#OnThisDay, 10 July 1553, Lady Jane Grey is officially proclaimed Queen of England. She is usurped nine days later by her cousin Mary Tudor, and is beheaded in 1554.

We’ve written about Lady Jane Grey’s succession on our blog: https://carvehername.org.uk/lady-jane-grey-history-a-tudor-succession/

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Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554 CE) was briefly declared Queen of England for nine days in July 1553 CE following the death of her cousin Edward VI of England (r. 1547-1553 CE). Then only 16 and never officially crowned, Lady Jane was first an unknowing and then an unwilling pawn in a political coup orchestrated by John Dudley, the Earl of Northumberland (l. 1504-1553 CE) who was, in effect, Edward V...https://www.worldhistory.org/Lady_Jane_Grey/ #EdwardVIofEngland #LadyJaneGrey #TowerofLondon #History

Although one of Henry VIII’s smaller residences, Chelsea Manor had noteworthy associations with several Tudor queens, one of whom, Anne of Cleves, died there. Dr Elizabeth Norton searches out what is known about the manor, which is now long gone, almost without a trace.

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Jane Grey Dudley lost her head on this date in 1554.

On this date in Fifty-Four
Jane Grey’s head fell to the floor
Husband’s head had fallen first
While Jane her scaffold speech rehearsed

(poem continues at the link, it doesn't fit here)

Twelfth Day of February
https://edevere17.com/2020/02/12/poem-twelfth-day-of-february/

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#OTD 1568 d. Lady Katherine Grey, who believed herself to be the wife of Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford aged only 27. Katherine was the sister of Lady Jane Grey, and was, according to the will of Henry VIII, the heir to Elizabeth’s throne She had been under arrest for seven years for marrying without royal consent. Elizabeth I had had the marriage declared void, and showed no sign of forgiving her cousin.http://bit.ly/1gzYe4V #histodons #katherinegrey #ladyjanegrey #historyofroyalwomen

Spotted in the wild! A lovely stack of Issue 03 at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

Link to purchase: https://bit.ly/3VxWf5i

Photo credit: Dr Elizabeth Norton

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An excerpt from The Many Roles of the Chapel Royal of Saint Peter Ad Vincula (in Issue 03), where Alfred J Hawkins of Historic Royal Palaces discusses the numerous and varied functions of the chapel over the centuries to the present day.

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