On 25 May 1553, numerous guests including members of the Privy Council and foreign ambassadors, gathered at Durham Place, the Westminster residence of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland to witness a triple wedding celebration: the three young brides were Northumberland's youngest daughter Katherine Dudley, and sisters Jane and Katherine Grey, eldest daughters of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

On This Day (13 May) in 1515, at Greenwich, the public marriage took place between Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and the king's sister Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, two months after their secret marriage in Paris, France.

Around Christmas Time 1560, Katherine Grey, the younger sister of the ill-fated 'Thirteen Day Queen' Lady Jane Grey...

Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, had survived the events of Jul 1553, those being the attempts to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne...

On This Day (25 Aug) in 1540, Katherine Grey was born at Bradgate House, Leicestershire; the second daughter of Henry Grey.

Elizabeth Hardwick (better known by history as 'Bess of Hardwick') was born in the 1520s (estimated dates range from 1520-21 to 1527).

Jane Grey, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Marques of Dorset and later Duke of Suffolk and his wife Frances Brandon.

On This Day (06 Jul) in 1553, Edward VI died at the ‘Palace of Placentia’, Greenwich, at around 8pm.