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Jane Bourchier 1498–1561 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1498

Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 17 Feb 1561

Death Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: John Bourchier

Mother: Katherine Howard

Spouse(s): Edmund Knyvett

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

Jane Bourchier was born in 1498 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Katherine 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.

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Biography

  • Jane Bourchier was born in 1498 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of John Bourchier And Katherine 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.

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Jane Bourchier's Ancestors

Self
Jane Bourchier
1498–1561
Birth Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Parents
John Bourchier
1467–1522
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Katherine Howard
1467–1536
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Humphrey Bourchier
1435–1471
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Tilney
1447–1497
Ashwellthorpe, Depwade, Norfolk, England
John Howard
1420–1485
Tendring, Essex, England
Margaret Chedworth
1435–1494
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bourchier
1415–1474
Margery Berners
1418–1475
Frederick Tilney
1416–1447
Elizabeth Cheney
1420–1473
Robert Howard
1383–1437
Margaret Mowbray
1387–1425
John Chedworth
1411–1494
Margaret Bowett
–1469
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Bourchier
1374–1420
Anne Plantagenet
1383–1438
Richard Berners
1392–1421
Philippa Dalyngruge
1398–1421
Philip Tilney
1393–1453
Isabel Thorpe
1389–1436
Lawrence Cheney
1396–1461
Elizabeth Cokayne
1403–1422
John Howard
1365–1436
Alice Tendring
1365–1426
Thomas Mowbray
1366–1399
Elizabeth FitzAlan
1375–1425
Thomas Chaworth
1385–1458
Nicola Braybrook
1386–1411
Nicholas Bowett
1375–1448
Elizabeth LaZouche
1412–1502

Jane Bourchier's Descendants

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Jane Bourchier (1498–17 Feb 1561) m. Edmund Knyvett (1484–1 May 1539)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Knyvett 1527–1560 m. Francis (de) Bohun 1525–1607
    1. 1. Nicholas (de) Bohun 1559–1602 m. Audrey Coke 1551–1630
      1. 1. Nicholas (de) Bohun 1580– m. Mary Elgate 1580–
        1. 1. William Boone 1605– m. Joan Boyse 1605–
      2. 2. Edmund (de) Bohun 1592–1658 m. Dorothy Baxter 1597–1661
        1. 1. Baxter (de) Bohun 1615–1658
        2. 2. Frances (de) Bohun 1619–1633
        3. 3. Edward (de) Bohun 1622–1635
        4. 4. Lydia (de) Bohun 1627–
      3. 3. Anne (de) Bohun 1570–
  2. 2. Anne (Bouchier) Knyvett 1509–1595 m. Richard Sears 1508–1540
    1. 1. John (Bouchier) Sears 1528–1561 m. Elizabeth Hawkins 1530–1595
      1. 1. Joan Sears 1552–1610 m. John Browne 1555–1662
        1. 1. John Browne 1584–1662 m. Dorothy Beauchamp 1593–1673 m. Margaret Goodrich 1581–1674
        2. 2. Richard Browne 1576–1659
        3. 3. Lydia (Ann) Browne 1580–1686
        4. 4. Ambrose Browne 1580–1583
        5. 5. Peter Brown 1582–1633
        6. 6. Sarah Brown 1584–
        7. 7. Abraham Browne 1585–1650
        8. 8. Richard Brown 1600–1674
      2. 2. Henry Sears 1563–
      3. 3. William Sears 1565–
      4. 4. Richard Sears 1567–
  3. 3. Rose Knyvett 1515–1588
  4. 4. Catherine Knyvett 1516–1596 m. Thomas (Alpheyade) Scarlett 1495–1592 m. John Walpole 1510–1557
    1. 1. Agnes Scarlett 1516–1574 m. William Womocke 1510–1585
      1. 1. Hugh Womack 1538–1585 m. Joan Randell 1535–1636
        1. 1. Lawrence Womack 1570–1652 m. Prudence 1580–
        2. 2. Arthur Womack 1555–1602
        3. 3. Thomas Womack 1561–1627
        4. 4. William Womack 1564–1644
        5. 5. Henry Womack 1566–1627
        6. 6. George Womack 1572–1644
        7. 7. Elizabeth Womack 1601–
        8. 8. Robert Womack 1574–1627
      2. 2. Arthur Womack 1528–1607
    2. 2. William Walpole 1544–1587
    3. 3. Bridget Walpole 1563–1600
  5. 5. Christian Knyvett 1519–1560
  6. 6. Alice Knyvett 1519–1560
  7. 7. Thomas Knyvett 1523–
  8. 8. John Knyvett 1524–1560
  9. 9. Edmund Knyvett 1525–1567
  10. 10. Elizabeth Knyvett 1527–1515
  11. 11. Anne Knyvett 1529–1561
  12. 12. William Knyvett 1531–1612
  13. 13. Henry Knyvett 1533–1576

Jane Bourchier's Timeline

2 Records

1498
1498
Birth of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
1561
17 Feb 1561
Age 63
Death of Jane Bourchier in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1498
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1561
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

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