Married to Lord Guilford Dudley. Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen. Mary and her supporters were having none of this and within days Mary was proclaimed queen. Dudley was beheaded at Tower Hill shortly followed by Jane on Tower Green.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lady Jane Grey
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Tower of London execution site
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Tower of London execution site - c.1910
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Other Subjects
John Derifall
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and was the last man to be beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold. We're sure that made him feel a lot better about it. 2017: The Scotsman re...
1 memorial
Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcey of Templehurst
Known as Lord Darcy de Darcy or Darcy of Templehurst or Temple Hirst. Early success as a soldier, and then at court but his involvement in Aske's rebellion, known as the 'Pilgrimage of Grace', led...
1 memorial
John Denley
Protestant martyr. He was believed to have been a Baptist, which was rather dangerous in the reign of Mary I. Whilst returning from a visit to Maidstone, he was stopped by Edmund Tyrell, a justice ...
1 memorial
John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester
Unusually well-educated. Titles: Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Constable, Deputy Governor of Ireland.... and Butcher of England - for his relish in executing many Lancastrians. Thus when the Lan...
1 memorial
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