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As we gear up for #TreasonSeason @UkNatArchives, let's take a closer look at the Queen's Bench #LegalRecords for the 1553 trial of some of those that supported Lady Jane Grey [TNA KB 8/21] (1/10) discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C330… 
This is the commission appointing Thomas Duke of Norfolk, Lord High Steward of England, as judge in the case. It's a royal commission, so was sealed with the great seal of Mary I [TNA KB 8/21, m 27] #TreasonSeason (2/10)
This is the Suffolk indictment for the case, finding that John Duke of Northumberland, William Marquis of Northampton, Francis Earl of Huntingdon, and John Earl of Warwick, had levied war against Mary I and declared Lady Jane Grey as queen, treasonous acts [KB 8/21, m 19] (3/10)
