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Jane Bourchier 1497–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1497

Birth Location: Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 4 NOV 1561

Death Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Bourchier

Mother: Catherine Howard

Spouse(s): Edmund Knyvett

Children(s): Anne Knyvett, Catherine Knyvett, Alice Knyvett, Thomas Knyvett, John Knyvett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Edmund Knyvett, William Knyvett, Rose Knyvett, Henry Knyvett, Anne Knyvett, Christian Knyvett

Jane Bourchier was born in 1497 in Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Catherine Howard. Jane Bourchier married Edmund Knyvett, and had children including Alice Knyvett, Anne Bouchier Knyvett, Anne Knyvett, Catherine Knyvett, Christian Knyvett, Edmund Knyvett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Henry Knyvett, John Knyvett, Rose Knyvett, Thomas Knyvett, William Knyvett. Jane Bourchier passed away in 1561 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Jane Bourchier was born in 1497 in Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Catherine Howard.
  • Jane Bourchier married Edmund Knyvett, and had children including Alice Knyvett, Anne Bouchier Knyvett, Anne Knyvett, Catherine Knyvett, Christian Knyvett, Edmund Knyvett, Elizabeth Knyvett, Henry Knyvett, John Knyvett, Rose Knyvett, Thomas Knyvett, William Knyvett.
  • Jane Bourchier passed away in 1561 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jane Bourchier's Ancestors

Self
Jane Bourchier
1497–1561
Birth Place: Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Bourchier
1467–1522
Of, Bourchier, Devonshire, England
Catherine Howard
1467–1536
Of, Tendring, Essex, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Bourchier
1444–1471
Of, Halstead, Essex, England
Elizabeth Tylney
1450–1497
Of, Ashwellthrope, Norfolk, England
John Howard
1420–1485
Tendring, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Margaret Chadworth
1436–1494
Of, , Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bourchier
1415–1474
Margery Berners
1418–1475
Frederick Tilney
1430–
Elizabeth Cheney
1432–1473
Robert Howard
1385–1437
Margaret Mowbray
1390–1425
John Chadworth
1410–
Margaret Bowett
1410–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bourchier
1374–1420
Anne Plantagenet
1383–1438
Richard Berners
1392–
Philippa Dalingridge
1385–1421
Philip Tilney
1405–
Elizabeth Thorpe
1410–1436
Lawrence Cheney
1397–1461
Elizabeth Cokayne
1403–
John Howard
1365–1436
Alice Tendring
1365–1467
Thomas Mowbray
1366–1399
Elizabeth Fitzalan
1366–1425
Thomas Chaworth
1385–1458
Nicola Braybrook
1386–1411
Nicholas Bowett
1375–

Jane Bourchier's Descendants

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Jane Bourchier (ABT 1497–4 NOV 1561) m. Edmund Knyvett (ABT 1483–1 MAY 1546)
  1. 1. Anne Knyvett 1529–1561
  2. 2. Catherine Knyvett 1516–1596
  3. 3. Alice Knyvett 1513–1560
  4. 4. Thomas Knyvett 1523–
  5. 5. John Knyvett 1518–1561
  6. 6. Elizabeth Knyvett 1527–
  7. 7. Edmund Knyvett 1525–1567
  8. 8. William Knyvett 1531–1612
  9. 9. Rose Knyvett 1515–1588
  10. 10. Henry Knyvett 1533–1576
  11. 11. Anne (Bouchier) Knyvett 1519–1595 m. Richard Sayer 1508–1540
    1. 1. John (Bouchier) Sayer 1528– m. Elizabeth Hawkins 1530–1595
      1. 1. Joan Sayer 1560–1610 m. Thomas Browne 1557–1609
        1. 1. John Browne 1584–1662
        2. 2. Richard Brown 1600–1674
        3. 3. Peter (Brown) (Browne) 1585–1633
        4. 4. Thomas Browne 1592–
        5. 5. Abraham Brown 1580–1650 m. Lydia Ann 1600–1686
        6. 6. John (M. A.) Browne 1574–1616 m. Sara Hope 1584–1624 m. Margaret (Browne) 1579–
        7. 7. Thomas Brown 1578–1616
        8. 8. Ambrose Browne 1580–
        9. 9. Sarah Browne 1584–
        10. 10. Richard Brown 1595–1660
        11. 11. Abraham Browne 1597–1650
      2. 2. Richard Sears 1567–
      3. 3. William Sears 1565–
      4. 4. Henry Sears 1563–
      5. 5. John (Bourchier Sayer Or) Sears 1561–1629
  12. 12. Christian Knyvett 1519–1560

Jane Bourchier's Timeline

3 Records

1497
ABT 1497
Birth of Jane Bourchier in Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England
Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England
1561
2 MAR 1561/2
Age 64
Burial of Jane Bourchier in , Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
1561
4 NOV 1561
Age 64
Death of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1497
    Event Place: Of, Ashwillthorpe, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 MAR 1561/2
    Event Place: , Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 NOV 1561
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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