Jane (Cordell) Allington (1537 - 1602)

Born 1537 in of Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard (Allington) Alington — married [date unknown] in Of, Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1602 at about age 65 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Born circa 1537 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, Jane was the daughter of John Cordell and Eme Webb.

Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth ..., Volume 49 page XVI:-

Jane Cordell had married Richard Allington, son of a Sir Giles Allington. Richard had died in 1561, leaving his wife with four young daughters. After 1581, and possibly earlier, Jane lived for much of the time at Allington House in High llolhorn, London, the property left to her in her brother’s will. In Thomas’s lifetime the head of the Allington family was another Sir Giles Allington, whose mother Mary was a Spencer of Althorpe, and cousin to Elizabeth Savage.

Two of Jane Allington’s daughters married: Mary, the eldest, to Sir John Savage of Rocksavage in Cheshire and her sister Cordell to Sir John Stanhope of Shelford in Nottinghamshire. When she made her will Jane left Melford Hall and its lands to Thomas, eldest surviving son of Mary and Sir John Savage. He also inherited Jane’s house at Brentford and (after his mother’s death) half of Allington House in High Holborn. The other halfof Allington House went to his cousin. Sir Philip Stanhope, who later became 1st earl of Chesterfield.Thomas was one of the executors of Jane Allington’s will

Marriage

Jane married Richard Allington. Richard and Jane had four known daughters:

1. Margery (Allington) Savage,
2. Mary Jane (Allington),
3. Anne (Allington)
4. Cordelia (Allington) - married Sir John Stanhope - their son became 1st Earl of Chesterfield.

Death

Jane died 4 Jan 1602 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

Sources

• https://www.red1st.com/axholme/getperson.php?personID=I1750054229&tree=Axholme

• https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OaGoCbv-vDAC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=Sir+Richard+Allington+1525&source=bl&ots=wPBAKWheEY&sig=ACfU3U2FXtY4RJN1WmIRzKKh4VtERfMtUw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif4Ifmru3pAhWqXhUIHXxPDqkQ6AEwBXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Sir%20Richard%20Allington%201525&f=false

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Savage.ged on 21 February 2011.