Maud Lane born Magdalen (Maud) Parr became Matilda or Maud, Lady Lane (c. 1507 – 1558) was an

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courtier. She was the cousin of

Katherine Parr Catherine Parr ( – 5 September 1548) was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final queen consort o ...

and she became her courtier and supporter of the new Church of England religion.

Life

She was the first born daughter of Mary Salisbury and

William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton (c. 1483 – 10 September 1547Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 663.) was the son of Sir William Parr and his second wife, the H ...

. Her grandfather was Sir William Salisbury and his mother's dowry had been the Manor of Horton. Her godfather was her uncle, the father of Katherine Parr. Maud grew up with her cousin

. Her father decided to make her his sole heir when she was about ten. She had three younger sisters, but no brother. She was engaged to be married to the eight year old Ralph Lane. Her father became the guardian to the couple and her new father-in-law was William Lane of Orlingbury. The marriage was to be consecrated ten years later when her fiancé was eighteen. Her father ceased to be their guardian as promised when her husband was twenty. Katherine Parr became the last Queen Consort of

King Henry VIII Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is known for his six marriages and his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement w ...

and Maud became her

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in July 1543. Maud paid £980 to have the rights of ownership and to pass on the rights to the two manors of Hogshaw in Buckinghamshire and Wheatley in Warwickshire. In 1546 Bishop Stephen Gardiner led a conservative plot to discredit Lane. The plan was to find evidence of her heresy but the plot failed and plans to arrest the Queen and two of her ladies were not enacted. Gardiners position was reduced by this. One source says that she continued to be a lifelong friend and confidante of the Queen, but another says that Lane left the royal court and died in 1558 or 1559.

Private life

She and Sir Ralph Lane of Orpington had three sons: politician Robert Lane was born in 1527,

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(later

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), and William Lane, Member of Parliament. Their seven girls included Frances who married Sir George Turpin, Lettice who married

Peter Wentworth Sir Peter Wentworth (1529–1596) was a prominent Puritan leader in the Parliament of England. He was the elder brother of Paul Wentworth and entered as member for Barnstaple in 1571. He later sat for the Cornish borough of Tregony in 1578 and ...

, Mary who married Thomas Pigot, Jane who married firstly the MP Lewis Montgomery and secondly Thomas Bawde, Dorothy who married Sir William Fielding and Katherine who married John Osborne.

References

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