[Gay State Conservative]

We visited the Tower of London years ago. The Yeoman Warder (not “Beefeater”) that was guiding us was outstanding...very knowledgeable *and* a real character.Seeing where various executions took place was quite spooky. It got me to wondering in any of my Irish ancestors might have gotten the chop there (we're a rebellious,rambunctious clan!).

[PAR35]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lady_jane

[mass55th]

According to Ancestry.com, (which I take with a grain of salt), she’s supposed to be my 2nd cousin 12x removed, and her husband Guildford Dudley is supposed to be my 3rd cousin 13x removed. Her mother was Frances Brandon, who was the daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII. Mary had first been married to Louis XII of France.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Fascinating, if somewhat morbid.

[angcat]

Was this the wife of Mary’s second husband?

[Ahithophel]

Interesting. BTW: Anyone read Lady Jane Grey’s letters (linked in the article at website) written to her sister, father, and Queen Mary on the eve of her “suffering”? LJG is queen for 9 days but not quite 18 y/o when she lost her head. Willing bet no more than one in a thousand 17 year-old teenagers in USA today (setting aside nuances of 16th century dialectics) could match her displayed level of composition and literary skills.