Chapter 20. The March on Framlingham
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch20
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) The March on Framlingham, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch20
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- march on Framlingham;
- despatch of Robert Dudley, day after Edward's death, to secure Mary;
- Mary moving, to defensible castle of Framlingham, twenty-five miles away in Suffolk;
- ‘The people press to see us, but not one saith “God speed us”’;
- Northumberland's campaign - in difficulties from the very beginning;
- Mary's sympathizers waiting the time to desert - giving Mary more time to build up her forces;
- Robert's greatest success of bringing King's Lynn, Norfolk's - over to Jane Grey's side;
- Mary's victory, with opposition persisting in the marshland for weeks;
- Jane's commanders convinced - attack on Mary's army, being far more of a risk