Jane / Johanna Acton came from the Acton Scott family estate, which has a history that goes back to the 1200's. The Acton family continue to live on the 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) estate and have worked it since the twelfth century. Today, there is a working farm on the estate that gained some notariety from BBC 2's "Victorian Farm." (See [Acton Scott] "Visitors to the farm can take part in various workshops and courses on such activities a turning butter, hand-milking cows and herding live-stock. Many skills such as bodging, forging, pole-lathing, wheel and brick-making are demonstrated."
Jane's last name is usually given as Acton with her father's last name as le Scott. Johanna may be the Latin form of her name; many books and manuscripts from her time period were written in Latin, thus giving most people at least 2 variations on their name.
Title: THE VISITATION OF SHROPSHIRE TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1623, PART 1 Author: Robert Tresswell Publication: London: Harleian Society Publications, 1889 PAGE 8 as transcribed at [2]
Ladd, Reed, Cook, Engle, Hamilton, Lennon Ancestors compiled by Bonnie Hamilton as found at [3] (lists more sources)
Genealogy of Shropshire [by Joseph Morris] (filmed 1966), Morris, Joseph, (10 volumes. Manuscript filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966), vol. 1-2 FHL microfilm 504,551; vol.3-4 FHL microf., vol. 1 p. 30*; vol. 3 p. 1547. Found as a source at [4] (I believe it's still copyrighted thus not available online)
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