1. | Jane Bourchier, Baroness Berners was born about 1490; died on 17 Feb 1561; was buried on 18 Feb 1561 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England. Notes:
She was interred in the church of Ashwellthorpe under the following inscription:
Jane Knyvet resteth here, the only Heir by Right
of the Lord berners, that Sir John Bourchier height,
Twenty years and three a Wyddo's Life she ledd,
Alwayes keeping Howse, where Rich and Poor were fedd;
Gentill, most quyet, void of Debate and Stryf;
Ever doying Good. Lo! thus she ledd her life;
Even to the Grave, where Erth on Erth doth ly,
On whos Soul, God grant of his abundant Mercy.
The xviii of February, MDLXI.
Jane married Edmund Knyvett, Baron Berners about 1508 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England. Edmund was born about 1484 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England; died on 1 May 1539; was buried in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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