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Lady Jane Grey: Her Life & Times - Page 3a

Lady Jane Grey was born between spring and Oct 1537 at her family home of Bradgate Park. Her father was Henry Grey, the marquess of Dorset and his marchioness Frances Brandon. Frances was the daughter of Mary Rose Tudor, making her the granddaugther of Henry VII and the niece of Henry VIII, this would make Lady Jane Henry VIII's great-niece.

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The following are various images based on Lady Jane Grey and her life.

Those that belong to My Collection will have in the text section of the image "My Collection" plus what info I know about the image.

Those that I've found in other resources, online, or items I was unable to get, will just have the info I have on it.

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My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey Artist: Charles Keeping Source: "Jack the Treacle Eater" Author: Charles Causley Year: 1988 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey Source: "Jane Grey Ou La Reine De Seize Ans" English Title: "Jane Grey or The Sixteen Year Old Queen (?)" Author: Frederick Soule Year: Possibly 1929 or earlier Added 2 - 12 - 2005	My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Publisher: American Tract Society Year: Circa 1827-1832 Notes: This one predates my other copy of this text. Sadly some child in the 176/171 years of this booklet's life took a crayon to many of it's images. Added 2 - 12 - 2003	Left (Top) - My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Publisher: American Tract Society Year: Circa 1827-1832 Notes: This one predates my other copy of this text. Sadly some child in the 176/171 years of this booklet's life took a crayon to many of it's images. Added 2 - 12 - 2003 Right (Bottom) - Shows: Lady Jane Grey Source: "The American Tract Magazine, For the Year 1828", Vol. III Illustrator: Alexander Anderson Publisher: The American Tract Society Year: 1828 Notes: This is the frontispiece but there is not story about Jane in the magazine, though it's the same image used for the ATS's "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey". Read online here. Added 2 - 12 - 2008.

My Collection Caption: "When Henry the Eighth's last queen, Catherine Parr, died, little Jane Grey walked as chief mourner at her funeral, and had her train supported by a young nobleman." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "When Princess Mary sent a beautiful dress to Lady Jane Grey, the latter asked what she should do with it, and when told that it was to wear, she astonished the lady who brought it by expressing disapproval because of it's richness." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "Lady Jane Grey's father and mother were determined that she should marry Lord Dudley, and when she did not give her consent readily they beat her in order to make her agree." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "Stanfield Hall in Norfolk was not a very attractive place for a bride, for one of the sights seen from the windows was the body of Kett, the rebel leader, dangling from the church tower." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.

My Collection Caption: "Poor little Jane struggled between life and death, and she had the idea that someone was trying to poison her, although there is no evidence of this." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Publisher: American Tract Society Year: Circa 1827-1832 Notes: This one predates my other copy of this text. Sadly some child in the 176/171 years of this booklet's life took a crayon to many of it's images. Added 2 - 12 - 2003	Caption: "The Meeting Between King Edward and the Lady Jane Gray In the Tower Garden" Source: "The Constable of the Tower: An Historical Romance" Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Illustrator: John Gilbert Year: 1861 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2007	My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey" Source: Lady Jane Grey and Her Times" Author: George Howard, ESQ (aka Francis Charles Laird) Year: 1822 Read online here. Added 10 - 12 - 2003

Caption: "Lady Jane Rebuking Her Husband" Source: "Lady Jane Grey, or A Legend of the Tower of London" Year: 1840 Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Caption: "Northumberland and Lady Jane" Source: "Lady Jane Grey, or A Legend of the Tower of London" Year: 1840 Notes: This is the best image I have of this illustration, sorry it's so blurry. Added 7 - 9 - 2007	My Collection Title: Lady Jane Grey Source: "Costume & Fashion: The Tudor Period - Book II: 1547 - 1603" Source: Herbert Norris Year: 1938 Order Book Online: ABEBooks - Amazon Added 2 - 12 - 2006

My Collection Information: Card that came with the Madame Alexander 10" Lady Jane Grey Doll seen on miscellany. Added 7 - 9 - 2005	My Collection Information: Inset From "Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown" Artist: R. Smirke, R. A Engraver: J. Rogers Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company Notes: "Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown" appears on Reign: Page 1 Added 7 - 9 - 2002	My Collection Title: "Lady Jane Grey" Source: "Even More Terrible Tudors" Author: Terry Deary Illustrator: Martin Brown Year: 1998 Answer: An avenging monk wanted to scare the Tudor Lady away from the old building. A bloodstained axe would be enough to scare the spots off of a giraffe, but Lady Jane Grey didn't run. The really strange thing is that just a few months later Lady Jane was beheaded with an axe, stained with the blood of her husband. Creepy, eh? Added 10 - 12 - 2007

Left - Information: This is a wax work figure of Lady Jane Grey that appears in the Bradgate Park Gift Shop Image Credit: Stephan Edwards Notes: Mr. Edwards is an historian on Jane, who considers it "really tacky" and that "It is too tall, the hair is too dark, and the costume is all wrong, but it serves a purpose I suppose." Image/Info Supplied By Stephan Edwards For My Use - Please Do Not Use. Added 10 - 12 - 2005 Right - Information: The same wax work figure of Jane, this time holding a book Found here: GoLeicestershire. Added 2 - 12 - 2005	NEW Title: Lady Jane Grey Wax Work Medium: Wax Photo by: mistywish Year: 2009 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "Alone among the rabble, the two girls passed with calm and dignified bearing." Source: "Tower or Throne: A Romance of the Girlhood of Elizabeth" Author: Harriet Comstock Illustrator: Harriet Roosevelt Richards Year: 1902 Notes: Elizabeth is in the forefront and Jane is next to her. Read online here. Added 7 - 9 - 2006

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