Lady Jane Grey on her way to the scaffold

Lady Jane Grey (1537-54) meeting the body of her husband on the way to the scaffold, 1554. Lady Jane, also known as the Nine Days Queen, and her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, were imprisoned in the Tower of London and executed in February 1554 having been found guilty of high treason. From The Tower of London a historical romance by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-82) published in 1840

1554 Ainsworth Dudley Executed Guildford Guilty Imprisoned Scaffold Treason

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