See also:LADY JANE See also:GREY (1537-1554)
, a See also:lady remarkable no less for her accomplishments than for her misfortunes, was the See also:great-granddaughter of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VII. of See also:England
.
Her descent from that See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king was traced through a See also:line of See also:females
.
His second daughter See also:Mary, after being See also:left a widow by See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XII. of See also:France, married See also:Charles See also:Brandon, See also:duke of See also:Suffolk, who was a favourite with her See also:brother King Henry VIII
.
Of this See also:marriage came two daughters, the See also:elder of whom, Lady Frances Brandon, was married to Henry See also:Grey, See also:marquess of See also:Dorset; and their issue, again, consisted of daughters only
.
Lady Jane, the subject of this See also:article, was the eldest of three whom the marquess had by Lady Frances
.
Thus it will appear that even if the See also:crown of England had ever fallen into the See also:female line of descent from Henry VII., she could not have put in a rightful claim unless the issue of his elder daughter, See also:Margaret, had become See also:extinct
.
But Margaret had married See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James IV. of See also:Scotland; and, though her descendant, James VI., was ultimately called to the See also:English See also:throne, Henry VIII. had placed her See also:family after that of his second See also:sister in the See also:succession; so that, failing the lawful issue of Henry himself, Lady Jane would, according to this arrangement, have succeeded
.
It was to these circumstances that she owed her exceptional position in See also:history, and became the victim of an ambition which was not her own
.
She was See also:born at her See also:father's seat named Bradgate in See also:Leicester-See also:shire about the See also:year 1537
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Her parents, though severe disciplinarians, bestowed more than See also:ordinary care upon her See also:education, and she herself was so teachable and delighted so much in study that she became the marvel of the See also:age for her acquirements
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She not only excelled in See also:needlework and in See also:music, both vocal and instrumental, but while still very See also:young she had thoroughly mastered Latin, See also:Greek, See also:French and See also:Italian
.
She was able to speak and write both Greek and Latin with an accuracy that satisfied even such critics as See also:Ascham and her See also:tutor Dr See also:Aylmer, afterwards See also:bishop of See also:London
.
She also acquired some knowledge of at least three See also:Oriental See also:tongues, See also:Hebrew, See also:Chaldee and Arabic
.
In Ascham's Schoolmaster is given a touching See also:account of the devotion with which she pursued her studies and the harshness she experienced from her parents
.
The love of learning was her solace; in See also:reading See also:Demosthenes and See also:Plato she found a See also:refuge from domestic unhappiness
.
When about ten years old she was placed for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the See also:household of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas, See also:Lord See also:Seymour, who, having obtained her wardship, induced her parents to let her stay with him, even after the See also:death of his wife, See also:Queen
See also:Catherine See also:Parr, by promising to marry her to his See also:nephew, King See also:Edward VI
.
Lord Seymour, however, was attainted of high See also:treason and beheaded in 1549, and his brother, the duke of See also:Somerset, made some overtures to the marquess of Dorset to marry her to his son the See also:earl of See also:Hertford
.
These projects, however, came to nothing
.
The duke of Somerset in his turn See also:fell a victim to the ambition of See also:Dudley, duke of See also:Northumberland, and was beheaded three years after his brother
.
Meanwhile, the dukedom of Suffolk having become extinct by the deaths of Charles Brandon and his two sons, the See also:title was conferred upon the marquess of Dorset, Lady Jane's father
.
Northumberland, who was now all-powerful, fearing a great See also:reverse of See also:fortune in See also:case of the king's death, as his See also:health began visibly to decline, endeavoured to strengthen himself by marriages between his family and those of other powerful noblemen, especially of the new-made duke of Suffolk
.
His three eldest sons being already married, the See also:fourth, who was named Lord See also:Guilford Dudley, was accordingly wedded to Lady Jane Grey about the end of May 1553
.
The match received the full approval of the king, who furnished the See also:wedding See also:apparel of the parties by royal See also:warrant
.
But Edward's See also:state of health warned Northumberland that he must lose no time in putting the See also:rest of his project into See also:execution
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He persuaded the king that if the crown should descend to his sister Mary the See also:work of the See also:Reformation would be undone and the liberties of the See also:kingdom would be in danger
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Besides, both Mary and her sister See also:Elizabeth had been declared illegitimate by See also:separate acts of See also:parliament, and the objections to Mary queen of Scots did not require to be pointed out
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Edward was easily persuaded to break through his father's will and make a new See also:settlement of the crown by See also:deed
.
The document was witnessed by the signatures of all the See also:council and of all but one of the See also:judges; but those of the latter See also:body were obtained only with difficulty by threats and intimidation
.
Edward VI. died on the 6th See also:July 1553, and it was announced to Lady Jane that she was queen
.
She was then but sixteen years of age
.
The See also:news came upon her as a most unwelcome surprise, and for some time she resisted all persuasions to accept the fatal dignity; but at length she yielded to the entreaties of her father, her father-in-See also:law and her See also:husband
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The better to mature their plans the See also:cabal had kept the king's death See also:secret for some days, but they proclaimed Queen Jane in the See also:city on the loth
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The See also:people received the announcement with See also:manifest coldness, and a vintner's boy was even so bold as to raise a cry for Queen Mary, for which he next See also:day had his ears nailed to the See also:pillory and afterwards cut off
.
Mary, however, had received See also:early intimation of her brother's death, and, retiring from See also:Hunsdon into See also:Norfolk, gathered See also:round her the See also:nobility and See also:commons of those parts
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Northumberland was despatched thither with an See also:army to oppose her; but after reaching New-See also:market he complained that the council had not sent him forces in sufficient See also:numbers and his followers began to See also:desert
.
News also came that the earl of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford had declared for Queen Mary; and as most of the council themselves were only seeking an opportunity to See also:wash their hands of See also:rebellion, they procured a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting at Baynard's See also:Castle, revoked their former acts as done under See also:coercion, and caused the lord See also:mayor to proclaim Queen Mary, which he did amid the shouts of the citizens
.
The duke of Suffolk was obliged to tell his daughter that she must See also:lay aside her royal dignity and become a private See also:person once more
.
She replied that she relinquished most willingly a crown that she had only accepted out of obedience to him and her See also:mother, and her nine days' reign was over
.
The leading actors in the See also:conspiracy were now called to See also:answer for their deeds
.
Northumberland was brought up to London a prisoner, tried and sent to the See also:block, along with' some of his partisans
.
The duke of Suffolk and Lady Jane were also committed to the See also:Tower; but the former, by the See also:influence of his duchess, procured a See also:pardon
.
Lady Jane and her husband Lord Guilford Dudley were also tried, and received See also:sentence of death for treason
.
This, however, was not immediately carried out;, on the contrary, the queen seems to have wished to spare their lives and mitigated the rigour of their confinement
.
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Unfortunately, owing to the See also:general dislike of the queen's marriage with See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip of See also:Spain, See also:Sir Thomas See also:Wyat soon after raised a rebellion in which the duke of Suffolk and his See also:brothers took See also:part, and on its suppression the queen was persuaded that it was unsafe to spare the lives of Lady Jane and her husband any longer
.
On See also:hearing that they were to See also:die, Lady Jane declined a parting interview with her husband lest it should increase their See also:pain, and prepared to meet her See also:fate with See also:Christian fortitude
.
She and her husband were executed on the same day, on the 12th of See also:February 1554, her husband on Tower See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, and herself within the Tower an See also:hour afterwards, amidst universal sympathy and compassion
.
See Ascham's Schoolmaster; See also:Burnet's History of the Reformation; See also:Howard's Lady Jane Grey; See also:Nicolas's See also:Literary Remains of Lady Jane Grey; See also:Tytler's England under Edward VI. and Mary; The See also:Chronicles of Queen Jane, ed
.
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See also:Nichols; The See also:Accession of Queen Mary (Guaras's narrative), ed
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See also:Garnett (1892); See also:Foxe's Acts and Monuments
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