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Jane Bourchier 1486–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 2 Mar 1561

Death Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: John Bourchier

Mother: Katherine Bourchier

Spouse(s): Edmund Knyvett

Children(s): John Knyvett

Jane Bourchier was born in 1486 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Katherine Howard Bourchier. Jane Bourchier married Edmund Knyvett, and had children including John Knyvett. Jane Bourchier passed away in 1561 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England.

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Biography

  • Jane Bourchier was born in 1486 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Katherine Howard Bourchier.
  • Jane Bourchier married Edmund Knyvett, and had children including John Knyvett.
  • Jane Bourchier passed away in 1561 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jane Bourchier's Ancestors

Self
Jane Bourchier
1486–1561
Birth Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Bourchier
1467–1533
Bourchier
Katherine (Howard) Bourchier
1467–1536
Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Elizabeth Tilney
1450–1497
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Humphrey Bourchier
1435–1471
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
John (1st Duke of Norfolk Howard) KG
1420–1485
Stoke by Nayland, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Tilney
1416–1446
Elizabeth Cheney
1420–1473
Henry Essex
1403–1483
Isabel Plantagenet
1411–1484
Robert KG
1385–1437
Margaret Mowbray
1387–1425
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Eu
1386–1420
Anne Stafford
1383–1438
Thomas KG
1366–1400
Elizabeth FitzAlan
1366–1425

Jane Bourchier's Descendants

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Jane Bourchier (1486–2 Mar 1561) m. Edmund Knyvett (1490–1 May 1540)
  1. 1. John Knyvett 1517–1552 m. Agnes (Harcourt) Knyvitt 1523–1578
    1. 1. Thomas ((Sir)) Knyvet 1540–1617 m. Muriel Knyvett 1543–1616
      1. 1. Lady (Abigail) Knyvett 1576–1650 m. Sir (Edmund) Moundeford –1615
        1. 1. Elizabeth MOUNDEFORD 1607–1690

Jane Bourchier's Timeline

3 Records

1486
1486
Birth of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
1561
18 Feb 1561
Age 75
Death of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
1561
2 Mar 1561
Age 75
Burial of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Ancestry and descendants of Sir Richard Saltonstall

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1561
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)
    [2] Millennium File
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [5] England, Extracted Parish and Court Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1561
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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