#OTD 24 Sep 1561

#EdwardSeymour, later Viscount Beauchamp was born in 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 her furious cousin #ElizabethI

#otd 1553 # The Ambassadors wrote about their secret meeting with Queen Mary, ‘She had already requested us to stay on, declaring that her affairs were in so troubled and uncertain a condition, both on account of the mass and the plottings of certain evil men..’ #ladyjanegrey

#otd 1553 Charles V wrote to Simon Renard, that the Queen’s ‘enemies principally founded their opposition to her on two points: the one religion, the other her marriage, as it was proved by their proclamation in favour of Jane of Suffolk...’ #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.

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#otd 1553 They continued, ‘The Queen, we hear, has therefore decided to... order the four sons of the Duke of Northumberland, and Jane of Suffolk, to be tried and sentenced to receive capital punishment for the crimes they have committed.’ #ladyjanegrey

#otd 1553 The Spanish Ambassadors wrote to Charles V about the Lady Elizabeth, ‘Several intrigues are being hatched in her name, with her knowledge and encouragement, so that nothing is now certain, Sire, in this kingdom, either with respect to religion or the Queen's reign.’ #ladyjanegrey

Signet Letter from Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey) – Surrey History Centre (Ref 6729/3/4)

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#otd 1553 The Emperor wrote to his ambassadors, ‘Although the Duke of Northumberland...is now executed; and although the Queen's clemency is worthy of praise, yet it will be well that she take care not to exercise it so as to prejudice the establishment of her reign.' #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!

👉 sudeleycastle.co.uk/book/admission

#otd 1548 Lady Jane is chief mourner at the funeral of Queen Katherine Parr. 'Then, the Lady Jane, daughter to the lord Marquis Dorset, chief mourner, led by a estate, her train borne up by a young lady.' #ladyjanegrey ladyjanegrey.info?p=20207

#otd 1553 The Emperor’s Ambassadors wrote ‘...the Duke of Northumberland's sons will not be executed; and that the Queen has bestowed an income of 4,000 crowns on the Duchess of Northumberland, a furnished house and a pension of 300 crowns.’ #ladyjanegrey