The Seymours were among the competitors who were trying to work their way into the royal family. Lady Jane Seymour was their candidate to accomplish it.
I feel more regret about the Earl of Surrey, who was a fine poet. But the Seymours poisoned the King’s mind against him, and he was beheaded along with his father.
One of his best poems was written while he was imprisoned at Windsor Castle awaiting execution, the place where he had played with the King’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, as a youth:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/prisoned.htm
Very nice. I love old English poetry and recently found out that I may be descended from Chaucer. I will believe it when I see more info. Two sites on the net say he did not have any descendants after the 1500’s so have no idea where these 200 people got that information. Thanks for posting the link.