Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Parker
and Alice (St John) Parker
Sister of
Mary (Parker) Shelton and Henry Parker KB MP
Wife of
George Boleyn
— married
1525 [location unknown]
Died
at about age 37
in Tower Green, Middlesex, England
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Jane Parker was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
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Biography
Jane Parker, Viscountess Rochford
- Jane Parker needs no introduction. As one of the most unfortunate of history's ladies-in-waiting, she saw and was subjected to more than her fair share of beheadings. First, her husband. Then her sister-in-law, Anne Boleyn. And finally, herself ... immediately after watching Catherine Howard's head roll off the same chopping block that would hold hers.
Vitals
- b. c.1505
- d. 13 Feb 1542. Beheaded.[1]
- Burial: Tower of London alongside Catherine Howard
Family
- p. Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley, and Alice St John
- m. George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (d. 17 May 1536). No issue.
Sources
- ↑ Cokayne, George E.(1825-1911): The Complete Peerage Of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain And The United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant, Vol. 10. 2020. Familysearch.Org.>George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, Vol 10, pg 142
- Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry. Vol II, pg 57.
See Also:
- Find a Grave, database and images : accessed 29 December 2020), memorial page for Jane “Lady Rochford” Parker Boleyn (1510–13 Feb 1542), Find A Grave: Memorial #12380846, citing Chapel of Saint Peter-ad-Vincula, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England ; Maintained by Mark McManus (contributor 46593855) .
- Wikipedia: Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford
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