 Jane Dudley served as a lady @-@ in @-@ waiting to Anne <unk> , and later to Anne of <unk> . She was interested in the Reformed religion and , with her husband , moved in evangelical circles from the mid @-@ <unk> . In 1542 John Dudley was created Viscount Lisle . He was on friendly terms with William <unk> , whose sister Catherine became Henry VIII 's last queen in July <unk> . As one of her closest friends , the <unk> Lisle was among the four ladies leading her to the altar on the marriage day . Jane Dudley belonged also to the courtly sympathizers of Anne Askew , whom she contacted during her imprisonment in 1545 – 1546 . The <unk> Protestant was burnt at the stake as a <unk> in July 1546 on the <unk> of the religiously conservative court party around Bishop Stephen <unk> . 
