Jane Wannerton

Personal and Family Information

Jane was born in 1540 in England, the daughter of John Wannerton and Alicia Barker.

She died on 19 NOV 1606. The place is not known.

She had two marriages/partners. Her first husband was George Bromely, who she married in 1555. The place has not been found. Their seven known children were Francis (c1556-c1591), Margaret (c1558-?), Mary (c1560-1641), Susan (c1560-?), Edward (c1563-1626), George (c1565-?) and John (c1567-?).

Her second husband was William Hotchkiss. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

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Notes

Note 1

!Note: Jane Wannerton, daughter of John and wife of George Bromely is listed here in order to show that it is extremely unlikely that she could have actually interupted the Hotchkiss line at Hawkeswood or been the mother of Richard. She does indirectly link to another Hotchkiss line through multiple marriages,

!Alias: Joane

!Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bromley-562#1563_Birth_and_Parentage

Alias: Waverton

!Source: Shropshire Notes and Queries, Volumes 6-8, page 32. https://books.google.com/books?id=YA85AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA32&lpg=RA1-PA32&dq=%22John+Northwood%22+near+Sidbury+Shropshire&source=bl&ots=Z6oI6nImjY&sig=ACfU3U2r-rrXvxQSpLUJ9PPRpEt8pnI83Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3icDox-n9AhXaATQIHSAYBMcQ6AF6BAgDEAM#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Northwood%22%20near%20Sidbury%20Shropshire&f=false

Hotchkiss, of Hoxwood

The pedigree of this family was entered at the Heralds’ Visitation of Shropshire in 1663, as follows: —

I. William Hotchkis, of Hoxwood in the County of Salop, descended in direct line from tHotchkiss of Hoxwood to whom these Arms were given by Richard III. He maried Jane daughter and sole heir of John Northwood of Northwood in Shropshire, and had issue a son.

II. Richard Hotchkis, of Hoxwood, died circa ann. 1638. He married Cecilia daughter of Thomas Littleton of Stoke Milburg in co. Salop, esq,., and had issue three soms and four daughters,….

!Note: It is very possible that Jane Bromely, widow of Sir George Bromely, knight and chief justice of Chester, and daughter and heir of John Wannerton,

esq, of Wannerton, lady of the manner of Hockeswood in 1594 is also in fact Jane Northwood. Normans descendants seemed to have had as many aliases as they had properties. We need to track down more details here. Lord of the manner may or may not mean lord of the entire property, so there could be other factors involved, like rents. However, after looking closely, I believe the Bromely inheritance reports after Jane appear to be references to Hallon Manor which became Davenport Manor, which was her inheritance from her father. However, if this were so, then Jane Wannerton Bromley would have given birth to Richard at 55 years old at the youngest, which while barely possible is unlikely and most people estimate her birth at closer to 1530, which would make her 65.

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Also the Dame Eleanor Egerton reference is definitly about Hallon Manor.

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I am also yet to find any other references to John Purslowe of Sidbury having any interest in Hawkeswood other than as a renter.

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If Jane Bromley was indeed Lady of the manor of Hawkeswood and not from a short rental, then this has to be so in order that the property came back to Richard. It does appear that William was spending a lot of time in London.

Hawkeswood apparently went through the following lords and ladies, but came back to Richard Hotchkiss.

Lord and Ladies of Hawkeswood:

Roger Hotchkiss 1530-1586

Jane Bromely

Richard Hotchkiss, died 1645

John Hotchkiss

Thomas Hotchkiss

James Hotchkiss, grandson of Richard, sold Hawkeswood.

!Note: Hotchkiss is mentioned with Hawkswood as early as 1328, with the first actual use of the surname. See Roger Hotchkiss.

!Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seisin

Seisin denotes the legal possession of a feudal fiefdom or fee, that is to say an estate in land. It was used in the form of "the son and heir of X has obtained seisin of his inheritance", and thus is effectively a term concerned with conveyancing in the feudal era. The person holding such estate is said to be "seized of it", a phrase which commonly appears in inquisitions post mortem . The monarch alone "held" all the land of England by his allodial right and all his subjects were merely his tenants under various contracts of feudal tenure.

!Source: Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society [Great Britain]. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society [Kindle Locations 3409-3442]. Shrewsbury [etc.]

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HAWKESWOOD.

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This is a small manor [or estimated as such] of 160 acres, extending over the Southern portion of the parish [Sidbury or Sudbury]. Gregory de Hokeswode and William de Hokeswode occur in the Lay Subsidy Roll of 132; for Sidbury. The Priory of Wenlock had an interest here, for [as already recorded] Sir Humphrey Talbot had before his death [9 Hen. VII. [ 22 August 1485 - 21 August 1486]] enfeoffed John Rowdon and others of lands in Hokkyswoode, held of the Prior by fealty only.

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Blakeway writes as follows:—"I have seen no mention of this manor before 36 Elizabeth [17 November 1593 -16 November 1594], when Jane Bromley, widow, was lady of the manor of Hockeswood. She was relict of Sir George Bromley, Knight, Chief Justice of Chester — brother, and I conceive elder brother, of. Sir Thomas the Lord Chancellor- -and daughter and heir of John Wannerton, Esq., of Wannerton. In that year John Purslowe, Esq., is found to die seized of pasture in Hockeswood holden of the said Jane as of her manor of Hockeswood by the rent of 3s. Her grandson Thomas Bromley, Esq., called of Bridgnorth, in the inquisition after his death, is found to have died 7 Jac. [7 James I - 25 March 1609 - 24 March 1610] without issue, seized inter alia of the manor of Hockeswood, holden of the King as of his Earldom of March by the thirtieth part of a Knight's fee. Jane, his sister and heir, married William Davenport, Esq., of Chorley, co. Cest.. whose descendant, William Yelverton Davenport, Esq., is now lord of this manor." [Bodl. MS. 12].

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In 1630 [as noticed above] Dame Eleanor Egerton was lady of the manor, she being widow of Thomas Bromley and widow a third time of Sir Richard Egerton.

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The principal family seated here in the 17th century was that of Hotchkiss, whose Pedigree was entered at the Visitation of 1663. The name of Hotchkiss [spelt in a variety of ways] is widely distributed in Shropshire, as a reference to various Registers will show.

!Source: Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society [Great Britain]. Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society [Kindle Locations 3427-3428]. Shrewsbury [etc.]

William Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood [before 1600] married Jane, daughter of John Northwood of Northwood, and had a son Richard Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood, who died about 1645.

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Thomas Bromely, Esc, of Bridgenorth, Jane Bromely's grandson, died in 1609.

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Thomas Bromely's sister Jane married William Davenport, Esc., of

Chorley, co of Cest.Their descendant William Yelverton Davenport, Esq. eventually became lord of the manor. [I believe this may be a reference to Hallon Manor which became Davenport Manor]

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Thomas Bromeley's widow, Dame Eleanor Egerton was lady of the manor in 1630. She was also widowed a third time ot Sir Richard Edgerton. [I believe this may be a reference to Hallon Manor which became Davenport Manor]

!Source: !Source: The History of Parliament, British Political, Social & Local History https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bromley-george-152526-89

b. 1525/26, 1st s. of George Bromley of Hodnet by Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey; bro. of Thomas II. educ. I. Temple, called.

>> m. by 1555, Joan, da. and h. of John Wannerton of Worfield <<,

4s. inc. Edward† and Francis† 3da. suc. fa. 7 July 1533. Kntd. 3 June 1580.1

!Source: Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society https://books.google.com/books?id=F3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=John+Purslowe,+esq.,+died+1593.+Shropshire&source=bl&ots=k6WY4iHUzF&sig=ACfU3U3WDtX0u_w9WufmboJbE2RYAFWBUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5op2ypOn9AhWWAjQIHfjxAMU4FBDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=John%20Purslowe%2C%20esq.%2C%20died%201593.%20Shropshire&f=false

Sir George Blount was married to Constance, daughter of Sir John Talbot of Grafton.

They had a daughter Dorothy. Dorothy married John Purslowe, Esq of Sidbury, widower.

John Purslowe died March 1593.

Afterward Dorothy married [Edward] Bullock of Morvill.

George Blount died 20 July 1581 at 68 years of age.

Note: Based on Sidbury parish records below, this doesn’t seem quite correct.

!Source: https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Sidbury.html

Sidbury,

1566, May 6. John Purslowe, esq.,& Constance Newporte ... mar.

1567 Jan. 12. Robert, s. of John Purslowe ... chr.

1569 May 29. Thomas, s. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1570 Sept. 21. Anne, d. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1573 July 6. Ursula, d. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1574 Oct. 24. Walter, s. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1575, Jan. 24. Walter Purslowe, above named ... bur.

1575 Jan. 27. Constance, w. of John Purslowe, esq. ... bur.

1576 Feb. 14. John Purslowe, esq., and Dorothy Blunt ... mar.

1581 Feb. 5. Rowland, s. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1582 Mar. 5. Katharine, d. of John Purslowe, esq. chr.

1593,…, Mar. 13. John Purslowe, esq. ... bur.

!Source: https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Sidbury.html

Sidbury,

1702 Sept. 24. Thomas Bromley ... bur.

Note: no Bromely presense in Sidbury immediately after Jane’s death.

!Source: https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Sidbury.html

This starts with records from George, son of Richard.

Sidbury,

1652 Dec. 26. George, s. of George Hotchkis & Jane ... bap.

1667 Nov. 2. Richard, s. of George Hotchkis, gent., & Jane ... bur.

1687 Feb. 1. John Vaughan, gent., & Ellen Hotchkis ... mar.

1688, Oct. 7. Richard Garbet, of Heighton in the p. of Stanton Lacy, & Anne Hotchkis, of p. of Sidbury ... mar.

1695, May 13. Sarah, d. of Edward Hotchkis & Jane ... bap.

1697 Sept. 14. Richard, s. of Edward Hotchkis & Jane ... bap.

1700 June 9. Edward, s. of Edward Hotchkis & Jane ... bap.

1700 June 10. The same Edward ... bur.

!Source: Worfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worfield

Worfield is a village and civil parish in Shropshire in the West Midlands, England. It is 120 miles northwest of London and 10 miles [16 km] west of Wolverhampton. It is north of Bridgnorth and southeast of Telford. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Chesterton, is an extensive one which lies on the River Worfe.[2] The name Worfield comes from its location on the river Worfe and the surrounding countryside .

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The manor of Worfield is mentioned in Domesday Book, where it formed part of the Seisdon Hundred of Staffordshire and was held by Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury.[3]

!Source: https://www.stpeterschurchworfield.com/blank-page

Sir George Bromley's memorial

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George Bromley’s parents were George Bromley of Hawkstone and his wife Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey. He married Joan , the daughter and sole heir of John Wannerton of Hallon, Worfield in 1555 and had 6 sons and 4 daughters.

!Source: The Visitation of London: Anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635. Made ..., Volume 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=iKwKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA361&lpg=PA361&dq=John+Wannerton&source=bl&ots=FSLs02hDP8&sig=ACfU3U16ZOUVG4ibWiqRJDUyJ6ygNfl7MA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf2p-1lNr9AhW5GTQIHcgUArc4ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=John%20Wannerton&f=false

See tree and crest in Image.

!Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169771241/jane-bromley

Jane Wannerton Bromley

Birth 1533

Death 19 Nov 1606

Burial Saint Peter's Churchyard, Worfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Memorial ID 169771241 · View Source

Saint Peter's Churchyard Bromley or Wannerton

Family Members

Spouse George Bromley

1525–1589

Children

Margaret Bromley Wolryche

Mary Bromley Cotton unknown–1641

Francis Bromley 1556–1591

Edward Bromley 1563–1626

Note: This birthdate can’t be right, even for the children in her first marriage. Adjusting to 45 at oldest child. Need to look for baptism record.

!Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bromley

Image.