She was the first born daughter of Mary Salisbury and
William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton. Her grandfather was Sir William Salisbury and his mother's dowry had been the Manor of Horton. Her godfather was her uncle, the father of Katherine Parr. Maud grew up with her cousin
Katherine Parr. Katherine Parr became the last Queen Consort of
King Henry VIII and Maud became her
lady-in-waiting in July 1543. Maud paid £980 to have the rights of ownership and to pass on the rights to the two manors of
Hogshaw in Buckinghamshire and Wheatley in Warwickshire. In 1546
Bishop Stephen Gardiner led a conservative plot to discredit Lane. The plan was to find evidence of her heresy but the plot failed and plans to arrest the Queen and two of her ladies were not enacted. Gardiners position was reduced by this. but another says that Lane left the royal court and died in 1558 or 1559. == Private life ==