Lady Jane Grey

At the beginning of 1553, Henry VIII’s only son King Edward VI was dying. For the first time in English history all potential claimants were women. Henry’s daughters Mary and Elizabeth, and their cousins Jane Grey (1553) and Mary, Queen of Scots. For the first time in history, England would have a Queen regnant. Partisan councillors would jockey for position in order to secure their own futures and the religious destiny of the nation. CHARACTERS Lady Jane Grey – Queen of England (disputed) Guildford Dudley – husband of Lady Jane Grey Henry VIII – Jane great uncle and King of England (1509-47) Edward VI – Jane’s cousin and King of England (1547-53) Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk – father of Lady Jane Grey Frances – mother of Lady Jane Grey Mary – daughter of Henry VIII Elizabeth – daughter of Henry VIII Mary, Queen of Scots – cousin of Lady Jane Grey Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset – Lord Protector under Edward VI John Dudley, duke of Northumberland – president of the council under Edward VI, father of Guildford Dudley Thomas Cranmer – Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Seymour – brother of Edward Seymour and husband of Catherine Parr Thomas Harding – tutor of Lady Jane Grey, family chaplain John Aylmer and Michelangelo Florio – tutors of Lady Jane Grey Catherine of Aragon – 1st wife of Henry VIII, mother of Mary Anne Boleyn – 2nd wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth Catherine Howard – 5th wife of Henry VIII Catherine Parr – 6th wife of Henry VIII Alison Plowden – Historian Richard II – King of England (1377-99) Henry IV – King of England (1399-1413), known as Henry Bolingbroke before his reign CREDITS Alfonso Ferabosco – Amor Mia Sprona BalGas9 gidion owi-spit aarnnoo – woman crying metzik – medieval market