Why do you think that Jane Rochford would assist Catherine Howard in committing adultery? She knew Henry’s wrath and that she might be implicated.
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Tough one! We just don't know what Jane's motives were for acting as a go between for Catherine and Culpeper. Some historians (e.g. Lacey Baldwin Smith) have seen Jane as an agent provocateur and perhaps she enjoyed the role of go-between, living her life through Catherine and Culpeper, but it could be that she was simply following Catherine's orders. Jane was, after all, simply a lady in waiting there to do the bidding of her royal mistress.
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