Claire | May 25, 2013

On 25th1 May 1553 a triple wedding took place at Durham Place, the London home of the Dudley family: Guildford Dudley, son of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, married Lady Jane Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, and Frances Brandon. Katherine Dudley, the 12 year-old sister of Guildford, married Lord Henry Herbert, son […]

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Claire | May 25, 2012

On this day in history, 25th May 1553, there were three weddings at the Dudley family’s London home, Durham Place. The brides were Jane Grey, Katherine Grey and Katherine Dudley, and the grooms were Guildford Dudley, Henry Herbert and Henry Hastings. I won’t go into any more detail as author Susan Higginbotham has written an […]

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Tags: Guildford Dudley, Katherine Dudley, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey

Claire | November 21, 2011

On this day in history, 21st November 1559, Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, died at Richmond. She was buried in St Edmund’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on the orders of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, and her second husband, Adrian Stokes, erected a tomb in her memory. Here are some facts about Frances:- She was born […]

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Tags: Charles Brandon, Frances Brandon, Frances Grey, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Mary Grey, Mary Tudor Queen of France

Claire | March 25, 2010

With this month being the anniversary of Lady Jane Grey’s execution (12th February 1554), I thought it was fitting for me to publish my review of Eric Ives’s biography “Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery” and make this brilliant biography our February Book of the Month. You can read my full review at our Tudor […]

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Tags: Elizabeth I, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Grey

Claire | January 7, 2010

“The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey” is a non-fiction account of the stories of these three sisters, the times they lived in and the monarchs who reigned in their lifetimes. I was desperate to read this after reading Jeane Westin’s historical novel, “The Virgin’s Daughters”, and […]

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Tags: Elizabeth I, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Grey