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Lady Jane <I>Bourchier</I> Knyvett

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Lady Jane Bourchier Knyvett

Birth
Death
17 Feb 1562
Burial
Ashwellthorpe, South Norfolk District, Norfolk, England GPS-Latitude: 52.53479, Longitude: 1.16407
Plot
Vault in Chancel
Memorial ID
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Inscription

JANE KNYVET resteth here, the only heir by Right, / Of the Lord BERNERS that Sir JOHN BOURCHIER hight, / Twenty Years and three, A Widdows Lyff she ledd, / Always keeping howse, where Rych and Poor were fedd, / Gentyll, just, quyet, void of Debate and Stryff, / ever doying Good; Lo! thus she led her Lyff, / Even unto the Grave, where Erth on Erth doth lye, / On whose Soul GOD grant of his aboundant Mercy / The xvii of February Ao. Dni. MDLXI [1561/62].

Gravesite Details

Gray marble marker with a brass plate.



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