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BERNERS 155 III. 1533- 3- Jane, 2nd but only surv. da. and h. of the last Lord, who, on his death, became his sole representative, and conse- quently j«oy«re^(?y«^<? Baroness Berners,(*) but never assumed that dignity. She inherited the estate of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, and m. Edmund Knyvett, Sergeant Porter to Henry VIII, who d. Apr. i539,() and was bur. at Ashwellthorpe. Inq. p. m. 30 Sep. (1539) 31 Hen. VIII. She d. his widow, 17 Feb., and was /-wr. 2 Mar. 1561/2, at Ashwellthorpe. M.l. Will dat. 6 Apr. 1560, pr. 9 Mar. 1 561/2. IV. 1562. 4. Sir Thomas Knyvett, ^£ y«rt' Lord Berners,() grandson and h., being s. and h. of John K., by Agnes, da. of Sir John Harcourt, of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon, which John K. was s. and h. ap. of Jane de jure Baroness Berners abovenamed, and d. v.m. He was b. about 1539; knighted Aug. 1579; Sheriff of Norfolk 1579-80. He obtained, about 1 6 1 6, a certificate from the Commissioners for the office of Earl Marshal of his right and title to the Barony of Berners, but d. before obtaining the King's confirmation thereof He m. Muriel, sister and coh. of Sir Thomas Parry, of Welford, Berks, and da. of Sir Thomas Parry, Treasurer of the Household to Queen Elizabeth. She d. 25, and was bur. 26 Apr. 1 616, at Ashwellthorpe. He d. 9 Feb. i6i7/8,and was bur. there the same day, aged about 78. Will dat. 30 Jan., pr. 6 Mar. 1 617/8. Inq. p. m. 26 Aug. (1618) 16 Jac. I. V. 161 8. 5. Thomas Knyvett, de jure Lord Berners, (") grandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir Thomas K. (the younger), by Elizabeth, 2nd da. and coh. of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, K.B., of Stiffkey, Norfolk, which Sir Thomas was s. and h. ap. of Thomas, de jure Lord Berners abovenamed, and d. v.p., and was bur. 20 Sep. 1605. He was bap. at Ashwellthorpe, 10 June 1596. He m., 28 Feb. 1620, at St. Mary le Strand, Katherine, 4th and yst. da. of Thomas (Burgh), Lord Burgh (of Gainsborough), by Frances, da. of John Vaughan, of Golden Grove, co. Carmarthen. She, who was coh. to her br., Robert, the last Lord, vizsbur. at Ashwellthorpe, i May 1646. He ^. at Henham Hall, Suffolk, 30 June, and was bur. 2 July 1658, at Ashwellthorpe, aged 62, being styled in his M.L, ^rmiger Baro hereditarius de Berners. VI. 1658. 6. Sir John Knyvett, de jure Lord Berners,() s. and h., K.B. at the coronation of Charles II, 23 Apr. 1 66 1. He m. (cont. 7 June), 13 June 1655, at Darsham, Suffolk, Mary, 1st da. of Sir Thomas Bedingfield, of Darsham. He d. 28, and was bur. 30 July 1673, at Ashwellthorpe. M.I. Will dat. 16 May 1673, pr. 13 Feb. i6'J2l-^- His widow d. 18, and was bur. 21 Apr. 1713, at Ashwellthorpe, aged 79. M.I. Will dat. 16 Oct. 1710, pr. 5 Aug. 1713. (*) According to the decision of 1720. Q') According to his Inq. p. m., hcd. " primo die Maii ultimo preterito," but the statement appears to be inaccurate, as on 30 Apr. (1539) 31 Hen. VIII, "Johanna Knyvet vidua nuper uxor Edmundi Knyvet " surrendered Thetford to her s., John. (Deed in Col/ins, ut supra, pp. 345-6; ex inform. G- W. Watson). V.G.