The academic publishing house Palgrave MacMillan recently released a new reference work, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing, and both this website and my work are mentioned in passing in relation to both Jane Grey and Kateryn Parr. This article provides detail not included in the entry on Parr.

A rebuttal to recent media reports identifying the sitter in the Wrest Park Portrait as Lady Jane Grey.

This article examines the evidence related to a mummified head said to be that of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and father of Lady Jane Grey Dudley.

Analysis of a ‘new’ portrait said to depict Jane Grey Dudley that appeared at auction in July 2024.

This article asks, ‘What is plagiarism?’ and explains how to avoid committing it or even being accused of it.

Jane Grey Dudley is traditionally said to have been born at Bradgate House in Leicestershire, but this article presents new evidence to challenge that longstanding tradition.

This brief article examines the question of whether the reign of Queen Jane was itself ‘legal.’ Should Jane Grey Dudley be counted among the monarchs of England? The article is a follow-up to a previous article on the relative legality of Edward VI’s letters patent naming Jane Grey Dudley as his successor and in which I concluded that those letters patent were not, in fact, legal. So what does that mean for the reign of Queen Jane?

One of my younger correspondents through this website, Ms Hannah Wilson of Northamptonshire, England, recently offered her opinion on the relative legality of Edward VI’s letters patent of 21 June 1553, by means of which he nominated Jane Grey Dudley as his successor to the crown.[1] Our ensuing and very engaging discussion inspired me to consider those letters patent and the question of their legality from a new perspective. This article is a brief overview of that fresh (for me) perspective.

This essay addresses the popular-cultural claim that Jane Grey Dudley reigned for just nine days, a claim that led writers to bestow upon her the nickname ‘Nine-Days Queen.’

The entertainment industry has recently begun using a supposedly blind eye in its casting decisions when selecting actors to portray historical figures. This essay challenges the practice of ‘inclusive’ casting.

Travesty. That word rushed screaming from the recesses of my mind when I saw the media promotions this morning of Amazon’s new series My Lady Jane.

Should we refer to Jane Grey Dudley as ‘Lady Jane’ or as ‘Queen Jane’? As ‘Jane Grey’ or as ‘Jane Dudley’?

Did Jane Grey Dudley really own this copy of Homer’s Iliad, and did she autograph one of the pages?

An analysis of one individual’s astonishing claim that Jane Grey Dudley was not executed but instead lived on to write the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

An essay on the use, misuse, and abuse of the words ‘profession’ and ‘professional.’