NineDayQueen #Tudors #History
July 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
#OTD
16th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland arrived in Cambridge with 1,500 troops and artillery.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtYKZC3P...
#JohnDudley #DukeofNorthumberland #MaryTudor #LadyJaneGrey #NineDayQueen #Tudors #History
16th July 1553
John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland arrived in Cambridge with 1,500 troops and artillery.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtYKZC3P...
#JohnDudley #DukeofNorthumberland #MaryTudor #LadyJaneGrey #NineDayQueen #Tudors #History
#JaneGrey may have been born #OnThisDay in 1537; made queen of #England by the ambitious John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, the #NineDaysQueen was executed by Mary Tudor in 1553 after Northumberland's support collapsed; #LadyJaneGrey was nothing but his pawn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ja...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ja...
October 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
#JaneGrey may have been born #OnThisDay in 1537; made queen of #England by the ambitious John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, the #NineDaysQueen was executed by Mary Tudor in 1553 after Northumberland's support collapsed; #LadyJaneGrey was nothing but his pawn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ja...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Ja...
Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guildford Dudley, Thomas Cranmer & the other defendants were all found guilty of high #treason and sentenced to death #OTD in 1553. #History #Tudor #LadyJaneGrey
November 13, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guildford Dudley, Thomas Cranmer & the other defendants were all found guilty of high #treason and sentenced to death #OTD in 1553. #History #Tudor #LadyJaneGrey
#OTD 26 Dec 1546
#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI
#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey
#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI
#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey
December 26, 2024 at 11:13 AM
#OTD 26 Dec 1546
#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI
#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey
#HenryVIII made changes to his will granting power to #EdwardVI
#EdwardSeymour was among those granted dukedoms whilst others were cancelled & crucially he added the line of his sister #MaryTudor as heirs after his own children paving the way for #LadyJaneGrey
She was the mother of Frances Brandon through her second marriage to Charles Brandon and grandmother to #LadyJaneGrey. 3/4
June 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
She was the mother of Frances Brandon through her second marriage to Charles Brandon and grandmother to #LadyJaneGrey. 3/4
💬 'THE DUDLEY WOMEN: ON THIS DAY' #newblogpost #Tudors
'ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554'
#OTD in 1554, #LadyJaneGrey and her husband, #GuildfordDudley, were both executed after being convicted of treason in Nov 1553.
'ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554'
#OTD in 1554, #LadyJaneGrey and her husband, #GuildfordDudley, were both executed after being convicted of treason in Nov 1553.
ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554
On This Day (12 February) in 1554, Lady Jane Grey and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were executed.
www.thedudleywomen.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
💬 'THE DUDLEY WOMEN: ON THIS DAY' #newblogpost #Tudors
'ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554'
#OTD in 1554, #LadyJaneGrey and her husband, #GuildfordDudley, were both executed after being convicted of treason in Nov 1553.
'ON THIS DAY - 12 February 1554'
#OTD in 1554, #LadyJaneGrey and her husband, #GuildfordDudley, were both executed after being convicted of treason in Nov 1553.
#OTD
16th July 1517
Frances Brandon, eldest daughter of Princess Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtADxSRM...
#FrancesBrandon #MaryTudor #CharlesBrandon #HenryGrey #KingHenryVIII #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History
16th July 1517
Frances Brandon, eldest daughter of Princess Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtADxSRM...
#FrancesBrandon #MaryTudor #CharlesBrandon #HenryGrey #KingHenryVIII #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History
July 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
#OTD
16th July 1517
Frances Brandon, eldest daughter of Princess Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtADxSRM...
#FrancesBrandon #MaryTudor #CharlesBrandon #HenryGrey #KingHenryVIII #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History
16th July 1517
Frances Brandon, eldest daughter of Princess Mary Tudor & Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, was born at Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
www.instagram.com/p/DMJtADxSRM...
#FrancesBrandon #MaryTudor #CharlesBrandon #HenryGrey #KingHenryVIII #LadyJaneGrey #Tudors #History
RT @thedudleywomen: #OTD in 1547, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Elizabeth Hardwick (#BessofHardwick) married Sir William Cavendish in the chapel at Bradgate House, Leicestershire, the home of the 'Dorsets': Henry Grey & wife Frances Brandon (parents of #LadyJaneGrey)
August 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
RT @thedudleywomen: #OTD in 1547, at 2 o'clock in the morning, Elizabeth Hardwick (#BessofHardwick) married Sir William Cavendish in the chapel at Bradgate House, Leicestershire, the home of the 'Dorsets': Henry Grey & wife Frances Brandon (parents of #LadyJaneGrey)
This book explores the life and tragic fate of Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen of England, examining her role amid the political chaos following King Edward VI's death and her contested claim to the throne.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/ynw6u3xd
#ladyjanegrey #tudorera #ladyjane
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/ynw6u3xd
#ladyjanegrey #tudorera #ladyjane
October 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This book explores the life and tragic fate of Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen of England, examining her role amid the political chaos following King Edward VI's death and her contested claim to the throne.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/ynw6u3xd
#ladyjanegrey #tudorera #ladyjane
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/ynw6u3xd
#ladyjanegrey #tudorera #ladyjane
Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guildford Dudley, Thomas Cranmer and the other defendants were all found guilty of high #treason and sentenced to death #OTD in 1553. #History #Tudor #LadyJaneGrey
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Lady Jane Grey, Lord Guildford Dudley, Thomas Cranmer and the other defendants were all found guilty of high #treason and sentenced to death #OTD in 1553. #History #Tudor #LadyJaneGrey
#OTD 7 Sept 1548
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
Have you seen Firebrand yet??
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
Have you seen Firebrand yet??
September 7, 2024 at 1:10 PM
#OTD 7 Sept 1548
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
Have you seen Firebrand yet??
#KatherineParr was laid to rest, the 1st protestant funeral of a Monarch in England
11yr old #LadyJaneGrey Chief Mourner led the procession to the Chapel at Sudeley Castle where Katherine remains
The only Queen in a private Chapel!
Have you seen Firebrand yet??
#OTD 24 June 1532
#RobertDudley Earl of Leicester was born, the 5th of 13 children!
Never far from controversy his life touched #MaryQueenofScots & #LadyJaneGrey, he was involved in rebellion & possibly murder!
A statesman, lover, fighter; the man who arguably held the heart of #ElizabethI
#RobertDudley Earl of Leicester was born, the 5th of 13 children!
Never far from controversy his life touched #MaryQueenofScots & #LadyJaneGrey, he was involved in rebellion & possibly murder!
A statesman, lover, fighter; the man who arguably held the heart of #ElizabethI
June 24, 2024 at 5:28 AM
#OTD 24 June 1532
#RobertDudley Earl of Leicester was born, the 5th of 13 children!
Never far from controversy his life touched #MaryQueenofScots & #LadyJaneGrey, he was involved in rebellion & possibly murder!
A statesman, lover, fighter; the man who arguably held the heart of #ElizabethI
#RobertDudley Earl of Leicester was born, the 5th of 13 children!
Never far from controversy his life touched #MaryQueenofScots & #LadyJaneGrey, he was involved in rebellion & possibly murder!
A statesman, lover, fighter; the man who arguably held the heart of #ElizabethI
He had attempted mostly in vein to keep his sister Mary off the throne. He had changed his heir shortly before dying to his Protestant relative #LadyJaneGrey. Jane was queen for all of two weeks before Mary took her place on the throne. 2/3
August 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
He had attempted mostly in vein to keep his sister Mary off the throne. He had changed his heir shortly before dying to his Protestant relative #LadyJaneGrey. Jane was queen for all of two weeks before Mary took her place on the throne. 2/3
#OTD 28 Oct 1571
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him🪓
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#Tudor
#History
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him🪓
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#Tudor
#History
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#OTD 28 Oct 1571
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him🪓
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#Tudor
#History
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him🪓
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#Tudor
#History
#OTD 28 Oct 1571
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him executed
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him executed
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
October 28, 2024 at 12:53 PM
#OTD 28 Oct 1571
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him executed
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#KatherineParr's brother #Williamparr died at Warwick priory
A prominent courtier in #EdwardVI's government & key in placing #LadyJaneGrey on the throne for which #MaryI would have had him executed
Later freed & his titles restored by #ElizabethI
#LadyJaneGrey was executed #OTD in 1554 along with her husband. She had yielded to those around her pressuring her into accepting the title as queen. 1/8
February 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
#LadyJaneGrey was executed #OTD in 1554 along with her husband. She had yielded to those around her pressuring her into accepting the title as queen. 1/8