England's Forgotten Queen: Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey - 1

Helen Castor explores the life and death of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen of England.  Castor explores why Lady Jane Grey was selected as Queen of England, the secrecy behind the plot to put her on the throne and the fight to keep her on the throne.

This is a careful look at the life of Lady Jane Grey and takes place over 3 episodes.  Each episode takes at least three days of the nine days reign.  Lady Jane Grey is a tricky subject in English history, there are plenty of angles to take.  This documentary allows the viewer to make up their own minds on Lady Jane Grey Grey.

The episode kicks off with the death of the King and the documents that were made concerning about his death.  There were concerns surrounding what would happen if the King were to die and if the Catholic Princess Mary would take the throne.  With the dissolution of the monasteries, the noble class enriched themselves and of course they would want to protect their interest.  However the entire succession fell to women, not a man in sight.  It was in this environment, Lady Jane Grey was put forward to become the Protestant Queen of England.

For use in the classroom: just highlight, copy and paste into a word document or a google document for use in the classroom.  You can easily format these questions to your specifications.  All questions should fit onto one page after formatting. 

You can find the link for the YouTube video here.

England's Forgotten Queen Episode 1 Question:

1. Who leads the charge to keep power while the king was dying?
2. What sex were all the potential heirs to the English Throne?
3. What was the title of Edward VI’s plan for the succession?
4. Who does Edward want to rule England?
5. Who would be a caretaker of the throne because of no male?
6. Who did Lady Jane marry?
7. How did Lady Jane feel about the marriage?
8. Who did the Duke of Northumberland try to lure to London?
9. Who told Princess Mary that her brother died?
10. What fortress does the Duke of Northumberland secure to make sure Princess Mary could not?

England's Forgotten Queen Episode 1 Answers:

1. Who leads the charge to keep power while the king was dying? - Duke of Northumberland
2. What sex were all the potential heirs to the English Throne? - Female
3. What was the title of Edward VI’s plan for the succession? - Device for the Succession
4. Who does Edward want to rule England? - Protestant king/male
5. Who would be a caretaker of the throne because of no male? - Frances
6. Who did Lady Jane marry? - Guilford, son of the Duke of Northumberland
7. How did Lady Jane feel about the marriage? - Reluctant
8. Who did the Duke of Northumberland try to lure to London? - Princess Mary
9. Who told Princess Mary that her brother died? - Her goldsmith, Robert Rains
10. What fortress does the Duke of Northumberland secure to make sure Princess Mary could not? - Tower of London