#john dudley

[aneurins-barnard]

JAMIE PARKER as JOHN DUDLEY and ROMOLA GARAI as MARY I BECOMING ELIZABETH // Episode 7 To Laugh, to Lie, to Flatter, to Face

[theladyelizabeth]

o children . . . lift up your voice, lift up your voice . . .

[eobard-thawne]

FAVORITE SCENES FROM BECOMING ELIZABETH: 5/∞" Lord Dudley! I'm sure my brother could increase your income if need be. There is no need for you to resort to robbery. Now, Mary, it is entirely within your power for this to be the last we ever speak of it. The louder you protest, the more you fracture an already fractured country. I suggest then you give me nothing to protest. You think I can concede to this plan? Marry a foreign heretic, be shipped away to a Protestant court? A woman's family arranges her marriage, and a subject obeys her king. If you protest, you protest the natural order of things as set out by God. You're protesting God. I will marry any man my brother sees fit, as long as I will be permitted to practice my faith. Perhaps you will. May I suggest you ask him nicely."

[behindfairytales]

icons of Rob Brydon in My Lady Jane (s1) as John Dudley

[mockingjayne12]

[thedudleywomen]

The Durham Place Marriages - 25 May 1553

On This Day (25 May) in 1553, numerous guests gathered at Durham Place, the magnificent Westminster residence of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lord President of Edward VI's Regency Council, to witness a triple wedding celebration. One of the bridegrooms was his teenage son Guildford, whose new bride, was Lady Jane Grey, the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his wife Frances Brandon, the daughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary.

Guildford and Jane's union was just one in a series of marriages and betrothals that took place over the spring and early summer of 1553, organised primarily by Northumberland, intending on forging and strengthening political allegiances, in anticipation for an imminent regime change, given the king's failing health.

In April 1553, Edward wrote the first draft of his 'Devise for the Succession', setting out plans for the English throne after his death. He excluded his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth, favouring instead the Protestant family lineage of his paternal cousin, Frances Brandon, intending for the crown to pass to "heires masles" of Frances and her daughters. As there were no surviving males within this family line, and all Frances's daughters remained unmarried, unions were quickly arranged, with Northumberland ensuring his son had the biggest prize of all - Jane.

The marriage ceremonies took place in the chapel at Durham Place, the former residence of the Bishops of Durham, located on The Strand; the king was too unwell to attend. Jane stood alongside her younger sister Katherine Grey, and her new sister-in-law Katherine Dudley at the altar, the three teenage brides completing their duties to their families.

A few weeks later, Edward's health worsened, leading him to make final amendments to his 'Devise for the Succession', in which he identified Jane as his intended heir by the addition of two words - "to the L. Jane and her heires masles".

The Durham Place Marriages - 25 May 1553

On 25 May 1553, numerous guests including members of the Privy Council and foreign ambassadors, gathered at Durham Place, the Westminster re

[buffyfan145]

Got the first 2 episodes in of "My Lady Jane" and I'm loving it!!! 😀 Going into this knowing it's a historical comedy and it even making it known it's set in an alternate universe with fantasy elements is great as unlike period dramas you know it's not going to be historically accurate so it's just fun and funny. LOL I like how they've adapted the book too and Jane & Guildford have great chemistry, and I love Edward VI too. Plus, being a fan of Rob Brydon I keep cracking up so much at his scenes as John Dudley, but I also noticed he weirdly looks like Robert Dudley's portraits when he was older. LOL I'm curious to see how this goes, and we get more of Elizabeth I since she's one of my favorite queens. And for us concerned about Robert I can now put behind a cut for spoilers about him and I'm curious to see what happens there too.

So like in the book we see that Guilford has a weird thing with his animal shapeshifting and he's stuck as his animal during the day but human at night. He's not the only Dudley sibling that is like this as all the others including Robert are too but he's stuck in animal form all the time, which is also why they're looking for a cure so they can either stay human or go back to being able to shift whenever. Their brother Stan (who is a mashup in the book of their other brothers) didn't inherit this and is only human but they all have to keep it secret with them being hunted. So that's why human Robert isn't in the book as he's stuck as an animal but they hint at being able to cure the other siblings and Elizabeth I does become queen still at the end so it's hinted things play out between her and Robert like in our world too.

[twdteacakes]

Jamie Parker Mega Compilation Part 4

Lives were changed by Jamie Parker's rendition of Some Enchanted Evening. It makes me so unwell. This part also heavily features Becoming Elizabeth. John Dudley, you will always be famous to me. I will forever mourn that we won't get a season 2 and more of main antagonist Dudley.