Queen Jane or Lady Jane Grey True or False Quiz

The month of July has just come to an end, but July was an important month for Queen Jane, or Lady Jane Grey, as she was Queen of England for a short time.

Q1) True or false: There were three monarchs in July 1553?

True

False

Correct! Edward VI, Queen Jane and Mary I.

Wrong! It's true! Edward VI, Queen Jane and Mary I.

Q2) True or false: Jane's father, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, was the grandson of Elizabeth Woodville?

True

False

Correct! He was her great-grandson.

Wrong! He was her great-grandson.

Q3) True or false: Queen Jane's maternal grandmother was Mary Tudor, Queen of France?

True

False

Correct! Jane's mother, Frances, was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.

Wrong! It's true. Jane's mother, Frances, was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.

Q4) True or false: Jane told her scholar John Cheke that she was "so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips and bobs and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) ... that I think myself in hell"?

True

False

Correct! She actually said that to scholar Roger Ascham.

Wrong! She actually said that to scholar Roger Ascham.

Q5) True or false: Catherine Parr, the dowager queen, was granted Jane's wardship in 1548?

True

False

Correct! It was Thomas Seymour, Catherine's husband, who purchased Jane's wardship.

Wrong! It was Thomas Seymour, Catherine's husband, who purchased Jane's wardship.

Q6) True or false: Lady Jane Grey married Lord Guildford Dudley in a triple wedding ceremony at Durham House in May 1553?

True

False

Correct! Her sister, Katherine, married William Herbert and Guildford's sister, also Katherine, married Henry Hastings.

Wrong! It's true! Her sister, Katherine, married William Herbert and Guildford's sister, also Katherine, married Henry Hastings.

Q7) True or false: Queen Jane is often known as the Nine Days Queen, but her reign actually lasted 15 days?

True

False

Correct! It was 13 days - 6th July to 19th July.

Wrong! t was 13 days - 6th July to 19th July.

Q8) True or false: Jane was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death in November 1553, but Queen Mary I didn't sign her death warrant until February 1554?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong! It's true.

Q9) True or false: Mary I sent her chaplain, Bishop Stephen Gardiner, to visit Jane in the Tower on several occasions to try and get her to convert?

True

False

Correct! Mary sent her chaplain John Feckenham.

Wrong! Mary sent her chaplain John Feckenham.

Q10) True or false: Jane and Guildford were both laid to rest in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London?

True

False

Correct! It's true!

Wrong! It's true!