Table Of ContentDOCUMENTS OF
LADY JANE GREY
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ADY ANE REY
NINE DAYS QUEEN OF ENGLAND, 1553
James D. Taylor, Jr.
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1. Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554. 2. Great Britain—Kings and
rulers—Succession—History—16th Century—Sources. 3.
Queens—Great Britain—Biography—Sources. I. Taylor,
James D., 1958-
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Front Cover:
Lady Jane Grey Fingering Through Book Original caption: Lady Jane Grey.
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Creator Name: T. A. Deane
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to thank the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the
British Library, whose vast holdings, resources and patient staff have made
this work possible.
I also must thank the staff at the Pitts Theology Library at Emory
University; the Bodleian Library and Ashmolean Library at Oxford; the
William Andrew Clark Memorial Library at the University of California;
the Folger Shakespeare Library; the Special Collections Department at the
Alderman Memorial Library at the University of Virginia; and Charlene
Berry at Madonna University for her spiritual support throughout this
project.
Thank you all.
Cecily Neville, daughter of Ralph, Earl of .Westmoreland Richard Plantagenet, 2 son, Duke of ndGloucester, usurped the throne on the deathof his nephew, Edward V. and styled himself as King Richard III. Slain Aug. 22, 1485. Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, ascended the throne as King Henry VII on Aug. 22,1485. Died April 22, 1509.
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, descended from Edmund of Laugley, Duke of York. 4 son thof King Edward III. Slain at the battle of Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1460. Elizabeth Plantagenet, sister and eventually sole heir. Born Feb. 11, 1466. Married in Jan. 1486. Died 1505.
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Edward Plantagenet Duke of York,ascended thethrone as King Edward IV.March 4, 1461, died April 9, 1483.
Elizabeth, Daughter and heir of HenryFerrers. Elizabeth Woodville,Daughter of Sir Richard Woodville,afterwards created Earl Rivers and a Knight of the Garter. Cecily,daughter and heir of William,Lord Harrington andgreat granddaughterand heir of William, Lord Bonville.
Sir EdwardGrey, eldest son of Reginald, 3 Lord Grey rd of Ruthyn, by Joan, daughter of William,Lord Astley. Summto Parliament as Lord Ferrers of GDied Dec. 18, 1457. John Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby. Slain at the battle of St. Albans, 1461. Thomas Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby.Created Marquessof Dorset, April 18, 1475. Knight of the Garter. Died 1501.
nealogy of Lady Jane Grey Cecily Neville, Richard Plantagenet, daughter of Ralph, Duke of York, Earl of descended from . WestmorelandEdmund of Laugley, Duke of York. 4 son thof King Edward III. Slain at the battle of Wakefield, Dec. 31, 1460. Richard Plantagenet, 2 son, Duke of ndGloucester, usurped the throne on the deathof his nephew, Edward V. and styled himself as King Richard III. Slain Aug. 22, 1485. Henry Tudor, Earl of Edward V. born Nov. 4, Elizabeth Plantagenet, Richmond, ascended 1470. Murdered in the sister and eventually the throne as King Tower, with his only sole heir. Born Feb. 11, Henry VII on Aug. 22,brother, Richard, Duke of 1466. Married in Jan. 1485. Died April 22, York, by command of his 1486. Died 1505. uncle, Richard, Duke of 1509. Gloucester, afterwards King Richard III. Died June 22, 1483. Charles Archibald James IV, King Katherine of Ann Boleyn,Henry VIII. King Jane, Margaret Brandon, Douglas, of Scotland. Arragon, daughter of of England. daughter of Tudor, Killed at the Widow of Thomas, Married to 4Sir John Duke of Earl of theldest ndbattle of Arthur Tudor, Earl of Seymour andwife, Anne of Suffolk, Angus. 2daughter. ndFlodden Field, Prince of Wiltshire. Cleves, to 5 sister of 2 thhusband. Born Wales. 2 wife. wife, Katherine Edward Dukehusband, ndSept. 9, 1513. Nov. 29, Divorced May Beheaded Howard, and to of Somerset. died 1498. 23, 1543, 1his 63 wife, wife. Died stthrdMay 1536. 1545. wife. Died April Katherine Parr Oct. 1537. but no issue 2, 1502. from them. Died Jan. 28, 1547. Edward VI. Mary, James V. Margaret Matthew, Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King of daughter King of Douglas, only Earl of of England. Queen of England. of Claud, Scotland. daughter, born lenox, diedAscended the England. Ascended Duke of Born April 1515. throne July 6, 1536. Ascended the the throne Guise. 1512, died 1553. Died throne Nov. 17,Jan. 28, Widow of Dec. 13, Nov. 17, 1558. Died 1547. Died Louis, 1542. Mar. 24, 1603. July 6, 1553. Duke of Orleans. wife. 2nd Lady Katherine Henry, Lord Mary Stuart the Edward Lady Mary Grey, 3 rdGrey, 2 daughter ndDarnley. 2 ndcelebrated Queen of Seymour, Earl daughter. She married and the only who husband. Died Scots. Born Dec. 7, of Hertford. Martin Keyes of Kent, left issue. Died 1542. Beheaded Feb. Feb. 10, 1567. Died April 6, Esq. Sergeant Porter Jan. 26, 1567. 18, 1587. to Queen Elizabeth. 1578. Died 1578.
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Edward Plantagenet Duke of York,ascended the throne as King Edward IV. March 4, 1461, died April 9, 1483. Louis Mary XII, Tudor, ndKing of 2 France. daughter st1 born husband, 1498. died 1515. Eleanor Henry Brandon, Clifford. 2 ndEarl of Cudaughter and ultimately coheir. Died Nov. 1547. Henry Herbert, son and heir of William, Earl of Pembroke. Succeeded as 2 Earlnd of Pembroke, 1569. 1sthusband from whom she was divorced.
Sir Edward Elizabeth, Grey, eldest Daughter son of Reginald, and heir of 3 Lord Grey rdHenry of Ruthyn, by Ferrers. Joan, daughter of William, Lord Astley. Summ to Parliament as Lord Ferrers of G Died Dec. 18, 1457. John Grey, Elizabeth Lord Ferrers Woodville, of Groby. Daughter of Slain at the Sir Richard battle of St. Woodville, Albans, afterwards 1461. created Earl Rivers and a Knight of the Garter. Thomas Cecily, Grey, Lord daughter and Ferrers of heir of William, Groby. Lord Created Harrington andMarquess great of Dorset, granddaughter April 18, and heir of 1475. William, Lord Knight of Bonville. the Garter. Died 1501. Thomas Margaret, Grey, daughter Marquess of Sir of Dorset Robert Lord Wotton of Ferrers of Bacton, Groby. in Kent. Died 1530 Frances Henry Grey, Brandon, Marquess eldest of Dorset, daughter and Lord and Ferrers of eventually Groby. coheir. Created Second Duke of marriage to Suffolk, Oct. Adrian 11, 1553. Stokes, Attained Esq. and But had no Beheaded issue Feb. 23, by him. 1554. Died 1559. Lord Guildford LADY son of Dudley, 4thJANE John, Duke of GREY, Northumberland eldest Knight of the Daughter. Garter. Beheaded Beheaded, Feb. Feb. 12, 12, 1554. 1554.
Description:Seeking to inform our understanding of one of history's most poignant, little-known heroines, Taylor has pulled together all of Lady Jane's literary remains, including some which may be apocryphal.
