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“I Can Saye No More”: John Dudley’s Farewell Speech to the Council

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Christine Hartweg

In the morning of 14 July 1553 the streets of London were bustling with preparations for an armed response to the Lady Mary’s challenge against the newly proclaimed queen, Jane. Jane’s father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, had been appointed (by … Continue reading →

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Dudley – A Name Hated?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Christine Hartweg

It is a widespread cliché that the Dudleys were a very unpopular family and that, accordingly, Robert Dudley was an unpopular man. One can even read that the project of putting Lady Jane Grey on the English throne failed because … Continue reading →

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Not Henry Grey, But Robert Dudley!

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Christine Hartweg

This stiple and line engraving from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, dating from the early 19th century, is undoubtedly based on a portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, also in the NPG and therefore one of … Continue reading →

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‟Loving of my Husband“: Jane and Guildford Dudley

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Christine Hartweg

She detested Guilford – he was indeed a spoilt, conceited and disagreeable young man – and she told her father that she would not marry him. Her obedience was forced by a beating, and … Guilford made no secret of … Continue reading →

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Lord Guildford, Lady Jane’s Cousin

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Christine Hartweg

Among the countless books dealing with Lady Jane Grey, England’s Nine Days Queen, there seem to be very few which make mention of the blood relationship between her and her husband. One is by David Mathew, published in 1972. On … Continue reading →

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