She was the cousin of Katherine Parr and she became her courtier and supporter of the new Church of England religion.
Her grandfather was Sir William Salisbury and his mother's dowry had been the Manor of Horton.
[1] Katherine Parr became the last Queen Consort of King Henry VIII and Maud became her lady-in-waiting in July 1543.
In 1546 Bishop Stephen Gardiner led a conservative plot to discredit Lane.
[1] One source says that she continued to be a lifelong friend and confidante of the Queen,[2] but another says that Lane left the royal court and died in 1558 or 1559.