A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Jane (of Westmoreland)

JANE, Countess of Westmoreland, eldest Daughter of Henry, Earl of Surrey, who was beheaded 1646-7; Wife of Charles, Earl of Westmoreland, by whom she had four Daughters.

This lady made such a surprising progress in the Latin and Greek tongues, under the instruction of Mr. Fox, the Martyrologist, that she might stand in competition with the most learned men of that age. The latter part of her life was rendered very unhappy by the misconduct of her husband, who engaged in an insurrection in the north, in 1569, for which he was adjudged a traitor; and in consequence his goods and lands were confiscated, and himself sentenced to death, which he escaped by fleeing beyond sea, where he lived long in exile.

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