Chapter 4. A Damnable Inheritance
Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch4
Copyright © 2009 Eric Ives
Book Title
Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery
Additional Information
How to Cite
Ives, E. (2009) A Damnable Inheritance, in Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444307832.ch4
Publication History
- Published Online: 17 DEC 2009
- Published Print: 18 SEP 2009
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405194136
Online ISBN: 9781444307832
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- damnable inheritance;
- parentage too cursed Jane Grey - another innocent;
- Charles Brandon's marriage to the king's sister Mary - century's most romantic episodes;
- Tudor family, going through upheaval after upheaval;
- Henry VIII's behest - parliment accepted that Mary succeed to the throne after Prince Edward;
- For Frances Grey, blatant slap in the face - for Jane, literally a kiss of death;
- Edward succeeding to throne and Jane, becoming third in line to throne after Mary and Elizabeth;
- their Dorset title, the Greys being a Leicestershire family;
- ‘The Lady Marchioness of Dorset’ - Frances mother-in-law, Margaret Grey who lived till 1541;
- accession of Edward VI on 28 January 1547