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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John Routh
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Patrick Packingham
Burnt at the stake in Uxbridge for his Protestant beliefs. Aged 23. He was charged with not doing deference to Romish ceremonies, and was condemned by Bishop Bonner, his cause not being heard. T...
Elizabeth Warne
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs. Gentlewoman. Widow of John Warne, mother of Joan and a son. Taken at a prayer meeting.
Colonel Algernon Sidney
Opponent of King Charles II. Born Baynard's Castle. Exiled in Rome. Returned in 1677 and was implicated in the Rye House Plot. Beheaded on Tower Hill.
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Richard Beere
Monk at London Charterhouse. Nephew of the Richard Beere who was Abbot of Glastonbury. Became a Carthusian in February 1523. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though ther...
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Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood
Fought on the anti-royalist side in the Civil War. In 1652 he married for the second time to Bridget, Cromwell's daughter and widow of Henry Ireton. That same year he was appointed Lord Deputy of I...
Emperor Charles V
Born Ghent. Ruled over large chunks of Europe and the Spanish colonies in America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Catherine of Aragon was his aunt, and so, despite Henry VIII and Charles being allied for...
Mary Anne Clarke
Mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York. Born in Ball and Pin Alley, White's Alley, Chancery Lane as Mary Anne Thompson, she married Clarke, a stonemason who became bankrupt. She 'went bad' but ...
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