[Illustration: _Lady Jane Grey_ _From a photo by Emery Walker after the picture by Lucas de Heere in the National portrait Gallery_] LADY JANE GREY _AND HER TIMES_ By I. A. TAYLOR _Author of “Queen Hortense and her Friends” “Queen Henrietta Maria,” etc._ WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] London: HUTCHINSON & CO. Paternoster Row [Illustration] 1908 CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE The condition of Europe and England--Retrospect--Religious Affairs--A reign of terror--Cranmer in danger--Katherine Howard 1 CHAPTER II 1546 Katherine Parr--Relations with Thomas Seymour--Married to Henry VIII.--Parties in court and country--Katherine’s position--Prince Edward 13 CHAPTER III 1546 The Marquis of Dorset and his family--Bradgate Park--Lady Jane Grey--Her relations with her cousins--Mary Tudor--Protestantism at Whitehall--Religious persecution 24 CHAPTER IV 1546 Anne Askew--Her trial and execution--Katherine Parr’s danger--Plot against her--Her escape 36 CHAPTER V 1546 The King dying--The Earl of Surrey--His career and his fate--The Duke of Norfolk’s escape--Death of the King 48 CHAPTER VI 1547 Triumph of the new men--Somerset made Protector--Coronation of Edward VI.--Measures of ecclesiastical reform--The Seymour brothers--Lady Jane Grey entrusted to the Admiral--The Admiral and Elizabeth--His marriage to Katherine 60 CHAPTER VII 1547-1548 Katherine Parr’s unhappy married life--Dissensions between the Seymour brothers--The King and his uncles--The Admiral and Princess Elizabeth--Birth of Katherine’s child, and her death 80 CHAPTER VIII 1548 Lady Jane’s temporary return to her father--He surrenders her again to the Admiral--The terms of the bargain 100 CHAPTER IX 1548-1549 Seymour and the Princess Elizabeth--His courtship--He is sent to the Tower--Elizabeth’s examinations and admissions--The execution of the Lord Admiral 108 CHAPTER X 1549-1550 The Protector’s position--Disaffection in the country--Its causes--The Duke’s arrogance--Warwick his rival--The success of his opponents--Placed in the Tower, but released--St. George’s Day at Court 126 CHAPTER XI 1549-1551 Lady Jane Grey at home--Visit from Roger Ascham--The German divines--Position of Lady Jane in the theological world 139 CHAPTER XII 1551-1552