Shore, Jane

Shore, Jane, or Elizabeth Shore, d. 1527?, mistress of Edward IV of England. The wife of William Shore, a goldsmith, she became c.1470 mistress to Edward IV and exerted a great influence over the king. After Edward's death (1483) she became the mistress of Thomas Grey, 1st marquess of Dorset, and then of Lord Hastings. Probably only out of political motives, she was accused of sorcery (1483) by Richard III, placed in the Tower of London, and later forced to do public penance as a harlot. Her great beauty attracted the king's solicitor, Thomas Lynon, but their proposed marriage failed to come about, and Jane died in poverty. Her life was the subject of Nicholas Rowe's Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714).

A shore is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water.

Shore may also refer to:

• Shoring, supporting a structure in order to prevent collapse so that construction can proceed
• Shore durometer, the hardness of a material
• Jersey Shore, a region of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast
• The Shore, a Ray Bradbury story
• The Shore, an American rock group founded in Silver Lake, California
• Sydney Church of England Grammar School, also known as the Shore School

People

• Adam Shore, American musician who was Warrant's original singer
• Dinah Shore (1916–1994), American actress and singer
• Eddie Shore (1902–1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Ernie Shore (1891–1980), American baseball player
• Jane Shore (1445–1527), one of the many mistresses of King Edward IV of England
• Jemima Shore, a fictional journalist featured in several crime novels by Antonia Fraser
• John Shore (1662–1752), an English trumpeter and the inventor of the tuning fork
• Howard Shore (1946– ), Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores for The Lord of the Rings
• Pauly Shore (1968– ), American actor and comedian
• Peter Shore (1924–2001), a British Labour politician noted for his opposition to the European Community
• Ryan Shore (1974– ), Canadian film composer and saxophonist
• Stephen Shore (1947– ), American photographer known for his pioneering use of color in art photography

See also

• Schorr