Jane Shore

Elizabeth M. Sturgeon (Mount Saint Mary's University)

Ed. by J A Roe, University of York
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

Born c. 1445
Died c. 1527

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Courtier

Resources

Shore's Works

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Jane Shore was an actual historical personage before she became immortalized in the pages of literature for being the most famous and favoured of King Edward IV’s mistresses. Born in London around 1445 to John and Amy Lambert, her official christened name was Elizabeth “Jane” Lambert. Her father was a successful mercer, or merchant, with a shop in Cheapside. Merchants like Jane’s father had quite a bit of power in that they also served as bankers to the King. The relative wealth of Jane’s family would have afforded her an education typical for girls with her social standing, an education which, according to Margaret Crosland’s

The Mysterious Mistress: The Life and Legend of Jane Shore,

would have mostly been oral, including, “counting songs, nursery rhymes, fairy tales,…

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Citation: Sturgeon, Elizabeth M.. "Jane Shore". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 March 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13329, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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