Jane

Jane (1577-1619) is the Ghost of a Peasant woman from the Stuart Era. 
Life 
Jane was born on January 9, 1577 to a young, widowed peasant mother. Her father had died unexpectedly before Jane was born in a ploughing accident. Jane’s mother died in childbirth at the age of 17, so Jane was raised by her grandmother. Jane was poor, her grandmother grew their food on their own without help from the Village. Jane was taught by her grandmother to grow crops for herself. Due to Jane being a Peasant, she never had an education (which was very common for working-class people at that time). As such, Jane never learned to read or write and was illiterate. Jane’s grandmother died in 1593, leaving 16 year old Jane to live alone in her grandmother’s small house. 
In 1595, 18 year old Jane married a 17 year old Peasant man who she had known since childhood. Jane had three miscarriages. The marriage lasted seven years before her husband died of an unknown illness in 1602. After becoming a widow, Jane began a job as a Scullery Maid at Robinson House to support herself. As the years went by, Jane worked her way up to becoming the Cook at Robinson House. Jane was shy and reserved; she struggled giving instructions to her staff. 
Death
Jane disliked her Master, who was blackmailing the younger Maids and staff into sleeping with him in exchange for employment. Several of the Maids began a plot to kill their Master, which they coerced Jane into doing (despite Jane being the eldest and their Boss). Jane, nervous of saying no, reluctantly agreed. Jane was told to stand guard outside the Masters bedroom in case anyone came. That night, the Master was sleeping with his wife (who was oblivious to her husband’s unfaithfulness). Both were asleep. The Leader of the Plot, Marian, entered the bedroom with a dagger. As she was about to stab the Master, his wife woke up and, noticing their was a figure with a dagger, screamed, alerting her husband. The wife did not see the person face or clothing as it was dark, but her husband went after the Assassin. Marian handed the dagger to Jane, ordering her to wait there with the dagger, before running away. When the Master came out, he thought Jane was the Assassin and ordered that she drop the dagger, which she immediately did. Jane was arrested and burned at the stake for Petty Treason (aspiring to kill a superior other than the King).
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