John
Berney
Esq.
Born about in Reedham, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Berney Esq.
and Margaret (Wentworth) Harwarde
Brother of
Mary (Berney) Brampton
Husband of
Margaret (Reade) Berney
— married
1533 in England
Husband of
Alice (Ferrer) Berney
— married
1552 in England
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in England
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Biography
John Berney, Esq., son and heir of John Berney, Esq., and Margaret Wentworth,[1] was born about 1510.[2][3] By an inquisition taken 7 November 1528 John, aged 18, was found to be his father's main heir.[4] John may have been born at Reedham, Norfolk, where his father held lands.
John held lands in Reedham and Langley, Norfolk and served as commissioner of sewers for Norfolk.[2]
John married first to Margaret Reade, daughter of William Reade,[1] Gent., of Beccles, Suffolk and Margaret Tooley.[2] They had three sons and five daughters:
- Henry, Esq., married Alice Appleton[1][2][3]
- Thomas[2]
- Robert,[2] died without issue[1]
- Mary,[1][2][3] married Edmund Style[5]
- Thomasine, married Thomas Osborn, Esq.[2][3]
- Elizabeth[2][3][5]
- Ursula[2][3]
- Ela[2][3][5]
- Anne, married _____Cudon[5]
His wife, Margaret, died 17 March 1548.[2]
John married second in 1552 to Alice Ferrer, daughter of Robert Ferrer, Esq., and widow of William Sydnor, Esq.[2][3]
John was a legatee in the 1552 will of his brother-in-law, Gregory Hardwarde, Gent. of Reedham.[2]
John died in 1558 or 1559, leaving a will dated 22 July 1553[3] and proved 7 May 1560.[2] In his will, he requested burial at Reedham, Norfolk[2] and appointed his wife, Alice, as executor.[3] He is buried at Reedham in the chapel on the south side of the chancel with both of his wives.[3]
"We know from the will of John Berney of Reedham (d. 1557), that Elizabeth Berney, Ela/Elleyne Berney, and Anne (Berney) Cudon, were all his daughters, and that he had a daughter named Mary. So at some point before 1569 (since Richard Berney mentions "each child of nephew Styles", implying there were at least two by 1571), Mary Berney married Edmund Style of Langley Park (1538-1616)."[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Walter Rye, ed. "The Visitations of Norfolk, 1563 and 1613". Harleian Society, Vol. 32. London: 1891, pp. 16-17. Archive.org.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, p. 406, JENNINGS 19.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Francis Blomefield, "Walsham Hundred: Reedham", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 11. London: 1810, pp. 121-132. British History Online.
- ↑ Francis Blomefield, "Mitford Hundred and Half: Shipdam and Throp", in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk. Vol. 10. London: 1809, pp. 243-249. British History Online.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Brad Verity. 2021 soc.genealogy.medieval post: Mary Berney, wife of Edmund Style of Langley Park (1538-1616).
- Soc.genealogy.medieval 2012 posts "PA3/RPA Corrections: Berney of Reedham".
- Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., Vol. II. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, p. 464, JENNINGS 15. Google Books. NOTE: this entry was edited/updated in Royal Ancestry
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 12 October 2022.
- John Berney Esq. is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Barons Saher de Quincy, John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare in trails that were project approved/badged in May 2015 by the Magna Carta Project to Gateway Ancestors Marmaduke Beckwith and Edmund Jennings. Badged trails from Beckwith/Jennings to sureties William d'Aubigny and Robert de Ros were connected later. This profile also appears in a badged trail from Beckwith and Jennings to surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod that was developed in Autumn 2022. Trails to the aforementioned surety barons are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of both Gateway's profiles: Beckwith and Jennings.
- This profile also appears in a badged trail to:
- Charles Barnes. See the trail HERE
- See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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Richardson's MCA obviously cannot be used in full because he made corrections in 2012 after publication.
edited by Darrell Larocque
"Yes, this is correct - Thomasine (Sheppard) Barnes is descended from Edward I through her mother.
I was able to locate a few dates: THOMASINE BERNEY, dau of John Berney of Reedham (c.1510-1557, descended from Edward I) & his 1st wife Margaret Reade (d. 1548) married, as his 1st wife, Thomas Osborne of Kirby Bedon, Norfolk (bur. 28 July 1616 St Andrew Church, Kirby Bedon), son of Robert Osborne of Kirby Bedon (d. 1572) & Mary Bendish, and had one daughter:
ELIZABETH OSBORNE, bur. 21 Oct. 1630 St Andrew Church, Kirby Bedon; married 28 April 1590 St Andrew Church, Kirby Bedon, Owen Sheppard of Kirby Bedon (bur. 19 July 1629 St Andrew Church, Kirby Bedon)."
https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/CsquQOpZ0dk/m/UUu_izn_CAAJ
Darrell
Margaret (or Margery) Wentworth, married (as his 2nd wife) John Berney, son of John Berney, by Alice, daughter of Richard Southwell, of Woodrising, Norfolk. He was born about 1485. They had two sons, John, and Robert, and three daughters, Elizabeth, (wife of Gregory Harwarde), Mary (wife of Robert Jenney and ____ Brampton) and Amy. John Berney, died testate 27 October 1527, and was buried in Reedham, Norfolk. His widow, Margaret, married (2nd) before 6 August 1546 John Harwarde (or Herward).
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