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 It happened, that while he was on duty, at the Tower, his wife was brought to bed of a son; and at the christening of this child, which was fixed for the 19th of July, 1553, the Duke of Suffolk and the Earl of Pembroke were godfathers by proxy, and Queen Jane was godmother; and, as a further mark of her favour, directed that the child should be named Guilford, after her husband. The person sent to represent the Queen, was Lady Throckmorton, the wife of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, who, at the time she left the Tower, in order to be present at the ceremony, received the commands of Queen Jane, in a manner suitable to that rank, and carried them to Mr. Underhill’s. But, on her return to the Tower, when the ceremony of christening the child was over, she found, to her great [amazement, the canopy of state removed, with all the other ensigns of royalty; and she was informed by one of the new Officers, that her Lady, the late Queen, was a prisoner for high treason, and that she must attend her under, the like circumstances.