Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford née Parker, (c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was the wife of George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. Jane had been a member of the household of Henry's first wife Katherine of Aragon. She had a role in the judgements against, and subsequent executions of, her husband and of Anne Boleyn. She was later a lady-in-waiting to Henry's third and fourth wives, and then to his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, with whom she was executed. Born Jane Parker, she was the daughter
Anne Jane Thornton himself emigrated to America, although her sister still lived there and was glad to hear news of Anne Jane. The Lord Mayor booked Thornton a seat on the London to Liverpool coach, and she left for Ireland on 2 April 1835. On 13 April, a newspaper in Ballyshannon reported her arrival in Donegal. Thornton's story became even better known after she wrote an autobiographical book, "The Interesting Life and Wonderful Adventures of that Extraordinary Woman Anne Jane Thornton, the Female Sailor". King William IV granted Thornton a pension of £10 a year, while a Mr Andrew Murray gave her the