Two letters about Jane Grey Dudley written in July 1553 by an Italian present in London during her brief reign, presented here in English translation along with an Introduction. Neither letter was known to historians prior to my discovery of them in 2013 quite by chance.

The original Italian text of two letters about Jane Grey Dudley written in July 1553 by an Italian present in London during her brief reign. The Italian text seen here retains its original letter forms, spelling, punctuation, and spacing. Neither letter was known to historians prior to my discovery of them quite by chance in 2013.

Sir Thomas Chaloner’s ‘Elegy on the untimely death of the most Protestant divine Lady Jane Grey,’ first published in 1579. The original Latin-language text is presented together with my own translation of the ‘Elegy’ into English.

An introduction to Giulio Raviglio Rosso’s ‘Historia delle cose occorse nel regno d’Inghilterra, in materia del Duca di Nortomberlan dopo la morte di Odoardo VI’ first published in 1560.

The original Italian text of Giulio Raviglio Rosso’s ‘Historia delle cose occorse nel regno d’Inghilterra, in materia del Duca di Nortomberlan dopo la morte di Odoardo VI,’ first published in 1560.