Jane (Neville) Chamberlain

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Died Oct 1575 in Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire, England

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Biography

Jane was one of the 2 daughters and co-heiresses of Thomas Neville of Cotterstock, Northants, England, by his wife Alice Wauton, daughter of _____ Wauton, of Basmead, in Eaton Socon, Beds.

Her father Thomas was the 2nd son of Thomas Neville of Holt (Leics), esq, descended from the Nevilles of Rolleston, and his wife Isabel Griffin, daughter of Nicholas Griffin of Braybrook, esq.

Her sister and co-heiress Anne married Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, Beds.

Jane married William Chamberlain alias Spicer, of Normanton-on-Soar, Notts. They had 3 sons and 6 daughters, including Amphyllis, wife of 1stly Richard Faldo and 2ndly Thomas Sheppard, both of Maulden, Beds.

Jane made her will on 27th October 1575, evidently widowed by then, and it was proved at York only 3 days later.

Research notes

The Visitations seem to be the only "primary" sources. Nobody is mentioning any dated records.

The Nevilles of Holt are dealt with in detail by Farnham ("The Manor of Holt", in Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc, Vol. 13 (1923-24), pp. 199-244, PDF). Jane's father is mentioned in the wills of both his parents, Thomas and Isabel (Griffin), but (being a 2nd son, of 5) is not otherwise discussed. Purchased property was bequeathed to the 3 younger sons, but Cotterstock and Cottingham are not mentioned.

The Wautons had been tenants of Basmead for centuries, but are not well documented (VCH Beds Vol. 3, pp. 189-202). In the early 16th century (presumably during the lifetime of Alice) Sir Thomas Wauton died leaving two daughters and co-heiresses, Cicely (who married Sir Nicholas Luke) and ___ (who seems to have married Thomas FitzHugh). It's a mystery where Alice fits in or how she came to marry Neville.

Thoroton mentions Chamberlains in Normanton parish in 20 Edw III (1346) (Vol. 3, pp. 92-96).

Sources

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. Vol. 3, p. 619, LONGFORD 19. See also WikiTree's source page Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 3 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. Vol. 2, p. 443, LONGFORD 16. See also WikiTree's source page Plantagenet Ancestry.
• Visitations of Bedfordshire, ed. Blaydes (alias Page-Turner), Harleian Soc. 19 (1884), p. 138, Sheppard. (Jane's father wasn't "eldest son of Sir Thomas", he was 2nd son of Thomas esq.)
• Also in Vis. Beds, p. 169, Faldo. (Misnames Jane's husband and skips her grandparents)
• Marlyn Lewis. (Almost all dates shown here are conjectured)
• Visitation of Leicestershire 1619, ed. Fetherston, Harleian Soc. 2 (1870), p. 22, Neville of Holt. Jane's grandparents top right. (The distant Raby connection is spurious: Jolan was not a son or known relative of either of the Geoffreys (conflated here))
• Waters, Henry F: "Genealogical Gleanings in England", in N.E.H.G.R, 44 (1890), p. 199. (Richardson cites this, but there's nothing useful)
• York Wills Reg. 20:116 (FHL film 99477). (Cited by Richardson, but not seen)
• Roberts, Gary Boyd. "Royal and Magna Carta Descents to Edmond Hawes of Yarmouth, Massachusetts and Thomas Bressey (Bressie) of New Haven, Connecticut", in The Genealogist, 7-8 (1987), pp. 132-136. (Not seen)

Jane was a descendant of Roger le Bigod, Robert FitzWalter, William de Lanvallei, and Henry II, and a great-grandmother of the "gateway immigrant" Thomas Bressey. (See RA 3:145 GRIFFIN 15.i, RA 4:623 SHEPPARD 19, and MCA 2011 v.2 under GRIFFIN (abt p.285), v.3 under LONGFORD (abt p.40), also abt p.328, v.4 under SHEPPARD (abt p.21))