Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney

Mary Margaret Sidney Elizabeth Sidney Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester Ambrosia Sidney

In May 1553 Marys second youngest brother, Guildford Dudley, was married to Edwards favourite cousin, Lady Jane Grey. According to Lady Jane it was Mary Dudley who, on 9160July 1553, called upon her to bring her to Syon House, the place where she was informed she was Queen of England according to King Edwards will. After Mary Is triumph within a fortnight and the arrest and execution of the Duke of Northumberland, the Sidneys were in a precarious situation. Like the rest of the Dudley family, Mary Dudley was attainted and suffered the consequences in her legal status. Henry Sidneys three sisters, however, were favourite ladies of Queen Mary, which may have saved his career. In early 1554 he went with an embassy to Spain to plead with Englands prospective king consort, Philip, for the pardon of his brothersinlaw John, Ambrose, Robert, and Henry. John Dudley, the eldest brother, died days after his release in October 1554 at Penshurst Place in Kent, the Sidneys manor house granted to the

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