Jane (Crouch) Barkham (1573 - 1652)

Born Jan 1573 in Corneybury, Layston, Hertfordshire, England

Wife of Edward Barkham — married 1593 in Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died Feb 1652 at age 79 in St Olave, Bermondsey, Surrey, England

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Biography

Name

Jane Crouch/Crowch/Crowche

Jane Crowch (Layston Church's own web site has the name correctly spelled Crowch as it is on the monument.)^[1]

Marriage

Jane Crowche married Edward Barcome on the 27th of May 1589 in Layston, Hertford, England.^[2]

Jane Crowch widow of Edward Burrows, married Edward BARKHAM before 1593.^[3]

Children

Jane CROWCH and Edward BARKHAM are said to have had 11 children: ^[4]

Elizabeth BARKHAM (bap.1593, d.1632)

Edward BARKHAM (1595-1667)

Susan BARKHAM (bap.1596, bur.1622)

John BARKHAM (bap.1597, bur.1597)

Robert BARKHAM (1599-1661)

Jane BARKHAM (bap.1602, d.1661)

Margaret BARKHAM (bap.1602, bur.1603)

Margaret BARKHAM (bap.1603, d.1640)

John BARKHAM (bap.1604)

Thomas BARKHAM (bap.1606, bur.1606)

Hugh BARKHAM (bur.1628)

Death

Jane died circa 1654. ^[5]

Jane died before February, 1660.

Crouch Memorial

There is an imposing alabaster and marble monument to dedicated to Jane's father, John Crowch, and their family on the North Wall of the Chancel of St Bartholomew's which was dedicated by Lady Jane and two of her sisters. Whilst the transcription is in Latin, there is a translation provided on the Layston Church website: ^[6]

Whoever you may be, whom piety has driven to this building, pause for a little while at the delayed memorial which you see here. It is sacred to the memory of John Crowch Esquire, once of London and then of this county, a man of no small distinction. After completing the 86th year of his life, he paid his debt to nature in the month of Febuary, 1605, having accomplished as many good works as the days of his life. Born in Barwick, in the parish of Standon, he took to wife Joan, the daughter and heir of John Scott, and by her he had five sons: John, Thomas, Nicholas and William, and likewise five daughters: Elizabeth, who married William Freman, a London merchant, and who has recently become his widow; Jane, the wife of Sir Edward Barkham, former Lord Mayor of London; Ann, betrothed to Edward, Lord Montagu, Baron of Boughton; Joan, wife of Ralph Freman, brother of William, who, having just been appointed as Lord Mayor of this same city of London, died while still in office, giving up his life more speedily than his duties; and Margaret, who is still married to Henry, Earl of Manchester and keeper of the Privy Seal.

This monument, Lady Margaret, Countess and wife of the Earl of Manchester and Lady Ann Montagu and Lady Jane Barkham, the only survivors of such a numerous family inscribed above, placed in respect and love.

Sources

1. ↑ Memorial 11 - John Crowch East side: Blazon 2: Argent three pales Gules over all a chevron Or BARKHAM, Edward impaling CROWCH (Jane)
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch, Edward Barcome and Jane Crowche, 27 May 1589; citing Layston, Hertford, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 991,406.]
3. ↑ "The Pedigree register" by Society of Genealogists; Sherwood, George F. T. (George Frederick Tudor), b. 1867 Topics Genealogy Periodicals, genealogy Publisher London The Editor Collection robarts; toronto Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English Volume3 26 Bookplateleaf0008 Call numberAAO-6381 Pages 430 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
4. ↑ Layston Church, Jane CROWCH, http://www.layston-church.org.uk/FH%20Website/ind45.html
5. ↑ Will of Dame Jane Barkham (Crowch) died 1654, Widow of Tottenham Middlesex
6. ↑ Layston Church, Chancel North Wall, Memorial to John Crowch d 1605, http://www.layston-church.org.uk/memorial11.html

• Brigg, William. The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary (Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, 1897) Vol. 2, Page 337-8. Mentioned in husband's "Funeral Certificate".
• See Robert Walpole biography.