Person Info
- Name: Christopher JENNEY
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1525 b
- Death: Abt 19 Jul 1570 d
- Burial: 24 Jul 1570 in Bury St Edmunds Church Of St Mary u
Parents:
- Father:
- John JENNEY
Birth: 1488
Death: 6 Oct 1532
Mother:
- Anne THIRKILL
Death: After 1546
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- John JENNEY Birth: Abt 1570
Bibliography
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Hovius, Matthew, Norwich Revisited: The Origin of John Jenney, Plymouth Colonist. In The Genealogist 22,1 (2008), pp3-28. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Digitized copy at https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sadlerak&id=I21644. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p[0-9]*].
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Rye, Walter, The Visitacion of Norffolk: Made and Taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, Anno 1563, Enlarged with Another Visitacion Made by Clarenceux Cooke, with Many Other Descents; and Also the Vissitation Made by John Raven, Richmond, Anno 1613, London: Harlein Society, 1891. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=HS8EAAAAIAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rye Norfolk p[0-9]*].
- date:
- abt 1525 [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15],
- father:
- [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- shortly after 19 Jul 1570 [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p18]
Sources for burial Information
- date:
- [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p18],
- place:
- [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Avis HUMBERSTONE
- date:
- [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15]
- second marriage of Avis [Ref: Rye Norfolk p166],
- names:
- ___ JENNEY & Avis ___ [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p7]
- ___ JENNY of Knottishall & Avis HUMBERSTONE [Ref: Rye Norfolk p166],
- child:
- [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p26, Hovius JENNEY p7]
Research Notes:
of Dunwich [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15]
1546: concluded an indenture with his elder brother Henry [Ref: Hovius JENNEY
p15]
1564: sued in Chancery by one Thomas Burges; Burges claimed that Jenney had
reneged on an agreement made between the two of them on "the fyfte day of
January now last past in the Cytie of Norwyche" to lease him marshland known
as Pawle's Fen in Dunwich for twenty years [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15]
1568: mentioned on the subsidy roll for Dunwich [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p15]
abt 1569: sold his only manorial holding, a moiety of the Westleton manor
of Cleves, which had descended to him from his father's Bokyll ancestors
[Ref: Hovius JENNEY p19]
1570: wrote will [Ref: Hovius JENNEY p16]
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Will dated 16 Jul 1570:
In the name of god Amen the year of our Lord god a thousand five hundred
three score and tenne the xvjth daye of the moneth of Julye, and in the xijth
yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Ladie Quene Elizabeth etc. I Christofer
Jenney of Dunwiche in the countie of Suffolk gentelman doe ordeyne and make
this my last will and testament in maner and forme followinge repelinge herby
and utterlie revokinge all former wills and testamentes heretofore by me made
First I bequethe my soule to allmightie god my maker and redeamer under the
lawes of whose ost holie churche I protests my selfe to dye an humble an
dpenitent synner for my synnes commytted, and my bodie to be buryed in the
holie churche of Sainte Marye in Burye St Edmonde within the countie
aforsaied. First I give and bequeath unto Avys Jenney my wyfe all my landes
and tenementes both freholde and coppie hold sette lieng and being in
Westelton Dunwiche and within the hamlet o fDingle duringe her naturall life
upon condition that she shall dischardge the purchase therefo that is behind
and unpaied, And yf she have a child by me then I will my sayed child shall
have all my foresayed landes after the deathe of my sayd wyffe to him and to
his heyers for ever upon condition as is aforesaied, excepted and reserved
owte of the forsaied landes unto Fraunces Jenney by brother duringe his
naturall life the some of twentie markes of lawfull Englishe money yerlie to
be paied unto the sayed Fraunces or to his assignes according as is aforesaid
by my sayed wyfe And I give and bequeath unto Henry Jenney by brother owte
of the said landes vi L xiij s iiij d of lawfull Englishe money yerlie to be
paied unto him duringe his naturall lyfe the which mor eplaynlie apeareth in a
certein deede made in the xxxvith yeare of our late soverine Lord and famous
prince Kinge Henry the eighte Item I give and bequeath to Avys my wyfe one
obligation wherin one Thomas Godsalve of Buckingham Ferre in the countye of
Norfolk esquier standeth bounde unto me in CCXL L, fo rhte payment of a
certain some of monney as by the same obligation more plainlie dothe and maye
apeare And after the decease of Avys my sayed wyffe (yf she die withowte yssue
of her bodie by me lawfulie begotten) I give and bequeath all my foresaid
landes lieng and being within the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk unto
Fraunces Jenney by brother to him his heirs and assignes for ever Item I give
and bequeath to JohnJenney my nephew all my landes which latelie I purchased
of him lyeng and being in Lyncoln shire unto him and his heyres for ever; Item
wheras Bardwell in hath the use and occupation of a certein howse of myne with
certaine landes therto belonginge for the which he is charged with the kepinge
of three of my saied wyves children which bargaine for that I thinke in
conscyence it to be hard, I will to be oyed and that my sayed wyfe shall have
the saied howse and lande for the kepinge of her sayed children payeng unto
the same Bardwell XV L of lawfull Englishe money Item I wyll that Smythes
halfe a years farme due at Michaellmas next shall not be demanded of him, but
I doe clearly acquyte him therof and forgeve him. Item I gyve to my cosen
Christofer Jenney my best gelding that is to saye my gray geldinge Item
whereas ther is a recknynge betwene me and my nephew John Jenney for the
purchase of his land I will that he shall have recompense therefor as I maye
Item I will that Joane Warcope shall have owte of my sayd landes yerlie
duringe her life XL s to be payed unto her by my sayed wyfe and in
consyderation thereof and for that my said wife shall wante XSV L of her money
to be paied to my brother Clovell for my purchase I will that my executours
shall paye her XV L of lawfull Englishe money to be levied of my goodes and
cattels Item I gyve to the same Joane Warcope a cowe Item I give to Avys
Jenney my wyfe all my mylche kyws and tooe payre of my best bullockes Item I
give to Avys Jenney my wyfe all my mylche kyws and tooe payre of my best
bullockes Item I gyve her XX combes of rye and twentye combes of barley to be
delyvered unto her at this presente croppe and all the wheat within Graye
fryers nowe standinge Item I will that Sharpe be paied his money which I owe
him and that all other suche debts and duetyes as I do owe unto anye other
person or persons or that of righte and in conscyence oughte to be paied be
well and trulie contented and paied by my executors herafter by me named and
apointed Item I give unto my saied wyfe all suche householde stuffe and
cattells as wer heres befor our mariage which at this present tyme remayneth
in my custodie Item I gyve unto my sayed wyfe thre of my gast [goats?] were at
her choyse and electyon Item I gyve and bequeath to her also halfe a hundred
of my sheepe Item I ordeyne and make my executors that is to saye my cosen
Christofer Jenney especiall and Mr John Churche and I do make Superfixor of
this my last will and testament Mr Edward Sapannye, In wytnes that this is my
very last will and testament I have subscribed the same with my owne hand and
sette my seale the daye and yeare above wrytten Item I give to my executors
and to mr Spannye supervisor herof V s a pece for theyr paynes and travaile
herein to be susteyned if my goodes will extend so farre my dettes beinge
paide Sealed rede and delyvered by me Christofer Jenney in the presence of us
herunder named Willyam Dyer John Churche Raffe Lane and Christofer Hill
scriptor/ By me Christofer Jenney
The xviiijth daye of Julye Anno 1570 the within named Christofer Jennye gent
being of parfycte mynde and memorye addinge to this his sayed will declared
his mynde and will to be that the profyts of all his landes bothe frehold and
coppie holde set lieng and being in Westelton Dunwiche and within the hamlet
of Dingley after the death of hi ssaied wyef Avys Jenney should for the space
of the thre next years after his said wyves deathe be taken receied and
devyded by and amongest all the children of the same Avys then livinge which
she had by her first husband in consyderation of ther fathers goodes that came
to his handes not withstandinge the gyfte of all the foresayde landes after
his sayed wyves deathe to Fraunces Jennye his brother as in his wyll is
conteyned By me Robert Holte precher by me wWilliam Dier by me John Churche.
[Ref: Hovius JENNEY p18]
Pedigree of Christopher JENNEY
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Edmond JENNEY
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William JENNEY
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John JENNEY
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Maud
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Sir William JENNEY
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John BOKILL
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Maud BOKILL
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John LEYSTON
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Jane LEYSTON
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William GERARD
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Anne GERARD
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Sir Edmund JENNEY
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Thomas CAWSE
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Elizabeth CAWSE
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John JENNEY
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William BOYS
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John BOYS
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Roger BOYS
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Bertram SANDEBY
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Eustace SANDEBY
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Sir Roger BOYS
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Robert JENNYNGHAM Alias HONYNG
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Margaret JENNYNGHAM
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Robert BOYS
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Edmond ILLEY
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Sir Robert ILLEY
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Sir John PLOMSTEAD
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Alice PLOMSTEAD
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Sibyl ILLEY
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Katherine BOYS
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John WYCHINGHAM
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Sir William WYCHINGHAM
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Nicholas WYCHINGHAM
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Sir Giles De BREUSE
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Sir John De BREUSE
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Joan BEAUMONT
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Margaret BREWES
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Sir Robert De UFFORD, Lord Ufford
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Eve UFFORD
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Cecily De VALOINES
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Edward WYCHINGHAM
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Joan De ANTINGHAM
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Jane WYCHINGHAM
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Sir John FASTOLFE
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Alice FASTOLFE
Christopher JENNEY
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Anne THIRKILL
Descendants of Christopher JENNEY
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