Result of the Insurrections.-The approaching fate of Lady Jane Grey.-Mary signs Lady Jane's death-war- rant. She prepares for death-Religious dispute with Feckenham.--Letter to her father.-Letter to her sister LIFE OF LADY JANE GREY. CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF LADY JANE GREY.-FAMILY.-EXTRACTION.-THOMAS GREY. HIS SAYINGS.-THIRD MARQUIS OF DORSET, LADY JANE'S FATHER.-CHARLES BRANDON.-MARY TUDOR.-LOUIS XII.-MARRIAGE.-DEATH-MARY'S MARRIAGE WITH CHARLES BRANDON. -HENRY VIII. OFFENDED-RECONCILIATION. LADY JANE GREY was born in Bradgate, Leicestershire, one of the interior counties of England. The precise date of her birth cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, no two of the chroniclers of her times agreeing upon this point. The probabilities are, however, that she was born in the year 1537, being of the same age as Edward VI., with whose fate in after years her own fortunes were closely connected. The family of GREY was originally of Norman extraction. Rollo or Frilburt was the first of the family record; he was chamberlain to Robert, Duke of Normandy, who made him a present of the castle and lands of Croy, in Picardy, from which sprung the name de Croy, and subsequently de Grey. John, Lord de Croy, only son of Rollo, married Adela, daughter and co-heir of William Fitz Osbert, by whom he had a son— Sir Arnold de Grey, who soon after the Norman conquest became lord of Water Eaton, Stoke, and Rotherfield. By his wife Joan, heiress of the Baron Ponte del Arche, he had a son Auchitel de Grey, whose eldest son's name was Richard de Grey, whose son Auchitel de Grey, married Eva, daughter of Baldwin de Redrers, Earl of Devon. Their eldest son's name was John de Grey-his son Henry de Grey had a grant of the lands of Thurrock, in Essex, from Richard I. His second son John de Grey, had a high position under the government. He married Emma, daughter and heiress of Geoffrey de Glanville-their son— Reginald de Grey, married Maud, daughter of the Baron of Willon. Their son John de Grey, married the daughter of Lord Basset of Drayton. Their son Roger de Grey, married Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Hastings. Their son- Reginald de Grey, married Eleanor, daughter of Lord Straise. He commanded all the king's castles in Wales, in the reign of Edward III. Their son Reginald de Grey, married Joan, daughter of Lord Ashley. Their son Sir Edward de Grey, married Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Ferrens. Their son Sir John Grey married the eldest daughter of the Earl of Rivers-she after his death marrying King Edward IV. Their son Sir Thomas Grey held high office under Henry VII.—was created Knight of the Garter, Earl of Huntingdon and Marquis of Dorset. His son Thomas Grey, the second Marquis of Dorset, was a great favorite of Henry VIII., in the third year of whose reign he was general of the army sent into Spain for the purpose of invading Guienne. Peace was restored, and two years after the, with four of his brothers, the Duke of Suffolk and others, went to Paris, and obtained great renown at the tournaments of St. Denis. In 1520, he was present at the interview between Henry VIII. and the French monarch Francis, at the famous Champ d'Or, or Field of Gold. He had the honor of carrying the sword of state on this occasion, and won renown at the tournaments which graced the distinguished meeting of the monarchs. In 1522, he was chosen to go to Calais to receive and escort the Emperor Charles V. into England. He married for a second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Wotton. He was a man of extraordinary abilities, of exceedingly studious disposition, and was not characterized by the vices of his age. Some of his wise sayings-for he was fond of writing-are preserved to this day in the libraries of English antiquarians. We will quote a specimen. "The greatest trust between man and man is giving counsel." "Never was the man merry who had more than one woman in his bed, one friend in his Dosom, one faith in his heart." His son Henry Grey, third Marquis of Dorset, came to |