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346 BEItXKRS. VI. 1658. 6. Sir Jonx Kxyvett, f?c Lord r.HRNEns,( a ) s. and li. K.B. ;it tlie coronation of Charles II, 23 April lGtil. Ho m. 13 Jane 1G55 at Darsham, Suffolk, Mary, 1st da. of Sir Thomas BBOlsoprEtD of Darsham He d. 28 Jany 1673 and was bur. the 31st at Ashwelltiiorpe. VII. 7. Tm mas Kn'y vett, tfcjure Lord r.ERXEus,(») e. and h. was to of Ashwelltiiorpe afsd. and of Darsham Hall. Suffolk. Jlap. at Dar- 1693. sham Feb. 1055. He d. num. and was bur. 30 Sep. 1093 at Ashwelltiiorpe. After his death the Barony again became in abeyance, between his sisters and coheirs or their descendants, till terminated in 1711 by the death s.p. of Thomas Glemham, only child of Elizabeth (wife of Thomas Glemham of Little Gleinham, Suffolk) the eldest da. when the right of succession devolved as under. VIII. 1711, S. Katharine Bokbnham, widow, de jure Baroness [confirmed Bkiinkus,; 1 ) being, after 1711, sole surv.sisterand b,( b )of the tost tie jure 1720] Lord, and "2nd da. ot the previous one. She was bap. at Darsham, to 13 Aug. 1G5S, and to. there, firstly, 2 Oct. 1GS5, .lolm H. ms of 1743 l'aternoster Row, London, who (/.s.p. Sep. 1GS0. She m. secondly, also at Darsham, 5 Jany. 1G96, Richard Bokkniiam of Weston Market, Suffolk, who d. s.p. 2 Sep. 1721. By resolution of the House of Lords 30 May 1720, she became de facto BAHUNESS BERNERS, having been declared to he entitled to the ancient Barony of Jlerncrs. She d. s.p. 23 Nov. 1743, and was bur. 7 Dec. at Weston Market. Will, &e.,dat. 17 Feb. 1740 to 12 Nov. 1743, pr. 9 Dec. 1747. After her death the Barony for the third time became in abeyance!}') between the heirs of the body of John Knyvett, 8. and h. of Thomas 1C, next surv. br. to John, de jure Lord Berncrs, the Father of the late Baroness. These were (1) Elizabeth, 1st da. and coheir of the sd. John Knyvett, widow of Henry Wilson of Didlington, Norfolk, which Elizabeth inherited the estate of Ashwelltiiorpe, and (2) the 3 daughters and coheirs of Lucy, 2nd and yst. da. and coheir of the sd. John Knyvett. [See tabular ped. given in note "h."J This abeyance continued (kit about 90 years, till terminated by the Crown as under. IX. 1832, 0. KonEKT WltSOS of AshwelUIuMTH' afittL, & and h. of to Henry William V. of the same (by Mary, da of Sir John MllXEit, 183S. Bart.) which Henry William was s. and h. of Henry W. of Didlington, Norfolk, by Elizabeth eldest of the 2 daughters and coheirs of John Knyvktt, whose issue, in 1743, became coheirs to the Barony of Beruers. Being h. to a moiety of the Barony the abeyance thereof was terminated in his favour Mid lie was sum. to Pail, by writ 7 May 1832 M LOUD BERN ERS.( b ) He was bap. 20 Jan. 1701. Was Gol. in the army. He </. num. 25 March 1838 when the Barony again fell into abeyance. Will pr. May 1S38. X. 1838. 10. IIexrv Vwr.sox of Ashwelltiiorpe afsd. br. and h., b. 1 Oct. 1702. ed. at Email. Coll., Cambridge, B.A., 1785; M.A. 17S9 ; Rector of Alexton co. Leic. to 1845 ; Rector of Kirby Cane, Norfolk, 1S20-51. WiUkin a few days of his brother's death being h. to a moiety of the Barony the abeyance thereof was (as before) terminated in his favour by Royal warrant 2 April 1 S3S, and on the 30th he took his seat as LORD BERNERS.( h ) He m. 1 May 17S8 ( a ) According to the decision of 1720. ( b ) Pedigree shewing the coheirship to the Barony of Berners when terminated in 1832 and 1838 :— [Descent. — Through the families of Bourchier, Knyvett and Wilson.] Thomas Knyvett of Ashwelltiiorpe, Norfolk, de jure Lord BbumEKS, d. 30 June 1G58. I