“However, the usually vigilant Chapuys did not...

"However, the usually vigilant Chapuys did not pick up this story, and likewise there is no record of Jane Rochford being incarcerated in the Tower prior to the fall of Catherine Howard in 1541. If true, her actions would have caused irreparable damage to the Rochfords’ marriage and by taking such action, Lady Rochford would have been putting herself in open opposition and conflict, not only with Anne, but also with her own husband and the King, whose command it was that Mary should not be treated as Princess. In addition to anger, George would also have felt embarrassment and humiliation at his own wife being imprisoned for openly defying him, his family and the King. Jane’s good relationship with Mary following the deaths of George and Anne confirms the loyalty and affection she had for the princess despite the fact that her husband had been one of Mary’s bitterest enemies. Jane must have maintained this loyalty and affection for Mary throughout her marriage to George; yet it is very difficult to imagine her taking such drastic action, which would have been completely against her own best interests. Jane was as much of a self-serving survivor as her in-laws, and putting her liberty, marriage and career on the line for her moral beliefs seems an unlikely thing for her to do. Besides, she became Jane Seymour’s lady-in-waiting after the Boleyns’ deaths. Henry was highly unlikely to have allowed her to resume such a prestigious position if she had previously spent time in the Tower for openly defying him. Weighing up the evidence, her involvement in the demonstration is improbable."

- George Boleyn by Claire Ridgway and Clare Cherry.
She’s continuously portrayed as a vindictive, ambitious and scheming woman but the truth as these two historians show, was different.

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