John Hales was a writer, administrator, and member of parliament during the Tudor period.
late 16th C–early 17th C
John Hales' former residence, the Whitefriars, Coventry, as it is today
Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford was a younger sister of Lady Jane Grey.
John Hales (died 1572)
…the Crowne Imperiall of Inglande, supporting the title to the crown of the descendants of King Henry VIII's younger sister Mary. Mary's granddaughter Lady Catherine Grey had secretly married Edward Seymour, and the Queen had had them both imprisoned. Hales took the position that if the Queen were to have no children…
Miniature by Levina Teerlinc, c. 1560
Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1534-1601)
Oil on panel portrait of Edward Seymour attributed to Hans Eworth
Lady Katherine Grey with her elder son Edward, Lord Beauchamp.