Jane (Lacon) Egerton (1507 - 1578)

Born 1507 in Willy, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Egerton — married 1536 in Wily, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died 1578 at about age 71 in Betley, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

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1505 Birth and Parents

Jane Lacon was born circa 1505. She was a daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon (Lacon-8) of Willey, Shropshire, who died 1536. ^[2]

First Marriage to George Bromley

Jane Lacon had been the wife of George Bromley (d. 1545) prior to marrying William Egerton. ^[2]

Second Marriage to William Egerton

She married second William Egerton, son of Randall Egerton and Isobel Hill, circa 1536. ^[1]

The parish register of Betley records the burial of William Egerton, esquire, on 22 November 1571, and Jane Egerton, widow, on 22 October 1578. These burial records are presumably those of the parents of the testator’s wife, Isabel Egerton. See Adams, Percy W.L., ed., Betley Parish Register, pp. 22, 26. The testator married Isabel Egerton, the daughter of William Egerton of Betley by Jane Lacon (born c.1505), the daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon (d.1536) of Willey. ^[1]

1578 Death

She was buried at Betley, Staffordshire on 22 Oct 1578. The register noted her as Jane Egerton, vidua. ^[1][3]

Issue

Children of George Bromley

She has a son George Bromley, MP, b. 1525/26, the 1st son of her first husband, George Bromley (Bromely-4) of Hodnet. ^[1]

By her first husband, George Bromley, Jane Lacon was the mother of Sir George Bromley MP (c.1526-1589), Chief Justice of Cheshire, and also mother of Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas Bromley, MP (c.1530-1587). See the Bromley pedigree image posted which is page 78 from The Visitation oF Shropshire. See also the History of Parliament entry for George Bromley (c.1526-1589). ^[1]

See also the entry for Lord Chancellor Bromley: Bromley, Sir Thomas (c.1530–1587) in History of Parliament. Lord Chancellor Thomas Bromley was a younger son of George Bromley (Bromely-4) of Hodnet, Shropshire, and his wife, Jane (b. c.1505), daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey, Shropshire. Sir Thomas Bromley's (c.1530–1587) was a family of barristers. His father was a bencher of the Inner Temple, as were his uncle Sir Thomas Bromley (d. 1555), chief justice of the king's bench, and his brother George, chief justice of Chester, whose son Edward Bromley, MP became a baron of the exchequer in the time of King James I. ^[1]

Children of William Egerton

The parish register of Betley records the burial of William Egerton, esquire, on 22 November 1571, and Jane Egerton, widow, on 22 October 1578. These burial records are presumably those of the parents of the testator’s wife, Isabel Egerton. See Adams, Percy W.L., ed., Betley Parish Register, pp. 22, 26. The testator married Isabel Egerton, the daughter of William Egerton of Betley by Jane Lacon (born c.1505), the daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon (d.1536) of Willey. ^[1]

The testator’s wife, Isabel Egerton, was thus a half sister of Lord Chancellor Bromley, and was also a second cousin (of the half blood) of Margaret Bromley, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley (d.1555). Margaret Bromley married Sir Richard Newport (d.1570). ^[1]

Family William Egerton b. c 1507 ^[1]

Child ◦Dorothy Egerton+ b. c 1537 ^[1]

Died 1600, Place: Betley, Staffordshire, England, Age: 88-89 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} See list of sources prior to inline sourcing.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The National Archives probate 11/116/142 Accessed 1 October 2020 jhd
3. ↑ Betley parish register pg 26 Internet Archive

Sources for Profile Prior to Inline Sourcing

• Jane Lacon
• Pedigree of Lacon in Grazebrook, George, and John Paul Rylands, eds., https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/98/mode/2up
• Pedigree of Lacon in The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623, Part II, Vol. XXIX, (London: Harleian Society,1889), p. 307 at:https://archive.org/stream/TheVisitationOfShropshireV.29/VisitationshrophshireTaken1623_treswellVol.28P2#page/n29/mode/2up
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bromley-george-152526-89
• Pedigree of Egerton in Rylands, supra,p. 98 at:https://archive.org/stream/visitationofches00glov#page/98/mode/2up
• Adams, Percy W.L., ed., Betley Parish Register, pp. 22, 26. at:https://archive.org/stream/betleyparishregi00pari#page/24/mode/2up
• Pedigree of Bromley (image posted) in The Visitation of Shropshire, Part I, Vol. XXVIII, (London: Harleian Society, 1889), p. 78 at:https://archive.org/stream/visitationshrop00britgoog#page/n132/mode/2up