| [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 |
| An anxious tutor—Somerset’s final fall—The charges against him—His guilt or innocence—His trial and condemnation—The King’s indifference—Christmas at Greenwich—The Duke’s execution | 154 |
| [CHAPTER XIII] |
| 1552 |
| Northumberland and the King—Edward’s illness—Lady Jane and Mary—Mary refused permission to practise her religion—The Emperor intervenes | 169 |
| [CHAPTER XIV] |
| 1552 |
| Lady Jane’s correspondence with Bullinger—Illness of the Duchess of Suffolk—Haddon’s difficulties—Ridley’s visit to Princess Mary—The English Reformers—Edward fatally ill—Lady Jane’s character and position | 178 |
| [CHAPTER XV] |
| 1553 |
| The King dying—Noailles in England—Lady Jane married to Guilford Dudley—Edward’s will—Opposition of the law officers—They yield—The King’s death | 193 |
| [CHAPTER XVI] |
| 1553 |
| After King Edward’s death—Results to Lady Jane Grey—Northumberland’s schemes—Mary’s escape—Scene at Sion House—Lady Jane brought to the Tower—Quarrel with her husband—Her proclamation as Queen | 210 |
| [CHAPTER XVII] |
| 1553 |
| Lady Jane as Queen—Mary asserts her claims—The English envoys at Brussels—Mary’s popularity—Northumberland leaves London—His farewells | 225 |
| [CHAPTER XVIII] |
| 1553 |
| Turn of the tide—Reaction in Mary’s favour in the Council—Suffolk yields—Mary proclaimed in London—Lady Jane’s deposition—She returns to Sion House | 237 |
| [CHAPTER XIX] |
| 1553 |
| Northumberland at bay—His capitulation—Meeting with Arundel, and arrest—Lady Jane a prisoner—Mary and Elizabeth—Mary’s visit to the Tower—London—Mary’s policy | 247 |
| [CHAPTER XX] |
| 1553 |
| Trial and condemnation of Northumberland—His recantation—Final scenes—Lady Jane’s fate in the balances—A conversation with her | 259 |
| [CHAPTER XXI] |
| 1553 |
| Mary’s marriage in question—Pole and Courtenay—Foreign suitors—The Prince of Spain proposed to her—Elizabeth’s attitude—Lady Jane’s letter to Hardinge—The coronation—Cranmer in the Tower—Lady Jane attainted—Letter to her father—Sentence of death—The Spanish match | 275 |
| [CHAPTER XXII] |
| 1553-1554 |
| Discontent at the Spanish match—Insurrections in the country—Courtenay and Elizabeth—Suffolk a rebel—General failure of the insurgents—Wyatt’s success—Marches to London—Mary’s conduct—Apprehensions in London, and at the palace—The fight—Wyatt a prisoner—Taken to the Tower | 289 |
| [CHAPTER XXIII] |
| 1554 |
| Lady Jane and her husband doomed—Her dispute with Feckenham—Gardiner’s sermon—Farewell messages—Last hours—Guilford Dudley’s execution—Lady Jane’s death | 311 |
| [Index] | 327 |
