Talk:Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Being new, I am not sure how to rate, but I found this article a) Does not cite sources b) May have incorrect information Wikiwikiwakoo 19:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Wikiwikiwakoo (edit)

It seems that this article does not cite sources...? (I'm new here, and a bit lost)

Wikiwikiwakoo 20:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Wikiwikiwakoo

Yes, doesn't specify which mistress Anne and Jane plotted to banish. in 1535, it would have been Margaret Sheltonjeanne (talk) 11:48, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Alison Weir states in her book that the Dean of Lichfield was the son of George and Jane Boleynjeanne (talk) 11:52, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Jeanne, do you have a reference for Weir, please add it. For the moment, I've removed it. I cannot see why the Boleyn estates would have gone to Mary and her children if there was a direct male heir and Fox is the main authority on Jane. However, there is always the possibility and I'd be very interested to know what Weir says.

Regarding the 'unnamed mistress' mentioned in the article, she is referred to as such because we don't know her name, Chapuys referred to her as 'the very handsome young lady'. This was in 1534, and so I've amended the year. If it had been 1535, it would probably have been Margaret/Mary Shelton. Boleyn (talk) 14:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I've found and added the Weir reference. It's mentioned in passing that he was her son, although neither George Boleyn nor Jane Boleyn were major parts of this work, and so I'm inclined to dismiss it as both seventeen years old (and so lacking the information from later research) and an area Weir won't have looked extensively into. However, as it's a matter of ebate, I've tried to reflect that in how I've wrtten the sentence. Please change it if you think it isn't made clear. Boleyn (talk) 16:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I have changed the phrase "sleeping together " to sexual intercourse as sleeping together is a late twentieth-century euphemism for sex which does not belong in an encyclopedia article.06:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)jeanne (talk)