12 Facts about Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford

[Music] hi welcome to this latest edition in my questions about amberlynn series which also looks at her family and today i'm going to share with you 12 facts about jane berlin who was of course amberlynn's sister-in-law now we all know that jane berlin nee parker lady rochard was the wife of george berlin lord rochford and that she was executed with katherine howard in february 1542 but i thought i'd share with you today a few of the lesser-known facts about jane number one jane was the daughter of henry parker 10th baron morley and his wife alice singen number two the family home was hallingbory place at great hullingbury in essex number three jane's father baron morley was brought up in the household of lady margaret beaufort henry vii's mother and he was a gifted translator translating works from latin and italian number four at the chateau bear pageant of shrovetide 1522 while amberlynn and mary berlin played perseverance and kindness jane played the part of constancy she was also one of the disguised ladies who danced with amberlynn in a mask held in honor of francis the first in calais in october 1532 number five in 1533 jane and her husband george were granted the wardship of the young edmund sheffield son and heir of sir robert sheffield number six there is no evidence that jane did anything to bring her husband and sister-in-law down in 1536 and in fact she sent george a message of comfort for which he sent her thanks number seven in 1536 at the fall of the blinds anne and george the inventory of jane's possessions showed that jane wore lots of different colours yellow crimson white and russet for example yet fast forward to her death in 1542 and the infantry taken there shows that all of her clothing was black even bearing in mind that black was worn to show high status that you could afford black cloth surely jane would own some other colours unless she was in permanent mourning number eight following the deaths of anne and george berlin jane appears to have been close to princess mary and mary sent gifts to jane and her servants number nine james served as one of amberlynn's ladies and went on to serve jane seymour anne of cleves and catherine howard number 10 during the annulment proceedings for henry viii's marriage to anne of cleves jane was one of the queen's ladies who had to give evidence regarding and being ignorant of what consummation involved number 11 at the fall of catherine howard in 1541 1542 jane was found guilty of treason by attender not by trial and king henry viii even changed the law so that he could execute jane jane had experienced some kind of mental breakdown at her arrest in 1541 and had to be released from the tower of london and it was against the law to execute those showing signs of madness henry viii had a law passed to make it possible he was intent on punishing jane for helping his wife meet with thomas culpepper number 12. jane's father lord morley paid tribute to jane following her execution jane's biographer julia fox points out that his translation of a latin work by boccaccio which he gave to henry viii as a new year gift in 1543 featured a change from the original when writing about the death of polyzena morley added his own phrase writing oh that it was against all good order and that so sweet a maiden should be devoured by the hands of pirates for to satisfy for another woman's offense a clear reference to his daughter being executed with catherine howard so there you go some lesser-known facts about jane berlin lady rochford to find out more about jane berlin lady i will give you some links to videos i've done on her and i'd highly recommend some books we have this one which is my go-to book on jane berlin lady rochford it's by julia fox mine's a rather battered copy because i've used it so much i talk about jane claire cherry and i talk about jane in our biography of george berlin who was of course her husband there's a book coming out soon i think it's on pre-order from charlie fenton which is all about jane and then there's a novel which features a more sort of real life jane than the mythical jane of some novels um that's the ravens widow by adrian dillard which is a wonderful read as well sadly we don't have a portrait of jamel not one that we're sure is jane so i can't share a picture of her very sad anyway take care oh you can subscribe by pressing there that subscribe button you can give me a like and leave me a comment and you can hit the bell to be notified as my videos go live take care bye

Channel: The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society

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Length: 6min 27sec (387 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 05 2021